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- 1 Thirteen Taboos 十三禁忌 Thirteen folk taboos: the first is killing cats; the second, walking close to walls at night; the third, killing beneath a tree; the fourth... They say cats have nine lives, but most people don't know what that means and simply assume it refers to cats' strong vitality. There are many ancient texts that discuss the origins of the nine-lived cat. In the East, for example, the Buddhist text Sayings Above explains it this way: a cat has nine lives, corresponding to insight, spirituality, stillness, 5Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 Thriller: After They Die, I Can See Ghosts 惊悚：他们死后，我能看见鬼 [Dual male leads × thriller × horror × supernatural × deduction × suspense × romance × multiple missions × scheming protagonist × devoted couple] Before his death, Zhou Sanshi's grandfather left him a final instruction: when he turned twenty, he had to leave the village and go to Chuanzhou to find someone named Zhang Quanling. To make the search easier, Zhou Sanshi rented a cheap old apartment near his university. But ever since he arrived in Chuanzhou, strange things have kept happening... Unex 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Strings of Terror in the Dark: A Collection of Folk Mystery and Horror Stories 暗夜惊弦：民间悬疑恐怖故事集 [Mystery] [Supernatural] In the shadowy corners of the folk world lurk countless chilling tales of mystery and horror. This collection is an invitation to the unknown, ready to lead you into dark worlds few have ever seen. Here, every story is a window into the mysterious and the terrifying. You’ll hear midnight sobbing in an ancient mansion, the sound seemingly coming from another world, filled with endless sorrow and resentment. You’ll also encounter vengeful spirits wandering through an aband 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Villa's Female Ghost 别墅女鬼 [The protagonist isn’t human; female ghosts appear frequently in the later chapters] In the pitch-black villa, the computer suddenly turned on and began playing eerie music. A figure outside the window was beckoning to him… She had come… Her body was dripping wet, she wore a long dress stained red with blood, her hair was unevenly cut, and her face was covered in knife wounds and maggots… She would punish everyone who had bullied her. She wanted them all to die horribly. What did the f 18Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 Tales of Strange Happenings on Duty in the South 南方怪异执勤故事 Mysterious creatures, strange arts: how can an ordinary person survive, step by step, in a world of the uncanny? Criminals, villains, and rioters abound, while a junior constable gets a taste of the ups and downs of daily patrol duty! Murder cases are rampant, too. Friends, the days are hot and dry, so head home early! 545Reads8.0Score11614d adds
- 6 The Corpse Eye Cipher 尸眼密码 Li Xinxin is a forensic trace examiner who can see a victim’s final seven seconds of memories by touching their corpse. But whenever blood-red words seep from her bronze pendant, the 37th death loop has already begun. A quantum-state blood moon splits into 37 satellites, genetic tides surge, and the clocks in the morgue remain forever frozen at 23:07, the eerie moment her parents disappeared. The genetic sequence from a clone’s corpse is an exact match for her younger brother’s, the violet-eyed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Thriller: Paranormal Events Happening Around Me 惊悚：发生在我身边的灵异事件 [No Female Lead] + [Horror and Thrills] + [Not for the Fainthearted] Ever since I was a child, I’ve had three moles on my forehead. The old folks say three moles mean a person is spiritually attuned, which means strange things are always bound to happen to me. Sure enough, paranormal incidents have always happened around me. Today, I’ll tell you about them one by one. 2.3kReads—Score10814d adds
- 8 A Bloody Night in Jiling Village 寂岭村血夜 This novel contains depictions of human nature and graphic violence. Readers under 18 should read with a parent or guardian. On December 4, 1994, a small mountain village in eastern Shenzhong City, near the border with Huizhou City, was the site of an unprecedented major crime. It later became known as “Shenzhong’s Sealed Village.” “Help me! Everyone’s been killed!” “Hello, this is Danao Police Station. What happened?” “There’s a ghost! A ghost is here! N-no, don’t come any closer! P-please, hel 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Record of Strange Tales, Past and Present 古今怪谈轶事录 Let's talk about the past and present, and share strange tales. Hello, readers! I'm the author of this book, Lao Zhou. A friendly warning: if you're easily scared, read with caution. I'll take you on a journey through haunted houses and strange tales from ancient and modern China. When I decided to write these stories, I was no longer sure I was a hundred-percent materialist. In fact, there really are so many phenomena and stories in this world that science simply can't explain. I believe magnet 476Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Pinnacle of Fear 恐惧之巅 Ye Zihui, an unemployed man in his twenties, unexpectedly receives a strange text from an unknown number. By accident, he embarks on a terrifying adventure in another world, collecting the code symbols of the Summit of Fear. In this world, you can take special items collected at the Summit of Fear back to reality and even trade them freely. You can also store them in your personal space and use them the next time you enter the Fear Realm. Every trial taker here is assigned a level. The only way 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Realm of Evil 邪恶之境 Strange and bizarre things keep happening: absurd dreams, bloodthirsty monsters, and baffling mysteries. The world order is in chaos, but that doesn't stop me from being a true god who can move mountains and overturn seas. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Corpse Language: The Resurrection of Ling Jiang 三尸语外传之凌绛复活 After reading Three Corpse Tales, I couldn't get over Ling Jiang's death, so I wanted to truly bring her back to life. I hope Miss Ling Jiang can really live again in my story, overturning "Ling Jiang dies, Polu goes blind, Xiaoyang survives" and giving her a brand-new happy ending. 109Reads—Score1114d adds
