Looking for Short Horror Stories 求短篇恐怖小说，

1. 201 孤 The Haunted Solitary Mountain (Mountain Spirit) 孤山诡事（山鬼） A Thousand Sails on the Vast Sea沧海千帆27k WordsCompleted Strange Tales of Solitary Mountain (Mountain Spirit) 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A short suspense story, worth reading.

2. 202 我 My Coworker Isn’t Human, He’s a Rat Spirit 我的同事不是人是鼠精 Embroidered Fox, Long Blade绣狸长刀10k WordsCompleted My Coworker Isn't Human, He's a Rat Spirit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very good! Highly recommend! [Thumbs up]

3. 203 深 Late-Night Deep Liquid, Season One: Rulebound Horror, There’s a Former Owner in My Coffee 深夜深液第一季，规则怪谈：我煮的咖啡里有前店主 Two Little Fangs两个小虎牙16k WordsCompleted Late-Night Deep Liquid, Season One: Rules of the Strange, There's a Former Owner in the Coffee I Brew —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 规 Rule Horror: The Silence Order in Dormitory 402 规则怪谈：402宿舍缄默禁令 The Two Yuren Who Like Xiao Luo喜欢小锣的二位由木人9k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: The Silence Ban in Dormitory 402 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Dear readers, I'm a newbie, please be kind to me! "Strange Tales of Rules: The Silence Prohibitions of Dorm 402" An old-style dormitory building with six deadly silence rules: lights out, no windows, no touching clothes hangers, no talking late at night. Roommates disappear one after another after violating these rules; the dormitory manager is hiding a ten-year-old secret.

5. 205 白 I Wait for Someone by Day, But Who Do You Wait for at Night? 白日等一人，黑夜你等谁？ Native of Zhanlongya斩龙垭土著Mystery31k WordsCompleted “In life, we wait for all kinds of things, big and small. Gradually, people forget what they were waiting for.” I opened a milk tea shop in S City called “Waiting for Someone.” By day, we have bittersweet love stories, and you wait for your beloved. By night, we have eerie urban legends, and you wonder: who are you waiting for? It’s raining in S City again. That mysterious woman with the broad forehead has appeared once more. Is she the one you’ve been waiting for... 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A uniquely styled horror short story with an unexpected ending. Your feedback and critique are welcome.

6. 206 低 I Rented a Haunted House for Cheap, Then Became Its Prey 低价租凶宅后，我成了它的猎物 The Laid-Back Big Wild Boar摆烂的大野猪16k WordsCompleted I Rented a Haunted House for Cheap, and Became Its Prey —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   That bag contains this book.

7. 207 我 I Suddenly Realized Something Was Wrong in the Dorm 我突然发现宿舍里不干净 Long Ling龙翎8k WordsCompleted I Suddenly Realized There Was Something Evil in the Dorm —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm too scared to go to the bathroom after watching this.

8. 208 我 My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person 我妈突然变了个人 Long Ling龙翎9k WordsCompleted My Mom Suddenly Became a Different Person —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 医 The Hospital's Unsolved Loop 医院的循环未解之谜 Long Ling龙翎9k WordsCompleted The Unsolved Mystery of the Hospital's Endless Loop 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 真 True Tales of the Supernatural 真实灵异秘辛 A Wisp of Dandelion一缕蒲公英Mystery9k WordsCompleted The True Secrets of the Supernatural —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Based on a true story

11. 211 卖 The Little Girl Who Sold Balloons 卖气球的小女孩 Lai Yang Xuanze来洋轩泽6k WordsCompleted The Little Girl Who Sells Balloons 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You should check it out! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

12. 212 诡 A Bizarre Banquet 诡谲盛宴 Lan Xiaoqin兰小沁27k WordsCompleted A Macabre Banquet —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's not very scary.

