Pasta of the Week: Candle Cove

I never imagined pirates to be on the scary end of the spectrum until I read a horror story called Candle Cove. Candle Cove is a Creepy Pasta written by web cartoonist, Kris Straub. The story is told on a fictional online forum "NetNostalgia Forums" setting up a unique story writing arc where a user starts a topic asking if anyone remembers an old children's TV show that aired in the early 1970's called "Candle Cove". This story truly begins to unnerve the reader as people begin to comment about memories they had about the mysterious TV show. The show, which was real low budget, was set in the magical world of Candle Cove and it was about a little girl named Janice who became friends and went on adventures with pirates. The show mostly starred marionettes with the only acceptation being Janice who was actually played by a human actress. One of the most disturbing parts about the show was a skeleton named The Skin Taker who wore a top hat and cape made out of children's skin. In one episode he told Janice he was going to "grind your skin". The most interesting part about this story is the ending when one of the commenters goes to a nursing home and asks his mother about the show he watched when he was little and what she tells him about the show. This Creepy Pasta became so famous that it was the first story told in a new TV show on Syfy called "Channel Zero" where every season focus on a different Creepy Pasta. The TV show only spawned one season so far and the first season focused on Candle Cove about a man who returns to his hometown to investigate a series of murders that occurred in the town years prior and how they were linked to "Candle Cove". Fun fact: The main character in Channel Zero is named Mike Painter. In the original story written by Kris, the original commenter had the online name "mike_painter65" and not a lot of people picked up on this. Candle Cove went on to spawn many sequels and spinoffs to expand upon the original story.

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