Dinara Tengri

Earlier this month, I reviewed a book of scary stories on the Internet, called Creepypasta: Spökhistorier från Internet . I thought it was a great book, and I didn't hesitate to contact the author, Jack Werner, and ask him a few questions about the book. So without further ado, here's Jack Werner, award-winning journalist, podcaster and author. Tell us more about yourself. I’m a 27-year-old uneducated but curious boardgames-and-beer lover who lives in an apartment on Reimersholme in Stockholm with my girlfriend. At the age of 22, I wrote a series of blog entries on the topic of ”The greatest mysteries of the internet” (which you can read in Swedish  here ), and thanks to the massive response I promptly discovered that not many other people in Sweden wrote about the internet in quite the same way. Since then, I’ve started the fact-checking effort Viralgranskaren (the Viral Reviewer in English) that was awarded the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism, written...

Full title: Creepypasta: Spökhistorier från Internet Author: Jack Werner Published in: 2014 Publisher: Ordfront Galago Language: Swedish Warning: do not read this book after dark, when everyone else is sound asleep and you're left alone with the the power of your own imagination. Some of the creepypastas that the author of this book has featured here are very spooky, Some of the stories I enjoyed the most are Anasi's Goatman Story , Candle Cove , Abandoned by Disney and Dead Bart . The title can be literally translated as Creepypasta: Ghost stories from the Internet . The book is in Swedish and unfortunately there is no English edition. That's the only negative thing I have to say about the book. It really is a unique book . I haven't read anything like it. Swedish journalist Jack Werner has selected some of the most popular creepypastas that have been floating around on forums such as 4chan and Reddit, and has given us his ow...