August 2nd, 2009

Creepypasta

I’ve got a hobby that I’m admittedly a little embarrassed by, if you’ll let me be frank! It’s mostly been co-opted by young teenagers and amateurs that think they’re the next David Lynch or Cronenberg, though. The fine art of just writing something you think is scary and hoping it makes some gullible kid out there sleep with one eye open. I’ve penned a couple, but none of them have really got past the “conceptual-and-a-half-first-draft” stage. I haven’t really been in the mood to actually develop these, though. It’s just one of those things where you really, really want to, but time and circumstance just doesn’t allow it.

If anybody wants to use these ideas, because God forbid I’m not going to, go right on ahead. These have already passed the statute of limitations for me. How my brain works is if I’ve held onto an idea for TOO long, it goes rotten and I don’t really want to develop it. So, feel free!

Creature that feeds on what humans forget about their own flesh and blood bodies (ie, if you don’t consciously think about every organ or nerve in your body, the things that slip through the cracks get erased)

Phenomena that happens to kids where in their dreams, they experience the repeated deaths of their past lives. They’re not taken seriously, because kids historically have overactive imaginations

Illness that makes you meld physically and mentally to the one thing you cherish most (ie. you find yourself melting to your computer after hours of writing or whatever)

Computer glitch that communicates with you by digitally manipulating pictures of yourself, Frankensteining them together

Some of these are admittedly a teeny bit silly... Eh, whatever! Nobody'll care, anywhoo.