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I've recently started up The Plum in the Golden Vase again, a very old, very smutty Chinese novel that is brilliant, but definitely an acquired taste. (You WILL learn things about sixteenth-century Chinese sexual practices that will raise your eyebrows.) So probably not what you're looking for--however, it does bring to mind something that would be. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, by Pu Songling is an old collection of Chinese stories, most quite short, and many quite creepy. In a very real since, Songling is a very venerable ancestor to us all. Well worth a read, though I recommend you stick to modern translations. Victorian ones are horribly bowdlerized.