- 13 Hook in the Mist 迷雾之钩 The mist over Qinglan Reservoir never lifts. A pendant and fishhook engraved with the date 1962.7.15 don’t catch fish; they catch the living and the dead. Three years ago, documentary photographer Shen Bozhou’s heart stopped for ten minutes when he jumped into the reservoir to save his partner, who had plunged into the water under mysterious circumstances. Ever since, he has been haunted by visions from beneath the surface. Now he has returned to finish the film he left incomplete, only to find —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Death God's Code 亡神密码 Qin Jingfeng was a criminal investigator with the municipal public security bureau. A seemingly "open-and-shut" suicide case he takes on leads to a bizarre case from six years earlier, involving "five deaths and four corpses." As the Grim Reaper swings his scythe time and again, the numbers left on the bodies become the key to solving the case. To stop more deaths, Qin Jingfeng keeps company with the uncanny and feels his way through the darkness, deciphering the Grim Reaper's code and becoming 23kReads8.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 15 Bone Detective: Tracking Down Killers 骨探追凶 A painted face and flesh are easy to draw, but not the bones; you may know someone's face, but never their heart. A fourth-year university student who reads people by their bones accidentally cracks a bizarre murder case. A shocking conspiracy lies buried beneath the mystery of a massacre that wiped out an entire family. Shi Baiqi only wants to know how much filth and evil lurk beneath the skin, beyond the bare bones... 1.1kReads8.5Score15714d adds
- 16 Midnight Corpse Carrier: I’m Really Just in It for the Money 午夜扛尸人我真是为了钱 Poor young man + one heroine + crematorium-style groveling + mysterious contract + rules horror + reincarnation curse + calls from the underworld To raise the money needed to save his mother's life, Chen Mo, a country boy, took a night-shift job carrying corpses at Yong'an Crematorium. On his first day, he found an ancient Corpse-Burning Contract in his locker. His name was written unmistakably as the second party. He was the seventh signatory. Then came the rules horror that lurked everywhere: 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Dragon-Locking Coffin 锁龙棺 I have all five yin aspects, yet my allotted years are cut short. Every day, I wear burial clothes. The moment I take them off, one strange and eerie thing after another begins to happen... 134Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 18 The Yin-Yang Occultist 阴阳诡师 I was born of a corpse, with a fate cursed from birth, the kind everyone, living or dead, covets. Ever since I escaped a brush with death, my luck with women has been off the charts. Beautiful women compete to throw themselves into my arms. They say the living walk the road of the living, and ghosts walk the road of the dead, but I, Shen Duo, roam both worlds... 1.6kReads8.0Score10214d adds
- 19 The Forbidden Gate 禁门 When I was six, I pulled a nail out of the depths of Yin Mountain. It had been driven into the Taiji symbol before a stone coffin. A dragon was carved into its head, and its eyes could glow. After I pulled it out, the woman inside the coffin sat up. Dressed in white and barefoot, she asked me: “Do you want to die, or do you want to live?” I said I wanted to live. She took me with her. Ten years. Spending nights in wells, practicing horseback riding on wooden stakes, and driving a copper coin 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Welcome to the Game of Sin and Desire 欢迎来到罪欲游戏 [Infinite Flow + two male leads, 1v1, both pure] Sunflowers die beneath the scorching sun; the selfish die of greed. Because of his heart condition, Chen Yi is filled with a desperate will to survive and is forced into the Sin and Desire Game. Here, desire is the only master. "Ding! Please honor your desires, for it is your privilege." Beneath beautiful appearances lie bloodshed and filth. Beneath trust lie betrayal and suspicion. In a realm of desire, no one can stay untouched. But what's going —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My 365 Folk Tales of the Supernatural 我的365个民间诡异故事 (The rating just came out, and it's expected to rise!) [Urban Legends] [Rural Legends] [Folktales] [Supernatural Mysteries] [Unsolved Mysteries] [Not AI-Generated] One short story per chapter, adapted from all kinds of eerie and terrifying folk tales. The plots are bizarre and outlandish, making them ideal for reading in small bites. (Note: Don't read if you're easily scared! Every story is terrifying! Everything in this book is fictional, so don't take it seriously! Believe in science! Reject s 20.9kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 23 The Embroidered Shoes of Death 死亡绣花鞋 I have a friend who dreamed he was getting intimate with a beautiful woman. The next morning, he woke up in a mass grave with a female corpse beside him! My name is Luo Tianlin, and I’m an antiques dealer who specializes in collecting antiques that have “gained a spirit.” The drum used to take the dead as concubines; the bloodsucking jade bracelet; the Book of Life and Death that calls the roll, and more. I want them all! 