For generations, my family of carpenters has been in possession of one of the most mysterious books in Chinese history—Lu Ban’s Book.  Nowadays, carpentry is... more>> declining, but my family still carries on the profession. After graduating from the university, I decided to return home and take over the business after my father. Outsiders usually call us carpenters, but regular customers refer to us as “descendants of the evil subduing technique”. During the day, I do business with people, while at night, I work with the dead. Amongst thousands of Daoist schools, Lu Ban’s sect is the one to cause evil spirits to tremble in fear the most. <<less

※This work is based on shamanistic beliefs and is a creative work, more or less incorporating fictitious dramatization or fabricated settings.... more>>

※This story contains depictions of violence, su*cide, and other sensitive topics. Kindly consider this before deciding to make a purchase.

A typical summer for a twenty-three-year-old.

Joo Hwion comes face-to-face with his younger brother, who wore a smile on his face despite the mu*dered corpses of their parents lying at his feet.

No, what he came face-to-face with wasn’t his brother, but an evil spirit.

The knife that killed his parents was now aimed at Hwion, and he strikes a deal with the messenger to return from the boundary of the afterlife.

「All you need to do is exhale a breath into the hand of a living agwi*.」

But what exactly is a “living agwi,” and how is he supposed to find his enemy, the “evil spirit”?

After numerous trials and errors, Hwion ends up hosting a broadcast that focuses on exploring haunted houses.

And four years later, during the summer of his 27th year.

He suddenly encounters a stunning and gorgeous man…

“I was wondering what it was… Turns out it was a piece of tr*sh.”

“…What?”

Of all people, the “living agwi” he had been so desperately searching for turned out to be an arrogant human with a personality problem.

“Ha, someday I’ll make you kneel and beg for forgiveness for what you’ve done.”

“Give it your best try.”

Two individuals who harbor mutual disdain but find themselves entwined by their respective motives.

Will they ever be able to overcome their misunderstandings and achieve their goals?

*아귀: A starving ghost/demon <<less

"Do you know about the Patrolman?" ... more>>

This is a tale about a new urban legend that is born from a series of mysterious incidents. After 8 PM at night, while walking and looking at their smartphone, people are warned from behind that—"it's dangerous to walk and use your phone at the same time".

However, when they turn around, there's no one there. The "Patrolman" urban legend says that if you ignore the warning and continue to look at your phone, someone will push you from behind at a pedestrian crossing when the traffic light is red.

At first, it seemed like a common urban legend, but strange events kept happening to those who heard the story…

This is the story of how a new urban legend is born. <<less

When Wang Hun woke up and stood in a mass grave, he found that he had become a ghost... Burn "three pheasant feathers" and enjoy... more>> the [Black-bone White Phoenix Fragrance]. Burn "half a volume of broken scriptures" with one stick and enjoy the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Chaozong". Incense] Burn "a foxtail" with one stick, and enjoy the "Incense of Bliss" with one stick... "When you are alive, you should burn some treasures for yourself!" In a world where gods and Buddhas are everywhere, and demons are everywhere, Wang Hun Looking at the bright fire in the brazier, I enshrined myself as the Taoist ancestor! ! ! <<less

It happened on the way to kindergarten, led by my mother.... more>>

A sweet, clear singing voice reached my ears, and I, a toddler wearing a yellow kindergarten cap, turned around.

In front of the vending machine attached to the stationery store I saw a mysterious woman in her twenties.

Startled, I pointed at her and looked up at my mother.

However, all my mother did was make a puzzled smile and say, ‘What is it? Do you want some juice?’

(My mom can’t see that lady.)

(Maybe she’s different. She’s not human.)

Since then, whenever we approached the stationery store, I would tug my mom’s hand to hurry and move away.

I had thought she was some sort of earthbound spirit or something, unable to leave the area around that vending machine.

But then, one day, I saw her walking around town and humming a tune with her umbrella open!

I fell into a state of panic!

After much thought, one afternoon, I mustered up the courage and went to the front of the stationery store alone to exorcist her—— <<less

Fear that suddenly appeared in everyday life.

By wearing a ring, a man who is single gave the impression that he was married.
received an unexpected call from his wife.

Create a divine statue, gather faith, refine divine power, and step into the divine position! There was originally no god in the world, but when... more>> more and more people believed, there was a god! This is a story without plug-ins! This is a story of an ant becoming a god! <<less

Missing people… Cars mysteriously falling off the Tongjiang Bridge… The world is going mad and it is up to Fang Zheng to prepare himself for... more>> it. What will he get himself into? What horrors will he face? Are YOU ready to join Fang Zheng on his journey to hunt the wicked? Ps. Save this one for a lonely midnight. <<less

In this world, there’s a one-of-a-kind establishment – the Ghost Affairs Specialty Store.... more>>

And there’s a truly unique profession – the Ghost Affairs successor.

Ghost affairs, as the name implies, are exclusively concerned with ghosts. Whether a ghost is unwell, injured, facing trouble from other spirits, or has suffered any injustice in the human realm, we take care of it all.

But please note: living beings, keep out! <<less

With each stroke, a river and a sea are painted, and with a brush, mountains and rivers are determined.... more>>

Some people admire a painting depicting a fierce ox toppling a mountain and comprehend the profound martial art technique called 'Crushing Mountain Force.' With boundless strength, one can move mountains barehanded!

Others gaze upon a sword shining with a cold moonlight in the painting, thus realizing the 'Cold Moon Divine Sword Art.' With this sword, they can slay otherworldly beings and gain fame that resounds in all directions.

Li Changqing, a top woodcarver, transmigrates into the world of Cangyuan. He discovers that his woodcarvings are more enlightening than his paintings. From being a destitute and worthless painter, he rises to the pinnacle of the Cangyuan world.

In his previous life, he indulged in sculpture and ended up raising a wayward child. However, in this world of Cangyuan, he has a well-behaved and filial son who lacks talent but dreams of becoming an immortal through cultivation.

If my son wants to become an immortal, then as his father, I will help him achieve it!

However, Li Hengsheng, the son, begins to suspect that his useless daydreaming and money-begging father may have been possessed by someone else! <<less

It is the year 1960. Long Mat Diah is hunting like he always did before he comes face to face with a forest guardian, an entity of immense power that terrifies men and spirits alike. Will he prevail or will he die? This is his story.... more>>

Told from the viewpoint of Long Mat Diah’s grandchild, Tamar Jalis, this is a story of pre-modern Malaysia. It was a story of djinns, demons, spirits and elves in the jungles of Malaysia in the days when the locals had to live among malicious ghosts, benevolent spirits, harmful demons and communist terrorists.

As Tamar Jalis often followed his grandfather on his travels, he discreetly gathered experience and knowledge in dealing with supernatural entities. Guided by his grandfather, who had tigers as pets, Tamar slowly prepared himself to face the world.

It needs to be said that this story was marketed as a true story and the people and places portrayed in this book really did exist. Some events in the book were also corroborated by existing newspaper releases of that time. <<less

On the day I died, a spring rain started to fall on the world.... more>>

I shouldn’t have but I couldn’t help but think of Yan Chao Sheng.

For the past centuries, he had always stood in front of me stubbornly, even taking and blocking lightnings for me.

On these naive times , I used to think that he loved me. Until later, he brought back the one who was truly in his heart, a fairy with whom I shared a great likeness.

I sighed, how cruel.

I gave my last breath too soon, therefore I didn’t get to see a figure staggering towards me under the heavy rain.

Yan Chao Sheng, the powerful demon king who owned everything under the sky, couldn’t even fly on a cloud at that moment.

*

Opening my eyes once again, I returned to seven hundred years ago.

Yan Chao Sheng back then was still young, not yet the demon king, but just the lowest disciple who was born with a demon pulse and suffered all kinds of mistreatments.

I surely felt that being s*upid once was already enough.

When he grabbed the corner of my clothes and I then trampled on his fingers, he still refused to let go.

I no longer loved him and this was just the beginning.

[A demon X his cute wife who was very sweet and clingy wife in his memories but is no longer like that]
After so many hardships, no matter how pitiful Yan Chao Sheng was, Liu Shuang always remembered the day of the catastrophe, so she kept telling herself, to never pity a demon again.

And Yan Chao Sheng, who tempered his soul and broke his bones for her, never retrieved the sweet and gentle her of back then. <<less

In the quiet neighborhood of Hajung-ri, where darkness descends at ten o'clock, a haunted house rumored to have ghosts appearing for decades has transformed into a stylish café.... more>>

The enigmatic atmosphere encountered at the café led the owner to offer Tae-eun a cup of coffee without any charge.

Was that coffee the problem?

Since that day, Tae-eun has been tormented by scissors, trying to distance herself from the creepiness, but inevitably encounters the café owner, Ji Hyun-ho.

"Do you remember me, Noona?"

Hyun-ho appears in the nightmares tormenting her. Tae-eun finds herself drawn to the eerie dreams. They gradually become closer even in reality.

"Lately, you keep appearing in my dreams."

Hyun-ho confesses that he dreams the same dreams as Tae-eun. Then, with a cute smirk, he suggests, "Want to try something out?"

"What?"

"What we did in the dreams, do you want to try it in real life too?"

His red lips draw closer in her lowered gaze. <<less

"Welcome back."... more>>

What is the true meaning behind these words...... <<less

Wave a thousand feet of waves, sit still and turn yin and yang.... more>>

Another world becomes a great way, good fortune Xuan Yuanguang! <<less

Jin-ah dedicates her life to caring for her stepmother. ... more>>

One day, a peculiar lawyer pays her a visit, revealing the unfortunate news of her grandmother's passing and his intention to claim the inheritance as per her will.

The stipulation for the inheritance is that Jin-ah must ensure no one enters the mansion she is set to inherit.

Deeming it a manageable task, she agrees, securing the funds needed to make a fresh start.

Everything progresses smoothly—her business thrives, and her relationship with the once-strained stepmother deepens.

However, this harmony is short-lived when her stepmother embezzles funds and disappears.

In the midst of financial turmoil, Jin-ah is approached by strangers expressing a desire to film her grandmother's mansion, seeking her permission.

She rejects their proposal, as it is the only way to continue receiving monthly payments from the trust.

Subsequently, an arrogant and shallow man waves money in front of her, making an audacious proposition.

"With your permission, I'll give you a few more of these. One for every time we film the mansion, how about that?"

After refusing with profanity, Jin-Ah forgot about their existence.

That is until the police contact her, reporting an unauthorized entry into the mansion, resulting in a tragic accident— one dead and four injured.

Upon her arrival at the previously unvisited mansion, the rescuer makes an unsettling declaration.

"No! There's one more down there! There were six of us!”

***

"I understand that you think I'm weird. Until last year, I would have been an as*hole who believed in the money and the power of the family and did whatever the f*ck I wanted.”

It was such a perfect description that Jin-ah didn't need to add anything.

“I guess you could say that Kno-Dearg Manor gave me a new lease on life because I felt the need to change a lot since then."

The man, now an uncannily different person, extended his hand to Jin-ah.

"Consider the old Lan Isford dead.”

***

"I want to eat.”

I want to eat that.

So, I approached and grabbed her.

My stomach churned at the sight of the person looking at me in surprise.

Regardless of whether there were people around or not, I wanted to swallow her whole, leaving not a single strand of hair behind.

I carefully smelled it.

Mine. Something for me to eat.

My tongue, which had been suppressing hunger, eagerly twisted in the mouth filled with something sweet.

But then I found out.

That she tastes better on the inside. <<less

I’m Sakura Minazuki, a mageka from a distant realm, often called by the names of “Princesa de Claridade”, “Luminosa”, and so forth, which all entail the invincibility of my powers.... more>>

But for now, I’m just an average office worker.

That’s right, a “wage s*ave” or so you may call it - nothing close to a mageka.

Sakura Minazuki, one who bore the glorious names such as the most powerful “Princesa de Claridade” and “Luminosa” in a distant realm named Glace, made her way to Hong Kong under certain work circumstances. Realising there was not a single job suitable for a mageka, upon the recommendation of her flatmate Kou Igarashi, she changed her path to earning a living as an office clerk.

Stuck in a long-standing dilemma between reality and ideality over time, she decided to pick up on her past identity with the advice from Kou and kick off her double life - “clerk by day, mageka by night”.

One day, the duo received an incoming request to “banish all ‘vampires’ from the city”. What was the true identity of these rumoured creatures of mystery who had been roaming around the city of prosperity attacking humans? And what was the intent behind it?

“In the name of ‘Princesa de Claridade’, I, Mageka Luminosa, now call upon the obedience of this dark creature under my dazzling radiance!” <<less

It was said that if someone takes this road during the dead of night, they will die a blood-covered death, their face filled with terror. She didn’t believe it and went there alone. And guess what happened? Before her death, she used all her remaining strength and said two sentences, “Death is inevitable! There is no escape!” Strange things kept on happening, people were dying, did it all start with the girl that committed su*cide 50 years ago? He Jian Fei, Tian Yin Zhen, Dong Lu, Shen Fang, Shi Ting, Ah Qiang and Uncle Li will take you on a journey of no return. Suspense and horror, supernatural elements and magic, truth and reality vs.... more>> fake and false, love and fraternal bonds, humans and ghosts, evil and justice, love and hate. Tinadannis shows you a world of intertwined mystery and splendour.

Legends are a common thing for the university campus, or maybe it’s a secret established through common practice. When generation after generation of talented individuals leave, it alone remains behind, deeply rooted, continuous and never ending. Resentment, like love, can also be endless. Therefore, exists the never ending nightmare from rumours——a nightmare belonging only to the school campus. (excerpt from chapter one)

First of four books in the Haunting Spectre Road tetralogy brought to you by horror writer Tinadannis, the fast paced first book will leave you wondering about what’s to come next and the fate of the characters. <<less

After consecutively failing 57 job interviews, Azuki Nanakida finds a job vacancy for a medical clerk position at a clinic called “Akashiya Clinic”.... more>>

However, after being asked if she was a half or a quarter and then given an irresistible job offer, she couldn’t help but be suspicious. Just as she was thinking about this, she noticed that the name on the door read as “Ayakashi Clinic” and panicked.

So it was a place where ayakashi gathered!? <<less

He is the illegitimate son of the Emperor of Heaven. With impure blood, he was banished to the underworld and became its ruler. He prospered, commanding tens of millions of underworld soldiers, earning him the title of the King of Hell.... more>>

In a bid to break the curse of mortality, he wedded a woman with a pure Yin character, pledging in clear terms to leave all his properties to her upon his death. The condition was to accompany him until the end of his life, a seemingly unbearable task.

She accepted the deal! However, as time passed and her patience wore thin, he remained alive. It was a falsehood, a promise of a short-lived existence! <<less

The horror is coming, the mystery is reviving, the world is entering the era of terror.... more>>

Lethal ghosts roar, evil spirits roar, and a land is reduced to a forbidden place of death!

Everyone is in an endless panic and wailing!

Only in front of Ji He, the picture looks a little less ……

”The first ranking of the list of the evil spirits, Chinese female ghost in red wedding clothes!”

”The second ranking of the list of evil spirits, the Fusang female ghost white Wu Yu! “

”Damn! What’s wrong with them? Are they going to kill again?”

”No, they’re carrying a red palanquin and dowry, and they look …… like they’re going to pick up the bridegroom!” <<less

Human fear and screams have always been an important source of energy to maintain the operation of the underworld. The haunted house full of terrifying legends is an infrastructure project that the underworld is proud of, until they met Gu Xiaoxiao.... more>>

"I have scared others for many years. This is the first time I have encountered someone who is not afraid of death. My career has suffered an unprecedented blow."

"When others see ghosts, they scream and feel full of fear, but she is better off. She just makes our colleagues autistic, which is outrageous!"

"Brothers have been demoralized by her. If this continues, the end of the underworld is not far away."

The Ghost King had dark circles under his eyes and gave up resistance: "Lie down, don't struggle anymore, my heart is tired."

The gold medal screenwriter lay down on the ground: "I'm going bald thinking about the script. If I can't scare her, forget it. The connotation and the plot are cliche. What's the point of my efforts? Just destroy it. Love whoever you want."

The mournful female protagonist who just wants to lie down & the arrogant male protagonist who speaks out about his physical integrity. <<less

White things are miserable, red things are joyful,... more>>

I shall pass from the human world to the underworld,

incense candles, paper horses, sedan chairs, Meng Po bears witness,

White papers, red clothes, the suona sounded ten miles, dependent on each other in life, dependent on each other in death. <<less

The Apostle Theo, respected by all, has died.
And then, he resurrected.
“I can tear apart ghosts.”
With the abilities from his previous life.