Horror Novels! They Have to Be Really Scary!!! No Supernatural or Occult Stuff 恐怖小说 ! 要非常恐怖的 ! ! !不要灵异不要玄学

1. 251 出 A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事 Flying Mountain, Unbroken Jade飞山不破玉Mystery527k WordsOngoing [No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat 630Reads8.5Score123Shelves
2. 252 狼 The Wolf King’s Revenge 狼王的报复 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted They say wolves are spiritual creatures and must never be killed recklessly. That winter, heavy snow sealed off the mountains. The village was bitterly cold and hungry, and nearly every household had run out of food. When a she-wolf died at the village entrance, the villagers took notice. Desperate to survive the famine, they skinned her, enraging the pack in the mountains. That was when misfortune began. Every farm animal in the village was bitten to death. Hair began growing on the villagers' 19Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 坟 Graveyard Hauntings 坟地诡事 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted Strange things have been happening in the village lately. Every night, a chilling woman's voice can be heard asking, "Who has seen the father of my child?" "Come back, child's father. Look how adorable our baby is." The villagers say it's the ghost of a young woman who hanged herself from a tree, returned to claim lives. But more than one girl hanged herself from that tree. Which of them is the ghost? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books were written by the author in a state of abnormal mental health; the endings are absolutely explosive…

5. 255 丧 The Jinx 丧门星 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted Li Datou married a girl from the city, which was quite the rare thing in the village back then. Lian was exceptionally beautiful. When she first married Li Datou, every man in the village, young or old, was green with envy. But in less than half a month, everyone in the Li household was dead. —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 我 The Food I Deliver Has a Recipient Who's Been Dead for Three Years 我送的外卖，收货人死了三年 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士11k WordsCompleted The person who received the food I delivered died three years ago. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 村 The Red Ghost in the Village 村里的红厉鬼 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted The village lies far from anywhere, with winding mountain roads. The harvest is good every year, but the crops simply can't be transported out. The only family in the village with a vehicle is Niu Dakui's, who owns a secondhand three-wheeler. The whole village relies on the two Niu brothers to haul its crops to the city and sell them for cash. The brothers use this advantage to bully people in our village all the time. And now Niu Dakui has set his sights on Xiaorou, the new wife of Chen Sheng. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 解 After Dissecting a Corpse, I Began to Mutate 解剖尸体后，我开始异变 Classmate Little Sugar, Your Candy Isn't Sweet小糖同学糖不甜哦Mystery96k WordsCompleted Urban supernatural powers + unusual professions + horror and thrills + eerie mysteries When Lin Shen followed procedure and opened the corpse’s chest cavity, he found that the dead man’s liver was beating rhythmically. A viscous fluid dotted with transparent granules seeped from its surface. Under the microscope, those granules turned out to be tiny embryos curled into shape, some even opening their eyes to stare back at him. At the same time, his bionic right-hand prosthesis shuddered violently —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear]

9. 259 死 Back from the Dead 死而复生 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I was little, there was a saying in the village. If someone in a family died, then came back to life after lying in state for three days, they might turn into an evil ghost. But that was just something the old folks said. Nobody had ever seen it with their own eyes. Then one day, something like that happened to Old Zhao's family. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 长 The Longevity Lock 长命锁 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery8k WordsCompleted For the past two weeks, whenever Song Yaozu steps into the bathroom to shower, he sees a woman's head dangling from the ceiling, glaring at him. He gets a longevity lock from a Maoshan medium, but everyone who later receives the lock dies in a freak accident… A longevity lock, a longevity lock. But isn't it also a lock that demands a life in payment?… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 双 Double Taboo 双重禁忌 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted When Dongzi was a child, there were many deadly taboos in the village. For example, a pregnant woman must never cross paths with a funeral procession. If she did, the dead person's soul would enter her body, turning her into a man-eating evil ghost. Another taboo was that anyone who lived past a hundred would become an evil ghost. Three days before an elder turned a hundred, people had to take them to the back mountain and leave them to fend for themselves. If they kept the elder at home, the ev 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 夜 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Woman in Red in the Men's Room Stall Hides a Ten-Year-Old Case 夜班网管：男厕隔间的红衣女，竟藏着十年旧案 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻13k WordsCompleted Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it feasible? My threshold for fear isn't very high; if it's too scary, I'll have nightmares at night.

