Creepypasta

[Dr. Briggs]

I wasn't sure whether to put this in horror media, or here. But thinking about it some, I believe Creepypasta may basically be a new generation of urban myth. There are many kids out there who legit believe in it, and it shares the tendency to work our nerves in the same simple-but-effective way, in spite of being less grounded in reality (maybe because it's more difficult to make reality scary when hatchet-murders and the like are more commonly reported today >.>).

In fact, one of my favorite is one of the most simple Pastas out there:

Spoiler

“Daddy, I had a bad dream.” You blink your eyes and pull up on your elbows. Your clock glows red in the darkness—it’s 3:23.

“Do you want to climb into bed and tell me about it?”

“No, Daddy.”

The oddness of the situation wakes you up more fully. You can barely make out your daughter’s pale form in the darkness of your room.

“Why not sweetie?”

“Because in my dream, when I told you about the dream, the thing wearing Mommy’s skin sat up.” For a moment, you feel paralyzed; you can’t take your eyes off of your daughter. The covers behind you begin to shift.

[Bojangles]

Oh, shit. That's a good one!