Flum Apricot never even wanted to leave her village. She would've been content to live out her entire life there in peace. But unfortunately, after... more>> being prophesied by the God of Creation Origin to join the Hero's party and defeat the Demon Lord, she's known nothing but misery. How is someone with stats of zero like her supposed to be of any use? Her only ability is 'Reversal', and not even she knows what that's supposed to mean. The party's sage, Jean Inteige, is also convinced that she has no right to be there, and he knows just how to get rid of her. Through the depths of despair, when the curse finally 'reverses' itself, what will be left of Flum? And what kind of life will she make for herself? <<less

Li Wei moved house, and met the youth living in unit 404.... more>>

He was deeply attracted, secretly following him, yet was admonished by an evil spirit. As it turns out he had had thoughts that he should not have, lusting after the evil spirit’s wife.

That youth, was the evil spirit’s wife.

Li Wei is neither gong nor shou, merely a passer-by. <<less

Zombies suddenly appeared all over the world, quickly spreading through densely populated cities. It only took two years for every government around the world to collapse, leaving behind chaos and anarchy on a global scale. Without the law and order that once kept them safe, people turned fearful of both the zombie threat and of each other. Even in the face of the countless waves of undead, groups formed and fought over the limited resources that remained.... more>>

This culminated in a battle between two of the strongest remaining groups—the last beacons of humanity. What resulted was a devastating loss of life on both sides. Yohan’s group was completely annihilated and their surviving enemies were swarmed by zombies. Though he managed to suffer through this apocalyptic world for three years, his time was up. Unexpectedly, death had come not from an enemy, but from a friend. He had been bitten by his oldest and most trusted companion, who had been infected during the battle and turned into a zombie.

Accepting his fate, Yohan closes his eyes, only to discover that he has returned to the past, six months prior to the zombie outbreak. With his memories of the last three years, only he knows of the approaching apocalypse.

Given a second chance, he plans to do everything to survive! <<less

The story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he calls himself... more>> the "grave keeper" and meets a beautiful girl named Meria. Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark." <<less

――Due to a single traitor, the game has begun. Those that wish to escape must abide by the terms and reach the end. Now, let... more>> this fun Demise Game begin――" One-Man Hide and Seek, Doppelgangers, Mearry-san's Messages, Monkey's Hand .... A group of four boys and girls become involved with a certain game though the "Bookmark of Demise," a taboo that is said to have been brought back from ten years prior. Carry out the "demand" written in the mysterious letter, and perform the urban legends. Otherwise, you will die. "With that said, please look forward to the worst ever aftertaste. <<less

You’ve probably missed something at some point in your life, haven’t you? Even though it was really, really important, you were so stuck to some... more>> foolish pride and so preoccupied with what was right in front of you, that you ended up missing something. Am I wrong? ……This is the story of a magician that’s had to do that kind of thing over and over again. He is talented, successful, and a failure. The road taken by this magician is a s*upid, lonely, and lively story of ice cream. That cold, vivid sweetness was an innocent, cruel and sad fairy-tale that, for an instant… yes, it was so fast that even I, Boogiepop, missed it. It was a moment of amus**ent that connected a clown, a god of death, and those with broken dreams before it melted, disappeared, and was lost in the blink of an eye. <<less

A dark story in which a human-shaped intelligent life created by cloning technology blends into human society and distorts justice and ethics.

In this town, Lu Chu's the only one who can't see.... more>>

Before him, there was no one here that had such a symptom.

A suspicious stalker, escaping a room, the school legends, a life and death group fight...

Survival and killing.

Struggling and resisting. Swimming in the deep and dark waters of despair, merely wishing for a chance to survive. <<less

A short collection of stories about various characters in an underground brothel.... more>>

Room 1 - Nightingale
Room 2 - White Snow
Room 3 - Fleshpot
Room 4 - Lapis Lazuli <<less

It all started after he picked up a black eye mask in the school’s sports field.... more>>

Within a campus completely enshrouded in thick fog, one’s appearance was hard to discern.

On top of the classroom podium lay a piece of sharpened chalk. Upon the blackboard, a message was scrawled in white.

“May all students enter the classroom with your admission ticket ten minutes before the exam starts. The exam instructors will inform you of the rules. Please follow them and refrain from cheating. The exam will start at midnight sharp. Those not at the testing site at that time are considered to have abstained.”

Geng Cong: “If one egg tart and one bag of dried blueberries are dropped at the same time on the tenth floor, which will hit the ground first?”

Jiang Shi’s jaw dropped.

Geng Cong: “Should we calculate air resistance?”

Jiang Shi: “Nope. If I eat both of them, they won’t have a chance to hit the ground.” <<less

Restricted Doomsday Syndrome is a novel inspired by Matrix, Blame, Hellsing that narrates the end of the world in 1999. It is a story about... more>> Gao Chuan, a 17-year-old high school student, who tries to find a student who disappeared on-campus, and then unexpectedly becomes a chosen tasked with the "prevention of Doomsday". <<less

2nd place in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi~! 2019 comes a new one-shot by Ishikawa Hiroshi.... more>>

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Sou Uehara visits a Seaside Hospital.

