Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories
by Bora Chung
Description
In a shadowed research institute that catalogs cursed objects, a night-shift employee discovers that the building doesn’t just contain hauntings—it rearranges reality, trapping those who open the wrong door and turning their own footsteps into something they can’t outrun. Told through a novel-in-ghost-stories, the book follows multiple staff and residents as they encounter relics with unfinished grudges: a handkerchief that carries the weight of a rivalry, a sneaker that leaves a relentless tread behind, and a cat that begins to speak through the crimes of its former family. As each episode tightens into dread, the institute becomes a stage for themes of coercion, exploitation, and the violence hidden behind “progress,” from animal cosmetic testing and conversion therapy to domestic abuse and late-stage capitalism. With Bora Chung’s razor-sharp, goosebump-inducing blend of literary horror and wry humor, the result is both chilling and politically charged—an unsettling timetable you won’t be able to forget.
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paperback
Algonquin Books
Published Sep 30, 2025
134 pages
ISBN: 9781643756660
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First Published
2025
Language
eng
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