I'm using "internet horror" as an umbrella term for any horror fiction that presents itself as, or is about, something "found on the internet." This can be anything from a story formatted as a blog post about something terrifying that happened to the author, to cursed image stories like Smile Dog.

I'll start:

Ted the Caver: Originally posted as an Angelfire site that has since unfortunately been taken down. Chronicles the journey of a caver who gradually discovers that the cave he's exploring has something living in it.

The Story of TRAINING.bsp: A blog reminiscing about the author's days exploring strange custom Half-Life maps with his clan. One of these maps takes a sinister turn.

The Dionaea House: A series of emails and text messages about a strange house. Or rather, a strange thing pretending to be a house.

  • mutantIke [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    two of my favorite horror novels, John Dies at the End and House of Leaves (which Dionaea was largely inspired by), were both originally published as blog posts

    • mutantIke [they/them]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      also just wanna say that i just read training.bsp and that is possibly one of the only good creepypastas