Horror Novels: The Scariest One You Know 恐怖小说,你知道的最恐怖的那本
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The Spirit-Suppressing Coffin 囚灵棺
I was curious about the coffin necklace around my boyfriend's neck. Before I could even touch it, he broke up with me on the spot. I complained about it to the viewers in my livestream, but then a fortune-telling streamer suddenly joined the call and warned me: “Break up with him right now. Your boyfriend is wearing a Spirit-Binding Coffin!” From that day on, eerie nightmares, a mysterious female ghost, and my boyfriend's secrets... One strange event after another began to unfold. Just when I th
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The Child Who Never Existed 不存在的孩子
My son suddenly disappeared. Everyone told me that I had never had a child. The daycare teacher didn't know me. My husband said we'd never wanted a child, and even my best friend urged me to calm down, saying it was all just an hallucination. But I clearly remembered the child I'd risked my life to give birth to. His name was Liu Chaoyang, he was one year and eight months old, and he was a chubby little dumpling! Then I found baby supplies under the bed, along with photographs and traces that ha
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Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格
I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman?
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The Haunted Inn 惊魂旅馆
An unexpected downpour drowned out the sounds of murder. Late at night, in a remote inn, a corpse lay sprawled across a bed, blood pouring from all seven orifices. The killer seemed to be hiding among the guests, none of whom trusted one another: a police officer, a writer, a psychiatrist, a celebrity, a fan, a college student... Every one of them had something to hide. After a second murder, the line between the dead and the living grew increasingly blurred. Everyone was a suspect, and everyone
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Blood Ties 血缘关系
I rushed a thousand miles to mourn my mother, only to discover that she had died under suspicious circumstances. I wanted to uncover the truth and avenge her, but my whole family opposed me! It turned out everything was because there was a “vampire” in the family!
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My Fiancée Disappeared, and I Became the Killer 未婚妻失踪,我成了凶手
My name is Cheng Yuan. My fiancée has disappeared. The last message I saw before I passed out was from her. “Cheng Yuan, run!” When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a perfect replica of my home, with something sinister lurking everywhere. And it seemed someone was watching me! A madman claimed to be deeply in love with my fiancée. But later, I discovered that the real madman was someone else.
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There’s a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有鬼
My roommate is a cosplayer. A month into our sophomore year, she ordered a complete Chinese ghost-bride outfit online to wear to a horror party. She even hung the entire outfit beside her bed the night before. But that night, I woke with a start in the middle of the night and saw with my own eyes a female ghost in a bright red wedding dress pacing back and forth at the foot of her bed.
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My Best Friend Disappeared While Picking Up Takeout, and Everyone Says She Never Existed 闺蜜取个外卖就失踪,所有人都说她并不存在
My best friend went out to pick up a delivery and never came back. She vanished from my life completely. Nobody remembered her. They all thought I was mentally ill. The truth was, we had been split across two different timelines.
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Let Me Tell You a Little Story, But Don't Be Scared, Season Five: Nightmare 我讲个小故事,可别吓着你呀 第五季:梦魇
Fear is a drop of water falling into a pond, setting off one ripple after another. Hidden in everyday life, lurking in people's hearts, fear is everywhere. Fear lives in my stories.
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Daughter Village 女儿村
I was born in Daughter Village. For twenty years in a row, every child born in our village was a girl. Every nightfall, the cries of baby girls echoed through the valley. Once, a Taoist priest came to our village and said the entire village was cursed. During the summer of my first year of graduate school, my advisor ignored my protests and brought me and several other students to the village to conduct research.
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The Cursed Girl with a Doomed Fate 诡命煞女
Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy...
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The Missing Body 丢失的身体
Two empty bottles of sleeping pills lay before the grave, and two kidneys lay before his son's grave. With a smile on his face, he leaned against his son's gravestone and slowly closed his eyes.
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Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕
That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e
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Workplace Rule Horror: A Desperate Fight to Survive the Grind 职场规则怪谈:玩命打工求生
A job interview turns into a deadly game The printer devours people, the elevator plummets, the boss eats human flesh… Every workplace rule is a lethal trap! Double-sided printing can save your life; pressing the wrong elevator button can cost it. Remember the rules of the workplace, or you'll be the next zombie! Is this workplace bullying, or a death game? Welcome to workplace hell Please do your best to survive.
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Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科
Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined
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A Collection of Supernatural Horror Short Stories 超级恐怖短篇小说合集
An ordinary office worker in the city buys an antique wooden comb on a whim, unaware that he has become entangled in a terrifying curse spanning a century. A new work, with one self-contained story per chapter.
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My Roommate Stole a Kiss from Me During a Blackout 停电时我被舍友偷亲了
[Top-Tier Novel + Two Male Leads + Short Story + HE + Hilarious + Lighthearted + Mutual Pining + Sweet Romance + Ridiculous] This collection features two popular, highly collected comedy shorts by the hit author Xiao Dao Who Is Always in Meetings: “My Roommate Stole a Kiss While the Power Was Out” and “My Avatar Is Me. Got a Problem?” “My Roommate Stole a Kiss While the Power Was Out” My roommate stole a kiss from me while the power was out... But I had no idea which roommate it was, so I sent t
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My Jie Sect's First Disciple: Invincible Through My Junior Siblings 我截教首徒,靠师弟师妹无敌
Xian Junyu, a handsome man from Blue Star, accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World, becoming the first wisp of immortal energy created when heaven and earth were split apart. After taking human form, he was accepted as a disciple by Sect Master Tongtian, becoming the very first disciple of the Jie Sect. Familiar with the story's trajectory, he thought he would meet the same fate of having his soul sent to the Investiture of the Gods. The thought sapped all his motivation, and he cho
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Legends of the Seven Realms 七界传说
The complete Seven Realms, including the full prequel. For a thousand years, the cultivation world has passed down the legend of the Five Sects, Six Academies, and Seven Realms. Lu Yun was born with a physical defect. On his defiant path to greatness, he finds several unforgettable loves and friendships and suffers one hardship after another. But how will it all end? Immortals, Buddhas, Daoists, demons, monsters, and beasts all gather. Good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and wickedness: who c
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Naruto: Reborn as Naruto, I Save Jiraiya from the Start 火影:重生鸣人,开局拯救自来也
In the era after Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, who died in battle, suddenly awakens and discovers that he is in another world. Just as he is worrying about how the final battle between Boruto and the Ōtsutsuki Clan will turn out, the Sage of Six Paths appears once more and tells him a secret he never knew. It turns out the Great Toad Sage's prophecy was right. Boruto really is the Child of Prophecy. It's just that the one whose fate changed wasn't the shinobi world's ending, but Naruto's destiny.
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The Evil Ninth Prince 妖孽九皇子
Ye Chen transmigrates into the body of the Ninth Prince of Xia. His royal brothers want him dead, the emperor wants him dead, and the powerful nobles at court all want him dead. Ye Chen has had enough. If everyone wants to kill me, then I’ll seize control of the military, train a million elite soldiers, sweep across the land, and claim the throne.
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Master of All Things 神控天下
I had just transmigrated when my divine beast mount was stolen. Even my fiancée, who had made a three-year pact with me, was promised by her father to my enemy’s eldest son! Well, that’s it. My hate level is maxed out from the start. Time to unleash my inner power and settle this once and for all! The Eight Great War Generals, the Nine Profound Techniques, and my Thirteenth-Rank Warrior identity are all coming with me... Tremble!
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The Legend of Luo Luo: I’m Jin Tieshou’s Younger Brother 洛洛历险记:我,金铁兽亲弟
[Transformers: Beast Wars + Machine War King + Fire Thunderbolt + System + Wuzhan Dao + Leveling Up + Anime] Lan Chen transmigrates into the world of The Adventures of Luo Luo and becomes Tong Tie Shou, Jin Tie Shou's younger brother. He also gains an Invincible Leveling System and sets out on the road to dominating the world of mechanical beasts. Tiger King: “Tong Tie Shou is the true hero! Compared to him, I'm far too green!” Luo Luo: “Tong Tie Shou is so powerful that the Machine Clan has no
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Ordinary Immortal of the Nine Domains 九域凡仙
The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations.
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The Female CEO’s Super Soldier King 女总裁的超级兵王
A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年,谁还见义勇为啊
He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this…
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Quick Transmigration: Passing Through a World of Cliches 快穿:在狗血的全世界路过
[The completed audiobook adaptation, featuring a real-life cast, has the same title] [Top! Top!! TOP!!!] Pei Yu was on the verge of death when he was bound to a System belonging to an organization called “Dog-Blood Drama.” He had to take the place of the original characters in various melodramatic stories, live out their lives peacefully, and save a particular person. Pei Yu: “...” A small matter. In the body-double romance, he is the frail, unattainable white moonlight the protagonist gong can
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Old Tales of the Dead Village 死人村旧事
Chen Ergou holds a stalk of grass and gently pokes at the paper money still smoldering in front of him. Behind him, a dense crowd of “people” from the village and beyond stands packed together... Hanwa, his belly slit open and his tongue hanging down to his chest; Sufen, naked, with raw flesh exposed; the Fat Taoist, whose limbs and head are covered with tightly packed stitches at the joints; Tian Da, his body stiff, a walking stick jutting from his wide-open mouth; Xiao Zhao, pale-faced and dri
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Ghosts Knock at Midnight! 半夜鬼敲门!
