User:Noctevoire

I prefer to go by pretentious, made-up words like Noctevoire, but you can call me Ronan if you really want to. My creepypastas concern the folly of mankind as a whole, usually through science experiments gone wrong, and rarely the supernatural.

As a huge horror movie fan, I use filmography as a major inspiration for my work, with my favorites being The Thing (1982) and 28 Days Later (2002). I admire works that deal with nihilist philosophy, especially concerning the dismal state of the human species. I also enjoy dystopian fiction, specifically the stories of the Strugatsky brothers and George Orwell.

I’ve dealt with depression and crippling anxiety my whole life. There have been countless days where I couldn’t even bring myself out of bed to face the world outside. I turned to writing stories as an outlet for the pain, and fortunately, it worked. In every pasta I write, you can find a little bit of me inside, whether it be in a character contemplating the shadows that surround them, or lurking within the darkness itself.

Though my outlook on life may be pretty bleak, I make the best of what I have. In fact, I consider it a sort of enlightenment. It’s helped me realize what has been proven time and time again for me: Life is finite, predetermined, unpredictable, and incomprehensible. And that’s the most terrifying idea of all.

You can check out some of my stories on r/nosleep, but I'll be posting all of them on here. My username is TF2Milquetoast.

If you want, you can check out my category for the stories I've written exclusively for the wiki.

Otherwise, here's the complete list:

The Riverdale Run
A gang challenges a teen to a simple initiation ritual: Drive down Riverdale Road, at midnight, and come back alive.

Driven Insane
A series of stories surrounding an Isuzu I-Mark that works its way deep into the recesses of the mind.

Red Tag
An innocent bet between two gearheads turns into a terrifying race to escape the clutches of madness."'I tried to drive away as fast as I could, but the amalgamation that my car had become was keeping up the pace with ease. It wasn’t even walking or rolling; it was just levitating across the road. I was helpless, and within seconds it had caught up. It opened my door and sat calmly in the driver’s seat, staring ahead. Without moving its deformed head, it whispered to me, almost as if into my own ear:""“'Let’s go for a ride, Jake. '”"

Nightmare Fuel
A man details the events leading up to his neighbor's death following his purchase of an Isuzu."...it went from a billion miles per hour to zero. No braking, no nothing. It just… froze, as if time had stopped. I just stared at it for what seemed like an eternity. And then, when I was about to move again, the hood popped open.""“'There was no engine, Mike. It was just a mass of writhing, fleshy appendages, melted around a gleaming metal core."

The Dead Lot
Coming soon

Come In, We're Open
A series of sick and twisted stories from a sick and twisted mind, revolving around a bizarre convenience store.

Come In, We're Open
A woman enters a strange general store with a disturbing selection of products."'As I rounded the corner, I was startled by another woman who was just exiting the aisle. She quickly shuffled past me, but I was able to grab a brief glance at her face. Her hair was grey and messy, with its ends cut to uneven levels. Her cheeks looked old and sunken, and her skin was deathly pale. But her eyes were what caught my gaze.""'They were young, blue and glistening, but wide open, in a state of permanent shock.""'Yet her gaze was hollow, hollow like the bell on the door.'"

Cleanup in Aisle II
Coming soon

Closing Time
Coming soon

EROS LOGS
A series of tales from a series of MKULTRA experiments disclosed from the disused Eros laboratory, whose primary goal was to research the alteration of the human subconscious.

Project REBREATHER
feel

Project EMBER ECHO
remember

Project GLASS MERIDIAN
pleasure

Project NEMO
connect

Hard Reset
A collection of notes from a man explaining the sudden disappearance of an entire island resort.

Entry #1: THE BLINK
"'Whatever you do, please, just listen. All that's important is that I keep typing; relaying as much information as possible. If this happens to you in any point in the future, it's absolutely essential that you know what I'm about to say. Because then you may be able to stop it.""'19 minutes and 50 second left. Let's make the time count.'"

