Horror Novels Told in Standalone Story Arcs 有没有那种一个故事单元一个故事单元的恐怖小说啊

1. 51 恐 Horror Sketches 恐怖素描 Pan Yewei潘野微Mystery11k WordsCompleted “The day I was accepted into art school through the recommendation program, I drew the killer who murdered Teacher Zhou with my own hands: the faceless woman who had been draped over my back for three whole months.” In the dead of night, a blizzard battered the studio windows with a crackling roar. I curled up in the bathroom and vomited, but a pale body slowly emerged in the mirror. Her long hair wound around my neck, her rotting fingertips stroked my spine, and where her face should have been. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 灵 Paranormal Podcast 灵异播客 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery8k WordsCompleted “What’s the most convincing paranormal story you’ve ever heard? As a paranormal podcast host, I thought I was just collecting urban legends, until a laugh that wasn’t mine came through my headphones. While I was adjusting the audio track, a shrill whisper seemed to breathe right into my ear, and a new waveform mysteriously appeared in the recording software. An expert told me, ‘That’s another audio signal. It isn’t human.’ Worse still, after I said, ‘Don’t come looking for me through my headphon —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 催 The Hypnosis Trap: The Forgotten Bloody Hand 催眠陷阱：被遗忘的血手 look9k WordsCompleted “I caused my husband and child’s deaths with my own hands, then spent an entire year forgetting them. The truth only tore through my memories as I fell, after my psychiatrist pushed me onto the rooftop.” The travel magazine from a year ago, the coffee cup that appeared out of nowhere in the living room, the unfamiliar father and son in the photo frame... I thought I was simply suffering from depression, until I encountered those blood-soaked hands during hypnosis and realized that forgetting was —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 夜 The Night Shift Passage: An Invitation from the Dead 夜班通道：亡者邀请函 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “Every night at ten, I open the supermarket’s rolling shutter right on time, never knowing that another world lies hidden at the end of the aisles: a black-gang nightclub that was burned to the ground. For two years, I watched my coworkers ‘disappear’ one by one. Even their names seemed to be erased, until Wang Tao grabbed my arm in the emergency exit, and a girl crawling with maggots in the Golden Ballroom pressed close to my ear and said, ‘Welcome to Brother Feng’s club. All the guests here... —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 死 My Dead Friend 死去的好友 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “I inherited my childhood friend’s billion-dollar fortune, but then received a call from him in the middle of the night. Yang Zhiyi, the man I’d pushed off a cliff with my own hands, gripped my throat with dirt-covered hands and asked me, one word at a time, in the mirror: ‘Why are you scheming against even my ghost?’” A staged mountaineering accident, a ‘will’ pieced together from lines in short videos: I thought I’d gotten away with a perfect murder, until a pair of glasses mysteriously appear —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 阴 A Midnight Invitation to the Yin-Yang Eyes 阴阳眼的午夜邀约 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery11k WordsCompleted “I’ve seen with my own eyes a boy with yin-yang eyes, blessed by Guanyin, get torn at by a shadow in a cemetery. I’ve heard Teresa Teng’s songs drifting out of a bakery’s refrigerator. And in a restaurant attic, I once came across a bloodied face embedded in the floor. But the creepiest thing of all is the ‘little ghost’ in my son’s playroom, growing up on the ‘fragrance’ it smells.” Notes written during a late-night cemetery exploration, a wandering spirit in cloth shoes in the kitchen during a —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 57 小 The Strange Happenings on Little C’s Moments 小C的朋友圈诡事 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery9k WordsCompleted “My social media feed hides the truth behind seven cases of the living encountering evil spirits: Reporter Xiao Chen’s right shoulder is covered in bruises marked with the bite prints of an infant spirit; a junior student is chased to her apartment by a split-headed zombie on Halloween; tenant Xiao Chang waves through the window to a boy with no eyes every night at ten... The creepiest thing is the severed-hand granny who suddenly reaches out in front of a meat grinder at the market at three in —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 猫 The Watcher Beyond the Cat’s Eye 猫眼外的凝视者 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery7k WordsCompleted “That night, at dawn, the ‘person’ outside my peephole stared into my eyes for a full three minutes, until I realized its pupils weren’t moving.” A late-night food delivery buzzer jolted me awake, but there was no one outside the door. It wasn’t until I crushed the eyeball stuck to the peephole that the news began reporting a series of dismemberment murders in this very building. Even more terrifying, when I approached the peephole with trembling hands to check, that bloodshot eye was still pres —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 公 Nobody Working the Night Shift at This Company Is Human 公司里上夜班的都不是人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted “You are absolutely not allowed to linger after work.” That was the rule my boss personally gave me on my first day. But when I returned to the office late at night to pick up the engagement ring, the elevator showed an overload despite being empty, the printer started spitting out a death certificate bearing my