13. 263 死 Death’s Pallbearers 死亡抬棺 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted There was a half-immortal in this little mountain village named Yu Shouwang. Just after dusk, someone came rushing to his house. “Uncle Shouwang, you have to come take a look. The village chief's father's coffin was just carried to the village entrance, and now nobody can move it. It's downright eerie!” Strangely enough, as soon as the half-immortal arrived, they were able to move the coffin. But at the time, only Old Yu Shouwang knew that this and the series of tragedies that followed were all 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 弟 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀，我引十殿阎罗索命 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻13k WordsCompleted After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 16Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 血 The Blood Sacrifice’s Curse 血牲的诅咒 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted In the Northeast, there's a taboo no one dares to break lightly: eat livestock that have become spirits, and you'll suffer retribution. But one year, during a famine, the harvest was good in that remote little village. Old Yang suddenly slaughtered the old ox he'd raised for fifteen years. On the very day the ox was killed, a crowd of strange, unfamiliar people came to the village, demanding meat night after night. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 荒 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂：7岁小弟莫名坠楼，白衣黑影缠上了他 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻15k WordsCompleted A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 死 The Village of the Dead 死人村 Jun Lan君澜Mystery11k WordsCompleted Rainy days gather ghostly energy. Moving graves is most taboo at such a time, but someone ignored the warning, dug up their grandmother's grave, and threw her bones into a mass burial ground. After that, strange things began happening in the village. People died one after another. Yet Grandpa Tianci was thinking of using ghosts to summon the souls of the dead! 141Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 厉 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻9k WordsCompleted A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 替 The Cursed Mirror That Takes Your Place 替命诡镜 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted A strong, heavyset man becomes so emaciated that he's on the brink of death. Doctors can't figure out what's wrong with him, and even fortune-tellers are helpless. His wife gets him a Yin-Yang Mirror that can restore his fortune. But the mirror's power comes at a price: every name written on it makes someone else suffer his misfortune. The man is overjoyed. As one name after another is written down, death follows close behind… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 270 误 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻17k WordsCompleted I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 地 The Rat King Underground 地下的鼠王 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted In Northeast China, there are things you must never ask about, places you must never go, and some graveyards that even rats won’t dare approach… Forty years ago, a plague of rats devoured an entire village. The bodies, gnawed down to bare bones, became a taboo the villagers never dared mention. But no one expected that forty years later, the nightmare would return: bloodstains, gold bracelets, overturned graves, and rafters creaking with “squeaks” in the night… Everything filled them with terror 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 鬼 Paralyzed by Terror: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 鬼压床惊魂-那具带着烟草味的黑影 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻15k WordsCompleted Terrifying Sleep Paralysis: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 17Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 吊 The Hanged Girls 吊死的姑娘们 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted Strange things had been happening in the village with increasing frequency. Every night, an eerie woman’s voice could be heard asking, “Has anyone seen my child’s father?” “Come back soon, dear. Just look at our little one, isn’t the baby adorable?” The villagers said it was the ghost of a young woman who had hanged herself from a tree, returned to claim lives. But more than one woman had hanged herself from that tree. Which one was this ghost? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 皮 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎：我娘死后三年，深夜来敲我家门 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻11k WordsCompleted Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 镇 Soul Calming: A Violent Death 镇魂之死于非命 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery11k WordsCompleted Latest murder case: A wealthy couple in a villa district have both met gruesome ends. The husband was found dead in bed, dressed as a woman. The wife turned on the gas and burned herself to death! The scene was bizarre, yet surveillance footage showed that both deaths were suicides! No one knew that this was simply the just deserts of their own evil, the consequences of their sins coming back to haunt them… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 校 The Haunted Road on Campus 校园冤魂路 Duan Wujun段武军Mystery112k WordsCompleted There’s a ghost story about a certain path on campus. When night falls, would you dare set foot on this mysterious and terrifying path? 115Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    I still prefer short to medium-length horror stories.

27. 277 染 The Bloodstained Embroidered Shoe 染血的绣花鞋 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted In the mountain villages of Northeast China, there are rules: those who die violently must not be cremated. At the very least, they should be put in a coffin and buried on the back hill. Lin Xiu, the new bride in Granny Wang’s household, was found naked and abandoned in a field. Her eyes and lips had been sewn shut while she was alive, and the embroidered shoes on her feet had mysteriously disappeared. The villagers cursed and complained about the bad omen. Granny Wang simply tossed the body int 92Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 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 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves

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    A series of terrifying events unfold, including a case involving human skin, a living corpse in a coffin, a substitute curse, and a spirit bound to the stairwell. The horror builds layer by layer, while the contrasting personalities of the master and apprentice provide comedic relief from the oppressive atmosphere. The exorcisms and fight scenes are clean, efficient, and fast-paced. There are no illogical plot points, the magic is well-researched, and this is a must-have for fans of Chinese supernatural fiction. If you're looking for something to read, grab this!

