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"Short Rural Ghost Stories" is a collection of horror stories rooted in Chinese local culture. It takes dark mountains and old houses in deserted villages as the stage, and connects more than 30 weird and bizarre folk tales. In the book, there are not only the bride in red who wanders under the ancient locust tree late at night, but also the centuries-old ghosts who indulge in abandoned wells; there are the mountain spirits who seek their lives due to violating taboos, and there are also the secrets of the night watchmen of ancestral halls passed down from generation to generation. With brushstrokes soaked in the earthy atmosphere, the author weaves rural anecdotes passed down from word of mouth into modern legends and monsters that are horrifying to contemplate. On the boundary between reality and reality intertwined by moonlight and candlelight, he reveals the fear and redemption hidden deep in human nature. This book specially contains nine unpublished handwritten stories, including "Huang Pizi's Longevity", "The Midnight Rain at the Widow's Bridge" and "The Soul-Calling Lantern". Each short story is accompanied by hand-painted ink illustrations. Turning over the yellowed pages, you will hear the whine of the mountain wind through the dilapidated window lattice, and see the bloody handprints quietly spreading under the old wall. These legends were born between the fragrance of rice and the tomb, waiting for the brave to peel off the last layer of shroud.