name, and on my social feed, my girlfriend was smiling sweetly as she posted an engagement photo with my boss. Even more terrifying, I kicked a corpse on the fourth-floor stairwell. That —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 最 The Woman You Must Never Cross 最不能得罪的女人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery6k WordsCompleted Seven years ago, a yellow weasel slipped into my bed in the middle of the night and said it could help me get revenge. I agreed three times. Two bachelors hanged themselves in the village, the tongues of the village shaman’s entire family of four were torn out, and the son of the village chief, whose whole family of eight had been wiped out, went mad. It wasn’t until I got on the bus bound for the county town that I realized none of the passengers had feet. They were all dead people who had “sho 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 雪 Terror on a Snowy Night 雪夜惊魂 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted I’ll never forget that winter night when a blizzard trapped me on the top floor of the seventh floor. The keycard unlocked Room 744 with a beep, and the smell of mold mingled with the cold, stinging my nostrils. The 340,000 yuan in my backpack weighed heavily on my shoulders. I snapped the three deadbolts shut behind me, only to hear a soft click from the aluminum window frame. Have you ever seen a figure hanging upside down outside a seventh-floor window? Its entire face was pressed against the —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 谁 No One Escapes 谁也逃不掉 lookMystery7k WordsCompleted “That haunted building took four of my friends twenty years ago. Now it’s finally come for me.” Trembling, I stood in the bedroom of Li Lisha’s home, watching Wang Yuanyuan smile at me from outside the window. But she had hanged herself twenty years ago... Even more terrifying, I suddenly realized something: back then, the five of us went to the Lotus Haunted House together, and I was the only one who made it out alive... Now a rotting hand is squeezing my neck from behind, and I hear the whispe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 在 What Happens If You Smoke While Mining? 在下矿时候抽烟会发生什么 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted Have you ever seen three hundred corpses tumbling in boiling water? I have. On my first night down the mine, I ran into an old miner whose whole body was ice-cold. He shared a cigarette with me, until I felt the bones at his severed wrist. As I ran for my life, the entire tunnel suddenly filled with stones draped in red cloth. A dead person sat atop every stone, their faces peeling away, and they were all pointing me down the same path. At the end, a huge pit held a pool of boiling water, bubbli 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 诡 Sacrifice at the Haunted School Festival 诡校祭品 Nian Jian念简Mystery11k WordsCompleted Please follow these rules: 1. Whether it is day or night, do not make eye contact with any teacher you see. If you accidentally do, don't worry. The first time, the teacher will let it slide. 2. The dormitory lights go out at ten. Once they do, do not speak. Go to bed quietly, close the doors and windows, and draw the curtains. There will be nothing outside. If there is, ignore it. 3. Someone will inspect the dorms at night. If you encounter them, close your eyes and pretend to be asleep. You mi —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 血 The Blood-Red Bun Shop 血色包子铺 I Petted a Cat撸了个猫啊Mystery8k WordsCompleted The buns I sell have already sent two customers to their deaths. And yet my shop is still packed with customers. Just as the police run out of leads in the case, there is a third person who dies after eating one of my buns... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 偷 Peeping Is a Crime 偷窥有罪 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery8k WordsCompleted On what seemed like a peaceful night, I, an ordinary shut-in, was unexpectedly swept into a vortex of terror unlike anything I had ever known. Every evening, through my telescope, I watched Li Weiwei, the yoga instructor who lived in the building opposite. It was a secret, thrilling pleasure. But then came that eerie night, and everything was turned upside down. Li Weiwei's graceful figure moved as usual among the pavilions in our residential compound, but the shadow of a woman in red had appear —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 跳 Spirit Medium 跳大神 Wooden Blade Man木刀人Mystery10k WordsCompleted “I watched with my own eyes as an actor performing a spirit-summoning ritual fell to his death onstage. That night, the whole village blocked the guesthouse entrance, sickles in hand. The Qing dynasty ghost said, ‘The foreigners must die,’ but when Anton was unconscious with a high fever, the villagers knelt in the torrential rain and kowtowed to my leg bone.” The heavy rain washed open a mass grave beneath the wasteland, and skeletal hands clutching rusty rifles pierced the earth. The resentful 13Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 不 36,036 Terrifying Stories You’ll Regret Not Reading 不看后悔的36036个恐怖故事 The Dashing Eighteen风流倜傥的十八Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Standalone Stories] [Paranormal Events] [Unbelievable] [Forest Spirits] [True Cases] [Rural Ghost Stories] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter tells a self-contained story adapted from the encounters of a shamaness who can see spirits, and the strange, gripping tales surrounding each young friend she meets. 439Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One story per chapter, a supernatural horror that burns your brain, if you have strong logical skills you can read it [I highly recommend it]

