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Penpal. Originally published on /r/nosleep by /u/1000vultures. Absolutely terrifying.
Footsteps
Balloons
Boxes
Maps
Screens
Friends
*Edit: Holy cow this is easily my most upvoted comment ever. Glad you guys are enjoying the creepiness. As several other people have pointed out, /u/1000vultures has actually published this as a full-length book, with some new stuff added in and edits as well to make it all flow better. If you enjoyed his stories for free, please consider buying them!
Great stories. In response to the response he got from the r/nosleep community, he's published a book.
Penpal on Amazon.com
Yes it is.
Normal link
Kindle Edition
Five star ratings also apply to anything that hasn't properly been consumed yet but is idolised by the community. See here.
(I'm sure it's a good book, but half the reviews admit to not actually reading it yet).
You have so many good stories on your list, I'm excited to read the ones I haven't heard of! May I also recommend a few stories? /r/nosleep was my first subreddit and I spent a long time here before making a reddit account. These are just a few off the top of my head. Not sure if this is appropriate for this post (maybe you're trying to bring attention to posts which others may not have read, some in my list were/are very popular) but these stories are just amazing imo. I don't remember enough details from each to do a good job summarizing them (it's been years for the first two), but all these stories left lasting impressions on me and I would definitely read each one again.
Penpal was so good (I've read it like 3 or 4 times now) that is was published as a novel.
Just as an aside OP, he's also compiled the story into a real book that you can buy from Amazon here.
The book is called Penpal. The series starts here and has no title, but you should read the entire thing, then start over and read it all again as soon as possible.
There is a list of authors with Amazon pages on the NoSleep authors' non-nosleep pages.
If it needs to be updated, then just let /u/ALooc know.
Also, I was just looking at buying a bunch of these to support the nosleep community. I know the following authors have pages as well (links go to amazon, not their reddit profiles):
/u/bloodworthOOC
/u/1000Vultures
/u/theworldisgrim
/u/AsForClass
/u/The_Dalek_Emperor
Anybody wanna sign a copy for me? :)
It was turned into a book if anyone is interested.
I think 'Penpal' is a great book, and it's quite dark & scary. It was written for /r/NoSleep and became so popular that the guy decided to publish it.
Good luck with your chemotherapy!
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach is pretty perfect for you.
Penpal.
Not really a shit yourself scary book, but it's the kind of book that makes you go "WHAT?! HOLY HECK?! THAT'S MESSED UP!" I found it pretty scary though.
(It was also originally a r/nosleep series!)
Its available on Amazon, Paperback and ebook
You're welcome, funny how things work out sometimes. And actually, it is a published book! Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
http://www.amazon.com/Penpal-Dathan-Auerbach/dp/098554550X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1418248266&sr=8-5&keywords=pen+pals+book&pebp=1418248248997
Penpal. It's super creepy and was written by a redditor. I'm pretty sure it's in the Kindle store.
ETA: Here's a link.
For me it really reminded me of this (Great book btw, written by a guy from /r/nosleep)
Penpal was written by a Redditor based on some of his stories from /r/nosleep . It's good, check it out. I also recommend 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz.
I have the book. It's amazing. Buy it. It's on Amazon
Part 1 - "Footsteps"
Edit: And a link to the novel on Amazon.
Penpal - https://www.amazon.com/Penpal-Dathan-Auerbach/dp/098554550X
The Penpal series, that is still the best thing I've ever read there. I remember reading the whole series in one go, they actually talked him into trying to get it published, he succeeded, you can buy it on Amazon. Apparently the book is a little different but mainly the same.
1000Vultures from the /r/nosleep community published his short story series into a book titled "Penpal"
If you have the time sit down and give it a read. If you enjoy it, buy it and support the author.
Penpal got expanded into a novel now too!
Yup, getting the weird view here too.
Here's the link
He kept the same title for the book.
I just found/added this one to my list! Its a bunch of short stories that are actually going to become a MOVIE, and all from a /r/nosleep poster. So awesome!
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal
I need this book because it was written by a fellow redditor!
