Dathan Auerbach's story "Penpal" was originally posted in a Reddit horror forum. Now it's become a novel and attracted interest from an Oscar-winning producer.

In 2012, Dathan Auerbach published a striking debut novel titled “Penpal.”Composed of linked stories that initially appeared on the Internet site Reddit, the completed novel was released under ...

That’s the scene that Dathan Auerbach set on on r/nosleep, a section of social news site Reddit dedicated to original scary stories, both fictitious and real. The subreddit, which was started in ...

Dathan Auerbach only wanted to scare a few people on Reddit. It was September 2011, and the Pensacola, Florida, native was checking out some user-posted stories on "NoSleep," a subreddit.

Dathan Auerbach’s pitch-black "Bad Man," a horror thriller that preys on familial fears, is a study of the lonely existence of a social outcast whose life turns on one tragic day in his childhood.

In 2012, Dathan Auerbach published a striking debut novel called “Penpal.” Comprised of linked stories that initially appeared on the internet site Reddit, the completed novel was released ...

The bleak psychological horror of Dathan Auerbach’s Bad Man sits at the opposite end of the spectrum from Cantero’s more playful, self-referential novel.

One of the most famous examples of this is Penpal, a novel by Dathan Auerbach that also began as a serialisation. After the story went viral on Reddit, Auerbach raised close to $16,000 via ...

In 2012, Dathan Auerbach published a striking debut novel called “Penpal.” Comprised of linked stories that initially appeared on the internet site Reddit, the completed novel was released ...

This week, Variety reported that Ryan Reynolds is working with 20th Century Fox and writer Jasper DeWitt to recreate a spooky story from the subreddit r/nosleep.

Dathan Auerbach’s pitch-black "Bad Man," a horror thriller that preys on familial fears, is a study of the lonely existence of a social outcast whose life turns on one tragic day in his childhood.