19. 69 把 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 The Key Bearer神持钥Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 125Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    If you are brave, please read here. If you are brave, go directly to [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

20. 70 人 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 217Reads8.3Score—Shelves
21. 71 循 The Loop 循环 Drunken Seventh Master醉了的七爷Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 254Reads8.3Score—Shelves
22. 72 失 Out of Control 失控者 lookMystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 17Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 我 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 254Reads8.9Score—Shelves
24. 74 恶 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 150Reads9.2Score100Shelves
25. 75 恶 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 205Reads9.3Score103Shelves
26. 76 恶 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 192Reads9.2Score109Shelves
27. 77 恶 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 249Reads9.3Score104Shelves
28. 78 访 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2：入世辞 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 36Reads7.9Score—Shelves
29. 79 午 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery509k WordsOngoing [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 8.7kReads—Score344Shelves

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    ⚠️⚠️⚠️Not for the faint of heart👀👀👀! I saw that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. Who knows this feeling of suffocation!

30. 80 每 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery663k WordsOngoing [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.4kReads—Score103Shelves
31. 81 魔 Miss Witch Is Working Hard Again Today 魔女小姐今天也在努力工作呢 Water Moon Sets over the Morning Sun水月落朝阳Urban238k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap + Urban Supernatural Powers + Pseudo-Simulator + Multiple Worlds (occasional fanfiction worlds, such as Dragon Raja and Jujutsu Kaisen)] Lin Ling was sent to the Reincarnation Divine Realm by a hundred-ton truck. She thought that with the help of the Goddess, she’d become a hero, kick the Demon King’s butt, have a saintess on each arm, marry a beautiful rich girl, and reach the pinnacle of life. But when her reincarnation identity was drawn, her gender was changed to female. She awa 3Reads—Score250Shelves

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    The relaxed sections of daily shopping and taking the little demon to the mall offset the tension of the battle, and the pace of the whole story is relaxed and moderate.

32. 82 冷 Paranormal Tales That Give You Cold Sweats 冷汗直冒的灵异故事 Huo Yan霍言Mystery522k WordsCompleted This Book: Start reading at midnight, and you won’t sleep before dawn! ⚠️Warning: This book contains intense horror. Readers who scare easily, proceed with caution! The night-shift nurse keeps hearing sobbing from an empty hospital room; The reflection in the mirror of an old house suddenly grins at you; On the last bus of the night, the feet of the passenger in the back row... dangle above the floor. Tomato’s No. 1 supernatural horror pick: ✅ One self-contained horror story per chapter, shor 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short horror story in one chapter, unique and full of supernatural elements. If you like it, don't miss it!

