"The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society." -- Reference & Research Book News.

Placed into foster care at an early age, Billy never accepted the idea that his parents had abandoned him. The words of his mother had given him hope that one day he would be reunited with them. "If you put a note in a Christmas stocking before Christmas, your wish will come true." Faced with the problem of not having a stocking; Billy decided to leave the foster home. His journey to the big city was not what he had expected. The bitter cold and street thugs had forced him to find a place of refuge. Billy took shelter in an abandoned deli along with an old one-eyed tom-cat who became his...