The River Spirit
Ji Yun
Boats crossing a wide river must leave a young woman as offering, or the waters rise and swallow them. One scholar decides to end the sacrifice.
👁 6800 reads
The Magic Sword 5
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 5280 reads
The Fox Girl
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 5200 reads
The Fox Girl 5
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 5049 reads
The Fox Girl 8
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 4923 reads
The Magic Sword 6
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 4899 reads
The Cursed Painting 8
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 4891 reads
The Magic Sword 8
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 4726 reads
The Cursed Painting 4
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 4418 reads
The Ghost Bride
Ji Yun
A dying man's family arranges a ghost marriage to a deceased maiden so that he will not be alone in the afterlife. But the bride has other plans.
👁 4100 reads
The Cursed Painting 5
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 3772 reads
The Fox Girl 6
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 3544 reads
The Magic Sword 3
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 3540 reads
The Cursed Painting 6
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 3478 reads
The Beautiful Corpse
Pu Songling
A young scholar shelters from snow in a remote mansion and is drawn to a beautiful woman who never eats, never leaves her room, and never answers questions about herself.
👁 3400 reads
The Magic Sword 7
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 3314 reads
The Cursed Painting 7
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 3245 reads
The Painted Skin 7
Pu Songling
A young scholar takes shelter in an abandoned temple and encounters a beautiful woman. But beneath her charm lies a horrifying secret — she is a demon painting a human face upon herself.
👁 3121 reads
The Fox Girl 7
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 2920 reads
The Headless General
Pu Songling
A soldier finds his commanding officer sitting at his desk writing dispatches — with his head on the desk beside him. The general explains he is not yet finished.
👁 2800 reads
The Magic Sword 4
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 2557 reads
The Cursed Painting 2
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 2530 reads
The Fox Girl 4
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 2328 reads
The Fox Girl 3
Pu Songling
A lonely writer is visited each night by a clever, beautiful young woman who reads his manuscripts and critiques his prose. She is, however, a fox spirit over five hundred years old.
👁 2156 reads
The Night Market Ghost
Ji Yun
A traveler arrives at an inn late at night and finds it full of silent guests. The next morning, he learns the inn has been abandoned for decades — and every person he met was dead.
👁 2100 reads
The Cursed Painting 3
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 2097 reads
The Mirror World
Pu Songling
A merchant buys an antique bronze mirror. Every night, the reflection behind him in the mirror moves when he does not.
👁 1900 reads
The Painted Skin 6
Pu Songling
A young scholar takes shelter in an abandoned temple and encounters a beautiful woman. But beneath her charm lies a horrifying secret — she is a demon painting a human face upon herself.
👁 1884 reads
The Cursed Painting
Pu Songling
A collector buys a scroll painting of a plum blossom in snow. Each night, the tree on the canvas blooms one more flower — and in his garden, one more plum tree withers and dies.
👁 1500 reads
The Painted Skin
Pu Songling
A young scholar takes shelter in an abandoned temple and encounters a beautiful woman. But beneath her charm lies a horrifying secret — she is a demon painting a human face upon herself.
👁 1240 reads
The Magic Sword
Pu Songling
A wandering swordsman rescues a young woman from bandits and is rewarded with a strange object — a tiny sword that flies through the air and slays its enemies on its own.
👁 860 reads
The Painted Skin 8
Pu Songling
A young scholar takes shelter in an abandoned temple and encounters a beautiful woman. But beneath her charm lies a horrifying secret — she is a demon painting a human face upon herself.
👁 665 reads