The Comforting Insanity of Creepypasta

How an online repository of horror fiction feels more real than ever in a post-Trump world

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There’s something particularly — some might say obviously — horrific about the boogeymen of the real world. Everything they do, no matter how corrupt, vile, or sadistic, occurs within a realm of possibility, and no amount of reassurance changes…