About the Book: Peace in the Land of the Dead by Lian Dousel is a debut collection of twelve genre-blending stories rooted in Manipur, where everyday reality meets the surreal and supernatural. Across these tales, readers encounter demons, spirits, sentient woodlands, mysterious encounters and characters confronting love, loss, revenge and mortality. Moving between the eerie, the darkly humorous and the deeply human, Dousel explores the fragility and resilience of ordinary lives while drawing on the landscapes and cultural imagination of Northeast India. Atmospheric and imaginative, the collection offers a distinctive blend of literary fiction, folklore, magical realism and supernatural storytelling.