29. 279 招 The Spirit-Summoning Garment 招魂衣 Jun Lan君澜Mystery8k WordsCompleted They say Northeast China is full of taboos, and you can’t even wear the wrong clothes! Old Li was tempted by a bargain and accepted a new outfit that was “free.” But he never imagined it was a “life robe” sent by a soul-caller. The price was his grandson’s life. From that day on, strange things plagued the household: a dog’s head rolled across the floor, relatives died gruesome deaths, living people were burned alive, and even the dead began knocking at the door to claim their lives… —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 你 The Person You Want to Kill Will Die Within Three Days 你想杀死的人，将会在三天内死亡 Dreaming of Divine Light梦入灵光Mystery15k WordsCompleted Type a name on the screen, and three days later, that person will die. A bizarre “Thrilling Murder Mission” System suddenly appeared on the computer screen. Young, down-on-his-luck Lu Yunming entered the name of someone he hated, though he wasn’t sure he believed it… Three days later, that person really did die in a crowd, an arrow piercing his head as blood sprayed everywhere. Lu Yunming had thought it was a freak act of judgment, but it turned out to be only the beginning of a nightmare. The S 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 我 I Am the Perfect Eldest Senior Sister 我是完美大师姐 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃6k WordsCompleted I’m the Perfect Senior Disciple 14Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 神 The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏 Hu Qiuqiu胡球球Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no 76.1kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves

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    Very scary, not for the faint of heart, don't watch.

33. 283 甄 Empresses in the Palace: A Concubine's Scheme 甄嬛传-庶女谋 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Female-Channel Fanfiction21k WordsCompleted Empresses in the Palace: The Concubine’s Scheme 13Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 生 Production Team Tales: The Strange Case of the Ancient Pagoda Tree 生产队怪谈之古槐异事 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时26k WordsCompleted Production Team Folktales: The Strange Incident of the Ancient Pagoda Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 大 Follow-Up Appointment on the Seventh Day of the New Year: The Brat’s Parents Wept as They Presented Me with a Banner 大年初七复诊，熊孩子家长哭着送我锦旗 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃12k WordsCompleted On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, a follow-up appointment ended with the parents of a little terror tearfully presenting me with a thank-you banner. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 她 Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文，写满了我的名字 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃10k WordsCompleted Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name 8Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 运 The Canal Town Demon-Suppression Chronicles 运河镇妖录 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时6k WordsCompleted The Canal Town Demon Records 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 华 The Huaxia Taoist Physician 华夏道医 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时Urban168k WordsCompleted Set in the Central Plains during the Republican era, this novel tells the legendary story of Chen Jing'an, heir to the Daoist medical tradition, as he heals the sick amid the turmoil, passes down Daoist medicine, and promotes China's traditional healing arts. Blending Daoist medical theory, traditional Chinese medicine's diagnostic methods, Daoist philosophy, and the upheavals of modern history, the novel uses a series of dramatic tales of healing to showcase the core principles of Daoist medici 6Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 在 Your Place in Your In-Laws’ Home Is Earned 在婆家的地位是靠自己挣的 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃9k WordsCompleted Your place in your husband's family is something you have to earn yourself. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 刷 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 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Male-Channel Fanfiction14k WordsCompleted I Scrubbed My Way into The Little Chef, and Now the Dark Cuisine World Has Its Eyes on My Wok 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 黄 The Transparent Coffin of the Yellow River 黄河透明棺 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时8k WordsCompleted The Transparent Coffin of the Yellow River 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 292 鲁 Strange Tales from Western Shandong 鲁西异闻 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时20k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from Western Shandong —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 规 Rule Horror: My Job Is to Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses 规则怪谈：我的职业是凶宅试睡 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时66k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: My Job Is to Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 深 Chronicles of the Fox's Shadow in the Deep House 深宅狐影录 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时15k WordsCompleted Records of Fox Shadows in the Deep Compound —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 王 The Strange Yin-Yang Affairs of Wangjiayingzi 王家营子阴阳怪事 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时11k WordsCompleted Strange Yin-Yang Happenings in Wangjiayingzi —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 黄 A Collection of Strange Tales from the Yellow River 黄河诡事集 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时Mystery276k WordsCompleted The Strange Affairs of the Yellow River: A Folk Paranormal Archive of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan is a long suspense novel blending folk legends and supernatural tales with an episodic structure. The story unfolds along an abandoned course of the Yellow River, near the border where the three provinces of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan meet. The protagonist, Zhao Jiuhe, is the fourth-generation “Keeper of the Yin” in the Zhao family. He inherits the ancestral Record of Yin Contracts and the ability to 11Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 297 幽 The Netherworld's Yellow Earth 幽冥黄土地 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时22k WordsCompleted The Underworld’s Yellow Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 生 Production Team Tales 生产队怪谈 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时25k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from the Production Team 2Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 299 伪 Strange Tales of the Impostors 伪人诡录 A Plastic Person一只塑料人Mystery720k WordsCompleted [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 4.8kReads8.9Score392Shelves

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    Something a little unusual, I hope you like it.

50. 300 生 Production Team Tales: Ye Shiyue Niang 生产队怪谈之叶氏月娘 When the Breeze Is Clear and the Moon Bright清风月明时10k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from the Production Team: Ye Shiyue —Reads—Score—Shelves

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