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- 151 The Southeast Asian Medium 东南亚通灵先生 Under duress, I embedded a woman's corpse inside a Buddha statue in a temple. After I was framed, Master Dad taught me Southeast Asian spirit-medium arts. From that day on, the world I saw was no longer inhabited by the living alone... 3.5kReads8.4Score42414d adds
- 152 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 I’m Not a Character in a Play 我不是戏中人 On his way back to his hometown, 33-year-old writer Xi Chuan is involved in a strange car accident. After falling unconscious, he plunges into a dreamlike version of western Hunan where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. His gravely ill grandfather struggles to his feet and takes him to an ancient opera stage plagued by strange events, where he performs a Nuo exorcism opera. Xiao Hei, a loyal dog, transforms into an earth spirit beast to fight the unseen things lurking in the darkn 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Corpse Money: Thoughts for the Afterlife 尸钱想后 Corpse Money, Posthumous Thoughts 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？ Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 24Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 158 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 159 My Yin-Yang Teahouse 我有一间阴阳茶馆 When the dead come knocking, my work begins. Behind every death lies a story. I will tell these untold stories, one by one... My name is Xia Xingchen. I can see ghosts. I help the souls who come seeking the light embark on their final journey. As I help them find redemption, I am also searching for the truth... 31Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 160 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 There Are No Evil Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 恶狗岭没有恶狗 There Are No Vicious Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Cai Jun's Must-Read Mystery and Horror Collection: 11-Book Set 蔡骏悬疑恐怖小说必读精选（套装十一册） Want to experience the ultimate atmosphere of suspense and terror? Renowned suspense writer Cai Jun invites you into his world of mystery through a collection of stories that will make you feel as if you’re right there. This set includes 11 of Cai Jun’s works. It features Virus, his first “suspense and horror” novel, originally published on the Chinese internet; Curse, a classic that layers mystery upon mystery and pushes suspense to its limits; Cat’s Eye, a defining example of Cai Jun’s “psycho 51Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 163 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 491Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 170 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.7kReads6.4Score22114d adds
- 171 The Corpse Carrier 背尸匠 My name is Fang Youde, and I was born in 1990. I enlisted in 2009. After two years of mandatory service, I volunteered to stay in the army for another three years. During that time, I received two third-class merits and one second-class merit, so I had quite a record of service. In 2014, for some reason, I left the military. Under the regulations on resettling discharged soldiers, the local government assigned me a job at a funeral home. That was where my career as a corpse carrier began. Corpse 8.4kReads8.3Score46614d adds
- 172 The Last School Bus 末班校车 [A female-focused mystery thriller, a brain-teasing and hilarious redemption story] From here on, I'll personally take you on this last school-bus journey... You'll see a terrifying doll sitting right beside you... You'll witness a string of murders in a girls' dormitory, all within a single year... You'll shudder at the bizarre death of a school beauty who was three months pregnant... You'll rage at the evil hidden in a fog-shrouded residential complex along the way... And you'll encounter the 417Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 173 Nightmare Game: I Can Rewind Time by Dying 噩梦游戏：我能死亡回档 [Nightmare Game + Infinite Worlds + Mild Horror + Death Rewind] Ye Feng moved into the Xingfu Huayuan residential complex. The scenery was nice, and the neighbors were friendly enough. The only fly in the ointment was that the person living upstairs kept making noise in the middle of the night. He once tried going over to talk, but they never opened the door. Then, one day, just as he was about to put on his headphones as usual to block out the annoying noise, two people showed up at his door, c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Horror Taxi 恐怖出租车 There is a kind of vehicle meant for certain people. Its job is to take them to the world they belong in. That is the ghost bus. You may never have heard of a living person boarding one, but if you ever see a vehicle of unknown origin on the road, be careful... 2kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 175 Night of the Return of the Dead 回魂夜 On my way home from work, I saw a group of girls beating up a pretty girl. She called out to me for help, but I didn’t get involved. Who knew she’d end up dead? Seven days later, on the night she returned as a ghost, I was the first person she came looking for. 29Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 176 Luring Ghosts 招诡 A lot of the time, there are secrets and things hidden inside you that even you don't know about. For instance, what happens after you fall asleep... 376Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 177 Night Shift Security Guard Wanted: Must Be Able to Find the Extra Building That Appears at Dawn 招聘夜班保安，要求能找到凌晨多出的那栋楼 Night-shift security guard wanted. Must be able to find the extra building that appears at midnight. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Living Witness to the Strange 活见异闻 Grandpa had seen a ghost for himself. In the dead of night, he went behind the villagers’ backs to dig up a dead woman’s grave, and even stripped off her... 36Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 179 The True Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession 黑虎将军起乩实录 [Not an invincible protagonist + supernatural mysteries + paranormal + horror + adapted from true events + adapted from Minnan ghost and deity folk traditions] The Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession is also known as The Record of Banishing Spirits in the Mortal Realm: The Story of General Black Tiger. (Support the official release. This book is published only on Fanqie.) In the north, spirit mediums invite immortals to possess them; in the south, spirit mediums enter a trance to c 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced Myself 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件 Terrifying supernatural encounters I experienced firsthand 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 181 The Strange Happenings in Northeast China Cemeteries 东北坟地里的那些邪乎事 The Ten Golden Crows are reincarnated, and a thousand-year feud binds Hou Yi and his wife, Chunhu Shi! The strange tales of the Northeast’s immortal clans begin in earnest The Ten Golden Crows return to the mortal world, while the tangled love and hatred between Hou Yi and Chunhu Shi stretch across a thousand years. This entanglement between immortals and mortals secretly steers