Ghost Commerce Novels & Stories

A faded, crooked sign hung over the door, the words written in a cheap, amateurish font: SPECIAL HERBS - DISCOUNT PRICES! It looked exactly like the kind of illegal shop the city would shut down in a heartbeat—the kind that preys on homeless people for their last few bucks. Danny stared at the building, his jaw on the floor. "Chloe... you actually live here?" "It's my grandmother's shop," I said, adjusting my backpack strap like it was no big deal. Danny looked at the rickety wooden door, his voice thick with genuine pity. "Chloe, look... listen to me. If you're struggling for cash, come with me right now. We'll pick out a place downtown, my treat. You've earned it."

CHAPTER 106 Camryn’s POV Three weeks after the masquerade, I stood in the ruins of what used to be a textile factory in the eastern sectors, watching Whitney press her fingers to the crumbling wall. “Class C,” she said quietly. “Grief Weaver. It’s been here for at least six months.” The building had a particular smell—mildew, rust, and something sweeter underneath, like rotting flowers. The windows were boarded up, but gaps let in thin streams of light that cut through the darkness in diagonal slashes. Dust motes hung suspended in the air.

The one with the specific and very intelligent questions. The Ghost Market was a market that I bet you won't believe. It was deep underground and so hidden that not even a whisper could be heard from it. The air was thick with old exhaust smoke from diesel engines. The whole place was so archaic and barbaric. A few hundreds of people moved through the space, and you don't know who is who here. You don't ask such questions, but I recognized some of them, brokers, killers, hackers, government agents, all hidden in anonymity.

Tyr sighed, then took out a stack of money from his wallet and put it in the cripple’s hand. “Now, tell me. Where is that place?” Tyr asked. After weighing the money in his hand, the cripple nodded his head in satisfaction and immediately revealed, “Ghost Market.” “Ghost Market?” All three of them looked at each other. Obviously, none of the trio had heard about this place before. With a smile, the cripple continued, “Everything sold in this antique street is fake. Real tomb robbers would never sell the authentic items they’ve stolen from tombs here. The Ghost Market is where they sell their stolen goods.

The warehouse on Pier 17 smelled of salt, rust, and expensive perfume—a fitting cocktail for the business at hand. They called it ‘the Gilded Cage’, a traveling, clandestine auction house for things that couldn’t see daylight: blood diamonds, stolen art, encrypted ledgers containing rivals’ secrets. The air was cold enough to see your breath, yet the women glittered in gowns worth more than the cars idling outside. I stood near a corroded steel pillar, a glass of champagne I wouldn’t drink held like a prop in my hand, watching the spectacle.

I could smell the aroma of coffee and tea whiffing through the windows. We found stores that sold electronics, some sold handmade crafts, and others were small-time factories. There was also a shop for scribes making handwritten documents. Something that no longer existed in our world. On the sidewalk, we could see the flow of commerce: people going shopping or browsing; wagons and early-versioned trucks were loading and unloading their goods; peddlers sat on blankets selling trinkets, gems, potions, and other strange commodities. “Extra, extra, read all about it!” a newsboy cried. “The Black Sun Guild strikes again!”

Deep beneath the bustling Diamond District lay the "Under-Grid" bar, a hidden spot filled with booming bass and swirling violet mist. In this underground space saturated with the smell of ozone and shady data transactions, those known as the "Unregistered" bartered away their humanity for a chance at prolonging their fragile existence.

"This was a collapsed basement that killed the Madam above with her friends and the employee , so this place was their territory. With the passage of time, Madam who was originally a businesswoman when she was alive wanted to continue her business here. So she made a Black Market for ghosts. " "Everything can be traded here, as long as it is available here and you have enough token to trade for it." The employee added. Oh..so even the dead can have a black market..that was so..unexpected. We continued to walk amidst the crowd of ghosts. Every booth had different products. Some were jewelries, watches, dress, clothes, and any miscellaneous items. I looked around not only at the booths but at

Who will not be tired and hungry huh? As they pulled me together I immediately took both my hands away from their grasp. "Don't you two get tired? I'm hungry! Aw, we have bought so many!" as I pointed to the big pushcarts filled with shopping bags because we couldn't just carry them anymore so we put in the pushcart there were two mall crews pushing that pushcarts. They looked at each other and smiled, "We are not tired and Calista is not hungry" Aeshe said I looked at them in disbelief.

About the weight in his pocket that he'd almost forgotten about. "Ben, what do you know about goblin banking?" "Goblin—" Ben blinked. "You mean the Undercity Commerce Guild? They're black market financiers. Deal in supernatural commodities. Very secretive, very dangerous, and they absolutely do not work with surface-worlders who aren't—" He stopped, his eyes widening. "Oh. You've got something to trade." Jack reached into his jacket and pulled out a small pouch. Inside were three crystals—each one about the size of a marble, each one pulsing with a darkness that seemed to eat the light around it.