Interview With the Author: Dathan Auerbach
Today we talk with the author of Penpal, Dathan Auerbach, on the early days of NoSleep, the stages of ideation for Penpal and becoming a writer in real time.
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This is making me self conscious of how much I say “like”. Man that is annoying.
Imo Borrasca had the best jokes, but penpal I think will always be my favorite story
FLORIDA MENTION 🗣️🗣️🗣️
MAGGIE MENTION 🗣️🗣️🗣️
What a fuckin baby. He was in the goop suit bro!
"LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE"
Since you guys had read Penpal, I believe you guys should read Bad Man
isaiah telling dathan about how hunter talks about the creek scene feels like a mom telling her nervous child's favorite actor about how much her kid loves them and talks about them at home
I keep coming back to this ep cause it’s about a great questions and dathan is fkn awesome I hope we get more interviews they should cover bad man for their first book
This story holds a special spot in my mind because I actually have a personal story to meeting people through balloons. LONG STORY SHORT when I was in 3rd grade I found a balloon that had a note from another schools 3rd grade science class on it that was part of an experiment and our classes ended up meeting and having a pizza party.
They need to interview C.K. Walker
I love how he started saying "like" in every sentence and then it started affecting you both xD creepy boys got like, cursed
Love this interview. My girlfriend bought me a year long subscription to the Patreon for Valentines Day, and I'm thrilled. Huge fan of the podcast and both channels. Love you guys
Goated gift
Awesome interview I loved it but around the 38 minute mark i couldn’t stop hearing every single “like” the author said it just highlighted itself every single time in my brain and i started laughing my ass off
I love seeing Hunter and Isaiah talk about creating art/writing in general I would love to see (or I guess listen lol) to more of them talking about writing, drawing, and filming, how to get creative and their own processes with creating in general.
It's so cool to hear from an author! Penpal has definitely stuck with me as one of the greatest Creepcast reads for sure. Ya'll mention an old story called "Correspondence " by Bloodstains and it sounds pretty interesting, I would love to hear you guys bring that one to life :)
The veronica voice offended me cuz i had superimpossed my actual crush to her character
Child SA survivor here. I remember how much the story scarred me as a kid before my SA. After that period, i saw this story from a really different view
I’m not kidding when I say this interview genuinely got me out of my writers block
I immediately bought Penpal and Badman as soon as I was done listening to Penpal on CreepCast! It's such a good book, and Badman was great. Super excited to read more of Dathan's work!
I really wish it would get turned into a show or something
Subscribed to the Patreon primarily because I want to watch this interview. Penpal is my favorite story on Creepcast of all time, it's genuinely insane that Footsteps is the first thing he ever wrote. Really great interview 🙏
same dude, just subbed and made a beeline for this one
Wendigoon: "Penpal is one of the internet horror stories." Wow what a compliment lol Good interview and Dathan is great. Very glad he's still writing. You guys shoulda asked him about reading Badman for the show.
Bros dreamy
So I'm a book girly and a reel just recommended penpal for a thriller that scared the shit out of them lol it was crazy to encounter it in the wild. I stay creeping til I cast 👻
This story lives in my mind rent free, it has stuck with me in a way that few stories have. Id love to see you guys cover correspondence although it would be super long, it's worth it.
We need a Jared Robert’s interview.. that guy has some insane stories then they should also cover but my word I’d love to see what that interview would look like
This is such a delight! Penpal was the story that affected me the most. He so eloquently captures the emotions and stitched-together dream logic of childhood to weave one of the most tragic stories I've ever heard. It only gets better/more painful on re-listens. I bought the paperback after the episode.
joined for the author interviews, great stuff boys
My favorite thing about experiencing Penpal is that its scarier the second and third time than the first time around
Came from the Smiling Ones video when I heard you did this interview, immediately joined! SO EXCITED
I recently moved into a house with a crawl space and still have nightmares to the first time I watched Penpal. man left a lasting impression
I used this interview as an excuse to relisten to Penpal
You guys need to cover his Bad Man book too!
That novel is so good. Idk why it's not more popular. It should be.
Hunter took a 30 before this one
Discovery writing is the funnest way to do it. For me anyway, I get why he does it. Even I'm kept on my toes throughout lol. It can definitely be a problem though.
Poison ruin shirt?
