Novels like Cursed Grudge
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- 151 The People Around Me and I Had the Same Dream 我和周围人做了一样的梦 I knew I was dreaming, but everything in the dream was strange. When I woke up, I discovered that my coworkers and I had all shared the same dream. It turned out to be a monster's trap. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我，一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历 If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences… 3.1kReads8.3Score20414d adds
- 153 An Unremarkable Jumping Death Case 不起眼的跳楼案 My fiancé, who had been overseas for three years, called to tell me he was coming back the day after tomorrow. I went to meet him at the airport. On the way home, he proposed, and I said yes. But this morning, he disappeared again, because I had once more returned to the day he called me. I've already relived these three days seven times. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Life-Extending Money 借寿钱 After a friend dies in a bizarre car accident, could a hundred-yuan bill inscribed with “Borrow your years to buy my life” really be a deadly curse? At the funeral home, he uses “life-borrowing money” to buy an urn, only to be haunted by the dead man's mother in a strange way. A talisman hides a sinister plot, and three life-borrowing bills appear out of nowhere at midnight! A locked kitchen, boiling water, knives falling for no reason... Who is controlling this deadly game? 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 156 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 158 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 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 160 The Death Inn 死亡民宿 On the first night after checking into the guesthouse, the owner died. But at midnight that same night, Lu Shou actually received a text from the owner. “Please be sure to follow the rules of the Deerhorn Guesthouse. Find the landlady’s dowry box before five tomorrow morning, and you can leave with the deputy manager, an orange cat.” “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here forever.” Lu Shou broke out in a cold sweat, utterly baffled. “I clearly took his phone. How can he still text me?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡，恶灵在人间 This is a horror novel centered on mystery, a traditional supernatural story with no System and no cultivation. The setup is lengthy, there are many mysteries, and the truth is revealed gradually. A mysterious apartment brings endless nightmares. To escape, you must complete the nine tasks assigned by the apartment. Hunted by evil spirits, mocked by ghosts, and consumed by resentment, everyone will be trapped in a terrifying cycle of death and rebirth, played out in blood. “All who are ruled by 486Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 162 Twin Haunting: My Brother Is Actually a Corporeal Ghost 双生诡怨：我哥竟是实体鬼 [No romance] [No female lead] [Mystery and supernatural] [Mild horror] [Traditional setting, no cultivation] P.S. Younger brother: Chen Xing. Older brother: Chen Yan. The older brother is a ghost. He has long hair early on, so if that bothers you, please don’t read... The twins were born fifteen minutes apart, yet their fates turned out to be worlds apart. One of them was... an omen of great misfortune. A secret lies hidden in the attic. Inside, there’s a coffin. Who is lying in it? Is it me? Wh 973Reads8.8Score15514d adds
- 163 Death on Delivery 死亡外卖 Never try to save money when ordering takeout! After ordering a meal that wasn't clean, strange events keep happening, and his coworkers begin dying one by one. Some takeout costs you money. Some takeout costs you your life. My other completed novel, The Hell Company, is over a million words long. Come check it out, dear readers~~ 2.4kReads8.7Score22614d adds
- 164 The Silent Echo 沉默的回声 Five years ago, in Room 601 of Ningchuan High School, a girl was found hanged from a bathroom pipe. Her eyes bulged, her tongue was missing, and strange words had been written in blood on the mirror: “He… is back.” Five years later, the sealed cold case was suddenly reopened. Trainee criminal investigator Qin Chuan took over the investigation, never expecting that this bizarre murder would also uncover another buried case: the “South Campus Disappearance.” A deadly game of hunting, lying dormant 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Empty Grave 空坟 Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave! 1.1kReads9.0Score10714d adds
- 166 The Horror Night-Duty Booth 恐怖值班亭 Back around the 2000s, I worked as a security guard at an apartment complex. The complex had a strange rule: [After midnight, do not leave the security booth.] It made no sense, but I always kept it in mind, until the day one of my coworkers died! That night, a woman in a skirt knocked on the security booth window… 31Reads—Score114d adds
