Terrifying Novels That’ll Scare You to Death 特别恐怖,恐怖的能吓死人的小说
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I Slept In, Then the Campus Zombie Outbreak Began 睡过头后,校园丧尸爆发
[Apocalypse + escape + zombies + wasteland + strong male and female leads] On the day of her exam, Mo Xiao overslept. She woke up after a nap in her dorm to find that all internet and communications had gone down. The messages in the class group chat had stopped two hours earlier. The once bustling campus had fallen into an eerie silence. Just then, a knock came from the door... [No System + no cultivation + character growth. The whole school flees together in the early stages; later, they defen
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The Prisoner's Testimony, Also Known as Seven-Day Reincarnation 囚证,又名七日轮回
At two in the morning, a call from an unknown number comes in: “Shen Yu is not dead.” Shen Yu, Su Mian’s best friend, vanished under mysterious circumstances seven years ago and was never heard from again. Seven years later, a phone call and a text message lead Su Mian to an abandoned psychiatric hospital. There, she discovers the medical records of Shen Yu and her two younger sisters, along with a woman who has been imprisoned for years. On the woman’s hand is a ring engraved with the date Shen
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Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749 灵异:我在749局打鬼那些年
The appearance of a white coffin and a red coffin at the construction site changed my fate. That night, I saw corpses that could move and a ghost that could steal a person's soul. They were all "deceiving" me, trying to make me die. What should I do... When you think the person behind you is a ghost, the real ghost may be the one standing in front of you... Once it's dark... don't read this!!
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I Put on a Mask and Became a God 戴上面具,我成了神
I woke up with amnesia from the start. Did I kill someone? The security footage shows me brutally slaughtering two burly men all by myself? Yan Zhile: That wasn't me. I put on a mask and got possessed by a god. Do you believe me? Police: Why not say you're Ultraman while you're at it? From an ordinary college student to the Host of a forbidden mask. She takes down scumbag dads, slays heavenly fiends, and tames ancient divine beasts. When she has collected every mask, she stands atop the Ea
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This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈,你让我坟头蹦迪
[The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har
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Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说
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Yun Che: The Grave Keeper 云澈:修坟人
Yun Che: The Grave Mender
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Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二
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.
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Murder in a Locked Room at Tang House on a Rainy Night 雨夜唐楼密室杀人案
Murder in a Locked Room at a Tanglou on a Rainy Night
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The Teacher's Birthday Banquet 老师的生日宴
The Teacher’s Birthday Banquet
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The Real and Fake Heiresses: I'm the Beloved Daughter of Both the Southern and Northern Families 真假千金:我在南北两家当团宠
The Real and Fake Heiresses: I’m the Beloved Daughter of Both the Nan and Bei Families
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A Night of Terror at the Rest Stop 休息站惊魂夜
A Terrifying Night at the Rest Stop
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Night Watchman at the Funeral Home: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 殡仪馆守夜人:我能看见死者最后一眼
Funeral Home Night Watchman: I Can See the Dead One Last Time
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White Orchids at Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港的白兰花
White Orchids in Victoria Harbour
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The Day I Miscarried, He Was Discussing a Project with Someone Else 流产那天,他在和别人谈项目
The day I miscarried, he was discussing a business deal with someone else
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Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文,写满了我的名字
Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name
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A Shadow in the Mirror, Murder Lurking Within 镜中之影,暗藏杀机
A Shadow in the Mirror, Hiding Deadly Intent
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I Was Scrubbing Pans When I Landed in Cooking Master Boy, and Now the Dark Cooking Society Has Its Eye on My Pan 刷锅刷进小当家,我的锅被黑暗料理界盯上了
I Scrubbed My Way into The Little Chef, and Now the Dark Cuisine World Has Its Eyes on My Wok
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After Losing My Memory, Who Cares If That Jerk Goes Crazy? 失忆后,谁管渣男疯不疯
After Losing Her Memory, Who Cares Whether the Scumbag Goes Crazy?
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Reborn, I Dumped the Dog Emperor and Took Sole Control of the Phoenix Seal 重生后,我踹了狗皇帝独掌凤印
Reborn, I Dumped the Dog Emperor and Took Sole Control of the Phoenix Seal
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Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Pay You Back a Hundredfold 废我洞府者,百倍奉还
Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Make You Pay a Hundredfold
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The Dog Transformation Diaries: The Happy Working Lives of Pidan and Sanniu 变狗记:皮蛋与三妞的幸福打工记
The Dog Transformation: Pidan and Sanniu's Happy Working Life
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Multiple Fears 多重恐惧
An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support."
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Folk Tales 民间故事
Folktales
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Chronicles of the Ashen Earth 烬土录
You can try it, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The book was signed too early, so I can’t change the title anymore. It can only be called Records of the Ashen Earth now. I originally wanted to change it to The Mountain Keeper: I Slay Demons with My Sharp Tongue. Synopsis Deep in the Qinling Mountains lies a town called Ashen Earth, where generations have served as mountain keepers. I, Chen Nian, had kept watch for seventeen years, but on the day the peachwood tablet shattered, my entire clan tre
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Flickering Candlelight on the Eighteenth Floor 十八楼烛影摇曳
Flickering Candlelight on the Eighteenth Floor
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I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰
[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.