Entry #2: THE POWER
"'I remember coming to in front of this laptop, totally confused and disoriented, making whatever sound I could to let the world know I was there. From what little details I can recall, I just felt… alone. Without knowing it, or knowing anything, the concept of isolation… got to me. Mere existence was not enough - I needed to know I existed.""'It’s a comfort we all take for granted, I guess.'"

Entry #3: SOMETHING MISSING
"'Now, seeing the purposeful radiance coming from inside this huge structure… It’s almost as if I’m able to ignore the conditions out here, and bathe in this sweeping, shimmering glow.""'I feel warm and cozy inside, almost as if I’m still at… home.""'Home.""'Why am I remembering this now? Why, all of a sudden, do I have a perfect image of what home is? This entire time, I don’t think I’ve ever considered the concept of having a home. I never even once thought that I came here from somewhere. ""'That warmth, that soothing glow… It feels… What is this feeling?""'It feels… familiar.'"

The End
An anthology for the apocalypse.11 stories set in the future during the end of the world.

The Last Rain Dance
It has been 16 years since the last time it rained. The water evaporates, but never comes back down. A perpetual storm rages overhead, threatening to cascade its acidic contents at any moment. Two young boys embark on a quest to find what happened to the rain.

Star Bright
The captain of the final space ark from Earth, after watching his family evacuate on the previous, comes under onslaught from humans who have gone insane from the ever-growing heat of the collapsing Sun.

The Malthus Chain
Despite food supplies running low and conditions becoming worse, mankind continues to populate the Earth, to horrific effects.

Our Plague
The first extraterrestrial life comes into contact with man - a deadly pathogen that disintegrates the body over the course of mere hours.

The World Inversion
A small comet knocks the moon out of orbit, pulling earth's poles in opposite directions and causing cataclysmic geological disasters.

Cloudburst
After an AI gains sentience, the last of humanity strives to survive among swarms of all-consuming nanobots.

Gridlock
Star 09083 reaches supernova status only light-years away, and gamma radiation begins to bombard the surface of the planet.

Winter
In the aftermath of a total nuclear war, a family tries desperately to maintain order.

The Clockwork Fire
After 26 million years, the dwarf star Nemesis once again sends an asteroid to Earth, and all the population can do is wait for impact.

Ashes to Ashes
A rogue solar flare destroys all satellites, leaving mankind in chaos.

The Lying Bow
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere, the polar ice caps melt rapidly, creating another great flood.

The House of White Noise
'A woman moves into her childhood home with her husband after the death of her mother. 'My third-place entry for ClericofMadness' Summer Solstice contest."'Silence is subjective.""'It’s amazing how our upbringings can distort our perception of silence. They determine the volume that lulls us into a false sense of isolation. If you grew up in a big city, you’ll have fallen asleep to a backdrop of distant cars and pedestrians, thinking it’s quiet. You’ll be so accustomed to the ambience that you won’t even notice the honks and shouts coming from the streets. It’ll all blend into the white noise of the night.""'Likewise, if you were raised in the countryside, you’ll have blotted out the subtle chirps of the crickets and the howls of the wolves in the distance, drifting off amongst the insects in apparent bliss.""'We need this isolation to fall asleep at night, because when we feel isolated, we can let our minds roam free, able to create whatever we want within the confines of our own subconscious.""'My mother taught me that fact, and I never forgot it. In past years, I’d have tried to experiment with it wherever I went. I’d listen for the subtle sounds of the environment, realizing that she was right.""'Now, though, I find myself looking back and wishing I’d listened to her more.'"

Tranquility's Bounty
A trio of friends embarks on a dangerous journey across the moonlit landscape of their own disturbed psyches. My entry for HumboldtLycanthrope's Werewolf contest, which won third place."“'For fuck’s sake, dude, don’t you know this is exactly like what happened to--' Donnie’s sentence was cut off as his girlfriend punched him in the side.""“'Don’t you say it. Don’t you dare say that name, Donnie,' she hissed.""“'Right. Right.' He cleared his throat. 'Let’s just get going. Please. I don’t want to stay here any longer.'""“'I’m scared,' Ida stuttered.""“'It’s okay, hon,' Donnie whispered, with his own sense of trepidation. 'I’ll be with you every step of the way.' He put his arm around her and she smiled.""'As Cecil turned his flashlight towards the winding road, the trio headed off into the night.'"

