奇幻 懸疑 靈異
2020 實體與數位同步
台港日三地作家以「筷」為題,聯手創作五則短篇連作,後兩篇〈鱷魚之夢〉〈亥豕魯魚〉續以「接龍」方式承接前三篇故事情節,一同編織出五則環環相扣、詭譎傳奇的怪奇物語。
Five authors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan come together to write a tale of fantasy and intrigue based on the theme of "chopsticks". In the miraculous stories that unfold, chopsticks become much more than eating utensils; they are also family treasures, as well as conduits to divine power.
作者三津田信三、薛西斯、夜透紫、瀟湘神、陳浩基合著
作者Xerses , Mitsuda Shinzo , JeTauZi , Xiao Xiang Shen , Chan Ho-Kei
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出版單位獨步文化
出版單位Apex Press
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〈筷子大人〉在日本,少女見同學將竹筷插在飯上,合掌對「筷子大人」許願。儀式共八個步驟,歷時八十四天,神明若同意相助會前來通知,但切忌不能被祂「找到」… 〈珊瑚之骨〉在臺灣,少年頸上掛著懸有一雙珊瑚筷的銀鍊,筷中寄宿唐朝仙君,據說可以帶來幸福姻緣。但少年成雙的筷子卻不吉利地消失了一隻… 〈咒網之魚〉在香港,人人都聽過新娘潭的傳說。據說在水潭邊放上一碗腳尾飯,就能詛咒討厭的人到地府吃鬼新娘的婚宴。殊不知鬼新娘竟化身網路世界的怨靈? 〈鱷魚之夢〉在某個我們不知道地點、時間的幽暗房裡,一名妓女正對恩客傾訴自己的人生,那是殺人犯的犯罪告白,也是一個受到了莫名力量所詛咒的故事。 〈亥豕魯魚〉一雙輾轉流落各地的筷子,數十年間,處處引發了「怪異」。一切都與一雙「筷子」息息相關…
Chopsticks: simple, ingenious, essential. A central and utterly unremarkable feature of life in East Asia. A symbol so powerful it is almost invisible – that is, until five authors from Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong invoke it as a central theme for five wild stories of fantasy and intrigue. Japanese author Mitsuda Shinzo opens the tale with the story of a young schoolboy who is seen at lunchtime performing a wish ritual before a pair of chopsticks stuck into his rice (an action considered strictly taboo in East Asia, as vertical chopsticks resemble graveside joss sticks). The 84-day ritual promises to bring a response from the spirits, but the boy and his classmates must be careful what they wish for. Taiwanese author Xerses echoes the schoolyard setting in her chapter, in which a boy who wears a pair of coral chopsticks around his neck finds himself the center of female attention. Under the female protagonist's searching eye, his relationship to his chopsticks – and the divine power they store – does not stay secret for long. Hong Kong writer JeTauZi turns things even darker in her tale of a famous YouTuber who is poisoned while livestreaming, and his girlfriend's quest to uncover his killer. But all three stories come to a surprising climax in Xiao Xiang Shen's fourth chapter, which weaves all three stories together in a single tale of dark intrigue that ends with a bitter twist. Finally, award-winning author Chan Ho-Kei brings everything back to his native Hong Kong, rewriting history and transforming the backstory into a masterpiece of science fiction, cosmic entities, and Lovecraftian horror.
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