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My first pasta The Follower: Paul's Story and the 2 sequels were inspired by japanese horror in general. I was binging on it for a while.

Jason Loved to Read was inspired by a manga by Junji Ito called 'Library of Illusions'. In the manga a guy is trying to memorize every book in his deceased parents' library. In my pasta, the guy can't even finish one book, but he sure tries.

Empty House is based on a true event where I went with some friends to a new house that no one had moved into yet. The pasta veers away from truth somewhere in the middle.

I'm not sure what inspired Arms. People say it reminds them of both Monkey D. Luffy and Slenderman. To me it's more like Inspector Gadget gone terribly wrong.

I'm also not sure what inspired Little Carver, but it's a Halloween pasta and I wrote it near Halloween so I guess I was just feeling the season. I was also on an overnight babysitting job at the time, so maybe I was inspired by the innocence of children.

Then we come to NO RIGHT TURN ON RED which was inpsired by film titles like 'Wrong Turn' and 'One Missed Call'. I like the semi-cheesy idea of using an everyday message or street sign as a jump-off for horror.

Memento Mori is a true story that I wrote because I figured it was kind of creepy, but also so I could immortalize the experience and how it affected my childhood.

Dying Happy was inspired mostly by the game 'Tomodachi Life'. I created a creepy character and made him sing a song about suicide. Then I had the idea to record the video with my webcam which I knew would look awful, but I figured it would make the video creepy. Then I thought, "What if people watched this and then killed themselves?" I started thinking about the film 'Suicide Club' and how subliminal messages causing suicides would be a great topic for a creepypasta. That's not exactly what Dying Happy is about, but it's in the ball park.

Spiderland was initially inspired by lyrics in the song 'Carol' by Slint, but their second album (which doesn't contain that song) is what guided me the rest of the way. I also kept 'The Twilight Zone' in mind while writing.

Peggy Has a Problem is a micropasta inspired by my mom's friends and also Tomodachi Life. You see, my mom has too many friends named Peggy. She'll talk about one of them and I have to ask, "Peggy who?" So in Tomodachi Life, I made a character named "Peggy Who?". One main thing that happens in the game is that people have problems that need to be solved. Whenever Peggy had a problem I would think how "Peggy Has a Problem" would be a great name for a story. I finally figured out what her problem would be and then I wrote it.

TL;DR: All kinds of random stuff. Maybe Inspector Gadget.