Creepypasta

Creepypasta is a term referring to any short horror story existing on the internet, particularly when posted as a greentext story. The term is a portmanteau of creepy and "pasta" (a humorous colloquialism for anything which is "pasted," as in the computer term. It usually refers to commonly (re)posted phrases).

For a category of all creepypastas, see Category:Creepypastas.