Instead of Dathan kicking the float which startles a rat that scares Josh, Josh is scared when a group of spiders who've made their home on the float begin crawling on him. The part where Dathan and Josh find the pool float while looking for Boxes plays out differently.Dathan's friend Chris (the one whose house he stays at on the night of his ill-fated trip to the movies to see Veronica) is given a bit of backstory.A lot of it is just lengthening of parts already in the story, but some information is added and/or changed, too. Adaptation Expansion: The book adds some information on to the original version.While we never see him in face to judge him as unattractive until the end at least his obsessive personality surely makes him monstrous. Abhorrent Admirer: The stalker towards Dathan.Both times, he leaves a note allegedly from the victim claiming that they're running away. The second is when he takes Josh and holds him captive for years, with a strong implication that he spends the time molesting him, and then has the two of them buried alive. The first time is when he kidnaps Dathan while he's asleep and brings him out into the woods. Abduction Is Love: The stalker evidently believes this, because it happens twice in the story.

You can listen to an online dramatic reading here, by Mr. The original Creepypasta can be found here. The book is divided into six chapters, Footsteps, Balloons, Boxes, Maps, Screens, and Friends. Also, make sure to bring a box of tissues. Ever played in the woods a little too long after dark? Ever had the feeling that you were being watched, and by someone with less than noble intentions? Do you remember the first friend you ever made and how strong that bond was? Well, then Pen Pal has something for you, and it is a journey you won't soon forget. Beginning from his early days in kindergarten and persisting well into his teen years, he discovers that these incidents are actually connected as a single frightening tale that have molded his entire life and affected everyone around him. The story of Pen Pal is a young man, in an attempt to understand his childhood, investigates seemingly unrelated, strange, horrifying, and soul-crushingly tragic events that occurred over the course of his life.

Then it was revised and expanded to be turned into a full length book. It quickly drew popularity from its readers and soon there were illustrations, audio recordings, and short films made of it. How much do you remember about your childhood? Pen Pal started as a series of short stories by Dathan Auerbach about the childhood of one young man (unnamed in the stories, called 'Dathan' out-of-universe) that were posted as an online horror story on Reddit.

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