Penpal being my personal favorite this is such a great insight to dathans personality and writing techniques while also being just a fun time great interview overall bois
yall totally gotta read badman now
I work at a library and bought Penpal for our collection but someone took it out and never returned it 😭
Kinda fitting tbh 😅
what a genuinely awesome dude
good thing wendi clarified that he has more than 2 shelves in his house lmao
I'm so glad that y'all were able to have this interview with Dathan, he's one of my favorite writers since Penpal. Now that I have more disposable income I'm grabbing those books. Please interview more authors.
W interview
Didn’t think I would enjoy this as much as I would. Definitely looking forward to the next one.
Loved this interview. Penpal is probably my favorite story yall have covered so far. I'm looking to buy a physical copy as we speak. I really enjoyed the kinda look behind the curtain with the author. I love any tidbits on their creative processes and motivations so im looking forward to more interviews!
You can find it on Amazon but only paperback
I am so glad he didn't stop with Footsteps. Penpal has been my #1 favorite horror story that I've heard from no sleep ever since. I recommend it to literally everyone I talk to, I own a copy for display and I intend on ordering another for subsequesial readings. I can not gush over it enough.
He is quite possibly the most wholesome horror author I've ever seen 😆 love you all
Just bought the physical copy, excited to re-read it! I had forgotten about scenes like the river scene until hunter brought them up. Time for a refresher on this badass story
Thanks so much for this interview it was incredible! I finally bought the book because of it!
Man this was so awesome!! Best $5 EVER
What a group of humble dudes. Loved this
What a cool dude with an amazing natural talent. Wild that he just sat down to write it. Makes me super proud to be part of this community :)
I loved hearing from the author. It was amazing getting his insight on the story and everything it entailed. Really kind of inspires me to try writing at some point. You guys are always doing awesome! Thank you!
Hell yeah, this was great
Dude, this was so good. I’m so happy this interview was able to happen. It was so much fun to listen to and I bet even more fun to be a part of
this is so cool! Wendigoon signed my copy, I want Hunter and Dathan too also, lol
Absolutely loved this! Just bought the book
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Hope you guys interview more great authors in the future!
After revisiting Penpal, Hunter’s greatest bear trap is calling the hole by the shark pool float in “Boxes” a grave
Subscribed to CreepCast just for this; to this day Penpal is my favorite story yall have done
Super cool hearing from The Man himself PenPal remains my favourite story on the Channel
im confused the merch password was posted hours ago why everyone vexxed?
depression is hitting me like a hrick today but this interview is keeping me sane❤️ thank you for the community and good vibes. im so ever grateful for yall
Hope you're doing okay! I love this community too and I unknowingly am the most loyal Dathan Auerbach fan lol.
Why did no one tell me the writer of penpal was so FINE
I’m late but came to the comments to say exactly this, I was not prepared
Crazy to think that penpal was so good that my senior year english teacher is making us read it
I just ordered the bear trap shirt thru the recently ordered pop up🤣🥲
No hoodies? I'm freezin over here guys. D:
Honestly y'all I think it's a little distasteful that the reddit mods are removing any mention of the merch launch rn :// Obviously there's been a bit of a whoopsie with the password release but wiping any thread where ppl are trying to figure out what's happening feels pretty wack
This aside tho the whole merch drop looks killer!! Loving all the designs can't wait 🙌🙌
somebody like this comment when they find the password 😭
Putting in every password I can think of so I can get in and buy the bear trap shirt individually 🤞
I bought it through the recently bought
i also did this, got the bear trap shirt 🙏🏻
Password for early access?
If you click on the recently bought popups it shows you the merch!
Yeah, but does it show everything that you can buy? It only shows me like 4 items, but in the large bundle there's a shirt not listed individually. rip.
HELPPPPPPP
ITS SHOWING UP
I’m so glad I’m not the only one frantically scrambling for the Merch password rn
HOW ARE PEOPLE BUYING WHATS THE PASSWORD😩
Click the recently bought pop up in the corner and scroll down to see it
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BUYING WHAT
DID WE MISS SOMETHING??
Surely patreon gets early access to merch
Sadly no
WHATS THE PASSWORD😭😭😭😭😭
Click the recently bought pop up in the corner and scroll down to see it
This is crazzzzy
Man I saw a glimpse of it but now the password is needed 🙁
At least you got that much 😂
WHERES THE PASSWORD
GIVE US THE PASSWORDDDDD
MERCH PASSWORDDD
I need that merch password pwease 🥺👉👈
I ordered 1 of everything
EY MERCH WE READY
I was waiting for the merch and didnt see it was early access needed that finally push to get patreon anyway
we don’t got it over here either but hey girl welcome to the club
Merch Password boys!