He was once hospitalized at this very place.

His former companions suffered from an enigmatic disease that killed them off to the point of extinction. Those who survived however, have still not been discharged yet.

Sou reminiscences the events that happened “That day”.

The disease’s spread to a certain region of a city,

The deaths of the adults it lead to,

The power of an affected child,

And furthermore the conclusion of the battle――. <<less

Set in the 1980s, the novel follows former soldier Hu Bayi and his partner as they raid tombs in search of valuables. The two team up with an American archaeologist after they fall victim to a curse, and to release themselves from it they must seek clues found among ancient mythical sites across China.... more>>

The title is derived from an old Chinese saying, credited by the author to genuine grave robbers: “A human lights the candle and the ghosts blow it out.” According to the author, grave robbers would place a candle in the south-east corner of a tomb after entering, in an attempt to make contact with the dead. If the candle was extinguished it was a sign that the spirits within opposed the intrusion, and the robbers would be obliged to depart, leaving everything intact and undisturbed. <<less

A small horror story taking place during the establishment of The Republic of China (around 1912)

In front of the well-known Guangming Hospital was a florist selling both bouquets and shrouds. The seller sold flowers in the daytime to get money... more>> from the living people and undertook nether world business at night to get Yang Shou from the King of Hell. One light, a man was scared to death by a fierce ghost and followed the seller ever since. They together witnessed what ordinary folks could never imagine... <<less

On the first of April, images on TV transmitted from overseas showed the dead revived and the ‘zombies’ attacking people.... more>>

Most didn’t believe this and thought it was an April Fool’s joke.

However, there were a lot of people who believe it and one of them was living in Japan.

He was a normal Japanese high school student. He made various preparations from that day onward, waiting for the day when it would come to Japan.

When they finally came, everyone couldn’t believe they were real, they didn’t want to believe.

From that day, he distinguished himself and walked on his two feet alongside his colleages, aiming to survive the end of the world.

A story where high school boys and girls do their best in a world hit with zombie apocalypse.

The main characters including the hero are not common.

In the story, some city names are based on real cities.

In addition, knowledge about guns and crime prevention, SDF and government will appear, but since the hero collects net information and shows off, it may be different from reality.

Since zombies follow the common archetype, they are “slow to move” “keep moving unless you destroy their head”, “becomes zombie when bitten” and “strong”.

I will not run, run wisely, run dead or run hungry.

I will not become a zombie. <<less

The incarnation of a sacred angel born in the city of pleasure, Kanna's Peggy.
She, who lived quietly without music, dies tragically one day.... more>>

Three years later.
Peggy, who comes back to life from her shabby grave, faces a completely changed homeland... <<less

One day, A male and 5 females who were living their lives normally were suddenly kidnapped and brought to a closed space by the power... more>> of Kami-sama and made them to play a deathgame and they will be killed if they refused. Six people will be allowed to participate in the game without having any defense. There are no evil people among the participants. Whether they cooperate or they kill each other, the deathgame full of good people begins. <<less

Senpai, I love you. Senpai, I love you. Senpai, I love you. Senpai, I love you. Senpai, I love you. Senpai, I love you. Senpai,... more>> I love you. <<less

In order to live a long life, she has to complete 100 ghost ferrying missions. The Red Ghost! Pregnant ghosts! Water Ghost! Baby ghosts! —-... more>> Wait, ghosts, I’m coming to ferry you! <<less

As a star, he had seen the best times. He found something scary and turned to an almighty man for help. In the end, they... more>> fell in love with each other. Zheng Quzhi said:“Mr. Wei, there is something dirty!” Wei Yan called him over and did something... It turned out the man was even scarier than ghosts... <<less

The youth who was once imprisoned during his childhood due to his special body constitution, what kind of brambles would he encounter when he had... more>> grown up? <<less

All around the world, there appeared [Dungeons]. Destroying world landmarks, historical buildings and nature, they easily collapsed human civilization.... more>>

Within these dungeons, monsters emerged--flooding out from within, overrunning humanity, scattering many lives. The human population was reduced by a large amount almost instantly. However, when it seemed like the entire race was going to be eaten--humans awakened with special abilities known as [Skills].

Mankind, who had acquired this supernatural power, could now fight equally against the monster's desperately violent attacks.

One young man--Kurauchi Satoshi, awakened the ability to tame the enemies of the world, monsters, as well as train and evolve them so that they could become the strongest.

Satoshi decided to build the strongest monster army by taming, training and evolving monsters to save the world. However, is there no way for people to accept these tamed monsters that are the enemy of mankind....?

The is a heartful comedy, low fantasy novel about a monster tamer becoming the strongest. <<less

http://1pagestory.com is an online compilation of short stories by different authors, which was started by a publisher called dae-an. Short stories were collected from volunteers... more>> from April 2003 to December 2016 and then published in a magazine. Unfortunately, the project is on hiatus as of January 1st, 2017. However, there are several hundred of these stories already available on the previously mentioned site with genres ranging from horror and action to romance and slice of life. <<less