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Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行
Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by
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Heir to the Spirit Medium 通灵师传人
Supernatural + ghost marriage + strong female lead power fantasy + horror stories + mystery. There are ghosts in every heart. Have you ever seen anything more terrifying than a ghost? It's not about walking a dark road too often and running into an evil spirit. The deadliest thing isn't knowing that it's a ghost. It's the utterly dark heart hidden beneath that perfect face. Shh... Don't make a sound. She's right behind you. Run. Don't look back. The story is even more terrifying than you ca
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The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近
[Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts.
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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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Night Tales: One Eerie Story Every Night 夜话：每晚一个诡故事
Unravel the chilling logical paradoxes hidden in everyday details. Each story is an artistic reimagining of a real social event from recent years. Every late night conceals secrets unknown to others. Each chapter is a standalone story, with a brisk pace, tight storytelling, and no dull moments.
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Don't Move! I've Got Connections in the Underworld 别动！姐地府有人
The continuation of Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma: filling in the gaps from before, meeting the people who came afterward, and briefly recording the everyday happenings that followed. It also teaches a few simple things that you can put into practice.
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Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子
[Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma
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After Eating Clam Meat, Every Man in the Village Died 吃了蚌肉后，村里的男人都死了
After the men in the village ate clam meat, they all died.
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- 159 My Best Friend Urged Me to Get a Tattoo, But I Ended Up Tattooing Ghost Skin 闺蜜劝我纹身，可我竟然纹了鬼皮 My best friend urged me to get a tattoo, but somehow I ended up tattooing ghost skin on myself 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—Shelves
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749 Bureau: The Forbidden Return 749局之禁忌归来
(Mystery, classic supernatural elements, traditional fantasy, and modern technological civilization) From the day he was born, his destiny was already fated to astonish the world. To protect the everlasting dragon veins of Huaxia, he led members of Bureau 749 across the world, purging evil spirits from beyond the borders and vowing to keep the land secure forever. He is both an honored guest in the ghostly realm of Fengdu and the enigmatic "Mr. Nine" within Bureau 749. Yet the profound, bone-dee
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In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？
On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit,
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- 163 Studying Neutrinos at the Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆研究中微子 ❎ Not for the faint of heart! Five-star horror rating. I’m a college student. To ease the burden on my family, I decided to find a part-time job near campus. By chance, I spotted a faded advertisement on a utility pole nearby. The job was keeping night watch at a funeral home, and the pay was great, so I took it. On my first day, the manager told me three bizarre rules for the funeral home’s night shift: I’d be the only one working overnight; never open the door for strangers; and never get invo 16.7kReads7.2Score2.4kShelves
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60 Chilling Stories from Real Life 来自现实的60个惊悚故事
(Purely written by hand, not AI) Schemes! Poisoning! Possession! Framing... evil spirits! Returning from the dead! Ghosts! Curses... Terrifying and chilling stories based on real events, showing you the things that lurk in the dark world! Every story is a horror short drama!
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Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记
[Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but
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A Divination Uncovers Strange Events 卦起诡事
Born under an ill-fated sign, I once cast a fortune by moonlight, gazing into a mirror on the night of the full moon. I released the evil spirit sealed inside it. To break the curse, I left my village and followed Master Qingwei to learn the arts of magic.
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Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所
- [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
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The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年
Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return!
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- 169 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves
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365 Folktales of the Supernatural, All Come to the Human World 365个民间怪谈，皆来人间
[Standalone Stories] [Folk Tales of the Strange] [Rural Supernatural] [Horror Folklore] [Terrifying on Closer Thought] No overarching plot! Each chapter features a separate tale of strange events from local folklore, adapted from true stories passed down by elders in my hometown. Note: This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Trust in science and reject superstition.
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- 171 Tales of Folk Monsters: Ghosts and the Supernatural! 民间怪谈录，灵异鬼怪！ A forbidden book recording eerie tales and strange rumors from Chinese folk tradition · Wet footprints in an old house late at night · A stranger in an ancestral mirror · Footprints walking backward on the seventh night after a death · A packed audience in an abandoned theater What makes this book special: · Each story stands on its own · Based on real folk legends · Authentic Chinese horror atmosphere · Short and gripping, perfect for reading on the go Reading warnings: · Best read during the d 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 173 Supernatural Mystery: The Haunted Bus of Western Hunan 悬疑灵异故事｜湘西鬼大巴 Mystery and Supernatural Story | The Haunted Bus of Xiangxi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Supernatural Mystery: The Ballad of the Lonely House 悬疑灵异故事｜孤宅童谣 Mystery and Supernatural Story | The Nursery Rhyme of the Lonely House —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 176 Short Horror Mystery: Scissors 短篇悬疑恐怖故事｜剪刀 Short Mystery Horror Story | Scissors 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪
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
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It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸
I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying…
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- 179 Short Paranormal Tales 《短篇灵异故事》 Short Supernatural Stories 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 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—Shelves
- 181 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance 村口的古井 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 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 [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 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Tales of the Strange: Urban Mystery, The No. 23 Night Bus 民间怪谈录：都市异闻之23路夜班车 Tales of Folk Hauntings: Strange Urban Encounters on the No. 23 Night Bus —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 The Clock in the Old House 古宅钟表 The Clock in the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村
My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore
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After Eighteen Years of Foolishness, I Became a Yin-Walker 痴傻十八年后我成为了走阴人
Every ancient village has a mysterious legend passed down through the generations: the Village Guardian. They bear a secret duty, using their broken bodies to ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, shouldering every calamity alone. People say they have come to the mortal world to endure hardship, and that their suffering in this life will bring blessings in the next. Yet fate treats them cruelly. Most die young, grow old alone, and endure endless mockery and cold stares. And I am one
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- 187 The Ghost Embroiderer 《鬼绣娘》 The Ghost Embroiderer —Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看
These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously!
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- 189 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains 深山借宿 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Horror Revival: Let’s Get Impaled First 恐怖复苏：先贯穿一次再说
No System, few rules, no stitched-together plot, no formula. I can run into school-wide supernatural incidents just by going to class. But unlike rule-based horror games, these ghosts and monsters follow no rules. Will I survive...?
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- 191 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Bride 聊斋灵异故事：纸妻 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Wife 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Beneath You 别低头，地下有鬼 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Below —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Paranormal Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 灵异鬼故事：残阴债 A Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 别碰那口红棺 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Iron Coffin in Black Dragon Pool 黑龙潭的铁棺 The Iron Coffin in Black Dragon Pool 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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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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The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆
In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes!
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- 198 Old Wei’s Supernatural Stories 老魏讲灵异故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Stories] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Realm of Science] [Plain, Simple Writing] [Just Stories] These stories were collected from various places by the author, then adapted and fictionalized, so no sources are listed. They’re all kinds of little ghost stories to listen to before bed: straightforward and easy to follow, perfect for unwinding and relieving stress. To keep reader 1.4kReads9.4Score213Shelves
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The Ethereal Otherworld: Ruler of Two Realms 空灵异境之两界共主
In the fall of 2018, right next door to me! A young neighbor fell asleep in his rented room and never woke up… By the time he was found, nearly a month had passed! When word got around, the whole neighborhood was in an uproar! From that day on, I gained a whole new understanding of life and death: I’d never realized life could be so fragile, or death so close! People don’t only die when they grow old. It can happen at any time… You might even just go to sleep! And then, the next day never comes…
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Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】
Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo
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