13. 213 这 Dare to Dream This Dream with Me? 这场梦，你敢不敢跟着我做？ Ze Qiuzhi泽秋之6k WordsCompleted Would You Dare to Follow Me Into This Dream? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1. This story is only a few thousand words long. 2. There are no ghosts throughout. 3. But you'll find yourself touching the back of your neck halfway through. 4. By the last page, you'll start to reminisce—do you really remember everything from when you were six years old? Click here and see if you dare to finish this dream.

14. 214 你 Have You Ever Heard a Child Running Around Upstairs in the Middle of the Night? 你半夜听过楼上小孩跑步吗 Yu Points to Yu Ma喻指喻马7k WordsCompleted Have you ever heard a child running around upstairs in the middle of the night? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a highly recommended short horror story. The ending twist was particularly interesting, with many foreshadowing elements in the beginning. I was surprised to find that I guessed wrong.

15. 215 血 The Blood-Red Coffin 血红棺 A Pot That Can't Cook不能做饭的锅12k WordsCompleted The Blood-Red Coffin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like horror stories about tomb robbing, you can read it.

16. 216 六 Six Missing Female College Students 六个失踪的女大学生 Fei Yiran妃怡然9k WordsCompleted Six Missing Female College Students 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Every seven days, a female student disappears from the university campus. Where do they go?

17. 217 烛 Candlelit Prison 烛火囚笼 Watanabe Yui, Who Loves Monkeyfish喜欢猴子鱼的渡边结衣9k WordsCompleted The Cage of Candlelight 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone can take a look.

18. 218 祖 The Ancestral Home's Eternal Lamp Must Never Go Out 祖宅里的长明灯，永远不能灭。 Weird, Wacky Animation Studio诡异沙雕动画制作7k WordsCompleted The Ever-Burning Lamp in the Ancestral Home Must Never Go Out. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a female-oriented novel with a strong female lead and a focus on folklore and the supernatural. There are other similar stories on my homepage as well. Feel free to follow me if you're interested, and feel free to leave comments.

19. 219 她 Why Is She Messaging on WeChat? Because She Isn’t Here? 她为什么发微信，因为她不在？ Mr. Bones, Hey骨头先生诶20k WordsCompleted Why Is She Messaging on WeChat? Is It Because She Isn't Here? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a good watch; it's about a married couple.

20. 220 黄 Three Partners in Crime 黄雀三人行 He Xi, What Evening?荷兮何夕11k WordsCompleted I went to the bathroom to take a shower. When I came out, I found my client lying dead on the floor. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I feel like there's a pair of eyes watching me. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

