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

Happy Birthday, indeed. Wherever he is, maybe he's heard of us. (Joking, maybe not. Who knows.)

I actually nominate "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" as the main influence of Creepypasta, or perhaps Edgar Allen Poe or Lovecraft. I know these three inspired a lot of us to start writing.