The Ancestral Tablet They Forgot to Bring Home
A family leaves an Ancestral Tablet behind and unknowingly invites something home. Rituals turn wrong as doors lock, ash gathers, and remembrance feeds hunger.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
Supernatural fiction inspired by ancient beliefs, oral traditions, and cultural folklore. These stories draw from village legends, superstitions, and customs shaped by fear, survival, and collective memory.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
The Name-Eating River That Slowly Erased Our Village
A village survives by whispering names to a name-eating river. However, each crossing steals memory until silence becomes the only safe offering.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
Taiwan Forest Whispers: The Rule You’re Not Meant to Answer
Deep in Taiwan’s forest, hikers hear their names whispered after dark. Those who answer vanish along hidden trails the maps refuse to show forever. Quietly.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
The Haunted Pavilion of Lotus Crossing: A Chinese Legend
At Lotus Crossing, an abandoned pavilion whispers forgotten names. Those who linger too long risk becoming hosts for hungry spirits seeking memory and warmth.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
The Salt Mother of Ban Chao – A Southeast Asian Folk Horror
A chilling Southeast Asian folk horror story about salt rituals, forgotten promises, and the price villages pay to survive dark folklore.
Folk Horror & Dark Folklore
The Number Keeper of Ghost Month: A Haunting Folklore Ritual
A Taiwanese Chinese horror story set during Ghost Month, where numbers are counted, debts are remembered, and rules must never be broken.