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- 1 Complete Collection of Folk Horror Stories 民间恐怖故事大全 Introduction to A Collection of Folk Horror Stories Late at night, all is silent. Written by Jiuwei Hu Huoxing, A Collection of Folk Horror Stories is a sharp blade that cuts through the dark veil of folk horror. In an old house in an abandoned village, a ghostly face suddenly appears in the mirror. In a silent mountain forest, a strange knocking suddenly rings out. Once taboos are broken, curses cling to the living and misfortune follows like a shadow. Just a few words are enough to send a c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Shh, Let Me Tell You a Ghost Story 嘘，让我讲个怪谈给你听 [Childhood nightmares + episodic tales + thrillers + the supernatural + horror mysteries + short stories + no main plot + folk customs] [In the style of a childhood magazine.] Contains graphic descriptions of violence. Not suitable for minors! Beneath the deepest night, fear quietly awakens. In the twisted, bizarre tale of The Orphan’s Grudge, who is the killer? You or me? What new form will The Snail Girl we all know take this time? What different tales await in Baby Soup and The Clown’s Amusem 910Reads—Score111Shelves
- 3 The Last Horror Train 恐怖末班车 I drive the last bus on Route 144. Every night at 11:30, I have to make a run to the outskirts. The eerie night roads, the bizarre passengers, and all kinds of spine-chilling horrors begin with that last bus. 80Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 4 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 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全 A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Borrowed-Life Formation in the Wilds 山野借命局 While working away from home, I get the news that my grandfather has passed away, so I return to the mountain village I left many years ago. I thought I was just coming back to clean out the ancestral home and take care of the funeral. But the moment I stepped into the village, I realized that something strange was going on everywhere. Footsteps circle endlessly outside the wall in the middle of the night. Gray-white hems quietly peek through cracks in the earthen walls. Behind the window pape —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 What Should I Do When the Ghost Bride Calls While I’m Chatting with My Senior and Girlfriend? 和学姐女友聊天鬼娘子来电怎么办 [Chinese-Style Horror + Supernatural Mystery + Unhinged Male Lead + Vengeance to the Death] There is a taboo in the Li Zhaiye family. Li Zhaiye must never enter the locked ancestral shrine at home. Even getting a little too close would earn him a harsh beating on the palms from his parents. Then, just before his nineteenth birthday, while discussing plans with his senior girlfriend, he suddenly noticed that the door to the shrine, always kept locked, was open. So he went inside. But the figure e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 One Folk Horror Story Every Night 每夜一章民间恐怖故事 [Bedtime Stories] [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Tales] [Chinese-Style Thrills] [Based on True Events] [Full-Cast Audio] These stories feel incredibly real and cover all kinds of genres, making them a lot of fun to read. Find your best friend and read them together, then be scared together! (If you enjoy it, please leave a good review. Thank you.) 9.2kReads6.7Score332Shelves
- 9 True Tales of Folk Hauntings 民间诡闻实录 Yin and yang, the five elements, an unpredictable fate, evil ghosts on the rampage, and no taboos! Half of a “heavenly book” left behind by the Ming dynasty prophesies that in every Jiazi cycle, the year of Wuxu will see the arrival of a “great evil.” It will connect the worlds of yin and yang and summon ghost soldiers and vengeful spirits to wreak havoc among the living. By then, the human world will be devastated, its people plunged into endless calamity! Only someone born with the talent to m 726Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Strange Folk Tales of Feng Shui 民间风水奇闻 A celestial coffin for burial, a forbidden spell to return to life, a corpse demon of the Southern Sea, an inn between yin and yang... From the moment I accidentally broke a feng shui master’s taboo, my life was doomed to be anything but peaceful. Second Grandpa says it’s karma, a trial I’m fated to face, and a mission I have no choice but to complete... 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Strange Tales from Criminal Investigation: The Seven Deadly Sins of Pride 刑侦异闻录，傲慢七宗罪 [The victims got what they deserved + romance] Legend says Pandora's box was filled with calamities, plagues, fear... Some even claim it held the full range of human emotions and desires. Then there are the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. A human-skin drum born of envy; endless greed; impotent rage... The cases are baffling and intricately connected. Police captain Jiang Ren pursues the truth, uncovering one strange revelation after another... Crimes that 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Bloodstained Ticket: Countdown to Survival in My Haunted Domain 血染车票：我的诡域求生倒计时 [Infinite Flow + Mind-Bending Games + Mild Horror + No Saintly Heroine] A deranged horror novelist is dragged into a ghost train by a bloodstained ticket. Its stops are eerie realms filled with terror and suspense. He must keep completing tasks in these realms if he hopes to return to his original world. After surviving one near-death experience after another, enduring a string of horrifying events, and beating one mind-bending game after the next, he discovers that the events in the eerie realm 403Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Folk Horror Stories 民间故事恐怖 Chapter 1 The weather can change in an instant. On the eve of the funeral, a sudden downpour plunged the entire town of Qingshan into chaos. Thunder roared and lightning flashed, as if even heaven and earth were mourning the passing of Old Li. Chapter 2 He often said: “Black, white, and red fiends are neither ghosts nor monsters. They are the shadows of obsessions, born from unfulfilled wishes in the human heart.” Chapter 3 Comments began flying across the livestream at a dizzying 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Haunted Hotel 恐怖酒店 I used to be an ordinary hotel sleep tester. Then one day I spent the night at a hotel where someone had died, and my life was never peaceful again. Every night, I have erotic dreams with female ghosts... 