Penpal is a 2012 self-published horror/thriller creepypasta novel and the debut novel of the American author Dathan Auerbach. The work was first published in paperback on July 11, 2012 through 1000Vultures and is based on a series of popular creepypasta stories that Auerbach posted to Reddit. The stories were adapted for The NoSleep Podcast's debut season in 2011 and narrated by Sammy Raynor.The book follows the narrator as he finds himself the focus of an obsessed stalker who tracks him throughout his childhood. Film rights to Penpal were optioned by producer Rich Middlemas in 2012.
Goodreads recommended this to me. Goodreads isn't very good at recommending things.
My relationship with horror writing is kind of marginal. I liked House of Leaves, China Mieville. Stuff with a little expansion to it.
This isn't it. The writing is not bad, it's just... mundane and cruel and depressing.