Vesper Service
A young boy describes a confusing series of events that occur to him and his brother."'Mom and Dad say I’m special.""'They say I’m not like the other kids. I have a mark on my hand in the shape of a circle, and every night they hold the mark up to my face and tell me that it is what makes me unique.""'They take my brother and me to the park every day to watch them play on the playground. I see them laughing as they swing on the metal bars and climb up the ladders. I imagine what it would be like to experience that. I tell Dad I want to join the others, but he tells me that I can’t.""'Dad says I have a greater purpose.'"

Agent Indigo
A collection of logs from an abandoned Vietnamese war outpost detail an attempt to create a bioweapon to combat the Agent Orange herbicide."'We plan to remain indoors for the majority of the chemical tests, so as to prevent any excess agent from leaking into the base. Our sustainable food crop cannot be moved, unfortunately, and we hope to send one volunteer each day to collect enough for the staff and soldiers. We simply cannot afford another casualty. Last we checked, the plot is herbicide-free, so we have relatively high spirits as we enter into the month-long tests of our new chemical, which we have decided to call Agent Indigo, as a protest to the 'Rainbow Herbicides' employed by the American army.'"

The Zebra
A man recalls an experience with his teacher in the fifth grade."'I clearly remember that one March afternoon, when Miss Valerie showed us a video, simply entitled, 'The Zebra'. She inserted the tape into the VCR and told us that we should pay attention, because the message was very important. She dimmed the lights and flipped on the TV. I wasn’t awake for most of it, but what I did see was a bit confusing.""'It started with a cartoon scene of Africa, with no title sequence or anything. A poorly-drawn zebra moved into view, coming across a pack of lions, encircling an antelope. That’s all I saw before I rolled my eyes, leaned back in my chair, and fell asleep.'"

32
An archived blog from a school website details the last conversations held by a school computer class."'Jzaphoro20- wait ursula u said there was someone named yates""'Ughia02- Yes, for some reason I looked up whether someone with that name worked here…""'Ughia02- Wait, is it because of another person from this blog?""'Jzaphoro20- guys, look there are 3 people in this blog who weve never heard of: yates, peter farley, and louis ray""'Jzaphoro20- this is really strange, cant be a coincidence""'Ughia02- Yates’ last message and Peter Farley’s last message both consist of frantic typing, acting like they were in some sort of life-threatening situation.""'Jzaphoro20- from what it says, i definetely knew peter and louis well""'Merskine66- but if we interacted with them that means that they were real'"

Hangnail
A monster details its leap year ritual and its fascination with fingernails."'I walk out of the basement, becoming briefly blinded by the harsh lights of the bulbs. But not for long. Before the man and woman have a chance to react, I am upon them.""'I do as Mama always tells me. I take the dirty rag, pour the special juice onto it, and hold it in front of their noses. They fall to the floor. She smiles at me.""'We pick up the man and woman and bring them into the basement. My time on the surface is done, for now.'"

Destiny
'A broken man embarks on a quest to follow in his father's footsteps and confront his own mortality. 'My first entry for the Fifth Annual Collab."'The shape emerged from the darkness. Dana staggered back as tears began to form in his eyes from the smell.""'It was a corpse; there was no other way of putting it. It appeared to be a girl in her late teens, but there wasn’t much left of her. The pale, flaked skin left the bones of her limbs exposed, with very little in the way of muscle to be moving them. Thought her head had retained most of its covering tissue, it had become sunken and rotten, devoid of lips and nose, like a wax figure left out in the sun for too long.""'But what caught Dana’s gaze was her hair. It appeared to be grey, but as she moved in the faint yellow light, the ends of the strands glistened and glowed, as if some color should have been there, but had been sucked away by the passage of time.""''I’m the Gatekeeper. Now, please, tell me who you are and why you’re here, so we can get this whole shebang over with.'”"