21. 221 穿 Trapped in a Horror Script World, Fighting to Escape 穿到鬼怪剧本世界，拼命逃生 meMystery11k WordsCompleted I was inexplicably pulled into the world of a script. The System told me that the only way to return to reality was to break the curse. How is someone as weak as me supposed to survive in a world full of ghosts and monsters?! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 死 The Death Camera 死亡相机 It's Getting Hot天热了Mystery9k WordsCompleted I don't like digital cameras. I like old-fashioned film cameras. After my grandfather's funeral, I inherited one of his belongings: an unused roll of film. My grandfather once said, "Don't touch the future, or you'll be caught up in an unknown disaster." I didn't understand what he meant then, not until a short while later, when I used that roll of film to photograph a murder. A murder that had yet to happen. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 怨 Sisters of Vengeance 怨鬼姐妹 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Chunlan became pregnant before marriage and was driven out of her home. Everyone despised her and kept their distance. The vicious, hard-hearted Old Madam Zhao unexpectedly gave Chunlan a bowl of meat today. Chunlan died, and Zhao Er panicked. "Mother, the child in Chunlan's belly is mine." "Hmph. I never intended to spare the baby in your wife Xifeng's belly, either." 6Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 坟 The Curse of the Graveyard 坟地咒怨 Jun Lan君阑Mystery13k WordsCompleted Zhang Fushan was the village's great benefactor. Every household in the village had received his help. His pregnant daughter-in-law died. The villagers wanted to notify his son, who lived in the city, but he refused and had the body burned instead. Zhang Fushan stared at his pregnant daughter-in-law's corpse in the flames. "Heh heh, let's see what you can do to me." The next day, someone found that eight women's graves in the cemetery behind the mountain had split open. 349Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 死 A Dead Man Fathers a Child 死人生子 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted Zhang Ni was the prettiest girl for miles around. Yet even though she was old enough to marry, not a single matchmaker came to ask for her hand. Some said she willingly sneaked off into the fields with the village chief's son. Others said the village chief followed right behind his son as soon as he went in. Smack! A slap landed on Zhang Ni's rosy cheek. "I've nearly settled the bride price, and now you're telling me you don't want to marry him?" Marry whom? This was going to be the death of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 活 A Fetus in a Living Corpse 活尸孕胎 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted As she ran, Widow Sun shouted, "Oh my! This is terrible! There's a child's bones by the river at the village entrance!" Widow Sun raced ahead without looking and crashed straight into Lin Dong as he came around the corner. "Auntie Sun, what's wrong?" Widow Sun didn't dare look back. She pointed to a spot not far behind her, off to one side, but was so terrified she couldn't get another word out. She was in a hurry to get back to the village and report what she'd seen. She ran so fast that she ne 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 一 A Sheet of Human Skin 一张人皮 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery8k WordsCompleted When beads of blood seeped from the claw marks on Li Jun's back, I recognized their shape: they were fingernail marks, exactly like the ones on the female corpse at the crematorium thirty years ago. Three days earlier, when he tremblingly handed me that faded pellet drum, the smiling faces of the boy and girl painted on its surface had suddenly split open, revealing locust-wood grain writhing beneath the skin. Now the lights above the emergency room flickered, and black blood was flowing through 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 228 规 Rule Horror: Escaping Death in a Haunted Hospital 规则怪谈：我在诡异医院死里逃生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery8k WordsCompleted On my first day trapped in the hospital, I realized: The rules here can kill! The smell of disinfectant mingled with blood filled my nostrils. The eyeless doctor made rounds every day, while bloodstained nurses roamed the halls with knives. Two of the eight rules contained fatal errors. I had to figure them out to survive: I watched a fellow patient get stabbed through the heart by a nurse, and I personally sent a traitor off on a death stretcher. The traitor’s dying words were: “Pet, Rule Four. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 鬼 Ghostly Romance 鬼运桃花 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery10k WordsCompleted “Don’t let the female ghost touch the red thread around your wrist.” Clutching the demon-catching bottle my grandfather left me, I rushed into the mourning hall. Thick black blood was seeping through the crack in Qin Qi’s coffin. Beside his name, the pool of blood twisted into two characters: “Liu’er.” Three days ago, when I returned to the village to drive out a ghost, I never imagined that the vengeful spirit who had haunted him for three lifetimes would be one I’d released with my own hands. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 规 Rule Horror: Beastmen Keep Humans as Livestock? I Pretend to Have Amnesia and Strike Back! 规则怪谈：兽人圈养人类？我靠装失忆反杀！ The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery10k WordsCompleted I was kept as a pet by beastfolk in a “paradise,” surviving each day by pretending to have amnesia. When I crawled out of the CT scanner, my parents were sitting at the dining table, gnawing on bloody raw meat. Rules suddenly appeared before my eyes: [Do not enter the kitchen] [When danger appears, hide in the study for two hours] One moment, I was enjoying a warm breakfast with Mom and Dad. The next, their skin was crawling with eerie talismans, and they were forcing me to enter the forbidden k 18Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 我 Surviving the Deadly Amusement Park by Exploiting Rule Loopholes 我在死亡游乐场，靠规则漏洞求生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery13k WordsCompleted Welcome to the Strange Amusement Park Happy Valley Daytime Visitor Rules: 1. Visitors must keep the park clean. Littering is prohibited. 