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- 101 Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事 A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come 50Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 102 The Loop 循环 From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳
A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another...
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The Son-in-Law, the Pill Dao, and the Pill Emperor 赘婿，丹道，丹帝
Thirteen years ago, Yi Qianmo awakened the Nine Suns Bloodline, but his family was besieged by powerful enemies. To protect them, he had no choice but to marry into the powerful Yu family, where he became Yu Xuanji's cultivation vessel. They agreed that she would let him return home after thirteen years. Thirteen years later, Yu Xuanji had mastered her divine art, but went back on her word. She destroyed his dantian, severed his meridians, and left him to fend for himself. At the brink of despai
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- 105 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 186.2kReads9.2Score13.7kShelves
- 106 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score159Shelves
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A Ghost-Hunting Record from Strange Tales 聊斋猎鬼录
I transmigrated into a world of ghosts and monsters, and became Pu Songling. Good and evil lie in the human heart; deep love never regrets. I traveled the world and wrote down these strange tales. My name is Xiao Pu. That's the Pu in Pu Songling. I transmigrated into a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. To stay alive, I befriended a powerful female ghost. To record this extraordinary world, I traveled far and wide in search of its ghosts and monsters. A manor where a snake demon keeps people
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My Job at the Horror Radio Station 我在恐怖电台任职这件事儿
[Folklore] [Supernatural] [Short Story] [No Superpowers] [No Rule-Based Horror] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Not for the Faint of Heart] The author is working hard to make a living.
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The Immortal of Strange Cores 怪核之仙
[Invasion by Transmigrators + Occupational Combos + A Touch of Cosmic-Horror Folklore + Dark Tone] Kill your family to cultivate immortality? Hurt others to become a Buddha? Overnight, the entire world suddenly began cultivating as one. An Qinghe thought it was a dream, until his own parents tied him up. Only then did he realize that it was all real... Cultivators have invaded the modern world, seizing people's bodies and souls! But right now, all An Qinghe wants to know is... why do they say he
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The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食
"Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had
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- 111 The Hermit Wanyan's First Book 惘然居士的第1本书 Luo Chen was sleeping at home when, without warning, he woke up in an infinite-horror world. It is a dangerous place known as the World of Reincarnation! Here, a glowing orb called the “Main God” throws people from the real world who feel disillusioned, numb, or hopeless about life into a bizarre cycle of reincarnation! Every ten days, the Main God forces them to enter a horror-movie world and take on a series of dangerous missions. They can survive only by completing them. Watch how the protago 202Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始
[Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot
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Fifth Watch 五更
The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo
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Nightcry Tower: Eleven Horror and Suspense Stories 夜哭楼：十一个恐怖悬疑故事
[Horror | Suspense | Mystery | Folklore | Short story collection] The green lamp, a ghost knocking at the door in the dead of night, the Golden Buddha, a female ghost... As everyone knows, what is truly terrifying isn't seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This collection brings together eleven horror and suspense stories by Han Shisan, originally published in well-known magazines across China. They'll send chills down your spine and turn even the fainthearted into brave souls!
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Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物
Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home...
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- 116 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
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Hush! It's Here 嘘！它来了
Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all
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Night Talks at the Threshing Ground 打谷场夜话
Long ago, in the countryside, there were no phones, televisions, air conditioners, or fans. When darkness fell in summer, people would head to the threshing ground to cool off, sit in a circle, chat, and start telling strange and terrifying ghost stories…
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The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命
They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R
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The Soul of a Corpse 尸魂落魄
A mysterious, beautiful woman came to our village, but anyone who married her would die. After my mother passed away, my father became bewitched and married her. Then one terrifying thing after another began to happen.
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- 121 The Gender-Swapped Female CEO 变身女总裁 The story of a wealthy young man in New York who becomes a New York socialite in 2002… 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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Rental Notes 出租笔记
A city needs police officers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, sanitation workers, and many others to keep it safe and thriving. But that's only what you see on the surface. There are also people working behind the scenes for the city. They ask for no reward and care nothing for fame; they simply guard the city in silence. Some are injured, some are left disabled, and some die. Those who survive keep going. If it were up to you, would you sacrifice a few people to bring happiness to the majority?
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- 123 Crime Psychology: Ten Unsolved Cases 心理罪：十宗悬案 A woman drowns in her own toilet... A black cat embarks on a quest to claim lives... A hidden evil lurks in a fog-shrouded town... A madman dreams of becoming an immortal... A beloved pet dog kills out of jealousy... 4.9kReads8.9Score785Shelves
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The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界
(The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w
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- 125 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 205kReads9.4Score35kShelves
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The Heavenly Coffin 天棺
Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother...
