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Slender Man Is Coming
Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet
Trevor J. Blank,Lynne S. McNeill
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Slender Man Is Coming
Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet
Trevor J. Blank,Lynne S. McNeill
About This Book
The essays in this volume explore the menacing figure of Slender Manâthe blank-faced, long-limbed bogeyman born of a 2009 Photoshop contest who has appeared in countless horror stories circulated on- and offline among children and young people. Slender Man is arguably the best-known example in circulation of "creepypasta, " a genre derived from "copypasta, " which in turn derived from the phrase "copy/paste."As narrative texts are copied across online forums, they undergo modification, annotation, and reinterpretation by new posters in a folkloric process of repetition and variation. Though by definition legends deal largely with belief and possibility, the crowdsourced mythos behind creepypasta and Slender Man suggests a distinct awareness of fabrication. Slender Man is therefore a new kind of creation: one intentionally created as a fiction but with the look and feel of legend. Slender Man Is Coming offers an unprecedented folkloristic take on Slender Man, analyzing him within the framework of contemporary legend studies, "creepypastas, " folk belief, and children's culture. This first folkloric examination of the phenomenon of Slender Man is a must-read for anyone interested in folklore, horror, urban legends, new media, or digital cultures. Contributors: Timothy H. Evans, Andrea Kitta, Mikel J. Koven, Paul Manning, Andrew Peck, Jeffrey A. Tolbert, Elizabeth Tucker
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fear Has No Face: Creepypasta as Digital Legendry
- 1 âThe Sort of Story That Has You Covering Your Mirrorsâ: The Case of Slender Man
- 2 The Cowl of Cthulhu: Ostensive Practice in the Digital Age
- 3 âWhat Happens When the Pictures Are No Longer Photoshops?â Slender Man, Belief, and the Unacknowledged Common Experience
- 4 âDark and Wicked Thingsâ: Slender Man, the Folkloresque, and the Implications of Belief
- 5 The Emperorâs New Lore; or, Who Believes in the Big Bad Slender Man?
- 6 Slender Man, H. P. Lovecraft, and the Dynamics of Horror Cultures
- 7 Slender Man Is Coming to Get Your Little Brother or Sister: Teenagersâ Pranks Posted on YouTube
- 8 Monstrous Media and Media Monsters: From Cottingley to Waukesha
- Notes on the Authors
- Index