Super Scary Novels That’ll Make You Cry in the Middle of the Night 超级恐怖，大半夜能把人吓哭的小说。

1. 251 红 The Empty Car Beneath the Red Lantern 红灯笼下的空车 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷29k WordsCompleted The Empty Carriage Beneath the Red Lantern —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The rainy season in Fujian Province always arrives unexpectedly, like a long-planned conspiracy, as @DouchengBaye suggests. Rainwater slides down the edges of Xiamen's neon lights, forming black streams on the asphalt, reflecting the city's bizarre and dazzling image. I sit in the driver's seat, my fingers unconsciously tapping the steering wheel. The cold touch of the leather on my fingertips makes me feel more like a specimen trapped in an iron box than a living person. Forty-five years old, former operations director of a mid-sized company, now a ride-hailing driver. This is my life trajectory, a smooth downward parabola, without rebound, only the acceleration of gravity. The air freshener in the car smells of cheap lemon, mixed with the earthy smell of rain, and an indescribable odor, similar to that of an old camphor wood chest. It's the unique smell of unemployment, the smell of moldy dignity.

2. 252 湿 Strange Tales of the Rainy City: A Red Notice on a Rainy Night in Nangang 湿城诡录：南港雨夜红单 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted The Strange Cases of the Rainy City: Red Orders on a Rainy Night in Nangang —Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 253 当 When the Mirror No Longer Reflects a Face 当镜子不再映脸 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted When Mirrors No Longer Reflect Faces 1Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 254 保 The Security Chief's Final Shift 保安队长的最后一班岗 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted The Security Captain's Final Shift 4Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 255 流 Incense for the Streamers: The Nth Livestream 流量香火:第N次开播 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted Traffic and Incense: The Nth Livestream 2Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 256 拜 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan in Offerings 拜错神:三十块祭品 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷21k WordsCompleted Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan's Worth of Offerings 2Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 257 流 Sacrificial Offering for Views: Live-Streaming the Zongzi Offering 流量祭品:直播送肉粽 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted Traffic Sacrifice: Livestreaming a Rice Dumpling Offering 1Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 258 上 Shangyuan Plague Register: I'm on the Last Page 上元疰簿：名册最后一页是我 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷65k WordsCompleted The Shangyuan Curse Register: I'm on the Last Page 2Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 259 给 A Cigarette for the Female Ghost 给女鬼递根烟 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted Hand a Cigarette to a Female Ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 260 奉 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond Punk 奉天夜半：红戏服与黄毛 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷32k WordsCompleted Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 261 后 The Third Person in the Rearview Mirror 后视镜里的第三个人 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted The Third Person in the Rearview Mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 262 腐 Rotten Jasmine: Karmic Sin and False Testimony 腐茉莉：业障伪证 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted Rotten Jasmine: False Testimony of Sin 4Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 263 消 The Missing Tenants' List 消失的租客名单 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷31k WordsCompleted The Missing Tenant List 3Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 264 湘 The Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Chronicles: Human Hearts and Ghostly Schemes 湘西赶尸录：人心鬼蜮 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted The Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Records: The Human Heart's Haunted Maze 11Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 265 鸡 You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷30k WordsCompleted You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 4Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 266 脚 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 2Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 267 戏 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 戏台鬼影 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷19k WordsCompleted Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage —Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 268 穿 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty to Escape the Zombies, Only to Find I Brought Them 穿到大唐躲丧尸，丧尸竟是我带的 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷62k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the Tang dynasty to hide from zombies, only to discover that I was the one leading them. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 269 旧 No One Survives the Old House: Eyes in the Cracks in the Walls 旧厝里无人生还：墙缝里的眼睛 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷59k WordsCompleted No One Survives in the Old House: Eyes in the Cracks in the Walls —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 270 妖 Demon Book 妖书 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷65k WordsCompleted Demonic Book 3Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 271 黄 The Golden Bait Project 黄金鱼饵计划 Ink Shadow's Return Journey墨影归途18k WordsCompleted [Modern mystery, dark crime, twist-filled power fantasy] Cornered with no way out, he came up with a plan: the Golden Fish Bait scheme. He deliberately posted huge amounts of fake gold online, posing as a wealthy recluse to lure greedy thieves to his door. He set up layers of mechanisms, surveillance cameras, and traps in advance, hoping to take the thieves down and get the money he needed to save his life. But once the hunters took the bait, everything spiraled out of control. The intruders wer 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    👻 It's not scary, what's scary is the human heart.

22. 272 马 The Maltese Falcon 马耳他之鹰 Dashiell Hammett达希尔·哈米特120k WordsCompleted One job, two murders, three groups on his trail, four factions. On a foggy night in San Francisco, private detective Sam Spade is drawn into a deadly con revolving around a priceless black falcon statuette. A beautiful woman, swindlers, hitmen, wealthy businessmen: everyone has an agenda, and danger lurks at every turn. When the truth strips away the disguises, and love collides with principle, he must make the most ruthless choice. No warmth, no redemption, just the truth, hard-boiled to the en 54Reads8.5Score1514d adds
23. 273 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 103Reads—Score1114d adds

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    Book lovers recommend it to each other and it becomes a hit; it's perfect for filling the gaps in your reading list.