the fate of the Northeast’s mystic world Rooted in the Northeast, this long-form supernatural novel takes you deep i 34Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 182 Records of Strange Affairs Across the Heavens 诸天诡事录 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Taboos of Moving a Grave: I’m Forced to Be a Dead Man’s Best Man 迁坟禁忌，我被迫给死人当伴郎 Inside a brightly decorated hall, I was serving as best man to a corpse. After that, I went through all kinds of bizarre events... The dead kept sending me gifts I couldn't get rid of. A dried corpse murder case that claimed three lives in a single day. The undead patrolling a wilderness graveyard. A pale child who nailed himself inside a coffin. And the thatched hut that stole people's lifespans. To understand what started this endless string of events, we have to go back to the part-time job I 34Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 184 The Soul-Returning Soup 还魂汤 I was born in a remote village. The day my mother gave birth to me, she died a horrible death! I was born disabled, missing an arm, and with a red birthmark shaped like a coiled snake on my foot. My master said I had been cursed by an evil spirit, and that the curse could only be lifted if I found the one who cast it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t live to see twenty... 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Earth Master 地先生 Every title in the occult arts has a special meaning: tomb raiders are called grave diggers, those without a school or sect are called Mr. Bai, and those who sew heads onto corpses are called Old Madam Butian... Our trade calls us Earth Masters. Ghostly incense, the flayed-skin curse, the pecking-eye gu, the Cave of Nine... Every job I take on is full of twists and hidden dangers. Fight your way through, and the spirits and ghosts will fear you, and you’ll reign supreme in the occult world. Fail 84Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 186 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 187 Fifth Watch 五更 The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 705Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 188 Mo Chi Y 墨池Y The inspiration for this novel came from a real supernatural incident involving a residential compound security guard. As cities expand, they inevitably encroach on the homes of the dead. The Dingyuan Estate, where Yao Yan worked as a security guard, had been built on a mass grave abandoned for a thousand years. One late-spring night, deep in the darkness, all was silent beneath a fine drizzle. Suddenly, a girl’s spine-chilling cry for help came from outside the guard booth: “It hurts so much. C 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The God in the Cage 笼中之神 This is a requiem for prisoners, echoing between the abyss of reality and illusion. When the prison of consciousness is exposed, will you choose to sink into a sweet lie, or awaken to a cruel truth and be destroyed? The answer was already decided from the very start of the search. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 My Husband Sacrificed Me to a Freezer, Saying It Was the Night-Shift Rule 丈夫把我献祭给冰柜，说这是夜班规则 My Husband Sacrificed Me to the Freezer, Saying It Was the Night Shift Rules 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 I Have a Ghostly Wife 我有鬼娇妻 [Mystery] [Comedy] Have you ever experienced something like this? I mean, asking for a wife at the bottom of a dry well! I live in a small village in the mountains, cut off from the outside world. No outsiders have visited in hundreds of years. Maybe it's because of a curse, but no baby girls have ever been born in our village. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 From the Start in a Mass Grave: I Picked Up a Female Ghost to Be My Bodyguard? 开局乱葬岗：捡了个女鬼当保镖？ [Written on a whim + don't bother reading + AI] [Starting with a ghost girl, I'll rule the ages] Lin Chen was hit by a car and accidentally transmigrated into a modern city where ghosts had returned, with all kinds of spirits roaming about. From the start, he landed in a mass grave. Just as he was about to run, he ran into a stunning female ghost dressed in elegant ancient robes. He planned to take another route, but the ghost parted her red lips, said a few words, and suddenly forced a kiss on 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 I Was Putting Makeup on an Unknown Female Corpse When She Revealed the Cause of My Sister's Death 我给无名女尸化妆，她却说出我妹妹的死因 I Put Makeup on an Unidentified Woman's Corpse, and She Told Me How My Sister Died 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Master of Exorcism 镇邪先生 These days, there aren't many people with real skills left. I've been in this line of work for more than ten years, dealing with the dead every day. Carrying corpses, painting faces, stitching skin, keeping watch, probing the water, digging graves, performing rites, guiding spirits, and sealing coffins. My grandfather told me I could retire at thirty. But I cast a fortune for myself, and learned that I only have thirty years to live. With what little time I have left, I'll tell you all about my 20Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 195 The Corpse Stitcher: Thread in Place 缝尸匠.引线归位 The Corpse Stitcher: Setting the Thread in Place 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Brain-Eating Demon 噬脑魔 [Last century, psychiatric hospital, monsters, slow burn, mystery, no System] The day twelve-year-old Danny was sent to Willowbrook Psychiatric Hospital, everyone in town said he was crazy. He smashed a window in class and screamed that something inside the walls was calling to him. Symbols he drew unconsciously covered the margins of his textbooks, like ancient writing! He began to forget his mother’s face, his birthday, and the name of his best friend. The doctors called it “early-onset schizo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 On the Night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a Yin-Born Child 七月半，阴生胎 The day I was born, a monster that came running down from the mountain stole a baby. Strange things kept happening in the village. The villagers listened all night to my mother’s wretched cries and cursed me as an ill-omened child. They blocked the entrance to our home, saying they would burn me alive. My grandfather simply sat by the gate, and not one of them dared come closer. A baby’s piercing wail rang out, and I came into this world. You need some skills to make your way in life. My name is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Slaying Demons and Ghosts Since High School 斩妖灭鬼，从高中开始 [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [School Life] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Coming of Age] + [Not Overpowered] + [Passionate] It all begins with a student jumping from a school building. Liu Tianyu had expected to spend his student years in peace, but from that day on, his life was never quiet again. Peril at a haunted temple, a school turned into a sacrificial altar, a ghost city beneath the water: one challenge after another awaits. Watch as a group of students turn the tables amid the schemes of g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
