The Fatal Red Thread

Name: The Fatal Red Thread
Author: Literary Fiend

致命红绳

by Literary Fiend (文煞)

Status: Completed
Length: 50k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 2y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

In the city, people devour one another every day. In the countryside, ghosts devour people every day. On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open. The living light candles, and ghosts blow out the lamps. This story records the strange and uncanny things Li Yun experiences when he returns to his hometown for the Ghost Festival…

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30Chapters

19Reads · 30 days

6.6kReads · all time

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