24. 274 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds
25. 275 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 276 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A wave of ghost stories is coming!

27. 277 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 94Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 278 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 59Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 279 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 423Reads6.6Score—14d adds
30. 280 奇 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 Shark Sauce鲨鱼酱子Mystery288k WordsCompleted This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Enter at your own risk; you might be too scared to go to the toilet.

31. 281 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! Lots of zombie and drought demon tales! Perfect for reading late at night!

32. 282 恐 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I'll Light a Candle Tomorrow Night明晚点蜡烛Mystery215k WordsCompleted I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds

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    If you're not afraid of horror, then this is for you! It'll give you goosebumps!

33. 283 诡 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery156k WordsOngoing An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    On the rooftop under the full moon, the boy felt a weight on his shoulders. Turning around, he saw his brother staring wide-eyed in the distance—who was that clinging to him? Wet hair dripping, the female ghost softly called, "A-Jian." Escape? She was leaping off the rooftop. 🥺

34. 284 薛 Xue Family Paper Effigy Shop 薛记纸扎铺 Evergreen Paper Effigy Maker长青纸扎匠Mystery791k WordsOngoing On the surface, this world is an ordinary modern city. But hidden from sight is something called “Filth.” A person’s obsessions, resentment, fear, regrets, and other powerful negative emotions can coalesce under certain conditions, attaching themselves to objects, places, or even people, where they can influence or even devour the living. Most people don’t know Filth exists, but certain specialized trades can deal with it. Paper effigy crafting is one of them. As the name suggests, paper effigy 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Checked in, recommended!

35. 285 筑 The Secret Record of the Between-Realm 筑间秘录 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance260k WordsOngoing Jiang Ziwen, a renowned designer, was playing a game when someone lured his soul into a dream. He suddenly died... When he was judged in the underworld, the King of Hell took note of his sense of justice and the injustice he had suffered. Since they shared the same name, the King of Hell bestowed upon him secret Feng Shui techniques. After returning to the living world, he fell in love at first sight with Ye Ling, a night patrol envoy of the underworld... 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Human-ghost love affair, feng shui in the mortal world, hell and ghosts

36. 286 开 From the Start, Hunted by Ghosts: My Notebook of Yin Debts 开局被鬼追杀我的阴债笔记 Better Scrape Cassava不如刮木薯Mystery210k WordsOngoing [Mystery + mild horror + supernatural + folk customs] My yin-yang eyes aren’t for driving away ghosts. They’re for repaying debts. When I was ten, a corpse bearing my birth details surfaced in the old well at the village entrance. The whole village wanted me thrown into the well to atone, and my grandfather traded his life for my escape. I thought I was simply an ill-fated child, born at an unlucky hour, until I escaped the village and discovered that all the ghosts following me were trying to —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a good book.

37. 287 诡 Strange Outdoor Expeditions 诡异户外探索 Desert Cactus沙漠仙人球Mystery754k WordsCompleted Phones are inseparable from daily life and constantly in the public eye. Livestreaming on phones has become a way for some people to explore the world and make money… Wang Fan was a professional online celebrity. At first, he livestreamed himself singing and chatting with viewers online… As time went by, singing and chatting on livestreams were no longer enough to satisfy his audience. A chance outdoor outing led him to explore outdoor livestreaming. 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Don't watch it late at night! It's quite scary.

38. 288 迷 Hook in the Mist 迷雾之钩 Sea Moon and Painting海月丹青Mystery71k WordsCompleted The mist over Qinglan Reservoir never lifts. A pendant and fishhook engraved with the date 1962.7.15 don’t catch fish; they catch the living and the dead. Three years ago, documentary photographer Shen Bozhou’s heart stopped for ten minutes when he jumped into the reservoir to save his partner, who had plunged into the water under mysterious circumstances. Ever since, he has been haunted by visions from beneath the surface. Now he has returned to finish the film he left incomplete, only to find —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This novel is pretty scary! Come check it out! [Cool]

39. 289 不 The Unnoticeable One 不可觉察之人 Xu Ba Pi of Xinghua Village杏花村镇的徐扒皮Mystery172k WordsOngoing (The new book’s rating isn’t out yet.) Qi Yan has always believed that you can tell people apart from one another. Not by their looks or their voices. But by their little habits. Some people always turn their cup before drinking. Some always step off with their left foot. Some pause for half a second on a certain word when they speak. These things are hard to imitate. But lately, Qi Yan has noticed that some people have started acting a little strange. When the neighbor next door sees him, they —Reads—Score—14d adds

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