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... Is a Twine-based interactive fiction horror story. I found it on a list of RPS' favorite PC-horror games. It's terrifying. Play this in a dark room, with headphones on and volume at full blast. (There's no jumpscares, so don't worry.) 

http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/t8k1qis_-kcb_2vjkemepw/my-fathers-long-long-legs

Please obscure your spoilers. 

MY GOD! I WAS ATTACKED BY A SHEL SILVERSTEIN DRAWING!

Interesting, but not really scary. It left me with the aggravating, Tolkein-lore-ey need to find out what the hell was going on rather than actually being scared. And the answer wasn't too satisfactory, tbh.

Oh, have you played his other one "the uncle who works for Nintendo"?

Is that an actual game or just hilarious?

It's legit. 

There aren't. There's just shovel noises and humming.

I think I remember this being posted before.

Played it a while ago. Really liked it, really terrifying. 

I think I got a generic ending, because my brother died and I never found my father inside the cave. I wonder who my "uncle" is.

Isn't that the only one? the description flat-out says that there's only one ending.

Oh. That's what I get for not reading.

Did you find your brother's body?

The main character in my story never found my brother (dead or alive), but still has hope that he may be alive.

Like Chris says, there's only one ending.

I just realized I forgot to censor my post. Whoops.

Just edit it! QUICKLY!

Can't edit if it already has a reply.

Didn't notice it was replied to.....

Oh, I love that game! I convinced some people in my company to go through the story on the empty stage with no lights on when I was still doing theater tech. They never forgave me.

Damn, haven't seen you since Commander.

Yeah, I got distracted by another writing project and stopped checking on my account for a while... Damn, that was a year ago. 

...

Well, I'm back now.

Well, nice to see you again. What have you been working on, if you don't mind my asking?

A play. Technically I finished it this summer, but I feel like its still missing something so I'm still messing around with it every once in a while.

You work at a theater, right?

Nope, currently work at a restaurant. I'm in college. There's a community theater I'm involved with sometimes and I have worked as a stage hand in the past though. 

Oh, alright.

This was actually kind of creepy. It was silent for the longest time, then the noises began. I think it was moreso the presentation of it all. Needless, I enjoyed it.