Horror Novel Recommendation: Mirror Grime 恐怖小说推荐《镜垢》
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A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生
When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear
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Vivid as Life 栩栩若生
A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form
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The Spirit-Sacrificing Inn 祭灵旅馆
The bizarre bus that appears out of nowhere, the eerie hotel on a rainy night, the blood-red wooden door glimpsed in the distance: everything reeks of the uncanny. A little girl is locked away in a courtyard house like a caged bird. There may be something secretly watching you from behind... Anything here could take your life at any moment. Your only goal is to make it out alive. Everyone here eventually returns to this world of sacrificial spirits after a time. Danger, bloodshed, eeriness,
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Shocking! The Fortune-Telling Metaphysics Master Running a Stall Is a Three-Year-Old Girl 惊！摆摊算命玄学大师是三岁奶娃
[A real three-year-old + funny + everyone's darling + crushing the scum + metaphysics + ghost-hunting + satisfying] Tang Bao, born with a natural Daoist constitution, grows up in a Taoist temple. At three years old, she can no longer contain her longing for the wider world. While her master is away on an errand, she sneaks off with his belt, casually stashes the rare treasures he has collected for years in her cosmos pouch, and slips down the mountain with a little white wolf. Who would have tho
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The Big Shot Arrives, and the Spoiled Brats of the Imperial Academy All Admit Their Mistakes 大佬驾到，国子监纨绔们集体认错
[Tough, invincible, totally no-nonsense female drill instructor ✖️ the strongest spoiled young masters of every dynasty] [Strong heroine ✖️ chaotic mix of couples (ship whoever you like, no fixed pairings)] After Yu Sangluo awakened her System: Oh no! My whole family are villains! The country is about to fall because of those spoiled young masters! To protect her retirement plans, Yu Sangluo had no choice but to come out of retirement and train the unruly young masters, though it broke her heart
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How I Insulted the Emperor Until He Became One of Us 关于我把皇上骂成自己人这件事
Devoted couple, sweet romance, lighthearted comedy Yu Youyou is transmigrated into the body of an unlucky palace maid who caught Consort Yi in an affair. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s about to be dragged away and beaten to death, with a bonus bundle of stinky socks stuffed in her mouth. Yu Youyou: [You useless emperor! Your woman is cheating, and instead of wondering if you’re the problem, you’re killing me to keep it quiet. No wonder you’re getting cuckolded!] Furious and desperate to fi
4.6kReads8.8Score677Shelves
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The Prince Came Back to Life After Being Buried with Ten Concubines 跟十个小妾合葬后，王爷气活了
The rating is low because this novel just came out. It’ll go up later~ [Double rebirth + both were unchaste before rebirth; after rebirth, the heroine is unchaste and the hero is chaste] [Pursuing his wife at the crematorium + multiple male leads] The heroine is sometimes a little scheming, sometimes coy, and loves putting on an act. Read with caution if that bothers you. Only after his death did Xiao Poye learn that his wife had never loved him! She had ten concubines buried with him, making h
11.7kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
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Her Family’s Imperial Preceptor Is a Buddha by Day and a Succubus by Night! 她家国师白天是佛，晚上是魅魔！
Space powers + laugh-out-loud comedy + adorable child + everyone dotes on her [Unhinged, sharp-tongued thief heroine vs. truly deranged yet falsely compassionate, two-faced Imperial Preceptor] Hua Jinyue transmigrated into a nightmare from the start: her family was dirt poor, her parents were dead, her brother couldn't afford to go to school, and she herself was a foolish lunatic whom her cousin had drowned. She snapped her cousin's neck, stole a treasure while escaping, and happened to witness
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Escaping the Nightmare Fragment Management Bureau 我在恐怖梦境碎片管理局逃生
[No Romance] + [Infinite Flow] + [Linked Short Stories] + [Thriller Game] A mysterious old mansion? Human-meat dumplings? The mystery behind a heartthrob actor’s suicide? A spirit-writing séance in a dormitory? Grandma’s terrifying funeral rites? Wait, isn’t this a game? This thing is actually pretty good!
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Grime on the Mirror 镜垢
Just after graduating, Su Yao rents an old apartment, where the redwood antique mirror in her bedroom becomes the start of a nightmare. Shadows gather along its frame, strange sounds echo from it, and her reflection moves on its own. The uncanny seeps into her everyday life and begins to consume it. When she tries to throw the mirror away, withered hands reach out from within, revealing the ghost of an old woman trapped there for a hundred years. The spirit wants to use Su Yao as a substitute so
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Red Rain Besieges the City: Survival in Desperate Straits 红雨围城：绝境寻生
End-of-the-world red rain drenches the ruined city. The rusty-smelling water poisons the land, the mindless wander among the wreckage, and the survivors are trapped in a desperate plight like a city under siege. Xiao Lin and the boy Da Pan rely on a water-purification manual to stay alive. Along the way, they meet Liu Xiao, who is fleeing with her daughter. The three share their water and search together for a way to survive, setting out for the legendary Qingping stronghold. To find a sample th
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The Eleventh Year After My Death 我死后的第十一年
[Reborn face-slapping + a beloved family reunited] [Brilliant, dazzling heiress vs. a powerful man who seems refined and radiant but is, in truth, a dark and obsessive ghost] Lin Mo opened her eyes to discover she had transmigrated to the eleventh year after her death. As she lay dying, she learned that this world was a novel, and all three of her younger brothers were villains. Her second brother was a ruthless CEO who wore Buddhist prayer beads and was in love with the heroine, making an enemy
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The Haunted House 诡舍
[Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of
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Who Let Him Enter the Horror-Themed Screenwriting Contest! 谁让他参加恐怖主题编剧大赛的！
(I only write horror movies. If you have any favorites or classic horror films you think are worth watching, leave a comment. The author will pick some to write about.) Lu Chen loved turning off the lights at midnight to watch horror movies. Then one day, he woke up to find himself transmigrated to the set of a parallel world's National Horror-Themed Screenwriting Competition. The first theme was horror comedy. While the other contestants racked their brains trying to combine two seemingly incom
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Don't Panic, It's Just Silent Hill. There's Still Outlast Ahead 别慌，寂静岭而已，后面还有逃生
Lin Zi'ang transmigrated to Blue Star and discovered a world where virtual reality technology was highly advanced and the gaming industry was booming. But compared to other games, horror games were few and far between, a niche within a niche. Their average production quality was also far below what he’d known in his previous life, with most of them relying on nothing but shoddy jump scares. As luck would have it, he’d brought along a horror game development System, packed with horror games from
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Chinese Horror Is Weak? Then Why Are You Bowing When I Summon It? 中式恐怖弱？召唤出来你磕什么头
A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho
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Horror Highlights: The Ten Most Terrifying Moments 恐怖剪辑：十大惊悚名场面
[Ding! The Top Ten Most Terrifying Iconic Scenes have been revealed.] [Any ‘person’ who makes this ranking must be among the most terrifying, horrifying, fear-spreading masters in the world of ten thousand ghosts.] Pennywise: Tell me, is it scarier to eat people or to scare them!? Heh heh heh… Chor Man: Believe it or not, I’ll come to your house through the toilet! Lin Zhengying: Insolent! You lowly ghost dare to act out in front of me? I’ll make your soul vanish into thin air. Kayako: And how a
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Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了
Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill
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The Supernatural Returns, and the Eternal Night Begins 灵异复苏，永夜降临
[Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa
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I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事
[Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment.
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You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友
In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end...
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