Rogue
'A wealthy playboy sets out to defy Chaos itself. 'My second entry for the Fifth Annual Collab."'On the outside, for the most part, it appeared just as he remembered it-- a large, two-story brick structure, with no external markings save for the squat neon sign on the door that blinked, BOATE. Nightclub.""'Taking one final smoke of his Sobranie, he plucked it from his lips with his ungloved hand and flicked it to the ground. He hoisted the bag over his shoulder, about to begin the short hike to the doors, but then stopped as his view fell upon the shriveled butt, still smoldering despite the chilly air.""'The dying embers briefly transfixed his gaze. He watched, mesmerized, as they steadily crumbled away into the arid soil.""'It was a sight Ezra had seen many times before, and ignored. Here, though, for some reason, the sight of the end being left to wither away made him deeply uncomfortable, and for once, he felt a pang of guilt at refusing to dirty the toes of his two-hundred-dollar Tafts.""'Raising his head, he snapped back to reality. He lifted his sunglasses to his forehead, strode straight forward, and forced open the ancient doors.'"

The Kill Order
A Korean War veteran relives the first and most horrifying day of his deployment. Originally my first entry for the Fourth Annual Collab."'As we struggled to lift our wounded friend, Tae simply stood there. I shot him several pleading glances to get him to help, but he was too absorbed in his fear.""'Then Sergeant Ji did something I would never forget.""'He walked up to our group and pulled Seok-Ho aside, handing him his T-38.""'And he told him to shoot Hyun-Wook.'"

r/nosleep stories
A collection of stories first posted to the nosleep subreddit.

The Psychology of Conspiracy, or The Conspiracy of Psychology
A woman finds herself in the center of a baffling government conspiracy."'...that fax machine still whirred endlessly, displaying that one message:""'transmission in progress'""'It made me even more uncomfortable, somehow. I just couldn’t place my finger on exactly why, though.""'I bullshitted my way through the interview, pretending to concentrate. As soon as the cops had gone, I made sure nobody was watching and dashed inside the security room.""'There was no fucking way I was turning back now.""'I was going to be next.'"

If You Live Near Shiloh, Alabama, Don't Let Your Power Go Out
A man trapped inside his house during Hurricane Irma realizes that he isn't alone."'Then I heard the creaking.""'It came from somewhere behind me, probably from the stairs. My heart raced. I heard about how people go crazy and start looting places in a disaster. The last thing I wanted was someone stealing my things while I was down there. Against my better judgment, I called out into the pitch blackness.""“'Hello?'”"

My Sister Got Stuck in a Gap in Our House's Foundation
A young girl and her sister stumble upon a hole with disturbing noises coming from within."Wow. Amazing. An old house has a big hole in it.' She clutched my wrist. 'Now, come on. It's gonna start raining any second now.' ""'Suddenly, a scraping noise rang out from the darkness. We looked at each other, clearly confused."" 'Probably some of the floorboards falling in,' she said. 'Or an animal or something trapped down there.'""'And then we heard, just barely over the rushing of the wind, a very distinctive, very human sound.""That's... crying,' I whispered. 'Someone's crying down there.''"

Death of a Starman
A user insists he saw something during SpaceX's stream of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in space."'After the 4:13:11 mark, the shot continued with the Roadster slowly rotating away from the sun’s light. It was the same scene for about ten or so minutes. But then, at about 4:23, the tedium was broken.""'If you looked closely in the other shots, you’ll have seen the miniature Hot Wheels car just under the windshield, complete with a little Starman to keep it company. A cute gag, an example of Musk’s childlike sense of humor.""'But then the little figurine started blinking with a tiny yellow light. It looked like there was an LED planted inside its head. This continued for about two minutes, with no apparent effect.""'After a period of nothing happening, the blinking abruptly stopped.""'Then Starman twitched his left arm.""'I blinked in disbelief, thinking I had hallucinated.""'The screen, which had previously displayed ' DON’T PANIC!' flashed briefly. The pixels distorted and switched between colors, before it shut off completely. About thirty seconds later, it came back on.""'It now read:"" WAKE UP."

