Novels like Legends of the Strange in Beiling
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- 51 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 24.3kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 52 Daily Yin-Yang Eyes: Memoirs of a Spirit Medium! 天天阴阳眼，出马回忆录！ A childhood blood-brotherhood oath opened the door to a whole new world! I unexpectedly discovered that I had the Yin-Yang Eyes! A jade pendant took a calamity meant for me, then mysteriously shattered! My aunt brought a whole hall of immortals to recruit me as their spirit medium! A nine-tailed fox stayed by my side. Let’s see how I stay true to my original purpose! A collection of eerie tales from my years as a spirit medium! 519Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 53 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 54 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score11614d adds
- 55 Ghost Incense 鬼上香 People eat food, while ghosts catch its scent! Every trade has its own rules and fate, and mine is downright horrifying. My name is Han Yiding. I was born from the belly of a corpse, a corpse-born infant. I also have a master who looks like a con artist. Whenever I think of that old man, he hardly seems like some great master. You ask who founded our sect? Ever heard of Lü Dongbin? A renowned master who cultivated both Buddhism and Taoism. But enough explaining. This child born from a corpse is 391Reads8.1Score4214d adds
- 56 Solving Cases with Lord Di 我和狄大人一起办案 During the reign of Emperor Ruizong in the Tang Dynasty, a corpse drifts in from the sea, its orifices stuffed with seaweed; a ghost city in the desert weeps blood at midnight; and vengeful spirits haunt a residence in Youzhou. One horrifying mystery after another erupts, shaking the court and the people alike. The imperial heir Li Lingxiao comes to serve at Di Renjie’s side at his father’s command, ostensibly to gain experience, but in truth, he is drawn into a staggering conspiracy. As ten str 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Eerie Coffin Bearers 诡抬棺 Nine peaks, a sea of blood, mountains of bones... Murderous danger lurks everywhere. Every step is fraught with peril, and I never know how much longer I'll survive. It wasn't until I deciphered the nursery rhyme I'd heard when I became someone's disciple that I uncovered a shocking secret... 63Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 58 The Celestial Master's Book of Strange Tales 天师诡事录 Twenty years ago, a female ghost from a thousand-year-old tomb came to claim a bride. My grandfather gave his life to protect me from the calamity! Twenty years later, fate led me to rob the tomb of that very female ghost. 198Reads7.7Score10414d adds
- 59 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 558Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 60 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.2kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 61 The Underworld Longevity Bureau 黄泉长生局 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Ghost Hunting] They say the Yellow Springs are crawling with ghosts and demons. Once I raise my yellow talisman and form a hand seal, I'll wipe them all out. From three-eyed ghost lice and the Fish Kingdom tomb to the Ten-Thousand-Pearl Snake Woman... Li Que, a little nobody of the Daoist sect, and Fatty get caught up in a vast scheme for immortality. As the saying goes: “In paper shoes, I tread into the Yellow Springs; through the gloom of life and death, I 224Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 62 The Strange Tribulation: The Daoist Shaman's Deadly Fate 诡劫：道巫凶命 [No System] [Mild Horror] [Taoist Priest] [Female Lead] [There have been too many coincidences along the way. It feels like someone has been setting me up.] After losing my memories, life became incredibly difficult... The bizarre and terrifying things I encountered nearly drove me to a breakdown... Every strange, eerie event put me in danger, yet somehow I survived time and time again. Then one day, I met an expert who gave me a new understanding of my own fate... [What kind of conspiracy lies 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Imperial Tomb Guardian 皇陵守墓人 Last century, a team of archaeological experts discovered an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains and organized dozens of the country's top archaeologists to excavate it. Before long, however, the team mysteriously vanished without a trace, and none survived. After decades of research, Professor Wang Xuan discovered that the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor concealed a shocking secret. He led four students deep into a small county in the mountains of Bashu, embarking on an extraordinarily biz 4.9kReads5.9Score32114d adds