- 167 After I Lost My Memory, a Woman Just Like Me Appeared at Home 失忆后，家里出现和我一模一样的女人 I've lost my memory. Since then, people have kept showing me all kinds of evidence and implanting all sorts of memories in my mind. But I feel like an outsider looking in on my own past, unable to relate to any of it. One day, I came home and found a woman fast asleep on the sofa. What terrified me was that she looked exactly like me! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Paper Bride 纸新娘 Rumor has it that I tried to seduce the Lin family's young master, failed, and then killed him in the village's paper-offering shop. To save my life, I agreed to marry Master Lin, who had raised me for ten years. On our wedding day, Master Lin laid his hands on me. "Darling, did you know I've wanted you for many years?" Of course I knew. I'd been looking forward to this day even longer than he had. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Crimson Wish 绯红之愿 I bought a cursed object, hoping to summon a ghost and make a pact with her so I could go to the Ghost City and find out what happened to my missing master. The summoning went unusually smoothly, but the moment she appeared, the powerful yin energy pouring out of the magic circle sent me flying several meters and knocked me to the ground. She stood quietly in the middle of the circle, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and phoenix crown, with her red veil neatly covering her head and her hands —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Summer Vacation of Terror 暑假惊魂记 I can see things other people can't. I've never let it show. I didn't want anyone to think I was a freak. Until that summer vacation... Two classmates and I made plans to go swimming. I saw something in the water. I was terrified. But they insisted on going in, and I couldn't stop them... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Secret of Chaoxiao 朝校的秘密 In the village where my family lives, every household's first child has to be a girl. The day after their tenth birthday, these girls are sent to a place called Chaoxiao on the other side of the mountain. They say it's a paradise for girls. That is, until a black cat appeared in the village. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Secret of Chongcao Village 虫草村的秘密 “The cordyceps we raise are so fast, you can’t even catch them.” I was watching this funny video on a certain short-video app. Comments flew across the screen. Some people said the joke was hilarious, while others earnestly explained that cordyceps couldn’t possibly run fast. But I knew the joke wasn’t funny at all, because I had seen fast-running cordyceps myself. Perhaps “rabbit cordyceps” would be a more fitting name. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Huizhu Village 慧猪村 My college roommate claimed she came from an ancient village called Huizhu Village. She said the village got its name because, from ancient times to the present, it had produced many high-ranking officials and top scholars, as if its villagers were born with pearls of wisdom. It wasn’t until she talked the rest of us in the dorm into visiting her village around the Qingming Festival that I learned it was actually called “Wise Pig Village.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score17014d adds
- 175 My Career in Funeral Services and the Supernatural 我的殡葬灵异生涯 After graduating, I joined the funeral industry and learned about its many secrets. I also encountered all kinds of terrifying, bizarre supernatural incidents. Let me tell you about some truly unusual tales of terror and the taboos of the funeral trade... The latest work by a free-spirited programmer. As always, the promise stands: suspense and horror taken to the extreme. 2.9kReads8.4Score24614d adds
- 176 Heir to the Five Arts 五术传人 All the arts of divination under heaven fall into five branches. They are: Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination, and Physiognomy. More specifically, they include magic, talismans and incantations, the Four Pillars of Destiny, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Qi Men Dun Jia, feng shui based on the principles of qi, face reading, bone reading, and more... Our Wei clan is the guiding principle behind all five arts. The five arts encompass everything and seize the workings of Heaven. Thus, only those blessed with 1.7kReads8.3Score17114d adds
- 177 The Doll Grows Cold 人偶失温 Everyone says I must have done something virtuous in a past life for Qin Chuan to choose me. Only I know that's not the case. He married me because he wanted me dead. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 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 I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Folk Horror Taboos 民间恐怖禁忌 Do you know the stories old people tell? Do you know there are many things in folk tradition that people say must not be spoken of? Do you know what the elders say about dreams? The elders say there are things you mustn't talk about at night. Did you know that? 121Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 180 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score15914d adds
