A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora.

The original print edition of Spirits Abroad was published by Fixi Novo in 2014. It was also released as an ebook containing extra stories and author’s notes. The new edition published by Small Beer Press in the US and Pan Macmillan in the UK is an expanded version published in August 2021, containing nine additional stories including novelettes “The Terracotta Bride” and Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again”.

Winner of the Crawford Prize and the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize.