Candle Cove is a creepypasta online horror story written by webcartoonist and author Kris Straub in 2009.[1] The story centers on a fictional television series, also titled Candle Cove, that could only be viewed by a small group of people, predominantly children, who later recall the disturbing show on a web forum.[2]
Straub has stated that he was inspired to write the creepypasta after reading "Area 36-Year-Old Still Has Occasional Lidsville Nightmare", an article published via the satirical news outlet The Onion.[3]Straub's story quickly became popular, inspiring numerous YouTube videos, and fan-fictions.[3][4] In 2015 Straub self-published Candle Cove in a collection of short stories entitled Candle Cove and Other Stories. The Verge commented that Candle Cove differed from other creepypastas in that while most creepypasta have an "anonymous folkloric quality", Candle Cove's originated from a known source and author.[5]
A television adaptation, Channel Zero: Candle Cove, premiered on Syfy on October 11, 2016.