Merch passwordddddd
Merch password????
What’s up with needing a password for merch??
HUNTER ISAIAH HELPPPP
Is there a passsword for us to have for early acess to the new creep cast merch?
Came here for this as well
Does anyone know how to get the early access for the new merch drop?
Right we never got passwords
Cool guy cool stories
Had to re listen to Penpal again after this interview! Such an amazing read, one of most memorable stories ever created. Thank you, Dathan for sharing your amazing talent with us through this story and we cannot wait until your next release!
This story is phenomenal. I could listen to it/read it a million times over & it never gets old. It’s so great getting to hear his writing experience from him.
Penpal is one of the best horror stories I’ve ever read it’s so encouraging and fun the hear the author talk about his work! Would love to see more of these interviews of the patreon!
Absolute banger video, I hope to hear more from him and his future projects. I’d also love for more authors to come on here and share their stories as well. Cheers!
Can you let us get the merch now since we’re more special than everyone else who didn’t subscribe on here 😛😛
The fact that he wrote penpal in a week blows my mind, it is still the scariest thing, in my opinion, that y’all have read on the podcast.
I want another Wendigoon stream so bad. I miss his Gmod livestreams. Or when he’d play COD Zombies.
Ive actually watched mother horse eyes in on sitting 😅
This was so awesome, penpal is one of my favorite books and favorite stories in general, hearing his thought process and how much he pulled from his child is so cool and thank you so much for writing penpal! I can't wait to see the next author interview.
Does anyone know if Isaiah or Hunter have PO Boxes for fan mail? I customized something for each of them and I’d like to send it
This was fantastic, I loved not on lit hearing from Dathan himself but also getting to hear the various questions from Hunter and Isaiah, love this. Money well spent 🖤
I'd put this onto youdtube
patreon discord server link here https://discord.gg/PFWApGZYvK
Notice how they did talk much about badman? Cause its trash
Hating for hates sake in the big 25
chapter one of penpal was one of the first nosleep stories i read. by then, the book was already out and i immediately bought it and finished it within a night. i still think it would make an amazing mini-series.
Ive seen alot of people interview hunter, but my first time seeing him conduct an interview and its amazing how well he leads and takes charge with the questions very well done, very excited for more
This is gold
Day 18 of asking wendigoon to draw me with a cookie. Will for sure be rewatching pen pal. Hello. Dear diary. Day one. Hello me? My therapist wants me to keep a journal to keep track of my day. Basically a diary, but he insisted it was a “personal journal to show my journey.” So here it is. I guess. I never really write about myself, but today was pretty normal. Had to go back to school today. The teachers were extra carful with me, like I was gonna fall apart at any moment. Some people even asked if I was okay. Of course I’m not, but I pretended I was, not to make things awkward. My parents haven’t been much better either, but at least they’re trying. Mom has been acting like everything is normal, but I can tell shes is always watching me. While my dad keeps giving me surprise gifts. Cosmo still treats me the same which is nice. However, things have gotten weird , since I got back. I woke up a couple weeks ago, after feeling the my bed vibrate. My room is right above the front door of the house. So when any one enters, it causes my whole room to shake a little. Peaking out my window I saw my dad leaving. It was around 5am. He was carrying a small plain package with him. This usually isn’t that weird. He sometimes goes to work early, but he’s been doing this consistently for the past 2 weeks. Every single morning, and always the same package. I’ve started to realize he’s been wearing the same clothes too, every single day. A couple days after I first saw him leave, he started to come home later. Now it’s to the point where I barely see him. Leaving before I’m awake, and coming home after I’m already asleep. But he still gives me presents. Every morning, outside my door there’s a little present. This morning it was a flower Lego set. I hope I can talk to him soon. Besides for that everthing has been good.
I am SO mad at Isaiah How did you neglect to mention that Poe is Mark Z. Danielewskis sister and her album “Haunted” that I grew up listening to coincides with “House of Leaves”?!!?! I’m reading this book bc of how much you reference it. I’m reading it today and I get to the part where he takes a ride with Kyrie on mulholland drive and as I’m reading this part I’m having flashbacks to my youth. After two seconds of research I found out about Poe and this album I haven’t heard in like 20 years. Mind BLOWN 🤯
Love this! Going to rewatch the Pen Pal ep now!