- 64 The Yin-Yang Tomb Raider 阴阳盗墓先生 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Treasure Appraisal + Supernatural + Horror] Years ago, to pay for my mother’s medical treatment, I went north alone with the only keepsake my grandfather left me before he died. By chance, I joined a tomb-robbing gang. From then on, I traveled north and south, east and west, crossing the mountains and rivers of my homeland, seeing every side of the martial world and encountering all kinds of strange and wondrous things... Now, having narrowly survived disaster and emerg 2.2kReads6.7Score12214d adds
- 65 The Underground Palace of Mount Lao 崂山地宫 The three children of an archaeologist set out to uncover the secret of immortality. Their tomb-raiding expedition leads them to the eerie, mysterious underground palace of Laoshan, while an ancient temple beyond Yanmen Pass reveals a thousand-year-old bronze corpse... 1.7kReads7.1Score18814d adds
- 66 Master of Folk Forbidden Arts 民间禁术大师 Forbidden arts are forbidden because they're too powerful, powerful enough to make even Heaven afraid. But I will break through the restraints and cultivate forbidden arts. I will become the greatest master of forbidden arts in the Three Realms. I will avenge my enemies, protect my loved ones, and roam wherever I please, from the heavens to the depths of the earth... 1.5kReads7.4Score21614d adds
- 67 Bai Wuji: The Taboos of a Hundred Ghosts 百无忌之百鬼禁忌 A haunted bus, a murder game in a WeChat group, a celebrity who raises a ghost child, a murder case involving the black magic of Southeast Asia, a young woman tormented by her ghost husband, a European murderous-spirit game passed down for hundreds of years, a century-old haunted house where nothing grows... Bai Wuji wants nothing to do with any of this for the rest of his life. But if they insist on coming after him, he won't be blamed for beating them until their souls are scattered to the win 465Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 68 The Maoshan Heavenly Master 茅山天师 My grandmother’s death indirectly set me on a path completely unlike that of ordinary people. From then on, my fate began to change. The farther I traveled along this road, the more strange things I experienced: underworld messengers, the Eight-Gate Corpse Fiend, the Spirit Rock Ghost Realm, the Kunlun Demon Droughtfiend, and more. Then I suddenly realized that all these events seemed to point toward a conspiracy, one powerful enough to turn the world upside down... 1.5kReads7.5Score8614d adds
- 69 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺者 I’m a coffin bearer. After carrying coffins for decades, I’ve seen all kinds of sinister coffins: mother-and-child coffins, coffins without mourners, coffins for those who died violent deaths… And behind these coffins, a shocking secret was hidden… 195Reads6.7Score10514d adds
- 70 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery... 1kReads7.3Score13814d adds
- 72 The Yin-Yang Artisan 阴阳诡匠 [Author's note: This book has no System and isn't mindless. Most of the events… really happened. Do not try any of the customs or taboos described here! Any consequences are your own responsibility!] It's better to offend the King of Hell than a poor carpenter. When you've worked as a carpenter long enough, you'll inevitably encounter all sorts of terrifying, bizarre accidents and stories. Sometimes, we're part of them ourselves. I used to think my grandfather was just an eccentric old carpenter 1.1kReads6.3Score10214d adds
- 73 Strange Tales of the Horse-Riding Immortals 出马仙异闻录 The story of a spirit medium’s growth. The first sixty-plus chapters are just a prelude, written to honor the old incense roots of my ancestors. There’s no outline. Whenever I remember something that happened to me, I just write it down. Although most of the stories are based on things that really happened, the details have certainly been fictionalized and exaggerated. Novels about spirit mediums have a drawback: the true stories aren’t entertaining, and the entertaining ones aren’t true. If a s 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 75 The Last Tomb Raider 最后的摸金传人 In the 1990s, my family was so poor that my parents abandoned me. By chance, I met a group of tomb raiders. I joined them just to get a meal and became the last inheritor of their craft. They took me all over the country: through primeval forests and snowy plateaus, along rivers and lakes, across dry deserts. Their footprints covered the land. One tomb expedition after another showed me countless bizarre and wondrous things and brought me face-to-face with all manner of demons and monsters. My m 7.3kReads8.7Score43114d adds