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Horror and Terror 恐怖惊魂 My girlfriend suddenly left me. Heartbroken, I went to a mountain village to teach, where I met a Miao girl who looked exactly like her. We were both plagued by an inexplicable mystery: being haunted by ghosts. With no other choice, we went to the terrifying Coffin Cave... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal 2 怨灵封印传_2 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal_2 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal 3 怨灵封印传_3 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal_3 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal 4 怨灵封印传【4】 The Tale of the Vengeful Spirit Seal [4] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Seven Original Sins 七宗源罪 This story explores seemingly inexplicable murder cases rooted in the darker sides of the human psyche: inferiority, humiliation, jealousy, greed, laziness, pride, and anger. A study of the psychology behind crime. 172Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Who Moved My Corpse? 谁动了我的尸体 My name is Minnie, and I’m a mortician. To put it plainly, I do makeup for the dead. But some people just can’t stand me, and they actually transferred me to the Non-Natural Death Department. From then on, my life was filled with countless mutilated corpses. 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Laid Off and Driving a Taxi, I Get Haunted by Evil Spirits 被裁后开出租，我被邪物缠上了 After being laid off, 28-year-old Wang Chao starts driving a taxi to make ends meet. Little does he know that a host of evil entities are about to latch onto him. A mysterious woman in white, a strange old lady in worn-out clothes, a gaunt cemetery caretaker, and an elusive fat man... One after another, these figures drag him into a vortex he cannot escape... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 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—Shelves
- 24 Old Lu's Lone Edge 老箓孤锋 The family has fallen into ruin, and its legacy lies in disgrace. As a descendant of Celestial Master Xu Xun, Xu Xuan has spent half his life in grief and partings. His father and elder brother died, his relatives and friends passed away, and the world mocked him as dull-witted and unworthy of carrying on the family tradition. Yet no one knows that an ancient power lies sealed in his blood. When the enemy of old comes to his door in the twilight of life, kneeling to beg forgiveness, is it genu 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 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 20.7kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
- 26 A Collection of Rural Horror and Strange Tales 农村恐怖诡异故事集 This book is mainly about ghosts, monsters, horror, and folk practices involving Taoist priests, spirit mediums, and the like. Readers who scare easily, beware. There are also some hilarious exchanges in the story. I hope it brings you readers plenty of joy. 219Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Tales of the Countryside: My Grandma Was a Midwife 乡野怪谈之我的姥姥是稳婆 At the foot of Mount Maqi, midwife Zhang Guilan spent her life delivering babies on nighttime roads. Other midwives delivered human babies. The ones she delivered were ghosts, demons, and wronged spirits from the wilderness. Road-blocking skin-sellers, water ghosts demanding souls, Pixihuzi repaying a debt of gratitude, and Li the Bald-Tailed Dragon making his presence known. She didn't believe in the supernatural when she was young. Only after surviving countless dangers did she understand t 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Horror Stories 恐怖小说 Horror novel 241Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Transmigrated into the Horror Novel I Wrote in Middle School 我穿进初中写的恐怖小说 I Was Transported Into the Horror Novel I Wrote in Middle School —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 365 Bedtime Ghost Stories 365个睡前鬼故事 Still worried you won't make it through a long horror story? Still worried the scares will drag on and take forever to pull you in? This collection of short ghost stories takes just ten minutes to read each one. Open one before bed or on your commute, and let a concentrated burst of fear wrap around you. You won't be able to stop. Perhaps one of these stories will be just right for whenever you feel like being given a little scare. 7kReads8.4Score713Shelves
- 32 The Complete Collection of Mysterious Resurgence 神秘复苏全编 I couldn’t remember some of the details, so I made them up. Sorry about that. The Yin-Yang Road opens, and evil spirits pour through without end. This desperate age is full of danger: one wrong step, and an evil spirit is triggered. 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Forbidden Secrets of the Ghost Child 鬼童禁忌 Two years ago, during a company outing in the wilderness, I brought disaster upon myself by not buying a souvenir. One death after another was recorded. At last, my turn came. Just as the trap began to close around me, the little boy I'd picked up on the bus helped me escape. But who was he… 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Ghost Stories from the Village 村中鬼事 During the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a reservoir at Yunfeng shook loose a decomposing waterlogged corpse. Dead fish floating belly-up pushed it to the shore. The villagers discovered the body and immediately hauled it out of the water. What made their hair stand on end was that the corpse's stomach was still slowly writhing... [A wildly popular Ghost Sister novel, brought to you by Meizhou. Guaranteed to deliver.] 251Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Don't Be Afraid, She's the Person Closest to Me 别怕，她是我最亲密的人 [Handcrafted from Scratch] [Flesh-and-Blood Vengeful Ghosts] [Chinese Horror] [Character Growth] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Tightly Plotted] [Absolutely Ruthless] [50,000-Word Outline] If you were given the chance to change your fate, would you rather keep working hard as a delivery driver, or suddenly become a 182-centimeter-tall, golden-haired older man who never has to worry about food or clothing? Yu Fa had no choice. He was forced to transmigrate into the latter. But before he could e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Collection of Supernatural Horror Short Stories 超级恐怖短篇小说合集 An ordinary office worker in the city buys an antique wooden comb on a whim, unaware that he has become entangled in a terrifying curse spanning a century. A new work, with one self-contained story per chapter. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Vengeful Spirit Seal Chronicles_1 怨灵封印传_1 The Vengeful Spirit Sealing Chronicles_1 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Five Horror Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night 五个让你不敢熬夜的恐怖故事 Five Horror Stories That Will Make You Afraid to Stay Up Late 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Autobiography of a Folk Taoist Priest 民间道士自传 How should I describe the first half of my life as a folk Taoist priest? It’s a long story, and hard to tell. To sum it up, over the past few decades I have had a few drinks, smoked a few cigarettes, flirted with a few women, and felt a little melancholy. 1.2kReads8.7Score105Shelves
- 41 You Found Me 你找到我了 Modern Supernatural + Female-Led + Fresh Premise + All-Rounder + Wild Imagination + Reincarnation + Spirit Speech + Runes and Formations + Fictional Modern Setting + Pure Wish Fulfillment in the Middle and Later Parts Abandoned and cast out? No. Her god reincarnates for her, life after life. Following the usual formula and old clichés? No. The Heavenly Dao is nothing to her. An ordinary girl dealing with a life that’s a complete mess? No. Other people are the ordinary ones. She is the unique one 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Tales of Terror from the Ghost Contract 诡契惊魂录 Lin Shen lives an ordinary life until the inexplicable deaths of his parents drag him into endless darkness. His mother hangs herself from an ancient locust tree in Fengmen Village, while his father leaves behind a blood-written message saying, “Don’t touch the bronze mirror,” before setting himself on fire. After inheriting the ancestral Book of Yin Contracts, Lin Shen is forced to make pacts with vengeful ghosts. He gains the ability to communicate with spirits, but becomes trapped in a double —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Secondhand Goods I Collect Come with Ghosts 我收的旧货里住着鬼 [Urban supernatural horror · Hunting ghosts and growing stronger · Folklore and strange tales · Golden finger stat upgrades · No System] Also known as: Don't Go Out at Night People know how terrifying ghosts are, but ghosts know how poisonous human hearts can be. Jiang Ye is an ordinary man who was just fired from his job. All he can do is ride a beat-up motorcycle and listen to people who burn paper money tell ghost stories. Then, beneath the cabinet in his rented room, he found a scroll of Sou 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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 22.4kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
- 45 Ghostly Happenings in the Wasteland 荒山鬼事 A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion. But thanks to the villagers' antics, a celebration turned into a funeral, and the wronged bridesmaid became a vengeful ghost... 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I’m Telling You, Don’t Open This Book. It Really Has Ghosts! 劝你别点开，这本书真有鬼！ [Short Stories] [True Ghost Stories] [Thriller] [Hair-Raising] An old man rises from the dead. A sorceress performs a ritual. Why has everyone in the village fallen silent? An abandoned hospital. Bloodstains congealed in the basement. What secret was the hospital hiding? An abandoned stillborn baby at school. Sobs ring out in the dead of night. When you pull back the dormitory curtains, why is there a twisted face staring back? Don’t click to request more updates! Be careful! Something might lat 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Folk Taoist Talismans 民间法箓 China is vast, ancient, and rich in natural resources. As Taoism spread and mingled with the customs and cultures of different regions, it gave rise to many unique schools, collectively known as Fajiao, or folk ritual traditions. My name is Xu Jingwu, and I come from a family of occult practitioners. I had already decided to retire from the trade, but then I went to inspect someone’s home for feng shui… 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Haunted House Horrors 凶宅鬼事 A haunted house, a strange pair of longevity shoes, and a terrifying, uncanny tale they bring to light. 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Short True Horror Stories 恐怖真实小故事 Don't read this if you're easily scared! Don't read this if you're easily scared! This collection of stories is all based on things I've seen and heard. Better to believe they're true than risk finding out they're not. Now, let me tell them to you one by one, haha! 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Infinite: A Death Script from the Start 无限：开局即死亡剧本 [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Original Scenarios] + [No Romance] + [Protagonist Has No Golden Finger] An impossible phone call comes in. When they open their eyes again, they are already trapped in an abyss haunted by ghosts... They are forcibly dragged into a bizarre world to complete terrifying missions. Every mission is a brush with death. The station must have an end, and they believe they will be able to escape once they reach it... 762Reads—Score112Shelves