This is inspiring me to write the stories I've wanted to!! Cause who can tell me what the fazmos want??
Badman has to be read, it’s so good
It sucks
Beef
This was AMAZING! More interviews please, really really enjoyed seeing this kind of content from you guys!! Love it!
Dathan just sitting there for the glaze train
I was excited for this interview but never expected to hear about Dathan's creative process. It takes me about 6 to 8 weeks to write single part stories for r/nosleep. The fact he wrote Pen Pal in about the same amount of time, with only 1 week to write each part is incredible.
god i fucking love this dudes work. have physical copies of penpal and bad man. made me start reading again. super awesome to hear from him like this!
Currently rewatching Penpal and this is by far one of my favorite episodes ordering the book now
Omg such a good interview. Author seems so sweet! I HAVE to buy a copy and read it for Fall. 100% rewatching the episode too lol
Knocked it out of the park with this interview guys! Everything went so smoothly and the chemistry of you guys and Dathan was so wholesome and fun. Definitely worth the wait.
PenPal is one of my favorite stories. So glad to get to see this interview.
this is so great guys, such a fun piece of content. Dathan seems awesome, so cool to hear about his writing process
left right game author interview would be awesome
This was Patreon worthy! Love it! Want more of it! 🎈💵
Yall should interview the author for Tales from the gas station, I read the whole series, I need to know what this man was on 😂
When they announced this interview I binged all of "Bad Man" on audible, highly recommend anyone who enjoyed Penpal to give it a read/listen
Hey really loved this! PLEASE WATCH/LOOK-INTO Allan tutorials on YouTube PLEAAAAASE
Omnomnomnom ate this up
This is amazing content!
Amazing interview! I’d love to hear more with other authors
This was dope, please do more of these
I read penpal like a year prior to the boys reading it and you guys managed to put how I felt reading it into words perfectly. Hands down the best story you’ve read on the channel and now you have an interview with THE AUTHOR holy wow i am fangirling
Dathan, if you’re reading this, I still have one of your signed copies of PenPal from the Kickstarter you did, even though I lent it to multiple people for them to read over the years. Footsteps through Friends is still my favorite series of NoSleep posts I ever read during my freshman year of college. To hear that it was your first time really trying to write a story is crazy impressive! Good times, and really awesome to see my worlds collide this way. Thanks to Hunter and Isaiah for making this happen!
AHHHH my fav author omgggg
This interview really does earnestly feel like 3 fans of each other all just so excited to spend time together and talk about the things they’re passionate about. I love this
Well that was awesome. Thank you for doing this, guys!
Me likey! Yummers for my tummers!
Penpal is still my favorite story you guys have read to this day and i think im gonna listen again after i finish watching this… its just so good man whew
Penpal still emotionally impacts me to this day. it was so immersive and visceral and the conclusion was incredibly devastating in the best way for a horror tale. it’s rare to find stories that hit sooo hard !! 11/10
You guys show alot of love for stories in ways most people don't, appreciation is a lost art in many ways.
This was so wonderful to listen to and I am so glad this show exists. I seriously love you guys so much. Listening since the original Ted the caver and I have loved every minute of it. Well at least most of the time. Creepcast fucking rules.
isaiah said that as i just got done being buried alive with a pedophile. thanks for nothing. unsubscribed
This was EXCELLENT. Dathan is super super cool. He would make an excellent guest reader on a normal creepcast episode.
I really like this idea bru
this was so much fun :) i loved penpal and bad man (i audibly went "NOOO" towards the end). seeing y'all nerd out over the creative process gave me sooo much inspiration. such a joy to see y'all excited. also to know dathan has watched even mother horse eyes give me so much joy!!
Loved the video would love to see more like this
I loaned Penpal to a friend as well
Very funny that wendis take away on reading comprehension from bloodridge was that the protag was a girl, and not that he thought a dead body was alive and how it tainted the entire read
Penpal made me sob. I mean face in my hands ugly crying. Anything that can make me feel that much emotion is instantly a favorite. Beautifully written. I think about it often.
Please read “the white people in other weird stories” by Arthur Machen
Awesome video!!!! This was great!!! Hope you guys are able to coordinate more interviews with more authors!!!
Would love to see more of these!
“Limitation breeds creativity” is a crazy quote
Love this idea of bringing in authors. Even if they just read their own story, I’d be stoked 👏👏
I think “think” is his most favorable word
this was amazing, love this author excited for the new book!