33. 83 嘘 Shh, It Eats People 嘘，它会吃人 My Cat Went Bald我家猫秃头了Mystery703k WordsCompleted A secondhand bookstore opened near Nancheng University. It had only one owner, a woman named Su Wanrong, and a black cat with a coat as dark as night and brown eyes. The owner was always going around looking for people willing to sell her old books. Without exception, everyone who sold her one encountered something strange and eerie... Over time, a rumor began to spread... If one day a woman carrying a pipe comes to buy your old books, it means misfortune is coming your way... The only way to br 168Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very pretty! Highly recommended!

34. 84 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 495Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    I think this book is good😀 and worth recommending... At midnight, 😪 😝 💗 💞Let's take a look at the little stories circulating around us. Maybe you have heard of it, or you have encountered it. Those moments of deep thought and fear go well with the darkness outside the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we have never thought about why the bricks are so red and bright? Online ride hailing at night and...

35. 85 老 My Wife Is Asleep Beside Me, Yet I Get a Call from Her 老婆睡在身侧，我却接到她的来电 The Author Sees Through Human Nature作者穿透人性Mystery9k WordsCompleted My Wife Is Sleeping Beside Me, Yet I Get a Call from Her 238Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This place is good, it's scary to think about it [fear][fear]

36. 86 东 Paranormal Tales from the Northeast Countryside 东北农村灵异小故事 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Spooky Little Stories from the Northeastern Countryside 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The short story contains several supernatural stories from the rural areas of Northeast China.

37. 87 中 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 Xiang Sansan Bei向三三北Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A new novel is out! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This baby is super invincible and beautiful. Updated every day.

38. 88 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 318Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Blame me for not having a strong heart [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

39. 89 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 1.3kReads8.9Score105Shelves
40. 90 我 I Do Makeup at a Funeral Home, and the Dead Started Talking 我在殡仪馆化妆，死人开口说话了 Flowers Deep on the Shore花深岸Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Others use makeup to prepare the dead with greasepaint; I listen to their final wishes. Blending, concealing, stitching. Every time a sponge touches skin, the last words the deceased uttered before dying appear in my mind. [The Eleventh Sentence: "Tell my mom... I haven't gone far."] The woman on autopsy table number three had been abducted into the mountains for twenty-nine years. She escaped three times, only to collapse at the entrance to the police station where she had gone to reunite with 103Reads—Score103Shelves

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    This series is recommended by friends, it is not a horror novel, it is a five-chapter unit story.

41. 91 诡 The Strange World: Luckily, I'm Good at Exorcising Demons with Physics 诡异世界：正好本人擅长物理驱魔 Prince Anle安乐王Mystery193k WordsOngoing [Infinite worlds + no System + horror + no national destiny competition + no livestreaming + bloodline + get stronger by fighting monsters] A mysterious door. A group of people forced to enter. Countless worlds overrun by the uncanny. Five years ago, his younger sister was taken by the Gray Realm. Wang Anle, who bears a Taotie tattoo, spent five years searching for her. He made his living exorcising spirits, until a chance opportunity finally let him enter the Gray Realm. Only then did he disc 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this weird and wonderful article! A mysterious door, a group of people forced to enter, and countless weird worlds❤️❤️😎

42. 92 五 Five Temples Suppress Evil: I Devour Baleful Energy and Shatter All Spells 五庙镇煞：我吞煞气，力破万法 Smiling Plum Jam微笑乌梅子酱Mystery82k WordsOngoing Folk-horror mysteries + physical exorcism + urban supernatural powers + satisfying ghost-hunting + local legends + episodic paranormal cases While others drive out ghosts with talismans, arrange formations, and summon gods, I, Zhao Erdan, send them off with my bare hands! Born with a body blessed by the Five Temples to suppress evil, I can become a god in the flesh by devouring malevolent spirits. I split water ghosts with a butcher's knife, shoulder a ten-thousand-catty iron ox that holds back 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Folk suspense + unit mystery + natural abnormality + brain-burning reasoning. Readers can take a look

