Novels like Notes on Strange Folk Tales
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- 1 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Ghost Story Every Day 每日一遍鬼故事 Can't sleep? Come on in. After reading this, you won't want to sleep at all. Listening makes the stories even more immersive. There are all kinds of tales: eerie, supernatural, touching, and more. A new story every day. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Midnight Terror 午夜恐怖 Su Qi struggles to survive in a terrifying world, making readers feel the characters' fear and despair as if they were their own. Are you ready for the terrifying feast these characters have in store? Let us step into this endless journey of horror together. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Ghost Stories My Grandparents Told Me 爷爷奶奶说过的鬼故事 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Old Residential Compound: The Loop 老小区：循环 Old Residential Complex: Loop —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Terrifying Paranormal Events I Experienced Firsthand (VII) 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件（七） A Terrifying Supernatural Experience I Went Through Myself (7) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Corpse-Liberated Immortal 尸解仙 Every night after midnight, a woman knocks on my door and calls me her husband. The moment I open it, one bizarre and uncanny event after another unfolds. But when I try to escape, I discover that she is actually my bride... 712Reads—Score10114d adds
- 8 The Forbidden Secrets of the Mountain Village 山村禁忌 One day, my childhood friend and I went to sneak a look at a strange ritual to return a corpse. We were forced to make a wish, and then the strange thing came knocking. Trouble followed one disaster after another. The weirdness went far beyond anything I could have imagined. 704Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Three Calls to the Soul 魂起三声 The living harbor grievances, and the dead bear hatred. A curse is a deadly poison: to survive is to suffer. Death severs the path between the living and the dead; a long life is worse than a journey to hell. When the King of Hell says you will die at the third watch, he will not let you live until the fifth! Heaven sees all that people do, and every grudge will be repaid in the end. Do no wrong while you live, and you will reach old age with a clear conscience! 3Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 10 Lamplight at the Third Watch 三更灯火 A new story is here! Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Collection of Ghost Stories from Around the World 世界各地鬼故事合集 Here you’ll find horror stories from all over the world, guaranteed to leave you wanting more, along with folk rumors, criminal cases, terrifying plots, and urban ghost stories… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Laughing Ghost Is No Human 笑鬼不是人 Not Human, But Laughing is a collection of ghost stories woven with horror and suspense. The ghosts laugh or weep, each with a moving story behind them. Vivid, delicate descriptions bring every scene to life, as each step toward the truth sends a chill down your spine. A must-read for horror fans seeking a spine-tingling journey. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Paranormal Tale: The Ghost at the Office Desk, Purgatory's Reckoning 灵异故事｜工位亡魂：炼狱清算 Supernatural Story | The Ghost at the Workstation: Reckoning in Purgatory —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Don't Look Back at Midnight: The Mute Is Singing Behind You 深夜别回头，哑巴在你身后唱歌 Don't look back late at night. The mute is singing behind you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Record of Folk Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 民间恐怖灵异诡事录 [Anthology] [Supernatural horror] [Rural horror] [Chinese-style horror] [Traditional supernatural tales] [Based on true events] One short story per chapter. A collection of stories adapted and narrated in the first person. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Ghostly Lights at Midnight 夜半诡点灯 There really are gods watching over us, as the saying goes! But sometimes, when you look up, what you see may not be a god. These stories are based on the author’s own experiences, gathered here for everyone to read. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Folk Tales of Ghosts 民间鬼故事会 Don't blame me if you get scared to tears. Every night, enjoy a folk ghost story or a rules-based horror tale to accompany you to sleep, improve your sleep quality, and give your courage a workout. It's your spiritual sustenance. You have to read one every day. 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Short Ghost Stories for Bedtime 睡前短篇鬼故事 [One ghost story per chapter, short ghost stories, bedtime horror, not for the fainthearted, folk tales of the uncanny, Chinese-style horror, chilling on reflection, no escape from death] One ghost story every night. Hope it helps you sleep. Improve your sleep quality. 5.2kReads—Score28714d adds