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Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者
Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti
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The Ghost Candle Craftsman 诡烛匠人
In a narrow alley in the old part of town stands a candle shop that has been in the same family for three generations. No one knows that it only takes on business involving the cursed. Those driven to despair by ghosts, possession, or paranormal hauntings all come knocking on its door late at night. Zhong Ling, the third-generation heir, doesn't burn talismans or summon deities. He simply hands them a candle. “Light it. Before it burns out, either you die, or the truth comes to life.” Ghostly
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Don't Move! That Camera Holds a Secret 别动!那台相机有秘密
I bought an antique camera. Photograph a relic, and I dream of the civilization it came from. Until I discovered something A photo inside the camera that I never took: Me, lying in a hospital bed, my heartbeat flatlined. So who's actually pressing the shutter on this camera? And whose eyes are seeing the world through it? Don't touch that camera. It will capture the truth you're afraid to see.
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Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命
Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t
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The Black Coffin of the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼黑棺
(Undead monsters, female demons, Western devils, the Qing dynasty, Hong Kong, supernatural horror) Black Coffin in the Red Chamber is a novel filled with suspense, horror, and fantasy. The story begins in 1990, when Dong Bopeng, a young man from Northeast China, heads south to Hong Kong to seek help from his maternal uncle, only to become entangled in the strange events at Hongsheng Village. Xie Si, a heretical sorcerer, uses a black coffin and undead monsters to wreak havoc. After a series of
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Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸,三代来还
The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay.
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The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙
The Man-Eating Temple
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My Uncle Dies from the Start, and I Get This Great Deal? 开局死大爷,还有这好事
On the surface, he is the young owner of a traditional Chinese medicine therapy clinic. In truth, he is a cultivator who has chosen to live in obscurity among ordinary people. If a hospital can treat it, I can treat it. If a hospital can’t, I can still treat it. As long as you aren’t meant to die, I can keep you alive. If you’ve found your way to me, it means you can still be saved. So tell me, what did you do this time? Feng shui can help someone rise to great heights, or leave them plagued by
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The Funeral Parlor Owner's Son Becomes a Forensic Doctor Just to Lie Flat 冥店之子当法医,只为躺平
You can talk to ghosts about human relationships and social niceties, but you can't reason with people, because people are often scarier than ghosts. When dealing with conflicts between ghosts and people, you don't always have to side with the living. Those who have done wrong don't deserve help. The so-called Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies aren't a fate that comes with being a cultivator. They only befall cultivators who help people do evil. Some jobs aren't hard because of the work
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Rural Ghost Stories from the Nineties 九零农村怪谈实录
A Collection of Rural Chinese Ghost Stories from the 1990s
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The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍
The Water Stain That Never Dries
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The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》
The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown
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The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏
Blood-Red Flower Cup
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Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗
Clear-Eyed Darkness
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The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响
The Sticky Echoes of the Basement
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Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌:夜半吹哨,白布尸魂找上门
Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling
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The Maltese Falcon 马耳他之鹰
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
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I’m Trapped in a Strange World 我陷入了诡异世界
(There are many clues planted early on, so please be patient as you read.) Someone asked me: Could it be that humans are actually being eaten by certain creatures when they die, and that it’s merely disguised as illness or some other cause? I answered: Of course. I can see it all, including the real way they die. Sometimes I can’t help thinking that humans aren’t all that different from the chickens on a farm.
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Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈:宿舍72小时不要回头
A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle
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A Thousand-Year-Old Corpse Immortal Opens His Eyes, and the World Is Free of Ghosts 千年尸仙,睁眼后人间无诡
He lay in his coffin for a thousand years. At dusk, when an archaeological team pried open the lid, Chen Xuan opened his eyes. A sealing formation from the Demon Suppression Division instantly descended. Eighteen golden chains coiled around his limbs, the old professor collapsed in terror, and everyone in the warehouse screamed. But Chen Xuan rose to his feet and shattered the formation with one palm. “When a thousand-year-old corpse opens its eyes, no more monsters will run rampant in the morta
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Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录
My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran
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Close Your Eyes, and the Nightmare Begins 闭眼即梦魇
[Infinite-flow + no romance + mild horror + mystery-solving] A bizarre murder case dragged Yan Wei, a psychiatric patient, into a bloody game. As layer after layer of fog lifted, he discovered a grand conspiracy lurking behind it all... A mysteriously vanished psychiatric hospital, otherworldly powers worshipped by the masses, a boy whose face he could never remember from his dreams... Behind ideals that seemed so grand lay a tangled web of human and divine self-interest.
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Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人
The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w
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