So many of them are so good! The good ones far outnumber the bad.
Also, you should know that the condo I live in isn't entirely well constructed. For instance my bedroom closet door can't be closed all of the way. I had to sleep with the closet door open, when all I wanted to do was shut the demons away! I blame you!
(I keep forgetting about the closet thing, right up until I'm trying to go to bed after reading or watching something scary.)
Yeah, that is the neat thing. A great deal of these are far scarier than anything I can find on movies or books.
And man! I feel your pain! I have been staying with parents the last week, and it gets way darker in rural Ohio than it ever does in NYC. I am suddenly once again convinced that things live behind doors and under beds.
It is shockingly addicting. Especially late at night when I keep telling myself that I need to stop reading because I am progressively getting more freaked out, and yet I can't stop.
That's what always fascinates me about them, too. There's some bad ones in there, but the good tends to be much scarier than anything I see in movies or books.
I haven't read too far (final exam tomorrow!) but I get a really strong Borges vibe from some of it, maybe just as a function of the meta-storytelling going on. I am saving the link for later perusal; thanks for posting it!
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Date: 2009-05-25 03:24 am (UTC)because man I HAVE BEEN THERE
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Date: 2009-05-25 01:21 pm (UTC)Ugh, sorry. I've never quite recovered from that story arc.
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Date: 2009-05-25 03:39 am (UTC)*glare*
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Date: 2009-05-26 01:32 am (UTC)Also, you should know that the condo I live in isn't entirely well constructed. For instance my bedroom closet door can't be closed all of the way. I had to sleep with the closet door open, when all I wanted to do was shut the demons away! I blame you!
(I keep forgetting about the closet thing, right up until I'm trying to go to bed after reading or watching something scary.)
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Date: 2009-05-26 01:56 am (UTC)And man! I feel your pain! I have been staying with parents the last week, and it gets way darker in rural Ohio than it ever does in NYC. I am suddenly once again convinced that things live behind doors and under beds.
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Date: 2009-05-25 10:30 pm (UTC)Is that a Baby! of fear, or of creepypasta, or just a general Baby! ?
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Date: 2009-05-25 10:31 pm (UTC)Creepypasta isn't my thing (the gluten, you know), but it's a great word to say, and the whole thing amused me to no end.
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