- 181 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Thriller Game: The Vengeful Ghost Is Actually Me 惊悚游戏：厉鬼竟是我自己 [No CP] [Includes both original and non-original side stories. If you’re looking for paranormal horror, enter at your own risk!] [If you want to see the protagonist bulldoze his way through everything with brute force, enter at your own risk. He’s a man wearing a ghost’s skin.] Ning Xing was born at Qingshan High School. The teachers here are kind, and his classmates are friendly and close-knit. It’s just that, for some reason, every three days his teachers and classmates forget everything that —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The One-Yuan Villa 一元别墅 Never believe that a windfall will fall from the sky. At 28, I was “hit” by a villa, but I don't have much time left. Now I have to find my next heir. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 83Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 185 The Doomed Witness 绝命证人 What is evil? Anything born of weakness is evil! Fang Ya survived a massacre that wiped out his entire family. Nourished by the flowers that bloomed from the seeds of evil, he resolved to become a police officer. Ahead of him lay countless baffling cases: A murder in a locked room at a wealthy family’s estate, a deranged artist who kills, a deadly game of love, a killer who hovers at the boundary between life and death to carry out euthanasia, the vicious crimes of a social group whose members a 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Missing Body 丢失的身体 Two empty bottles of sleeping pills lay before the grave, and two kidneys lay before his son's grave. With a smile on his face, he leaned against his son's gravestone and slowly closed his eyes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕 That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 One Hundred Ways to Encounter a Ghost 见诡一百法 The day my eldest uncle died, all our relatives and friends went to his funeral. My cousins wailed as they finished burning the joss paper. When it was my turn, I just couldn't cry. I could have faked it, but no tears would come, and my aunt's family looked displeased. That wasn't really a big deal. The problem was that when I tossed paper money into the brazier, the flames, which had been burning fiercely, went out in an instant! I tried several times, and it happened every time. It was creepy, 1.9kReads8.5Score13414d adds
- 189 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 The Stone That Remembers the Light 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Spooky, Hilarious Legend 恐怖幽默搞笑传 Synopsis of The Spooky, Humorous, Hilarious Tale Other streamers are scared out of their wits when they encounter ghosts on camera. When he runs into evil spirits, his go-to move is “cuddle up”! In a gloomy old mansion, instead of heartrending sobs, the streamer blasts his absurdly catchy “Good Luck Is Coming” theme music. A ghost in white lifts her long hair to scare him, only for him to whip out a pair of Tony's scissors and ask, “Want a makeover?” Even the supernatural crowd rushes to post co 12Reads—Score214d adds
- 191 Horror World: Starting Out by Playing a Chainsaw Killer 惊悚世界：从扮演电锯杀人狂开始 [Horror world] [Unhinged] [Urban legend collector] [No female lead] Qin Feng was once a dedicated haunted-house NPC. His service received no bad reviews, only complaints. Some customers even called the police on the spot. Forced out of work, Qin Feng enters a horror world and obtains the Horror Roleplay System. Chainsaw Killer, Jason, Pyramid Head, the Joker... He plays every role to perfection, with no technique, just pure feeling! From then on, he discovers the right way to play the horror wor 562Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 192 My Best Friend Disappeared While Picking Up Takeout, and Everyone Says She Never Existed 闺蜜取个外卖就失踪，所有人都说她并不存在 My best friend went out to pick up a delivery and never came back. She vanished from my life completely. Nobody remembered her. They all thought I was mentally ill. The truth was, we had been split across two different timelines. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Haunted Inn 恐怖旅店 A new graduate faces the toughest job market in years and, with no other options, applies for a night receptionist position at an inn. On my first day, I was told that the job had two requirements. First, I must not speak to the guests. Second, I must not leave the front desk. 512Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 194 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score25314d adds
- 195 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score16514d adds
- 196 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 My family makes its living dealing with the dead, and my father is a renowned corpse seamster in the surrounding area. His skills are superb. No matter how mangled a corpse is, he can restore it to look as good as new. Whenever someone died in an accident and their body was disfigured, wealthy families from hundreds of miles around would ask my father to stitch it back together. But as far as I knew, my father used to be a butcher. He was skilled at dressing pigs, but I had never heard that he w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 A Terrifying New Year’s Eve 惊悚除夕夜 A Chilling New Year's Eve 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格 I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Blood Ties 血缘关系 I rushed a thousand miles to mourn my mother, only to discover that she had died under suspicious circumstances. I wanted to uncover the truth and avenge her, but my whole family opposed me! It turned out everything was because there was a “vampire” in the family! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