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼事汇 This is a novel steeped in mystery, with every chapter like a door opening onto a strange new world. It brings together all kinds of folk tales and ghost stories, taking you into eerie corners hidden behind the bustle of everyday life. Here, you will encounter all manner of ghosts and monsters. Some originate from ancient curses, quietly wreaking havoc over the years; others linger in the human world because their obsessions remain unresolved. Each story is like a mysterious bead, linked to the 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 When Your Reflection Starts to Betray You 当你的倒影开始背叛 [Horror assignments + death games + independent planets in the galaxy] “Hey, your sister is dead~” “Your sister is dead!” “Hey, I don’t have a sister, but yours really is dead, hehe.” “**!” Lin Yumin angrily hung up. A little while later, her phone rang again. “Ma’am, we’ve found your sister’s body. Please come to the Public Security Bureau to identify it.” “Will you give it a rest? Your sister is dead! Your whole family’s croaked!” After unleashing a torrent of abuse, Lin Yumin hung up 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Strange Tales: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Peach Blossom Spring 怪谈：从前有座桃花源 [Supernatural + One True Female Lead + Sequences + Sci-Fi Style + Not a Power Fantasy + Not Mindless + Games + Some Urban Legends] Urban legends are appearing all over the world. As spiritual qi revival begins, humanity is feeling its way toward an entirely different path to immortality. Have you ever memorized “The Peach Blossom Spring”? If so, do you really understand it? Why is the town surrounded by endless peach blossoms? Peach wood wards off evil. Look at those falling petals: don’t they r 3Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 28 The Midnight Corner Store 午夜小卖部 The vast world is full of wonders, with all kinds of people and all kinds of professions. Perhaps one day, in some corner of the world, you’ll meet me... My name is Ling Yi. I was born with a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes, and my family owns a little shop passed down through the generations. When I took it over, I turned it into a convenience store, but it only opens at midnight... One paranormal incident after another takes place during business hours. Then, one day, the convenience store suddenly disa 341Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 29 The Seven-Night Spirit Coffin Corpse 七夜灵棺尸 In my dream, I mistakenly believed that Li the Lame, seeking revenge for having his wife stolen, had made a door for my family out of the coffin wood of a girl who had been dead for seven days. Its yin energy clung to us, causing the pillars of our family to leave one after another. I couldn’t get over it. My future father-in-law, Old Yu, saw what was going on and brought over Zhang Baifa, who I would later take as my master. My master dispelled the evil yin force. Once I learned what had happen 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Those Unspeakable Horrors 那些无法言说的恐怖 [Standalone stories] [Short and medium-length stories] [A collection of short horror stories: folk customs, technology, and chilling tales that get under your skin] Feel free to skip any story you don't like. It won't affect your reading at all. Through one lonely night after another, through day after day of exhaustion, when you lie awake late at night, join me in witnessing the strange and terrifying. I hope you'll find something more here than just eerie horror. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Within the Haunted Realm 诡境之中 A mirror representing the uncanny serves as a point of interaction between two worlds. Another mirror, representing the supernatural, connects instances with haunted realms. Hotels stand one after another across this blood-red world. Everyone who has been cursed is forcibly pulled into a world plagued by supernatural events at regular intervals, where they must complete seemingly impossible tasks. Only after Yang Jinheng has endured countless farewells between life and death and escaped death's 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Notes from Another Realm 异境手记 Every story is a prism of twilight. When the collector turns to the final page, silhouettes of every story’s protagonists suddenly appear on the blank paper. The instant their fingertips touch, the embossed gold pattern on the handbook’s cover reverses into flowing dusk, drawing the reader into this endless twilight narrative as well. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Multiple Reincarnations 多重轮回 I’m just writing whatever for fun. Come on, don’t read it, don’t read it, don’t read it. It’s so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad, so bad. It’s snowing, it’s snowing, it’s snowing. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Abyss of Horror and the Supernatural 恐怖灵异深渊 My name is Chen Geng. Yes, Geng as in the night watchman. I also have an older brother who is half a year younger than me. You read that right: my biological older brother is half a year younger than I am. I was born unlucky, so I often find myself caught up in things most people will never experience in their entire lives. Now, allow me to tell you about it, bit by bit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Yet My Uncle Master Says to Stay Away from Women 下山无敌，师叔却让我离女人远点 Pei Zhaoye spent twenty years on Burial Star Mountain. His martial aunt was beautiful, and had quite a temper. Before his master went missing, he left him only three things: an old token, a broken sword, and a single instruction. "Go down the mountain." So Pei Zhaoye stepped into the Nine Wastes for the first time. But as soon as he came down the mountain, he realized something was off. A demoness, a saintess, a princess, a princess of the Dragon Clan... They all came looking for him one after a 18Reads—Score414d adds
