The short story “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia was published for the first time in 2012 and translated to English by Ken Liu.

Ning is a child who is growing up under the strict protection of the Monk in Ghost Street, where he’s the only real person in the midst of a group of ghosts. The Carnival is an opportunity to discover more about himself and about the ghosts he lives with but what’s real?