- 76 Real Tomb Raiding: The Black Ghost Awl 真实的盗墓：黑鬼钎 To repay the debt of gratitude he owes his late company commander, who saved his life, and help raise the astronomical sum needed for his mother's medical bills, Hu Yutian returns from the Vietnam War carrying his black ghost pick and joined by the brothers who have stood by him through life and death. Together, they embark on the most authentic and thrilling tomb-raiding adventures imaginable. By chance, Hu Yutian discovers the location of the ancient city of Loulan in an old book. Bound by bro 1.2kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 77 Don't Compare Tomb Raiders! The Guanshan Taibao Have No Taboos! 别拿摸金比！观山太保百无禁忌！ My name is Jiang Jiuhe. My ancestors were the Guanshan Taibao, who built and guarded imperial tombs to keep tomb raiders away. But by the time the duty passed down to me, I'd spent twenty-five years on guard and still couldn't get a decent meal. I looked at our ancestral copy of The Guanshan Guide to Mysteries and spat. To hell with the ancestral rules! In this world, starving to death is no better than gambling everything, even your life. But I never imagined that by tearing it up, I would be r 666Reads—Score10614d adds
- 78 Tomb Raiding: Sign-In to Become a Heavenly Official, Starting My Path to Immortality in Nuqing 盗墓：签到天官，从怒晴开始长生 [Tomb-raiding crossover + System + cultivation + plot-focused + alternate universe + slow-paced + some original content] Zhang Yechen transmigrates into a world that combines different tomb-raiding stories and awakens a sign-in quest System. “Ding! Selection confirmed. Rewards incoming!” 1. Knowledge of the Faqiu Celestial Official 2. Exclusive skill: Two-Finger Cave Exploration 3. Peak mortal-body realm 4. Celestial Official Seal 5. Celestial Official Sword Having become a Faqiu Celestial Offic 235Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 79 Secret Records of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓秘录 [Hardcore Tomb Raiding]+ [Suspense at Full Throttle]+ [Utter Terror] Before my master disappeared, he sent me only a stone shard carved with a black dragon coiling around a coffin, along with a bloodstained prophecy: “When the Dragon-Suppressing Coffin stirs, the nine lineages return to their source; when the black dragon opens its eyes, the secret map will emerge.” To find my master, I set out with the black dragon shard and my childhood friend Wu Nianjiu for a suspected Liao-dynasty tomb benea 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Foxbound 狐缘 [Fox King + paranormal + funny + sweet romance] After my boyfriend and I made things official, thick black fur suddenly sprouted all over my face. A fox appeared in my dreams and warned me that until I'd paid off my debt, I could forget about dating anyone and getting away from him! To repay what I owed, I became his spirit medium, opened a ritual altar, and helped him attain enlightenment. But he only got more demanding, and even wanted to marry me. “Third Master, I'm cursed and destined to bri 160Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 81 My Years Learning to Catch Ghosts 我学捉鬼的那些年 People can get away with all sorts of things, but greed is one thing they must avoid, especially when it comes to things inside a coffin. And greed was exactly where I went wrong. If you covet money, it can cost you your life! They dug a red-lacquered coffin out of a construction site, and I thought I'd found a priceless antique. If I'd known what would happen afterward, I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it even if they killed me... 749Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Mortal Comes Down from the Mountain 凡人下山 With Jiuyou in his left hand and a Demon-Slaying Sword in his right, Xiao Fan carries the extraordinary book Great Wilderness Boundless Scripture, left behind by the ancient, primordial powerhouse Chi You. Xiao Fan was orphaned and alone from a young age, and was raised to adulthood by his master. He began cultivating the Dao as a child and achieved mastery in just ten years. Then he came down from the mountain. He can catch ghosts, tell fortunes, and, most importantly, charm the ladies... Follo 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Eternal Night Is Coming to the Courtyard 四合院之永夜将至 [Not a period drama or tomb-raiding