This was great, Dathan seems like such a genuinely awesome guy. I'd love to see more author interviews!
Loved this would support this man in any endeavors and I will be purchasing bad man
Love it
There's an author named Sam Rebelein who made a book of short stories called "The poorly made" and I think you guys should check it out. Very fun
This was a fantastic interview that I love tuning into, I will definitely have to pick up Bad Man and this new book he is working on!
This kicks ass. Been waiting for his new book for so long. Hopefully the book is sooner rather than later!
Would be a cool promo for Dathan when the third book is close to release if y'all released a short bonus episode reading the first chapter or two.
Three cool guys being cool. Really coo! Can't wait for upcoming stuff from Dathan.
Im buying the pen pal book because of this interview! Protect this man at all costs!
Yeah I definitely want to pick up Bad Man as well, I heard a bit about it before and now I am definitely sold on it
10/10
Seems like a cool dude
Amazing!
15:40 - Dathan used ASBESTOS as a fucking PADDLE BOAT
Dathan does not worry himself with lung diseases or cancer
Incredible stuff.
Wish we Patrons had an opportunity to ask him some of our own questions via comments
this was fucking awesome
Marvelous show, Monkeys! Oh I do so hope you continue to do this dance for our amusement.
Read this and just thought "wow this guy is doing the most" then I saw the name. Keep doing this bit. Never stop.
The fact that some of this were lived experiences make it so much creepier
This was awesome, more of this
What a treat, thanks for putting this together, and hoping for more in the future 🤞
he broke character no sleep mods please kill them all
amazing to discover he decided as he was writing. That just shows his incredible talent
Definitely a highlight of the patreon episodes so far, id love to see more author interviews! Every episode of creepcast i watch the more writing motivation i get, and this was no exception
This was awesome! Great to see what he thinks about his own story. I look forward to more of these.
As an aspiring horror writer, I really cannot thank you guys enough for this episode.
May you guys please interview the author of Borasca friends 🫶
i think it's so interesting he got so into the role play aspect of no sleep! such a awesome interview can't wait to see more of this content
This was fantastic. Absolutely love the goofs and gafs of the boys but seeing the more serious discussions and diving into the innards of a fantastic work like pen pals was the best. Please interview more authors! ps. start a book recommendation list from hunter and isaiah because i’ve never been a reader but want to get into horror books. starting house of leaves now god help me.
Incredible interview, cant wait to listen to more
That was awesome!
I started listening to Bad Man today and it reminds me of one of Wendi’s videos where he says something along the lines of “the only reason the gov gets away with anything is because the only people that challenge them are crazy” except in this case it’s a supermarket lol. Good & quality read so far, would love to see you guys cover it
Fantastic!
Next week: ARI ASTER???!!
BTW I bought and read BADMAN and it was absolute dogshit
Such a good palate cleanser after yesterday’s ep! Cool interview guys!
Imagine the first thing you write being 'Footsteps'. That's an insanely good start. One of the high notes of the story and functions so well by itself.
Loved this interview!! Thank you so much guys!!
Love the interview videos immediately so fun to get to hear a persons process on how they write and what inspires them a great first pick for a guest to was so much fun. I hope they interview Oda next
That was a great watch. Dathan seems like a good guy. PenPal is still my fav episode of Creepcast.
Y not read bad man on creepcast
This was sick, would definitely love to see more content like this
This is so rad. Penpal was and still is my favorite story. Still wanna read the book eventually. Definitely would love more of these
This was an incredible interview! I hope this can be done more often, I love hearing from the authors!
This was so entertaining this is the kinda Patreon content I think fits.ck walker next?
This was such a cool interaction, the guy is genuinely interesting to listen to and getting to hear his perspective on writing and the creative process was really insightful and fun. David Lynch famously said that his creative process was like fishing for ideas, waiting patiently and you never know when something will pop into your head and you immediately need to act on it. Excellent interview, I think you all asked some great questions.
SO MUCH CREEPCAST CONTENT!!! GONNA CHUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMM
I’m glad we finally got a interview
Also great post glad it felt genuine and not to official.
This was so awesome. What a spectacular person and conversation, had me hanging on every word. Really looking forward to my next Penpal listen!
Same!! The fact that this is his first writing is INSANE
Fantastic stuff! Really enjoyed author interview. Penpal is easily my favorite story to date on the pod
I think I have listened to the PenPal episode, no joke, 30 times, I’m so exited to listen to this.
it would be really cool if you guys could get jack anderson of left right game too! this was really cool to watch
Penpal was goated
Loved this, hope you guys can do more 👌🏻
This is awesome!
