User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/Happy 101st Birthday William Burroughs/@comment-27007772-20150206015042/@comment-27007772-20150206024730

I wasn't comparing them at quality nor professionalism. I'm simply stating little 7 year olds all around the world read the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books, and got intrigued even more so in horror. And thus goes the chain reaction, and eventually ending up here, at the wiki.

My favorite Poe story? Most likely The Pit and the Pendulum. I adore the chaotic writing style he uses, and how instead of being told through the character, it's told through his head. Every single thought is something you are told.

That's a major influence to Creepypasta. One of the absolute greatest, Psychosis, uses this same exact writing format, with the formal yet wild characteristics.