Horror Aficionados discussion

Earlier today, I was thinking that we should have a thread where all of us 'horror aficionados' can share good Creepypasta stories that we come across online.

Here are links to two of my personal favorites, one long and one short:

Ted the Caver (quite a long read)
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/p...

Russian Sleep Experiment (short)
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The...



Please post your own favorite creepypastas, if you have them.

Yeah, stories that come with photos always creep me out. Slenderman, brrrrr....

love creepypasta! it messes with my mind!

Any favorites?

Slenderman game is pretty tame in daylight with people around, but I would be really creeped out if playing alone in the dark. It's a really basic, repetitive game, not much replay value once the initial novelty wears off.

Unquestionably my favourite is Candle Cove:

http://www.creepypasta.com/candle-cove/

It's so perfectly realised. I love the idea of someone innocently stumbling upon that discussion while browsing a forum about kids TV.

I actually took a shot at writing my own creepy pasta, which I thought was pretty effective, but frustratingly when I went looking for websites to submit to they all seemed to be dead and archived.

That is a great one. There are even a few videos clips out there that claim to be from the show.

So, what was your creepy pasta about?

I've posted it to my blog: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Been hanging onto it for over a year now thinking the opportunity to publish might come along, but still can't seem to find a suitable place, so might as well just put it up.

I always liked the practical, how-to guides that used to pepper the creepypasta forums (especially the ones involving mirrors), so this was my own attempt at creating something in that mold.

Plus... For all I know, it might actually work.

Really cool, there were a lot of nice elements to the story. I'd actually give it a try if it didn't require 40 minutes.

Andrew wrote: "Really cool, there were a lot of nice elements to the story. I'd actually give it a try if it didn't require 40 minutes."

I wouldn't recommend it. ;)

I love creepypasta. Candle Cove is definitely up there. Recently though I've been going through the entirety of http://www.scp-wiki.net , which is a treasure trove of awesome horror ideas.

How do everyone like the Post-Creepypastas like the Backrooms?

Can someone please direct me to a good definition of creepypasta? I keep reading about it, but I honestly don't understand the term -- and I write horror! I obviously need to get up to speed. Thanks in advance --

Like Ann can someone please explain what "creepypasta" is... I've never heard this term used before....Thank You 🥴🤔🙄😬😳

Creepypastas are horror-related legends that have been shared around the Internet. Creepypasta has since become a catch-all term for any horror content posted onto the Internet. These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare readers.
OK....now I understand!!!😀😄😆😉😌

Jonas - I love the backrooms!!! I would love to read a book that is about someone getting lost in the backrooms

Diane wrote: "Creepypastas are horror-related legends that have been shared around the Internet. Creepypasta has since become a catch-all term for any horror content posted onto the Internet. These Internet entr..."

Thanks so much!

Jules wrote: "Jonas - I love the backrooms!!! I would love to read a book that is about someone getting lost in the backrooms"

for me it depends: I would like to read something about the early versions of the backrooms, from today's point of view not so necessarily

Agreed!! I think the closest I've got is House of Leaves. Also a short story called "Sonata for a Harp and Bicycle" in an anthology called "A Bundle of Nerves". There's a scene where one of the protagonists gets locked in a school and the way it's described is very backroomsy

Particularly Liminal space is a good concept. It has great potential.