story + Villainous Male Lead + Plot-Driven, No Heroine + Mystery and Wild Imagination + Scheming + Urban] A shocking secret lies buried beneath a grand formation of ten courtyard compounds. Each family has fought over the treasure for a hundred years, and both the male lead and his rival are among its sacrifices. To defy fate and break free from his cocoon, the male lead takes in the Demon God’s three souls and seven spirits, and moves into a vessel made from 5Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 84 The Northern School's Tomb Raider: Searching for Dragons 北派盗墓寻龙记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Underworld + History] Adapted from true experiences. That year, I was no master appraiser fresh out of prison. I was just a poor kid who identified soil by smell and felt his way along tomb passages with his fingers. I drifted through a hazy youth and into middle age, enduring hardship and uncertainty all the way. Over half a lifetime, I witnessed all sorts of people from all walks of life, and heard tales of the underworld you have never heard before. If yo 51.3kReads7.9Score4k14d adds
- 85 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern Shaanxi 陕北盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding, daily life, hardship, growth] This is a story about tomb raiding, feng shui, and the underworld. These are people who once lived ordinary lives but were forced by hardship to take up tomb raiding. They have no experience, only their miserable lives. Watch how they use those wretched lives to forge a legendary future. In 1999, a shocking incident took place in Suiping City, in northern Shaanxi. The tomb of Meng Tian, located right in the heart of the city, was completely emptied 574Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer, I Became a Guardian of Civilization 确诊癌症晚期，我成了文明守夜人 The doctors said I had only three months to live, but I became the last guardian of civilization. Late-stage cancer? No, it was turbid breath entering my body! Chemotherapy was useless? Only ancient artifacts infused with spiritual energy could keep me alive! From ghostly shadows in the Forbidden City to Pangu creating the heavens, I coughed up blood as I traced back five thousand years, laying my hands on the dragon veins of the Xia and Shang dynasties and the heroic spirits of the Han and Tang 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Horror Arena: I Summon Chinese Ghost Gods to Terrify the World 恐怖擂台：我召唤中式鬼神惊悚全世界 [National destiny + Chinese-style horror + wish fulfillment + Jiang Chen, the Primordial Zombie Ancestor + personally slaying onmyoji] A horror arena appeared, where each country summoned legendary ghosts and monsters to fight and defend its national destiny. Some people said Huaxia had no gods or ghosts. Then Jiang Chen, the Primordial Zombie Ancestor; Tang Sanzang, the holy monk who delivers souls; and Zhong Kui, king of all ghosts, were summoned! Who says the Dragon Kingdom has no gods or gho 313Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 88 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 107Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 89 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Wei Cipher 韦氏密码 [Mind-Bending Suspense + Adventure + Puzzles + Not a Power Fantasy] After ten years spent seeking the truth behind his parents’ disappearance, Wei Qiushan is drawn into the mystery by a photograph. Following the hidden clues in a ledger and a cryptic note that says “Don’t be afraid,” he begins his investigation. A transport team vanishes without a trace. A witness suddenly drops dead. Deep in a mine, he discovers a strange bedroom dozens of meters underground. During an ancestral rite in the Nor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Rules Are Out of Control, and Only I Can Find the Loopholes 规则失控，只有我能找到漏洞 Make a mistake, and you die… Nine people are trapped in a hotel. They must identify the hidden nonhuman among them, or everyone will die. The cycle resets, wiping everyone's memories clean. Only Lin Che retains his memories. With no special abilities or plot armor, he relies solely on observation, searching for loopholes in the rules to survive. Escape the hotel, and they find themselves in an empty city caught in a seven-day time loop. Beyond it lie countless worlds that have been destroy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Tales from the Folkways of Northeast China 东北民间轶事录 [The new book, The Northeast Folk Tales: An Account of Zhong Kui, is now being serialized] [Ensemble cast + folk legends + the customs and character of Northeast China] The land and skies of the Northeast; its folk customs and its people Set in the rural Northeast of the 1990s, this book is adapted from remarkable folk legends and true events widely told across the vast lands of Northeast China. It recounts the hardships protagonist Xu Liang faced in his youth, along with the many legendary expe 3.4kReads8.8Score40314d adds
