Authentic Hong Kong-Style Supernatural Horror Stories That Send Chills Down Your Spine 港式真实灵异恐怖故事让人毛骨悚然
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- 51 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 201Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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Strange Tales of the Old Mansion: The Midnight Paper Doll Curse 古宅异闻：午夜纸人咒
A century-old mansion hides a deadly evil, and a paper effigy opens its eyes to claim the souls of the wronged. Su Xiao unexpectedly inherits an old house from a distant branch of her family. The moment she steps inside, she sees a bloodstained paper effigy standing in the entryway, its hollow eyes fixed on her and dark red stains glaring from beneath its fingernails. Deep in the mansion, eyes silently peer through cracks in the walls. At midnight, the sound of someone combing their hair comes f
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Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story) 鬼新娘（真实事件改编）
The Ghost Bride (Based on a True Story)
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The Evil Body-Swapping Art 换身邪术
After we married, my wife grew colder toward me by the day. I crossed paths with a female ghost dressed in red, who gave me a forbidden ancient art called “Shape-Shifting.” Cast it on my wife, and she would completely swap souls and bodies with the last man she had slept with! I only wanted to use this wicked art to win back her heart and make her mine again... But the next day, she had turned into another man... Worse still, once the exchange began, there was no reversing it. All I could do w
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- 56 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
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Crossing Souls on a Snowy Night: The Biggest Coward in Liaobei 雪夜渡魂.辽北第一怂人
Crossing Souls on a Snowy Night: The Biggest Coward in Northern Liaoning
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- 58 Echoes from the Thirty-Six Steps 三十六级台阶的回响 Echoes from Thirty-Six Steps —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 A Record of Stitching Corpses in Republican-Era China 民国缝尸录 Republican-Era Records of Corpse Stitching —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Corpse Stitcher: Thread in Place 缝尸匠.引线归位 The Corpse Stitcher: Setting the Thread in Place 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Chewing Sounds in the Abyss 深渊里的咀嚼声 The Sound of Chewing in the Abyss 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Mint Blossoms at the Tip of a Shoe 鞋尖开出的薄荷花 Mint Blossoms at the Tip of a Shoe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Suona's Song Beneath the Coffin Lid 棺材板下的唢呐声 Suona Music Beneath the Coffin Lid —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Cherry-Colored Lies 樱桃色的谎言 Cherry-Colored Lies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Boiling Oil: Root Sacrifice 开油镬：根祭 Frying the Oil Wok: Root Sacrifice —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Blood Pact of the Corpse House 尸宅血契 The Corpse House Blood Pact 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 That Wedding Dress Hung for Twelve Years 那件婚纱挂了十二年 The Wedding Dress That Hung for Twelve Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Yonghui Corpse Coins 永徽尸钱 Yonghui Corpse Coins —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Walking Corpse Lunatic 走尸颠佬 The Walking Corpse Madman 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Corpse Money: Thoughts for the Afterlife 尸钱想后 Corpse Money, Posthumous Thoughts 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 The Buddha Mother's Secret 40Reads—Score—Shelves
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Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅
A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut
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Tales of the Strange from the Yunling Mountains: Thirty Nights on Watch 云岭山野怪谈：三十个守夜诡话
I collect all kinds of folk taboos and strange tales from Yunnan. Send me your stories in a private message, and I’ll write them up... [Countryside + supernatural folklore + mountain legends + Yunnan and Guangxi legends + folk tales + eerie happenings + Chinese-style horror + folk customs + mystery and the paranormal + suspense + anthology + audiobook style] I once traveled through the Yunling Mountains, deep into the Miao and Yi villages of western Yunnan. I lodged in remote village inns and sa
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- 74 Miao Ridge Paranormal Chronicles: Thirty Nights of Mountain Folktales 苗岭诡闻录：三十夜山野怪谈 [Guangxi + countryside + audiobook style + eerie + ghost stories + strange tales + mystery + suspense + anthology] Western Guangxi is mountainous. Deep in the mountains live the Dong, Miao, Zhuang, and Yao peoples, each keeping their own customs and worshipping their own gods. The year I entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I went with an old trader who bought medicinal herbs. By day, I followed him up the mountains to gather star anise. At night, I sat around the fire with the village elders —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Tales of the Strange from Guangdong and Fujian: Thirty Nights of Village Hauntings 粤闽诡事录：乡村三十夜诡话 I collect all kinds of folk taboos and strange tales from Guangdong. Send me your stories in a private message, and I’ll write them up... [Folk supernatural tales + Guangdong and Fujian legends + rural ghost stories + Chinese-style horror + strange happenings in the countryside + travel accounts + anthology + audiobook style + suspense and horror + paranormal + short story collection + folk tales] The lands of Guangdong and Fujian are a patchwork of mountain ranges, shrouded in miasma. Since anc —Reads—Score—Shelves
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36,036 Terrifying Stories You’ll Regret Not Reading 不看后悔的36036个恐怖故事
[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.
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Horror Revival: The Haunted Amusement Park 恐怖复苏：惊悚乐园
Demons and monsters have returned, and countless evil spirits have appeared all over the world! In a school dormitory, the vengeful spirit of a girl in a red wedding dress, who hanged herself years ago, slowly opens her scarlet eyes! At a construction site, a corpse bricked up inside a wall bursts through it, glaring at the world with bitter hatred! From dry wells and rivers to crematoriums, evil spirits descend upon the world in droves!
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Hong Kong Hauntings: Seeing the Dead 港诡：见魂
[Mystery and suspense] + [Paranormal tales] + [No cultivation] + [No romance] An original story Chen Xiaomeng is a middle school teacher in Yau Ma Tei, born with Yin-Yang Eyes that open promptly at seven every evening. There’s no cultivation arc in the later stages. To break the curse that women with Yin-Yang Eyes never live past thirty, the protagonist struggles to survive between the supernatural and the gritty streets.
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- 79 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 11.6kReads9.2Score877Shelves
- 80 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! 116Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 81 In 1986, After I Was Sold into a Devil's Den of Hell 1986我被卖进魔窟地狱之后 Revenge tale + occult arts and metaphysics + both sides of the law “Little Eighth, when you go out into the world, remember to take care of yourself.” It took her ten years to understand what her mother meant. From the mountains of Sichuan to the borderlands of Yunnan, from an innocent girl to a legend of northern Myanmar, she became “Black Peony,” a name that struck fear into everyone in the region. She moved between the underworld and the legitimate world, carrying a blood feud. Watch as she 1.4kReads6.5Score103Shelves
- 82 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 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves
- 83 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 87 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 88 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 401Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 90 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 712Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 91 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 101Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 92 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 93 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 A Collection of Northeast China's Folk Horror Stories 东北民间恐怖故事合集 This is a collection of horror stories that peels back the mysteries of Northeast China. Every tale comes from stories passed by word of mouth in the countryside. When the lamps are lit tonight, let me tell them to you slowly: strange happenings deep in the mountains, ghost stories from old houses, rural taboos and legends, and the chilling truths and terrors hidden behind the warmth of everyday life. Are you ready to hear the “old stories” of the black soil? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score390Shelves
- 96 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
- 97 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 27.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
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My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年
Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin
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The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒
A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end!
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- 100 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 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves
