Template:FeaturedAuthor/December 2016

Hello, my name is Travis Kuhlman but many of you probably know me as Emp/Empy. I was an administrator on this fine website for almost two years. I started writing at a young age, but really got into it during my time in the Peace Corps. I stumbled across Creepypastas while looking for stories to share with the kids in my community after telling all the myths and urban legends I knew. I have been known to submit stories on this website (currently I have over sixty stories here), help improve the quality of existing stories on the site by correcting errors, and help writers out in the writer’s workshop.

I like to tell horror stories with an empathetic quality to them. I think getting the audience to relate to the character in some way builds their connection and drives home the terror of their situation. I typically write on themes and topics that scare me in some way since I believe that it is hard to effectively tell a story if you aren’t able to see the inherent horror in that situation. I hope you all take some time to read and review my stories.

Selected Stories:

1: Tryps is a series of stories focusing on a mysterious deteriorating disease begins to infect the world while a man struggles to come to terms with his life and survive.

2: The Creeping Horror tells the tale of a boy who decides to call on the Creeping Horror with his friend and the unintended repercussions of that action.

3: Don't Know You from Adam explores the life of Olivia as she tries to come to terms with having prosopagnosia (face blindness) and receiving unwanted advances from an obsessed stalker.

Other Projects: One of my novels, A Good Ending has recently been e-published on Kindle and I am looking for reviews. If you’ve read the story or would like to, I would be appreciative if you could check it out and let me know what you liked about it and areas where I could improve. Thanks and happy holidays.