I Bought My Son a Bucket of Slime for Christmas, and Now I Need Some Questions Answered
A father buys his son a bucket of slime with some strange properties."“'Dad? I feel weird.' ""'I looked up. Brandon was dangling his hands about a foot over the bucket, watching as the white goo dripped back into its container.""' What do you mean, ‘weird? I asked. 'Do I need to call Poison Contr--' ''""'I froze.""'As the slime oozed back into position, it should have left Brandon’s fingers exposed. Dribbling away, the knuckles came into view. But that was all that was there---knuckles. More and more of them, stretching down into the bucket, like someone had used a Photoshop tool to copy and paste the same section of finger over and over.'"

For the wiki
Yn Terce Vannin- A rebellious youth moves to the Isle of Man for more freedom, but is put off by the strange behavior of its residents surrounding the ancient Manx ruins.

Hutuknga- Don't trust your senses. If you start seeing the flicker, you're already lost.

The Refracted- Watch the eyes. You never know whose corpse you could be talking to.

Flesh and Ivory- Legends speak of a mass grave that draws elephants to die. But the tales only run marrow-deep.

Perpetual Sunshine- A woman recalls her late grandmother's decline after ingesting a curative known as Radithor.

Ne+ULTRA- A group of kids decides to investigate into their town's history when they find plans to an MKOFTEN project called the Nerve Hammer.

Winchester Syndrome- A teenager begins constructing a bizarre series of structures in his backyard.

When All Blood is Spilt- An Iraq war veteran retells his final weeks of deployment, stranded at an abandoned oil drilling facility.

Dracula Drive- A film crew ventures to Dracula Drive to investigate rumors of "melonheads"-- a clan of deformed inbreds connected to an abandoned asylum.

Lost in Reverie- A new technology allows people to walk among their memories.

Taps- A couple purchases a maple sap farm with whispers in the trees.

The Living Infinite- An analysis into the strange occurrences of Point Nemo, the furthest point in the ocean from all land.

The Vulture's Circle- A scavenger hunt app has players searching for intangible objects.

Follow the Trail Trees- Never stray too far from the path. A tourist group begins to lose their bearings and minds when they veer off while exploring a Native American reservation.

Earth Movers- Be wary as you tread upon the soil- you never know what may be watching from below.

Tunnel Rat- During the war, Vietnamese soldiers constructed labyrinths of tunnels connected to their outposts designed to trap American soldiers. These tunnels still go unused today- and not all of them are empty.

The God Cipher- Nothing is random; there's a pattern to everything. But is humanity prepared when they try to decipher the code contained in life itself?

Geiger- Three strangers hide from an unknown force that can only be detected by the tick of a nearby Geiger counter.

One-Off Stories:
Never go to sleep on an empty conscience.

The best way to a man's heart is through his exposed ribcage.

When will the laughing stop?

I'm totally blind, but my third eye sees just fine.

To whomever stole my identity: Keep it.

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Isolation: Season 1- A new reality competition show puts two teams of two people alone in the wilderness. One has to find the other before the end of the month. However, when one contestant begins speaking of distressing sounds he hears in the forest, the show becomes the documentation of his disappearance.

Enter the Fractal (October-November 1995)- A kids' game show inspired by Legends of the Hidden Temple quickly devolves into a race to survive.

....

Multi-Part Epics:
Moonbird- Inspired by the infamous SAW franchise. A homeless man recounts how he and seven others endured a series of sick and twisted physical tests devised by the mysterious Moonbird killer - where losing meant worse than death.

Ancora- On a spaceship evacuating the remaining population of Earth to an outpost called 'Homestead,' one passenger begins receiving cryptic messages warning her that their destination is not as it seems.

The Hyperlock Houses- In 1987, the public had only just gained access to commercial Internet. Seeing it as merely a fad, a Canadian company began developing its own means of telecommunication. What resulted was Hyperlock - an entirely new means of transmitting information. To demonstrate its abilities, they established a small model community, providing free living to residents with one exception - use Hyperlock whenever possible, and report feedback weekly. However, only one month after setup, the community was abruptly vacated, and the company promptly shut down operations, taking Hyperlock with it. The residents of the Hyperlock Houses were left in the hands of the authorities, and soon, they too disappeared. However, their stories live on through the feedback reports, recovered by officials from the abandoned offices of the Hyperlock team.

