Shadows dance across pixelated screens, weaving nightmares from digital threads. Emerging from the depths of internet folklore, a spine-chilling genre transforms collective imagination into terrifying ...

First they were called chain emails, and they were sent by people like your weird aunt who always wore a Big Dog t-shirt. An online version of physical chain letters, chain emails propagated hoaxes ...

On June 8, 2009, Eric Knudsen posted two black and white images he had Photoshopped to a forum called "Something Awful." The forum was hosting a photo manipulation contest and was taking submissions ...

“Horror aside, the elements of good storytelling present in the best creepypastas can be applied to any kind of writing.” After an analysis of the content 72 beloved viral “Creepypasta” stories across ...

Back in September of last year, Todd told us about the popular creepypasta The Russian Sleep Experiment being turned into a novella, and now it’s available in yet another incarnation: a short film ...

The Creepypasta genre is a product of Social Media culture. In their earliest years, these viral horror stories originated in hangouts like Reddit and 4chan… but they’ve since come out of the shadows.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. For an entire decade, Creepypasta.Com has collected and ...