Collection of Short Horror Stories 短篇恐怖小说合集

1. 401 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 402 阿 The Altay Horror Line 阿勒泰恐怖专线 Sheep Brings Good Fortune羊开泰Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Comedy] [Adventure] [Strength through mutation] Wu Yanqing is a half-baked tour guide on the Altay route. Along with a bald driver and a photographer who joined the trade halfway through, he leads a big-rumped sheep. The three men will abandon all scruples for money, and their tour route is downright bizarre. Dear travelers, our upcoming attractions include a hanging corpse tree deep in the Keketuohai mountains, strange creatures beneath a mineral vein, and an unnamed ghost temple in Habahe... 12kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves
3. 403 异 The Unusual Case Investigation Bureau 异案调查局 Long Song on the Canglang River沧浪长歌Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In 2008, the body of a drowned woman was discovered in the Kaiyuan Reservoir. Yet every clue in the case pointed to suicide. The officers assigned to investigate began having frequent nightmares, and in the end, each of them drowned. “Bus 303,” “Crying Beneath the Old Grave,” “Hair in the Forbidden City Corridor,” “Chongqing's Headless Taxi Driver.” Zhang Yao, a member of the Anomalous Cases Investigation Bureau, tells you about the inexplicable paranormal cases he personally encountered over th 187Reads5.3Score127Shelves

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   A short supernatural novel, a little scary, quite good

4. 404 午 The Doll at Midnight 午夜的洋娃娃 Yunan Shu予楠书19k WordsCompleted The Doll at Midnight —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommend this,

5. 405 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 17.4kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
6. 406 百 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 236Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An unpopular masterpiece that is both burning and terrifying! On the battlefield, there are not only rains of gunfire and bullets, but also wandering resentful spirits. People and ghosts stand side by side, fighting to the death in desperate situations.

7. 407 玄 The Mystical Art of Spirit Communication 玄之通灵 Xiao Yifan小忆凡Mystery268k WordsCompleted This is a novel made up of short stories about supernatural events. Some are true, some are false, and some are exaggerated, with humor, comedy, horror, and all manner of paranormal happenings... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Can I have one chapter per chapter?

8. 408 恐 A Collection of Horror Novellas 恐怖短片小说合集 Luck Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的luckMystery155k WordsOngoing Lin Xiaoyu moves into an old apartment. The furnishings are simple, with only the enormous full-length mirror standing out as strangely out of place. Its frame is carved with intricate patterns and looks quite old. At first, Lin Xiaoyu pays it no mind, but soon she realizes that her reflection seems to have a will of its own. Whenever the night grows quiet, the “her” in the mirror begins making movements different from Lin Xiaoyu's, even wearing a bizarre smile. Lin Xiaoyu tries to escape, only —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 409 红 The Bride in Red 红衣厉嫁 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路57k WordsCompleted The Red-Dressed Bride of a Vengeful Ghost 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Let's see who's scarier. I suggest you watch it with your new girlfriend.

10. 410 夜 The Wind Howls at the Mass Grave at Midnight 夜半风哭乱葬岗 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路27k WordsCompleted The Wind Weeps at Midnight in the Mass Burial Ground 4Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 午 Don't Comb Your Hair at Midnight 午夜十二点，别梳头 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路29k WordsCompleted At Midnight, Don’t Comb Your Hair 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 412 雪 A Yellow Fairy Demands a Title on a Snowy Night, and My Mom Tricks Me Into Dying 雪夜黄仙讨封，我妈骗我去死 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路56k WordsCompleted On a Snowy Night, a Yellow Immortal Demands a Title, and My Mom Tricks Me Into Dying —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 413 我 Making Peace with Myself, Gently 我与自己，温柔和解 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路79k WordsCompleted Making Peace With Myself, Gently 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 414 渡 Snow Over the Crossing Bridge 渡桥雪 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路Historical21k WordsCompleted Snow Over the Crossing Bridge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 415 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
16. 416 湘 Corpse-Driving in Xiangxi: The Yin Bell Calls the Soul 湘西赶尸：阴铃引魂 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路40k WordsCompleted Corpse-Walking in Western Hunan: The Yin Bell Calls the Souls —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 417 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?! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 418 三 Night of Terror at the Three-Way Junction 三岔口惊魂夜 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路37k WordsCompleted A Terrifying Night at the Three-Way Junction —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 419 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. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 420 时 The Time Pawnshop: Deposit No. 7 时间当铺：第七号寄存物 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路25k WordsCompleted The Time Pawnshop: Deposit No. 7 —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 421 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." 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 422 财 The God of Wealth Descends to Earth 财神下凡 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路12k WordsCompleted The God of Wealth Descends to the Mortal World —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 423 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. 335Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 424 寒 Wild Grass in a Cold Village 寒村野草 A Hauler's Road搬运工的路39k WordsCompleted Wild Grass in a Cold Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 425 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. 426 鬼 Ghost Stories: The Mist at the Dragon-Locking Well 鬼话怪谈：锁龙井迷雾 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery6k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories and Strange Tales: The Mist of the Dragon-Locking Well —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are terrible

27. 427 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 5Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 428 鬼 Ghost Stories: The 1999 Apocalypse Crisis 鬼话怪谈：1999末日危机 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery6k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories: The 1999 Doomsday Crisis —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 429 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 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 430 鬼 Ghost Stories: The Stone Python’s Strange Transformation 鬼话怪谈：石蟒谲变 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery7k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories: The Stone Python's Strange Transformation —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 431 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
32. 432 蜀 Shocking Upheaval in Shudu: The Plot to Blow Up General Mountain 蜀都惊变：将军山爆破阴谋 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery8k WordsCompleted A Shocking Change in Shudu: The Plot to Blow Up General's Hill —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 433 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
34. 434 蜀 Shadows of Shudu: The 1995 Zombie Mystery 蜀都诡影：1995僵尸秘事 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery7k WordsCompleted Ghostly Shadows in Shudu: The 1995 Zombie Mystery 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 435 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 436 镇 The Ancient Demon-Suppressing Temple: The Ma Family’s Hidden Secret 镇妖古刹：马家遗秘 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery9k WordsCompleted The Ancient Temple That Suppresses Demons: The Ma Family's Hidden Legacy —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 437 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
38. 438 鬼 Ghost Stories: The Painted Soul Mystery 鬼话怪谈：画魂迷局 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery8k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories: The Painted Soul Mystery —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 439 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 440 鬼 Ghost Stories: The Evil Shadow Beneath the Temple 鬼话怪谈：寺下邪影 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery7k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories: Evil Shadows Beneath the Temple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 441 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 442 鬼 Ghost Stories: The Monster’s Shadow Beneath the Stone Lion 鬼话怪谈：石狮下的妖影 Fish Born for You鱼生于你Mystery7k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories: The Demon Shadow Beneath the Stone Lion 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 443 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
44. 444 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
45. 445 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... —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 446 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... —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 447 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 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 448 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... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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