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The Game of 100 Ghosts (Repost)

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The Game of 100 Ghosts (Repost)

The Game of 100 Ghosts By Terry Watada
2014 | 112 Pages | ISBN: 1927494419 | EPUB + MOBI | 1 MB + 2 MB


This wonderful collection is inspired by an old Japanese parlour game of telling ghost stories. In this game, popular during the Edo period (1603-1868), participants gathered at night to sit around 100 lit candles. Each player then told a ghost story in turn. After each story, a candle was snuffed out. The last candle to burn out represented the end of a spiritual evocation, which the participants hoped would summon a supernatural being from another world. The Game of 100 Ghosts is a lyrical tribute to the poet's friends and relations who recently departed their lives.