- 19 The Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced (5) 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件（五） Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced Personally (5) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 A Record of Strange Tales and Eerie Events 奇闻诡事录 How many ghost stories have you heard? Or how many have your elders told you? We should remain skeptical of the unknown. What makes you think that everyone you've met in your life was human? There are things you haven't seen for yourself, things you've only heard about secondhand. This book tells the story of how I, an ordinary person who knew nothing, met a fortune-teller from my village at my second granduncle's funeral, setting the wheels of fate in motion. Why has an ancient emperor come bac 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Night My Boyfriend Cheated, Five Ghosts Entered My Bedroom 男友出轨那晚，五只鬼魂进了我卧室 The night my boyfriend cheated, five ghosts entered my bedroom 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Last Bus on Route 114 114路末班车 At 11:40 p.m., the last No. 114 bus sets off right on schedule. Veteran drivers all say this bus carries the dead, not the living. I took the job as a substitute driver for the high pay, never knowing that I’d been marked from the very first minute behind the wheel. Midnight weeping, passengers who keep boarding over and over, an old stretch of road that never ends, shadows that multiply at every stop... The passengers grew stranger by the minute, and the world outside the bus grew more sinister 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince's Tomb 东魏太子墓 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince’s Tomb —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced (6) 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件（六） Terrifying Supernatural Events I Experienced Personally (6) —Reads—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." 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The World Is a Ghostly Hell, Good Thing I Went Crazy Early 人间鬼蜮，还好我提前疯了 A funny, mildly frightening Lovecraftian folk-horror Infinite Flow story, with no System, a small ensemble cast, and no female lead. It all begins with a text message sent to everyone in despair. Step onto the platform of death and search for hope amid despair. Completed instances: "The Haunted Nursing Home" and "The Age of Peace and Chaos." These two instances form the main story of the first arc. Based on "The Taiping Book of Sorcery," left behind by the Great Sage of Learning, Zhang Jue, 30.6kReads8.4Score4k14d adds
- 27 Ghost Stories!! 鬼故事！！ [Standalone Stories] [Supernatural Suspense] [Folk Horror] [Mountain Spirits and Monsters] No overarching plot, just independent stories. There are always things in this world that seem absurd, yet truly exist. (Entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) 2.9kReads—Score10114d adds
- 28 The Midnight Taxi 午夜出租车 People in certain lines of work often encounter strange and inexplicable things, especially drivers of midnight taxis. Because sometimes, the people they pick up might not be human. 219Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 29 The Midnight Chef 午夜厨师 I wanted to become a master chef, but by accident I ended up at a restaurant as the exclusive chef for the basement level. The eerie atmosphere, the strange rules, the extra pair of black leather shoes, the missing underground parking garage… One terrifying incident after another left me with no choice but to believe that the people dining here weren’t human! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 One Ghost Story Per Chapter 单章一个鬼故事 A Collection of Short Ghost Stories [Not for the Fainthearted] An abandoned haystack, bloodstained pottery, a blood-soaked bridal gown... How many terrifying truths, buried by time, are hidden in these old folk artifacts? Every old object conceals a bone-chilling tale. Over 600 terrifying tales of folk horror. Please leave a review! Thank you, dear readers! 693Reads—Score10514d adds
- 31 Grandma’s New Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 奶奶口中的新聊斋志异 From my grandmother, I’ve heard all kinds of strange tales about things that happened around us. Some are true, some are false, and some are impossible to explain or make sense of. I want to collect them and share them with everyone, so we can discuss them together. Have you ever heard stories like these? In this vast world, there must be similar things. Don’t try to match them to real people or events. Just enjoy the spectacle. 85Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Tales of the Strange from the Countryside 村野诡事录 Unearth long-buried secrets of the countryside and venture through the mists shrouding its remote villages in this collection of short stories drawn from vivid folk tales of the supernatural. These stories bring back strange tales and eerie incidents forgotten by time, peel away the trappings of everyday life, and reveal chilling truths where human nature and ghosts intertwine. Each story is like a dim lantern in the dead of night, lighting the murky shadows deep in the countryside. The blend of 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Secret Scroll: My Days Working at a Funeral Home 秘卷：我在殡仪馆打工的日子 [First-person horror and supernatural + ghost-hunting + folk tales + folk horror] If someone offered you five million, on the condition that you spend the night with a female corpse in a morgue's refrigerated cabinet, fulfilling her final wish, would you choose the money or your life? That ad caught my attention, and I somehow ended up working at a funeral home. On my very first day, I saw a dead person putting on an acrobatic show in the courtyard... 386Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 High-Paying Grave Keeper 高薪守墓员 [Mildly frightening + Chinese-style horror + System + graveyard keeper + one heroine + a little comedy] Deep in debt, Qin Yu happens to land a job as a cemetery attendant. The other end of his phone app connects to a world of inexplicable horror. Living corpses dwelling in caves, creaking puppets that twist and turn, big-headed dolls with green faces and spindly limbs... He thought he'd just be watching the gate. Who'd have guessed he'd end up shaking hands with ghosts? “I may be brave, but I'm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Deep Freeze Apocalypse: I Fix Bugs and Stockpile Supplies 极寒末世：我维修BUG囤满物资 Ice Age apocalypse + wasteland survival + biological horror + industrial Lovecraftian horror + stockpiling supplies + no pocket dimension System By 2025, humanity had long predicted the emergence of silicon-based life. In 2049, the course of human civilization was brought to a halt. A strange “red veil” covered the sky, blotting out the sun and plunging the entire world into an eternal deep freeze. Ten years later, the planet had a new master. Endless cold followed in its wake. The “Kindling” bu 5Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 36 Urban Spirit Detective Agency 都市灵探事务所 The story of a college girl expelled after being framed, who catches ghosts, wins over a CEO, and climbs the career ladder. Forced to make ends meet after being expelled for a crime she was framed for, college student Yi Xiaowan passes a rigorous selection process and joins the Red Dust Ghost Affairs Company (HC) as a rookie ghost hunter. Xiaowan works hard to fit in and learn the company's ghost-hunting skills. Her distinctive personality and courage also win the admiration of the company's CEO 1.9kReads9.1Score12114d adds
- 37 Puppet Theater: A Marionette's Soul-Stealing Strings 木偶戏·提线索魂 Puppet Theater: The Strings That Snare Souls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Road Home Gate: Infinite Hauntings 归途Gate：无限灵异 Lin Gui works the late-night shift at a convenience store. One day, a black-and-white icon suddenly appears on his phone, and he can't delete it: “Gate.” When the countdown reaches zero, he is dragged into paranormal instances parallel to reality: Hanako in an abandoned Japanese hospital, a mirror-dwelling ghost girl at a Korean school, the flying-head curse of Thailand, the deep-sea whispers of Cthulhu... Every instance comes from a real-world horror legend. The rules are brutal: die inside an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Old Building's Clock Strikes at Midnight. I Recorded the Bell Ringer 旧楼钟声午夜响，我录下了敲钟的人 The old building's bell rang at midnight. I recorded the person who rang it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Don't Borrow the Road at Night 夜里别借路 Nobody reads my book. Don't click on it, or you'll regret it. ... Please, whatever you do, don't click on it. I worked so hard to write 100,000 words, and nobody reads it. Don't click on it. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Haunted Peach Blossom Stove 灵异桃花灶 There’s an old man in the village named Uncle Xing. He had been practicing as a yin-yang ritual master for over twenty years, ever since he was sixteen. At forty, he encountered a supernatural event so terrifying that he buried his magical arts and withdrew to the countryside, as if fleeing from something. He changed careers and became an ordinary auspicious-date consultant. But the truth can’t stay hidden forever. One day, he showed off and used magic to create a stove that would boost the roma —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Yin Paper Doll 阴纸人 The Night the Paper Effigy Opened Its Eyes, the Whole Village Prepared My Funeral! Can you believe it? Why did the ancestral rules of paper effigy makers have to be broken in my generation? Paper effigies shouldn't have souls, so why did the baby effigy I made come digging for eyes in the middle of the night? What secret was hidden in the book Grandpa left me before he died? When the paper effigy's hand came after me with scissors, I realized this wasn't some folk legend at all. It was a death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Terrifying Hospital 恐怖的医院 The Terrifying Hospital 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Huaiyin Crossing Extra: Ten Years Later, the Evil Spirit Returns, Ferrying the Dead 槐阴渡番外：十年归煞·渡亡人 Huaiyin Crossing: Bonus Story, A Malignant Spirit Returns After Ten Years, Ferryman of the Dead —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 July 14: The Person in the Mirror 七月十四【镜中人】 [Supernatural, Lovecraftian horror, Infinite flow] After torrential rain washes over Tongque Old Street, hidden currents begin to stir. A fragment of an engraved mirror embedded in Chen Mo's right eye reveals the eerie figure of his friend Zhang Hao in an old dormitory building. The Mirror Demon whispers that this is an omen of disaster to come. Then the mysterious Xuanjian Office appears with a wooden box wrapped in red thread threaded with copper coins, using the whereabouts of Chen Mo's mothe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Immortality Project: I’m Frantically Gaining Extra Lives on the Other Side of the World 永生计划，我在世界对面疯狂加命 Every Easter, a massive ship docks, packed with people hoping to gain eternal life as it sails toward the far shore of the Fog Ocean. But everyone who boards disappears without a trace... Tomorrow is Easter, and Lu Xi boards the ship too, longing for eternal life. The moment he steps aboard, he notices how strangely soft the deck feels. Then he sees tray after tray of eerie sandalwood incense. Everyone who lights a stick dies... leaving no body behind! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Soul-Calming Banquet 安魂席 Soul-Calming Banquet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 My Benefactor Urged Me to Sign the Inheritance Papers, but My Father, Dead for Ten Years, Knocked Three Times at the Door 恩人催我签遗产，十年前死掉的亲爹却在门外敲了三下 My benefactor urged me to sign the inheritance papers, but then my biological father, who had died ten years ago, knocked three times on the door. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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