The C Train to Times Square Was an Hour Late

With My Last Breath- A group of kids discover a tree carving with each of their last words on it.

The Azorian Conference- In 1968, four separate submarines--INS Dakar, U.S.S. Scorpion, K-129, and Minerve--disappeared into the depths of the Pacific within a span of half a year. The cause of the sinkings was never discovered. However, in 1974, a conference between nations was held in an undisclosed location to discuss evidence discreetly removed from the wreckage sites. The disturbing accounts were deliberately kept from the public- until now.

Alethe- Your senses will betray you. The Artifact has existed for as long as mankind can remember. It houses a dimension of perception - step inside, and your subconscious becomes reality. Few have ventured in; none have returned. However, when a signal is broadcast from within, a team of scientists advance into the endless expanse to find out its true purpose.

Ambergris- The sands hunger. Ambergris Caye is an isle off the coast of Belize where civilization is only just beginning to take hold. As reports of missing vacationers appear, a team of investigators ventures into the jungle to find answers.

There's a dead-end road near my neighborhood where lights can never leave

Trashland- No matter where we travel, we all end up in Trashland. A sanitation worker comes across a group of children who have created a society inside a massive landfill.

Juneau- A sheriff of a remote Alaskan town begins an investigation on a series of missing persons reports.

Other Projects
...some screenplays:
 * The Binding- Inspired by what I think Hereditary could have been. A family slowly self-destructs once it realizes it has set in motion an ancient ritual.
 * Project Lucid- What's to believe on the big screen anymore? A found-footage film that becomes increasingly real the more layers are unraveled.

...and eventually two full-length novels:
 * The Obituary of Curtis Roe- The past will repeat itself until it is heard. A girl returns to her childhood town after receiving a message from her best friend who has been missing for fourteen years.


 * help.- True insanity is self-aware. A man who has been forcefully admitted to a psychiatric ward begins to question the reason for him being held there.

My Favorite Pastas
These are, in my opinion, the top-tier of creepypastas. I highly recommend reading these.

Roses Don't Belong on a Ford Mustang

The Black Square

Burgrr Inc.

Psychosis

Fuck Oranges

Heavy Rain

Penpal

Borrasca

Room Zero

The Russian Sleep Experiment

The Arkansas Sleep Experiments

I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell

I've been trying to leave my bathroom for the past 30 minutes.

I watched video footage of a camping trip that my friends never actually went on.

Notes to the girl whose house I live in

My Son Brought Something Home From The Woods

most amazing weight loss treatment EVER!!!

My friend recently committed suicide and I found these chat logs with a bot on his computer

NoEnd House

Candle Cove

What is water made out of?

An unmarked building in Colorado is using as much electricity as a small city

The same hitchhiker was waiting at every stop for the last 100 miles

The 32

My dad was a safety officer at Chernobyl during the meltdown.

My son won't take off his Halloween costume

The First Thing to Die was the Class Goldfish

The Carayas Worm

Lost and Found

Suicide by Search Engine

I Used to Work Night Security At A Zoo.

In the Assassin's Orphanage

You saw this too late

Crawl

Ted the Caver

Has anyone ever heard of the Left/Right Game?

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I usually listen to atmospheric retro-synth music when I'm writing, and I've made a playlist here of what I use to really get me in the writing mood: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_Qj_GCRBBHz9nvntQos58hzHbKA64up&disable_polymer=true

As you can see from that, I'm also a big horror movie fan. Here are my favorites; if you haven't seen these, I highly recommend you do:
 * The Thing (1982)
 * 28 Days Later (2002)
 * It Follows (2014)
 * Alien (1979)
 * The Fly (1986)
 * Psycho (1960)
 * [REC] (2007)
 * The Endless (2017)
 * The Conjuring (2013)
 * The Descent (2005)
 * Get Out (2017)
 * 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
 * Us (2019)
 * Hereditary (2018)
 * Rear Window (1954)
 * Scream (1996)