2. Visitors must follow staff instructions to make management easier. 3. Visitors must queue in an orderly manner. Cutting in line is prohibited. 4. Smoking and bringing flammable or explosive items into the park are prohibited. 5. If you see a clown, you must greet them and accept a balloon. One of the rules above is false. Find it before 6 p.m., or die! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 最 The Last Piece of Fox Meat 最后一块狐狸肉 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery18k WordsCompleted When I chopped off the white fox's right hind leg, what flowed from its wound wasn't blood, but the cries of the landlady's missing beloved cat. Three days ago, when Boss Zhou forced me to butcher the spirit fox, he never could have imagined that the lump of meat in the kitchen freezer, which would never rot, was a death sentence for every diner. At that moment, Uncle Li's compass needle suddenly began spinning wildly. The last piece of fox meat on the stove was oozing thick black liquid. The po 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 溺 Drowning Terror 溺水惊魂 Mo Xuanyu墨玄羽Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I opened my eyes, I'd become a plainclothes policewoman, standing by a bridge and looking down. In the river below, a bald middle-aged man was about to sink beneath the surface. The onlookers desperately tried to stop us. “Officers, don't save that murderer! Let him die!” But suddenly, a voice rang in my ears: “Get the drowning man to shore within 10 minutes, or die!” But I can't swim at all! —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 消 The Vanishing Her: Who Is My Girlfriend, Really? 消失的她：我的女友究竟是谁 Crimson Blossoms乱红Mystery13k WordsCompleted I'm a corporate wage slave. I've noticed my girlfriend has been acting strangely lately. She often dances in front of the mirror in the middle of the night and makes all sorts of eerie expressions. Worried about her, I started investigating her in secret. I discovered that she has a twin sister with dissociative identity disorder. The hospital staff said her sister went missing a month ago. My girlfriend seems to have changed completely around the same time. Just as I sat at my computer, feeling —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 被 The Secret Buried in the Mountains 被埋葬在山里的秘密 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted Never answer a dead person's call. That night, my old classmate Shi Shoupeng suddenly called, saying he'd found five million yuan buried on Phoenix Mountain thirty years ago. But Zhao Shuang and the others insisted we'd killed him long ago. His body was stuffed in a suitcase, buried right beneath my feet. My phone was clearly out of battery, yet I heard the rasp of bones grinding together from the receiver. “Lu Liang... You said... if we couldn't find the money... you'd leave me to die in the mo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 罪 Village of Sin 罪恶村庄 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery8k WordsCompleted After Lu Yan returned from an out-of-town interview, it was as if he were possessed. Wherever he stayed, everything before his eyes would turn into ruins after sunset! He went for a medical examination, but nothing was wrong. There seemed to be no explanation for any of it. But he didn't know that from the moment he became a cold, detached observer, his fate was no longer in his own hands... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 青 The Bronze Ritual Cauldron 青铜法鼎 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Chen Junsheng has been seeing ghosts lately. While walking down the street, his vision would suddenly warp, and then he'd see a woman in a red traditional wedding gown. But he'd done plenty of good deeds in his life, so why would a ghost come after him? It wasn't until he sought help from an expert that he learned someone had made him take their place in death. Before long, he would die a sudden, violent death... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 锁 Soul-Locking Pavilion 锁魂阁 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted My hand trembled slightly as I clutched the diagnosis report. The clinic's heating was turned way up, but cold sweat had soaked the lining of my down jacket. The robed man before me slid over a cup of blood-red tea. The miniature carved pavilion in his palm glowed faintly. “The Soul-Locking Pavilion has recognized you as its master. That means the original owner of your heart was sacrificed alive.” Amid the crisp clink of the teacup against the table, he suddenly leaned in close: “Trade the glor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 致 The Deadly Incense-Switching Pot 致命转香壶 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Song Shiyan suffers from a strange illness, yet every medical examination comes back completely normal. A year has passed, and she's even lost her sense of taste. At her mother's suggestion, she seeks help from a mysterious shaman and receives a mandarin-duck aroma pot said to cure her illness. But this is the beginning of karmic retribution and the cycle of good and evil... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 240 怪 Monsters Rule the Earth, and My Monster Boyfriend Tore Out My Heart 怪物称霸地球，我被怪物男友掏了心窝子 He Xiaofang何小方7k WordsCompleted Monsters rule the Earth, and my monster boyfriend ripped my heart out. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense and mind-bending