Zhou Ming moved into an old, cheap apartment, unaware that it concealed a terrifying secret from twenty years ago. Every night at midnight, three knocks sounded on his door, right on time. But when he looked through the peephole, no one was there. Then, one rainy night, he looked through the peephole and saw a twisted, misshapen face staring fixedly at him… As he investigated further, Zhou Ming discovered that the apartment had once been home to Lin Xiaowan, a girl who had gone missing. Her d
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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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School Building 校舍
[Battle Royale + Rule Horror + No CP + Ensemble Cast] This school building eats people. It’s only a five-story classroom building, but the forty people trapped inside just can’t escape. There are also so-called “monsters” wandering the halls. And the condition for beating the game is... ?
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A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Laughter in the Dead of Night 夜半鬼笑
He Liuliu, a useless college student, accidentally became a conduit for the underworld, sharing his body with a ghost. To stay alive, he embarked on a ghost-hunting adventure that was both hilarious and awkward.
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When Staying at a Hotel, Never Choose the Room at the End of the Hallway 住酒店,千万别选过道尽头的房间
When staying at a hotel, never choose a room at the end of the hallway.
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I Heard That the Woman I Loved So Deeply Got Married 听说,我深爱着的她,结婚了。
I heard that the woman I love deeply has gotten married.
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Midnight Tales of the Strange 午夜怪谈录
A collection of a hundred folk tales of the supernatural, with one self-contained story per chapter. Every tale strikes at the heart of Chinese-style horror. Welcome to Midnight Tales. A word of warning: if you read late at night, be sure to lock your doors. Each chapter is a new story, told entirely in the first person.
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Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈
The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine!
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Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记
Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror.
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Someone's Always Covering My Shift, Turning Me into the Company's Model Employee! 总有人替我上班,替我卷成公司模范!
Someone's Always Filling In for Me, Working Overtime to Make Me the Company's Model Employee!
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My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门,但他死于七天前
My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago
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Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录
Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game..
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Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院:404凶舍
A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again.
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Death’s Homework 死亡作业
After our homeroom teacher left us a bizarre assignment, news of her death came the very next day... That was when we remembered the terror of being ruled by homework... Once school starts, there will be two updates every day. A jade pendant gift earns one extra chapter, and every 300 gold diamonds earns another!
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Tales of the Unextinguished Lights 不熄灯异闻录
More chilling than ghost stories, these tales recount the uncanny happenings secretly passed down by our elders! Children will be too scared to walk alone at night after hearing them, and adults will want to pay their respects to their ancestors. This is a book of taboos that the village elders tried to keep from being written! This collection of short stories features folk horror, supernatural mysteries, thrillers, legends, strange tales, and fantasy from across China and around the world.
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A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士
A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help.
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Love on Route 11 情迷11路
While other people are born with jade in their mouths, I was born with a stone in mine. After my first love dumped me, the little stone around my neck went missing too, and I became a walking jinx. Dogs chased me whenever I went out, I got rear-ended on my bike, and even my chances at love disappeared. I became an unwanted old maid, so I gritted my teeth, stamped my foot, and went to the city to work as a bus driver. By a twist of fate, though, I ended up driving the number 11 night route. And t
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Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥,你是警察啊,不是道士!
[If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T
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I Went Night Fishing and Hooked a Corpse, But Carried Home a Fleeing Female Corpse 夜钓钓浮尸,我却扛回逃跑的女尸
Fishing streamer Wei Kun transmigrated to a parallel world and activated the [Tough Guy System]! As long as he completed the System’s missions, he would receive rewards. But the very first mission was to go night fishing at a graveyard on the Ghost Festival. Viewers: Aren’t you scared, streamer? Wei Kun: Scared? My fishing rod’s made from lightning-struck peachwood, my line’s pulled from an ink line reel, my ground bait’s made from glutinous rice, and my bait’s mixed with black dog blood. Tonigh
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300 Volumes of Supernatural Mysteries 灵异惊案300册
Every chapter features a supernatural tale, and each one is rich with meaning. This book tells a series of bizarre and terrifying stories from a unique perspective. From mysterious old mansions to abandoned hospitals, every setting is filled with fear of the unknown. The protagonist travels through these eerie places, contending with evil spirits and vengeful ghosts while searching for the truth hidden behind them. With delicate prose, the author creates a chilling atmosphere that makes you feel
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Fifteen Years of Resentment: Tales from the Haunted House at Midnight 十五年的怨念:午夜凶宅诡事录
Fifteen Years of Resentment: Tales of a Haunted House at Midnight
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