By ZHU YUE
Translated by ALYSSA ASQUITH and JIANAN QIAN 

Story appears below in English and the original Chinese.

Translator’s Note:
Zhu Yue’s characters often find themselves disembodied: their eyes fly away; their teeth fall out; their bodily secretions are preserved in museums; their fingers are replaced with wheat noodles; they find their own heads buried in their backyards.