41. 241 她 She Knows the Other Woman Lives Downstairs 她知道小三住楼下 Eternal Life, Eternal Togetherness永生永同7k WordsCompleted She Knows the Homewrecker Lives Downstairs —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She knew her husband was having an affair. She knew she didn't like children. She knew the other woman lived downstairs. She knew everything…

42. 242 三 The Night Shift Bell in Bed Three 三号床的夜班铃 Lou Bojing娄博景6k WordsCompleted The Night-Shift Bell in Bed Three —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Can you take a look at what I wrote? [Shy][shy]

43. 243 我 Am I Your Cat? 我是你的一只猫吗？ It’s a Shockwave是冲击波啊8k WordsCompleted Am I Your Cat? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a short suspense story, roughly a killer's own account. You'll discover something as you read on.

44. 244 荒 Desert Island Journey: Every Step Toward the Abyss 荒岛之旅：步步踏向深渊 Wild Thoughts on a Rainy Night雨夜狂思19k WordsCompleted Island Survival: Every Step Leads Deeper into the Abyss —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A captivating horror novel with a romantic love story that you won't be able to put down! [Smirk]

45. 245 浓 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 Inspired by the Pen, Flowers Bloom望笔生花16k WordsCompleted The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hey everyone, please take a look at my short story when you have time. Any opinions or viewpoints are welcome, and I'll do my best to revise it. I'm a new author, so please follow me! [Shy]

46. 246 死 When Death Came, I Chose to Split Apart 死亡来临时，我选择分裂 Yun Yu Luo Xuan云雨落宣11k WordsCompleted When Death Came, I Chose to Split Apart —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The setting of living alone in an old building and an endless cycle of nightmares really resonated with me! The flickering motion-activated lights, the damp hallways, and the white-clad figure that appears precisely every night—the atmosphere is incredibly immersive. The evasive neighbors, the secrets hidden by the best friend, the fragmented memories—every detail is full of hidden mysteries, and the more I read, the more chills ran down my spine.

47. 247 镜 The Mirror Haunting (The Tenant) 镜诡（房客） A Good Pigeon Doesn't Coo好鸽不咯8k WordsCompleted The Mirror Haunting (Tenant) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at this, it's so beautiful!

48. 248 老 The Eyes in the Crack of the Old House Door 老宅门缝里的眼睛 Escape Is Also an Art逃离也是一种艺术13k WordsCompleted Eyes Watching Through a Crack in the Old House's Door —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Enter at your own risk...

49. 249 冥 On the Seventh Night of the Ghost Marriage, the Male Corpse Rose 冥婚头七夜，那具男尸起来了 Going Out to Grow Cabbages下地种白菜19k WordsCompleted On the Seventh Night of the Ghost Marriage, the Male Corpse Got Up —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You won't regret reading this, so please read it carefully.

50. 250 合 Rule Number One for Roommates: Never Lock Your Bedroom Door 合租守则第一条：不要锁房门 Feng Feng Feng Ah丰丰丰啊46k WordsCompleted Rule One of Sharing a Rental: Never Lock Your Bedroom Door —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "I'm recommending a short thriller about rules: If you enjoy 'Strange Tales of Rules' and thought-provoking Chinese horror, this survival dilemma set within the safest space of 'home' will definitely send chills down your spine. (Approximately 47,000 words) Please add it to your favorites and provide feedback."

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