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Young Uncle?s Horror Stories “South-Style Third Uncle”, a horror story writer of national renown, has published six books in his “The Grave Robber?s Notes” series since 2007. The six books have sold 2 million copies and earned him 1 million in royalty. They are extremely popular with young readers. But the uncle is not a real uncle. When his first “The Graverobber?s Notes” came out under this awesome penname, he was 25. He was much younger when he began to create his own horror stories. “Third Uncle” is Xu Lei, a native of Hangzhou, the capital city of eastern China?s coastal Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1982 into a family of ordinary factory workers. He is the only child. As his parents worked, his grandmother took care of the baby boy. The grandmother lived in a large courtyard shared by many families. Xu Lei had his first share of horror stories from his grandmother when he was 3. His grandmother didn?t tell horror stories at first. The stories she told were just conventional ones for children. The young boy had a very good memory and he protested whenever his grandmother tried to tell the same story with changed names and places. Before long, the storyteller exhausted her repertoire and her loyal but demanding listener wanted more. One night, after all the good stories were over, his grandma patted her knees and asked the little boy to sit there. She was ready to tell her first horror story to the little boy. The boy was scared but the next evening, he asked his grandmother for more horror stories. These stories took roots in his mind and appeared in his dreams. The would-be writer began to keep a journal about his dreams. Sometimes he visited bookstores to see whether there were books that would explain why he was having such dreams. The dreamer began to tell his dream-turned horror stories to his classmates. They were horrified, thrilled and amazed and became his loyal audience. But his teachers intensely disliked him for his telling horror sto