Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories

Name: Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories
Author: Jun Nanchao

失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈

by Jun Nanchao (峻难超)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.1M Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 3mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story.

I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head!

At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next!

[Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [Late-Night Cold Sweats] [Hair-Raising Tales] [Folk Spirits and Monsters] [Short Story Collections] [Connected Stories and Bonuses]

To help readers prepare, each story is rated according to how late it will keep you awake: [1 a.m.], [2 a.m.], or [3 a.m.]. Those ratings indicate that you’ll be kept awake until one, two, or three in the morning after reading the story.

One thing to keep in mind: these three ratings only represent how scary a story is, not how good it is. Even a story that only keeps you awake until 1 a.m. can make you break out in a cold sweat and sleep without the air conditioning on a summer night!

No overarching plot, just pure horror!

If you’re easily scared, stay away!!

Read at your own risk!!!

[Please forgive me if the writing isn’t great!!!!]

The whole book is full of “surprises” and unexpected twists. Now, open the first chapter and see what time you start reading tonight...

And what time you go to sleep?

Bonus at the end of the blurb: Few stories are rated [All-Nighter]. Think about that one carefully.

Stats

444Chapters

4.2kReads · 30 days

57.8kReads · all time

369Shelf adds, last 14 days

2.7kListens

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