Dark Fantasy

The Salt Seller’s Story

A young man is forced to sell salt to the denizens of the Underworld — and not the human kind

A young man sells bags of salt to spirits and demons in exchange for money. Image created by the author using Canva.

The tough folk who live in the valleys around the ancient town of Xiaoxi, wedged between shimmering rice paddies and verdant tea farms in the deepest corner of Southeastern China, have long known that spirits walked among…