For a good creepy short novel, check out Penpal from /r/nosleep 's own Dathan Auerbach
/u/1000vultures self published this book of stories he had submitted to /r/nosleep and it seems to be doing very well.
Penpal.
It's midnight where I am now and I am exhausted. My husband gets up early in the morning to go to work and I have to be up to take my kid to school. I'm not a full vampire yet, so I still have a very human schedule I have to keep.
You would want Penpal
I've found two or three multi-part stories--the one about the dead cats and the one by 1000Vultures that got turned into an actual novel come to mind--I've really loved on NoSleep, all of which have been at least novella-length, and none of them recent. Unfortunately, many don't have quality with quantity (or even the word count quantity to justify their post quantity) and don't actually NEED to be broken up into multiple posts.
Penpal, written by a Redditor, also from /r/NoSleep.
Here is a more safe looking version.
http://www.amazon.com/Penpal-Dathan-Auerbach/dp/098554550X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345578038&sr=8-1&keywords=penpal
better link
Yes, I couldn't link on mobile earlier.
It starts off with Footsteps and each part then continues at the bottom of the page. Or if you want to read the authors book, you can purchase it off Amazon
If it isn't the story you were talking about, I'm going to need some more details on what you remember about the story so I can try to narrow it down a bit.
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach. It's a book about childhood memories and how sometimes adult hindsight provides context for things that were a whole lot scarier than kid-you thought they were.
It's not gory, it's not particularly violent through most of the book. But the story creates a constant, ever-increasing burden of dread. It draws you in and makes you keep reading, even as you know in your heart that it will end oh so poorly.
That depends. There's the notable example of the guy who wrote a series of bits for /r/nosleep and then adapted it into a novel.
If someone were to create a book of popular folklore, the selling point would be a few things: A) the stories would be edited/rewritten, supposedly to a better form than that email your aunt sent you B) the stories are selected. So it wouldn't be twelve of the same story with different details or some really crappy stories, etc., but stories selected for a specific reason. As far as financial viability goes, well, if a Twilight Bondage fanfic can become the best-selling novel of 2012, anything's possible.
Is it bad that I can't remember what the last thing I licked was o.O
Story that originated from r/nosleep, this is in the price range ^.^
Penpal. It reads like an online roleplay between two burgeoning highschool writers. That is to say there is a display of some technical prowess, but it falls far, far short of professional writing. There are plot holes everywhere, the author had no clue how to write for characters of different age groups, the ending is incredibly weak and unsatisfying, and - lord - some of these sentences are butchered as fuck. You cannot just pick up a thesaurus and replace any word with a "synonym".
And yet it has over four and a half stars.
There's a lot of good stuff in /r/nosleep, but that was one of the most popular ones - it's been expanded into a novel recently.
For more, I'd just check the top posts in that sub or /r/creepypasta.
Penpal
It's super creepy, and the author actually posted on /r/nosleep before he made this into a book. I'd recommend getting the book though, because it's a smoother read.
I'm in the same boat. I keep looking for scary books, but books just don't scary. That said, this one creeped me out quite a bit, and it's written by a redditor:
Penpal https://www.amazon.com/dp/098554550X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_RQH4wb4P6TPD1
Started off as that but turned into a full fledged book. Check it out, you won't regret it.
http://www.amazon.com/Penpal-Dathan-Auerbach/dp/098554550X
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Bad Seed
The Fifth Child
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
The Virgin Suicides
Sybil
The Bell Jar
Suicide Notes
Before I Go to Sleep
Penpal
The Road
A Clockwork Orange
I Am Legend
and Odd Thomas (not on my list because I have it, but seriously spectacular)
There used to be some great ones, but a lot of them were removed when the authors decided to get them published.
This was probably the best one I read on there, and it looks like the guy has done pretty well for himself
For those interested, you can buy the paperback on amazon or the e-book here and if you want to read the original series he posted on /r/nosleep, here's the first part.
Check out the whole series of stories by /u/1000Vultures starting here. It makes a lot more sense if you have read them all. He did go on and publish as well. You can purchase Penpals here and there has been talk of it being turned into a movie. :)