43. 93 讨 After My Spirit-Sealing Ritual Went Wrong, the Yellow Weasel Insists on Being My Boyfriend 讨封翻车后，黄仙非要当我男朋友 Thunderbolt Gengshen霹雳庚申Mystery313k WordsOngoing Also known as: All Things Bring Joy Urban Fantasy | Episodic Story | Strong 1v1 Couple, Mutual Redemption A timid, softhearted heroine who still dares to stand up for others × a scheming, drama-loving, fun-seeking Huang Immortal hero who always protects his wife Office worker Tu Yile goes on a team-building trip in the mountains, where she runs into a weasel seeking a divine title. One glitched reply from her ruins a century of the weasel's cultivation. She thinks it was just a bizarre hallucina 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are multiple different events, the unit plot is closed-loop and has the main thread running through it. I personally recommend Chapters 52 to 65, where the male and female protagonists help the young painter die but his long-cherished wish is revealed, and warmth heals. Chapters 80 to 92, the case of a top female stand-in, which is slightly scary.

44. 94 鬼 A Compendium of Ghosts and Monsters 鬼怪合录 Lord Zhengwen正文公Mystery238k WordsOngoing My new work, A Collection of Ghost Tales, is out! Every story in it is different. Some may be about love and hatred, while others explore the injustices of the world. You're welcome to visit Tomato Novel and read my work. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is awesome. Highly recommended. Every story is different. I'm addicted to reading it.

45. 95 闹 Haunted? Don't Worry, Grandpa Can Summon the Gods 闹鬼？没事的，阿公会请神 Naming Things Is Such a Chore不想起名字好累Mystery309k WordsCompleted Have you ever heard that you shouldn’t pick up red envelopes you find on the road? You might accidentally claim a partner from the underworld. Want to talk to your departed loved ones again? Then… let’s try a spirit-world séance. Worship at the Yin Temple and grow rich. If you’ve got the guts, come give it a try! 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes, this book has no CP. The stories are similar to unit dramas, some are funny, some are regretful, and each story is a different display of human nature.

46. 96 献 The Night of Sacrifice 献祭之夜 Huo Yan霍言Mystery7k WordsCompleted The Night of the Sacrifice 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, no one makes a sound when looking at it

47. 97 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 896Reads—Score101Shelves

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    The haunted house at midnight, ghosts in the subway, and hospital infants are all included. The old master is in charge, and the two apprentices are crazy about exorcising ghosts. It is scary and decompressing at the same time!

48. 98 杨 Yang Xiaocao's True Ghost Stories 杨小草的见鬼实录 Fish Swimming Upstream at Xiahe Bridge夏河桥逆流的鱼Fantastical Romance199k WordsOngoing A collection of true stories about Yang Xiaocao's encounters with ghosts. They may not be that scary, but they're absolutely true! The story begins when Yang Xiaocao is in middle school. Born with a yin-attracting constitution, she often encounters unclean things. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This can be read as a unit story, and it is more realistic.

49. 99 恐 The Horror Night-Duty Booth 恐怖值班亭 Fish Feast鱼鱼宴Mystery8k WordsCompleted Back around the 2000s, I worked as a security guard at an apartment complex. The complex had a strange rule: [After midnight, do not leave the security booth.] It made no sense, but I always kept it in mind, until the day one of my coworkers died! That night, a woman in a skirt knocked on the security booth window… 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's definitely not for the faint of heart!! [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

50. 100 人 The Doll Grows Cold 人偶失温 Tong Xuan瞳暄Mystery9k WordsCompleted Everyone says I must have done something virtuous in a past life for Qin Chuan to choose me. Only I know that's not the case. He married me because he wanted me dead. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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