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ᓚᘏᗢ- Ummm well how can i say that... i definately found some interesting and helpful books about our favorite faceless man, but some people have taken it too far with their imagination... i felt as if i found published fanfiction 12 year old girls used to write back when i was younger...
1)Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet- by Trevor J. Blank, Lynne S. McNeill
★★★★★
description
The essays in this volume explore the menacing figure of Slender Man--the blank-faced, long-limbed bogeyman born of a 2009 Photoshop contest who has appeared in countless horror stories circulated on- and offline among children and young people. Slender Man is arguably the best-known example in circulation of "creepypasta," a genre derived from "copypasta," which in turn derived from the phrase "copy/paste."
As narrative texts are copied across online forums, they undergo modification, annotation, and reinterpretation by new posters in a folkloric process of repetition and variation. Though by definition legends deal largely with belief and possibility, the crowdsourced mythos behind creepypasta and Slender Man suggests a distinct awareness of fabrication. Slender Man is therefore a new kind of one intentionally created as a fiction but with the look and feel of legend.
Slender Man Is Coming offers an unprecedented folkloristic take on Slender Man, analyzing him within the framework of contemporary legend studies, "creepypastas," folk belief, and children's culture. This first folkloric examination of the phenomenon of Slender Man is a must-read for anyone interested in folklore, horror, urban legends, new media, or digital cultures.
Contributors : Timothy H. Evans, Andrea Kitta, Mikel J. Koven, Paul Manning, Andrew Peck, Jeffrey A. Tolbert, Elizabeth Tucker
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39952519-slender-man-is-coming?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=4
🗡A/N: Now this book is simply amazing, i've read some free pages and i'm already hooked.
2)Slender Man- by Anonymous
★★★✩✩
description
One man's search for the truth about one of the most intriguing urban legends ever—the modern bogeyman, Slender Man—leads him down a dark, dangerous path in this creepy supernatural fantasy reminiscent of Night Film, House of Leaves, and Illuminae, that will make you question where the line between legend and fact begins
A young man is desperate to find his missing friend . . . desperate enough to resort to the darkest means. But just how much is he willing to pay the Slender Man in order to save her?
Told through a variety of narrative devices, including photos, journal entries, e-mails, articles, and other artifacts, this unique spine-tingling story is a brilliant and terrifying look at one of the most fascinating—and diabolical—mythical figures in modern times.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653976-slender-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=1
🗡A/N: not really my kind of read but it sounds okay.
3)Slenderman Chronicles: Stories of Encounters with Slender: 24 Terrifying Real Stories of people's encounters with Slender Man -by John Gordon
★★★★✩
description
Is the Slender Man only an urban myth or does he really exist? With the renewed interest in the strange creature, we decided to put together a series of reported stories across the world over the last 150 years that have a reference to the Slender Man (Der Grosse Man) mythology. From the first reported encounter that took place in Virginia in the 1860's reported by Dr.Abe and Martha Mosely who ended up unleashing an evil force described as a "Thin Slender Man", to the last known sighting in 2011, we have compiled a collection of 24 frightening stories from across the world that trace the encounters of ordinary people with Slender. Read them and decide for yourself whether the Slender Man is just a myth or if he lives amongst us... These stories are not for the faint hearted. 1) The First Sighting (Nelson Hills, Virginia, 1863) 2) Camp at Trevor Hills (South Dakota, April 1942) 3) Child at the Cemetary (Fort Collins, Colorado,November 1947) 4) A Frightening Deer Hunt (Boden, Sweden, October 1948) 5) Camping in New Mexico (Joshua Tree, New Mexico, April 1965) 6) A Sighting in England (Broadland, East England, July 1968) 7) An Encounter at the Lake (Crater Lake, Oregon, August 1968) 8) The Witch's Curse (Lemburg, Germany, January 1976) 9) Treasure Hunt (Captiva Island, Florida, January 1985) 10) A Baby Sitter's Story (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 1988) 11) A Shadowy Figure (Silkville, California, December 2004) 12) Highway Fright (Denver, Colorado, June 2011) ...and 12 more..
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18908743-slenderman-chronicles?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=6
🗡A/N:sounds fantastic!
4)Strange Fruit and the Slender Man- by Bryan W. Alaspa
★★★✩✩
description
Chicago, 1957. Two sisters, the Haines sisters, have gone missing and the entire city is in an uproar. As word of their disappearance spreads across the country, two police detectives are assigned the arduous tasks of finding them alive, or bringing their bodies home. However, as the two hardened cops begin to investigate, they soon find that things are not as cut and dried as they thought. This is not a simple kidnapping. Something ancient, primal and utterly terrifying is at work here and nothing that they have ever known will ever be the same again. Something has lured them into a terrifying trap that will destroy their minds, take their souls, and leave the rest of the world baffled.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18723322-strange-fruit-and-the-slender-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=7
🗡A/N: it sounds ok, i would prabably only read it to find out why He choses the ones he does... points for the beautiful cover!
5)The Slender Man -by Simon John Cox
★★★★✩
description
When Adam Bradford's sister goes missing he drops everything to assist the police, travelling up to the isolated village where she lived.
When he arrives at her cottage, however, he discovers a life in disarray and a bedroom filled with cryptic notes and mysterious blurred photographs.
At first he puts this obsession down to some kind of psychological disorder, but after he experiences a series of disturbing events he begins to question whether there is any truth to the myth of the Slender Man.
Also includes a free short essay on horror.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21690249-the-slender-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=12
🗡A/N: Iwould definetely read this! Sounds like a book to read in a misty day.
6)Slender Man: The Fear Within- by Wesley Fox
★★★★✩
description
On a dark shadowy night, a group of four paranormal investigators go out to help a small church nestled in the Ozark Mountains. While two of the investigators are well seasoned in dealing with dark entities, the other two are mere rookies. At the church they find more than what they bargained for; they find Slender Man. While being tormented by the demon at the church during a harrowing escape Slender Man seems to want more on this night than children's souls...it wants revenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51666202-slender-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=50
🗡A/N: Ah now this sounds like something I personally would enjoy reading. I probably would feel nostalgic of the days i would read creepypastas at the balcony.
⇣ AND NOW THE CHERRY ON TOP!!! ⇣
7)I Slept with Slender Man- by Emma Steele
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description
Virginia is the hottest girl at Killmeister High, but she thinks she's a plain Jane because all the guys are too intimidated by her naughty bits to ask her to meet them underneath the bleachers. One night, she stumbles across a supernatural creature murdering her classmates...and it's love at first sight. Now if only Virginia can fight off unconsciousness long enough for the Slender Man to fulfill all of her sexual desires. [...]
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143726-i-slept-with-slender-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Z2xlVKmkx&rank=3
🗡A/N: I couldn't even finish copying the description... sounds exactly like something i would write back in middle school, when Slenderman was my biggest love (please don't comment on that, i was lonely... i know you also had a crush on a creepypasta don't lie to me...).
Sounds like fanfiction to me... the beautiful y/n couldn't see her beauty, girls are jealous of her and all the boys are intimidated, but she chose a monster in the end (relatable much?).
Also the entire genre of monsterotica is kind of nice, but for the love of God, WHY IS THIS PUBLISHED?
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