Good call posting this with the most recent episode cause woof. That one was a doozy.
What Harry did should never be forgotten. What Harry did should never be forgiven.
Great keep it up
Ok fine I’ll rewatch the Penpal episode for the 100th time 🙄🙄
Bout to buy the book 💀😂
I love this. This story struck me emotionally so much so that I bought the book but I haven’t read it for myself yet because I know what comes at the end and I’m not ready to go through that again. When you can evoke such a strong emotional reaction like that out of the reader you definitely have a great and memorable story on your hands.
Someone needs to draw Dathan as Goku going, "I'm following in his footsteps"
More interviews please!!!
This is peak content!! PEEEEEAAAAAAK!
great interview guys!! so cool hearing from dathan, as someone who’s a chronic planner and trying to “discovery write” more there was a lot of interesting points made. especially agree with the power of online writing communities in letting people of all skill levels share their stuff! in the future if yall do another author interview it’d be cool if you asked on patreon or youtube community posts or something if the viewers have any questions we’d like answered!
I love when I get to the end and he says normal people wouldnt have watched the 11 hour Mother Horse Eyes. I did in one sitting. My husband calls me a mutant every day. Red head blue eyes and negative mutant blood! I guess they are right
I watched all of it, but I did it at work. I can't sit still and watch that long of a episode.
True story, Hunter was not this happy even when he got married
Very true, he talked about about his wedding not in the best light lol. Especially that horse Alison rode on.
bros first story became a beloved horror masterpiece, Dathan ur the goat this was one of the earliest stories they covered and its still my favorite covered on the show thank you for writing !!!!!!
I really hope they read bad man some time
I finished it a couple weeks back, another banger from Dathan
Awesome interview, PayPal is definitely my favorite of the stories they’ve covered.
Definitely would love more author interviews!
I loved these two before they started the podcast, but the Penpal episode solidified my love for horror writing and what Isaiah and Hunter bring to the community. This one story has inspired me to write my own so thank you to all three of you❤️
1. Absolutely love content like this. 2. RSS feed, please.
This was very interesting. I enjoyed it.
So nice to hear from the dude about everything. Always fun getting a peak inside their head.
I still will say penpal was one of the best early nosleeps, it just got that relationship between the boys that makes it above other stories, and for me one of the strongest versions of the brocode. It's also one of the few stories of that early youtube/podcast era that really stuck with me for the longest.
THIS WAS SO AWESOME. I really love hearing from an author and I really hope they do this with more stories. I’d be curious to see if they could talk to an author whose story they kinda goofed on and the author received it well.
Now that's interesting 😜 especially the last episode,I'd like to know what was going on in the authors head to end it off with a goblin....
It’s really nice hearing these kinds of things from authors that are loved so much by the community, and seeing the struggle/journey of what it took to write these kinds of things. Especially since we don’t see this part of the process, it gives hope for aspiring writers like myself to go out and put my works out there. The writing journey feels a little less lonely in that sense. Thanks for the amazing interview guys! Lots of love
Oh this kicks ass. Super interesting and honestly really motivational/helpful for folks trying to get into the art of horror
This was such a great interview and im excited for more interviews down the line!!
Such an amazing story from an amazing author and this was an awesome video! Super cool to see and hear from everyone :)
Y’all should read badman
More of this PLEASE
I think one of my favorite stories is penpal. The way you guys covered the story but also the story itself. I fell in love with the way it was told and you had to put it together in a really creative way. I cant wait to read coma v2 max when it comes out!
You guys should try and get on the person who made left right game! That’s my fav story you’ve covered and I must’ve listened too those episodes 3 or 4 times
I think that, since this is so good and Penpal is such an important story, this interview should be uploaded to the CreepCast yt channel for everyone to enjoy!
I really wish Patreon would do a casting thing so I can watch this from my phone to tv
This interview was as entertaining as the actual episode. REWATCH TIME!
YES
i’m pretending like this is the episode for this week.
I would love to see you guys read the author's favorite part of their stories with them the next time you get someone on, like whatever part of the story that had impacted the author the most when they were writing it or whatever part they enjoyed getting people's reaction from, like if you guys put aside a little more time just to do that I think you could get even better reception off of this outside of how fun this episode already was
this was so so so awesome. i hope you guys can get jack anderson (left right game) on here as well!