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- 127 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score911Shelves
- 128 Hearse 灵车 A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.5kReads8.0Score131Shelves
- 129 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Calculating Your Fate to the End 算死命 When I was born, I was nursed by a wolf for a few days. I thought of her as my mother, and believed I'd never see her again. Then one day, a woman came looking for me... 22.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
- 132 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 22.9kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
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The Midnight Restaurant 午夜饭店
I opened a restaurant that can only open in the middle of the night, and it has all sorts of rules. I'm starting to suspect that none of my customers are human. What should I do? Asking online.
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- 134 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.8kReads9.0Score367Shelves
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The Longer the Night, the Less You Dream 夜长少做梦
[Original Instances] [Thriller] [Mild Horror] [Eerie] For the first week, he was so frightened by the shadowy figure in his dreams that he didn't dare sleep. After staying awake for two nights, he started seeing ghosts everywhere he looked. Unfortunately, a month of nightmares was only the beginning of his story...
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The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物
The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still…
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Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我
My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away...
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- 138 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 139 Out of Control 失控者 [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Haunted Tomb 诡坟
[This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t
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Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命
When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father...
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- 142 Blood Wedding 血嫁 Ever since I received a strange hundred-yuan bill, every wedding I attend ends in bloodshed. The grooms have their throats slit, their blood splattering across the brides’ white gowns. Ten couples have died for no apparent reason, and I’m the only one who has seen the killer: the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe... A cold and aloof fiancé appears out of nowhere. A mysterious exorcist hides in a coffee shop. Strange supernatural incidents pull me into a terrifying, thrilling spiral. At last, the da 961Reads8.6Score121Shelves
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Dawn of Murder 1: Undercurrent 破晓杀机1：暗潮
[Criminal Investigation and Deduction + Criminal Psychology + Stunning Twists + Horror + Wild Imagination] On the square of the Police University, a horrifying corpse lies curled inside a shattered sculpture, its face contorted as if frozen in a silent scream. Even more unsettling, a note found in the victim's stomach eerily foretells the crime scene. Chen Ye has only just become a police officer when he is handed such a difficult case, and this is only the beginning. A string of deaths shatters
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There’s a Ghost in Room 404 404有鬼
When I unfolded the note, damp with sweat from his hand, I froze. It read, “There’s a ghost in Room 404!”
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I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事
[Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment.
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- 146 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 26.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves
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This Ghost Catcher Is Not That Cold 这个鬼差不太冷
[Completed] [Eerie Revival] [Playing Card Elements] [The Protagonist Isn’t an Idiot] [Government Organization] [Absurd, Light Comedy] Also known as: Eerie Revival: Contracting an Ancient Great Ghost from the Start! Midnight is nigh, and a hundred ghosts roam the streets! “What! The only thing my family has left is a box of playing cards?” “What! The monthly salary is 100,000?” “Forget ghost hunting. I’d even sell my body if you asked me to!” Armed with nothing but a box of playing cards, one yo
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Strange Encounters: A Supernatural Mystery Series 奇遇之悬疑灵异系列
The suspense and supernatural novel Strange Encounter is a series consisting of Book One, The Blue-Robed Woman; Book Two, The Madman; Book Three, Si Ming; and Book Four, The Secret Realm of the Star Pillar. How did a wealthy heiress end up adrift and wandering from place to place? Where did her mysteriously missing mother go? What is behind the strange sounds coming from the attic? Why was she suddenly wanted by the authorities? What should she do when she has to travel over mountains and r
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I Scared a Ghost to Death Again 我又把鬼吓死了
[No romance + Chinese-style horror + folk beliefs and the occult + first-person narration + ghost-catching prodigy] My great-grandfather, Zhang Tiansheng, was a taboo subject in the Zhang family. He had once been a highly respected exorcist throughout the surrounding villages, able to speak with ghosts and spirits and dispel evil influences. Then, for reasons no one knew, he suddenly went mad. Before he died, he even tried to kill his entire family. After my great-grandfather died, his body was
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- 150 Tales of the Strange 怪谈 [A Born Ghost-Busting Saint vs. A Bewitching Beauty Bound by a Sinister Fate] [Case-by-Case Stories + Criminal Investigation + Folk Legends + Ghost Hunting + An Overarching Plot + Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Fighting Side by Side] "Corpses become curses, souls become gu; strange cases arise, and every road is hard to tread." Zhang Miao was short of water in his five elements, and before he was even born, he was given a "water ghost" as his godmother. As a result, he awakened a special constit 2.1kReads8.5Score130Shelves