- 93 The Cage of Rules: I Use the Brush of History to Break Every Deadlock 规则囚笼：我以史笔破万局 High-IQ mind games + infinite-loop survival + rule-based horror + historical research + smart characters + fast-paced plot + battles of human nature + no saintly protagonists + satisfying wish fulfillment + everyday warmth When a higher-dimensional civilization turns Earth into a game board, every rule is a blade aimed at your life, and every scenario is a gamble with death. Zhang Mingyong, a historical document archivist who has spent ten years poring over old records, is thrown headfirst into —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score21214d adds
- 95 Tomb Raiding: The Mirror of Reincarnation 盗墓之轮回镜 [A female lead who knows when to yield and when to fight, afraid of death and slick-tongued (a sucker who gets played by the Teng Snake Envoy) X an irreverent, dried-up old man of unknown identity (walking encyclopedia) X Jing He, who looks like a sweet puppy but acts like a real jerk (the unreliable muscle who only works for money)] Mo Yun used to run a B&B and live an easy, comfortable life. If you wanted to know why she had it so good, you’d have to hear about her paternal grandfather’s third 215Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 96 Ghost Blows Out the Light: Nuqing Xiangxi: Moonlight, Someone Leans on the Tower 鬼吹灯怒晴湘西:月明人倚楼 Ghost Blows Out the Light? Candle in the Tomb? So good, so good! A delicate beauty transmigrates into Ghost Blows Out the Light? Light the candle, and the ghosts blow it out... Heart-pounding, grand and sweeping, perilous and eerie, with death lurking at every turn... What a thrill... What? I have to raid a tomb? No... I just can’t do it... System, can I switch to another mission??? A modern young woman’s journey through Ghost Blows Out the Light... 1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 97 I Told You to Be a Taoist, So Why Did You Strike My Ex-Girlfriend with Lightning? 让你当道士，你却雷劈前女友？ [Folk Horror + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless + Packed with Jokes + Slow Start] After my girlfriend broke up with me, she ran off to northern Myanmar to work in sales for someone else. When she came back, she'd turned into an evil ghost who wanted to rip out my kidneys. To save myself, I accidentally became a Taoist priest. I'm not much good at the arts, but I've got a real talent for cursing people out! I learn thunder magic and raise fierce spirit soldiers. I'm a 11.7kReads8.2Score85614d adds
- 98 Unrivaled Master: From Hauling Bricks at Construction Sites to Urban Kingpin 无双国手：从工地搬砖到都市枭雄 God of War + Divine Physician + Live-in Son-in-Law + Suspense + Emotional Entanglements A double knockout of a God of War and a divine physician! When a battle-hardened soldier living under an assumed name is arrested by his own ex-wife, a bloody trial that will sweep across the entire city begins. The day my ex-wife personally cuffed me and dragged me into the interrogation room, she said through red-rimmed eyes, “Zhang Mingyong, you deserve to rot in the mud for the rest of your life.” I lowe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Path to Godslaying Begins with Ghost Blows Out the Light 从鬼吹灯开始的弑神之路 History has been turbulent and magnificent, yet throughout the dynasties, from emperors to local gentry, it seems everyone has kept silent about the gods. It is as though there are no gods in this world. But is that really true? Zhang Yunting, who has arrived in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, has no comment. This world really does have gods. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Tales of Strange Northern Tomb Raids 北派盗墓诡事录 In the early twenty-first century, I was just a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. Determined to make something of myself, I threw in my lot with a northern tomb-raiding gang and set out on a road of no return. I traveled far and wide across the north and south, saw ancient tombs where the dead came back to life, and learned just how treacherous people in the underworld could be. From an ignorant boy to a weathered middle-aged man, the strange people and events I've encountered 95Reads—Score—14d adds