Penpal was the first “creepypasta” I personally read, I loved the story so much that it was the first creepcast episode I watched too. Thank you Dathan for taking the chance to write this story and changing my life
I’d like to hear an interview from the author of hidden webpage
Like
Im working on a story heavily inspired my the pen pal aesthetic and themes. Dathan is such an inspiration for upcoming writers
Hope to get a link in the comments and get my hands on it eventually,best of luck buddy. Stay Spooky 👻
Do more of these absolutely
Definitely a brilliant idea for interviews with the authors. I think it would be fun if they could do an interview with Tony lunedi (spire in the woods).
This was so cool to watch. Penpal was one of the stories that, I would say, got me really into creeppastas/scary stories. I loved hearing about Dathan's experience with nosleep and the way he works and writes. I definitely love watching you guys talk to the authors :)
Loved the interview and it is really interesting hearing the process behind everything. Hopefully there are more author interviews in the future
So happy how this turned out. PLEASE GOD MORE haha
They should create patreon only chats for the audience. That way the ones on reddit dont get angry when people talk sbout patreon eps
Penpal is now so big that my therapist in the Philippines recommended the book to me without any knowledge that it was a creepypasta
I never even bought a book before penpal, besides the school book fair years ago
I love this! I gotta check out bad guy!
yall are COOKING
Loved this interview! Really great content today.
My payment has finally become worth it lol
The fact that this was his first proper story is insane! Loved this interview style kind of video btw
God, that must be so gratifying and validating to have a community so enthralled with your work; that they immediately support every single piece as it comes out, and literally push you to continue submitting. That’s such a rare situation, and the result is such an amazing piece of literature. Community driven art at it’s finest.
This really makes me want to write again after being in a slump for so long, Creepcast interviews are S tier!
This was incredible. Not only was it an amazing interview with so much insightful questions and such. It was just so fun. It was just such a great time listening to you guys talk writing but also just goof off. The creepcast format + author interviews is perfect. Amazing stuff! Also was great hearing him need out about the pod a bit. Hes so talented too. Footsteps being essentially the first thing he wrote is just wild. He has such an engaging style. I finished Bad Man earlier this year (great book) and I was maybe halfway through it and something hooked me so hard that I binged the rest of the book in ine sitting. My brain is cooked and it can be hard for me to read for long periods of time, but he knocked that down and I had to read it through the night to the morning. Can't wait for his next one! And looking forward to more author interviews too!
They need to read badman
This was awesome! Currently reading his book, Bad Man, so it was cool to see some of the author’s perspectives and how he started writing. Can’t wait for more interviews!
I also recently picked up Bad Man!
why he kinda
I was gonna say 😋
This is good content. It would be fun for you guys to interview some of the fans that send in stories too, give advice and stuff in real time
Why did I assume Dathan was younger? Anyone else? Lol
He said somewhere that he wrote Penpal in his late 20s, and that would be almost 15 years ago now
grab me goofys boots while your at it.
YES!
Wow. Hunters a damn good interviewer
Hunters great with his interviews!
Loved this! So excited for Dathan’s next book! 💕
Omg the first interview being the author of my FAVORITE story. Honestly Dathan's writing is absolutely beautiful and so inspiring. I'm so excited he took an interview for us creeps. Thank you, king 🙂↕️🖤
I'm so excited for Comav2mac
This is great patreon content. I’d love to see you guys do video interviews with other authors!
Man Dathan was such a chill dude
Great interview!
Like, like, like.
Sick
Ok hear me out a big fucking fuck off tv for video call guests alla space ghost so that they're in the room with yall just a thought l9ve this
I have listen for a 4th time now. Makes me cry everytime.
Didn't know how I'd feel about this but this was amazing cant wait for more
This was awesome. You guys gotta get C.K. Walker on here at some point too, no pressure lol
I agree. As long as they do not talk about their reactions to 5 and Alpha!
Yessss!!! Please do More author Interviews, This is Fantastic!!!
This interview really highlights one of the things I love about the show, which is how much they’re all interested in what they do. Everyone here seems so excited to talk about the story and the love for stories is a huge draw here (besides gooners Jeff Goldblum impression)
Definitely like this format as well. Cool to throw in, is like to hear more
Please do a compilation on junji ito shorts
This is a great segment for Patreon! Please have C.K. Walker on at some point!
