Summoning Ghosts

Summoning Ghosts is a supernatural and eerie suspense web novel by Di Shisan, a contracted author on Heiyan Reading Network. It was first released exclusively on Heiyan.com on April 25, 2015, under a signed serialization contract; the complete work runs about 656,900 characters in 247 chapters, the last of which is "Final Night." The story begins when the protagonist, out of curiosity, uses a camera to record himself sleeping at night: the footage shows many strange and terrifying things. From this, the protagonist discovers that many mysteries about himself are hidden even from him—"for example, after you fall soundly asleep." As chapters such as "Nightmare" and "The Eerie Video" unfold, the village lake undergoes a strange transformation and mysterious figures appear one after another; in the "Yin Curse" arc the story advances to the protagonist confronting the eerie secret hidden within himself. The work uses first-person narration, linking suspense chapters such as "The Haunted Building" and "Summoning Ghosts," and focuses on the characters' crisis of self-knowledge amid supernatural events. The book uses the unit structure common in web fiction, with the main plot interwoven with unit stories; the atmosphere is grim and the pace tight, suiting readers who prefer urban ghost stories and found-footage-style horror. A paid audiobook edition also exists, narrated by Sanshou in 161 episodes. Note that this is a serialized web work; no formal print publication information has been found.