- 37 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
- 38 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡村诡故事 Before you start this book, a warning: if you scare easily, don't read it. If you live alone, be careful. Every short ghost story here is based on an ordinary person's real-life experience. Not a single word is made up. From the damp old alleyways of the south to the frozen, deserted villages of the north; from late-night overtime in office buildings to lights-out in university dorms; the taboos our elders forbade us to talk about, and the moments you dare not dwell on in the middle of the night 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Strange Tales from the Teaching Mission 支教诡事 I'm an ordinary teacher at a key secondary school, but after I talked back to the principal, I was “volunteered” for a long-term teaching assignment at a middle school in the countryside. I was furious, but to keep my job, I had no choice but to accept being “volunteered.” What I never expected was that this school would be anything but ordinary. (Note: This book is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance between its place names, characters, or events and those in real life is purely coincident 3.9kReads8.2Score40414d adds
- 42 Multiple Fears 多重恐惧 An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support." 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Chaotic Mass Burial 行尸乱葬 My name is Zhao Ergou, and I carry corpses for a living. The rule is simple: the living must not pass the white line at the cave entrance, and corpses must be placed inside the yellow line. That’s one of the rules every corpse bearer follows, until one day, a group of hikers wandered into the cave… 206Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 44 The Yellow Springs Occultist 黄泉诡术师 My name is Yan Fu. Yan as in King of Hell, Fu as in floating clouds. A corpse of a woman from the Yellow River protects my life; half a volume of ghost records conceals my whereabouts. My double pupils see the worlds of yin and yang, and I wield evil arts to command ghosts and corpses. I hunt female ghosts in an abandoned mansion in the eastern mountains and capture demons on the western desert frontier; I travel far to the Miao borderlands to battle blood gu, and pass through the Southern Seas 514Reads—Score10214d adds
- 45 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Blood Mill 血磨坊 Mom is a zombie. Dad has a pure Yang constitution. And I was born as a walking delicacy for monsters. Demons run wild across Changbai Mountain. To summon heavenly thunder and subdue the demons, the entire village became living dead. 38Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 47 I Raise Her in the Morgue 我在停尸间养她 After my girlfriend died, her reflection became trapped in a sink at the funeral home. For three years, I fed the writhing patch of black shadow with my blood every night, until my flirtatious coworker slapped a wedding invitation against my face. “You should’ve forgotten that dead girlfriend of yours long ago!” The instant I tore the invitation to shreds, a rotten hand shot out of the pool of blood and grabbed for her. A strawberry hair tie I’d given my girlfriend was caught beneath its fingern 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Golden Spatula S14: I Have a Deck Tracker 金铲铲S14之我有牌库记牌器 The world has been invaded by the System, and Teamfight Tactics has taken over Earth! Everyone has to play Teamfight Tactics to survive! Want to quit and give up? Sorry, surrendering is the same as suicide! Finish in eighth place, and the player's life ends too! The game will continue until only one person is left on Earth! The champion can make one wish to the System! Will they bring all of humanity back to life, or rule the universe? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Keeper of the Hearth: I Receive the Immortals in Northeast China 守灶人，我在东北领仙 A Northeast Chinese folk-custom tale about inviting celestial spirits. The Hearth Guardians protect homes and drive out evil, delivering hard-hitting tales of spirit warriors. The last Hearth Guardian holds the line in Northeast China! He commands celestial spirit troops, subdues vicious ghosts across the land, handles the strange affairs of spirit mediums, and protects the peace and warmth of the human world. Let no evil draw near! You know about the spirit mediums of Northeast China, but if yo 3Reads7.3Score114d adds
- 50 Heirloom Bones: Blood Sacrifice at Yinshan 嗣骨：荫山血祭 (Not recommended for the fainthearted or anyone alone late at night) Li Ming returns to his hometown for a funeral, but the moment he steps into Yinshan Village, everything feels uncanny. Strange noises echo from inside the coffin day and night, while dark red patterns appear beneath his skin and writhe like living things. The ancient well that sustains the village churns with ominous black sludge. Deep within the ancestral hall, inhuman drumbeats and indescribable ancient whispers resound day a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