I LOVE this type of content! Listening to passionate people talk about what they’re passionate about will never get old 💚🖤
This interview was so fun to listen to. Please do more of these!! Dathan was an awesome first guest
Hell yeah we need more author interviews
just in time for lunch thank u guys
35 mins in and this is absolutely delightful
Love how much content we’ve been getting, I feel so spoiled
This is most excellent! One of my favorite stories they have covered. I'm going to tuck in with my crochet, and some pears to nibble on whilst I listen
Same
Love this awesome job team!
I hope if they do get an interview with C.K. Walker they really hold her feet to the fire in regard to Deepwoods part 3 and Borraska part 5.
This is awesome. I cant wait for you guys to do more of these interviews.
Dammit, now I have to watch the Penpal episode again, for the 3rd time.
I have watched it so many times. Then I watch Darbo. I have no life!
An interview with Tony lunedi for spire in the woods would be super cool!
Yessss!
Here’s the real episode, yesterday never happened
For real
Love it. I’ve been so excited for you guys to pick Dathans brain
Penpal is still my favorite story they've read, and the novel version is fantastic. I also got Bad Man, its really good but not as good as Penpal imo
This is fucking fantastis
I hate pinpal not because it's bad it's a masterpiece but because its ending was so sad and haunting
Honestly the "scariest" story they've read. Truly haunting lol
An interview with the author of Left Right Game would be amazing
They really need to read his other book
Love penpal so much! Got my own copy of it and made my girlfriend listen to it too! So excited for this
Love this type of content
Penpal is my favorite creep cast episode
Y’all are cranking these out this month, THANK YOU!!!
Penpal was my favorite of the stories you all covered
Lawd have mercy
Piggy want roasty
y’all should interview the author from the last story and just do a wellness check
Been waiting on this! Can’t wait to listen!!
READ MORE OF HIS WORK PLEASEEEEE
Thanks so much! This interview is so fun!! I totally would love to see more of these!!
this is fucking amazing i’m stoked
maybe the real pens are the pals we made along the way
I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM
Wendi covered this in a video of his already years ago
Oh let’s gooooo
I genuinely listen to pen pal at least once a week 😭😭
Cakes and pies baby.
WOOOOOO!!!!!
YESSSS LETS GOO I WAS WAITING FOR THIS
PLEASE read bad man on the show it’s so good!!
Would be cool if you guys read his other published book on the show
listening to this at work. So excited to hear from the author of one of my favorite stories from creepcast so far. Creepin my cast fo sho.
This is so freaking awesome dudes
Ayyyeeee 💪
Spooky Season kicking off right
As patrons, how early will we have access to the new merch? I love you guys
WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE CAST WITH THIS OKE
penpal was an absolute experience, his writing is so gripping and the characters are so relatble and believable, you feel the sheer trauma with the main character the whole way
palate cleanser from that boo boo ah main episode
Creepin my cast rn
So excited for this penpal is up with the best stories you have read such an interesting, terrifying and amazingling written
Who up pennin' they pals?
Who else’s favorite story is Penpal?
It’s crazy to think it’s still the best story they’ve read still, definitely still top 5
Finally I’ve wanted this interview for so long
How the hell am I supposed to get my masters if yall keep dropping bangers like this
Who up dathaning they auerbach
Top tier comment
So excited for this!
Yay! Penpal is still my favorite story/video that you two have done, so this is such a treat!
Who up creepin' they cast?
Penpal to this day is still my favorite story they read
Let's gooooo
I JUST finished registering to penpal today that’s crazy
Hi fellow Creeps!
Hi! fellow one of 5 girl-creeps(or was it 7?)
Creeping our cast at work again
YAYYY
Yessssss
YES YES YES YES YES
Penis toes
The fucking poison ruin shirt goes SO hard I am already In His corner
Anyone reading this needs to listen to Poison Ruin now.
Yayy
Oh here we go!
yoooooo my creepy casters
i had bought this book before the podcast was started, and listening to the boys read it made me pick it up again :) 👍
Bread
Bout time white bois
IVE BEEN WAITINGGG
YAYYYY THIS IS AWESOME
Heck yeah
Big if true
Nice I just finished the main episode :)
I'm ready for this episode to blow my Auerbach out with knowledge.
What a time to creep my cast!
Yessssss
Cream
Perfect thing to listen to while I make chicken tendies So excited!!! 🤍
Sweet
H U G E
LETS GOOOO
