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The Name



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I always knew there was something wrong with my beloved grandmother. It started when she began rambling about a ‘creature.’

“It follows me,” she would whisper.
Her grey skin would become infinitely grayer.

“It talks to me,”
Her pupils dilated.

So, as any loving family would have done we assumed she was just ‘losing it’ and decided to put her in a home. Every now and again I visit my beloved grandmother and find her sitting in her chair talking to the empty room. She would turn to me and try to say something but instantly. She would tell me what she saw every night.

“White holes for eyes,”
Her frayed hair would stand up on her neck.

“It looks through my window, waiting for its chance,”
There go the eyes.

“Waiting, waiting for me to…” she went quiet for a moment “to… say it’s name…”

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I dismissed this as another episode of hers and went about my life. Then one day, I went to see my beloved grandmother. As usual she was sat in her chair. But this time she turned to me and said its name.

My beloved grandmother mysteriously dissapeared that night.

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To this day I struggle to think what she had called this creature stalking her for her remaining years.

Candle jack, was it?

I can’t rememb

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196 thoughts on “The Name”

  1. I believe all of this comments abruptly ended on purpose to pretend Candle Jack came and kidnapped the writer are getting old.

  2. CandleJack. Now, we wait…………………………………………………..nothing’s happening. See? This is all just a joke you guys. All of it is just a jo

  3. Nathaniel Doggett

    “I always knew there was something wrong with my beloved grandmother. It started when she began rambling about a ‘creature.’”
    —-You told us there was something wrong before you even showed it to us. Sorry, but that is very cliche.

    ““It follows me,” she would whisper. Her grey skin would become infinitely grayer.”
    —-So.. your grandma is also a chameleon? How does skin become “infinitely” grayer?

    Overall, the ending is a bit weak. Sorry. 3/10

  4. OMFG The comments are killing me right now xD It’s so old it’s funny. Please guys. He’s just a rip off of the candy man. Candle Jack. There see nothing hap

  5. A Curious Human

    what happens if you speak his name as a possessive?
    like Laughing Jack turns to Jack of Laughing?
    Please Mr.Candle tell me for I am very curious.
    thank you for your consideration

  6. Candlejack can’t wish me away I hope he dosent just curse me or haunt me or somthing will i disipere this month or today idk

  7. This thread has perfected the Overly Long Gag trope. Also… Candle Jack. Ooh, he’s here! And he brought Zalgo, Candyman, and Beetlejuice!

  8. Immortal Dragoneye

    I enjoyed the story, and enjoy when the person telling this mysteriously stops mid-sentence when he says ‘Candle Jack.’ Very well wri

  9. what is happening? WHY ARE PEOPLE DISAPPEARING?! CREEPYPASTAS ARE NOT REAL. I’LL PROVE IT. candle jack candle jack cand

  10. I bet CJ is a real, cuddly funny person. Come on guys, candle jack is a total wimp. He can’t even take a kid like m

  11. Candle Jack! Candle Jack!!! CANDLE JACK!!!!!! And I’m still here. COME AT ME CANDLE JACK, YOU STUPID MOTHER F’R!!!! I know you’re not real. And i’m not cutting off this com

  12. Jandle Cack, Cundle Jock, Jindle Cock! See, I said it three times and he didn’t get me,…

    … thank f**k I’m dyslexic!

  13. Beloved Grandmother

    Lol

    Espressoka:
    The really scary part of all this is that Candle Jack kills you before you even get to finish your senten……sentence. Wait, I said his name and didn’t die? Holy shit, I’m immortal! Take that, Candle Jack! No longer will you roam the earth freely, killing people before they finish their sentenc

  14. this is a amazing horror story it leaves a blank space letting ur mind wander and try to figure out who or what is candle jack what dose it looks like what happened to the grandmother. and the more ur mind wanders the more u think up of bad scenarios that just keep on getting worse and worse.

  15. These comments are really making my day! Everyone saying Candle jack ad then cutting off! What is a Candle jack by the way? I guess I will just look it u

  16. Its like a disease.. yall have the will power of me on a diet. Are you guys in like middle school or what? Grow up the Candle Jack thing is sooo old alre

  17. For f**k sake guys just stop with the stupid comments! Saying CandleJack and stopping typing at the end of your sentence is a load of bulls

  18. Well….isn’t this ironic…..I WILL NOT SAY HIS NAME!…..is ca– is this thing a girl or a boy? Wait..it has a male name….

  19. Sorry to ruin your fun but this is getting old, ok it was funny for the first like 50 posts but now it is getting old. Nothing happens if you say/type Candlejack. See I just typed it and noth

    Just kidding, seriously tho nothing happens if you say Candleja

    1. Ok that is creepy, I wrote that comment but I finnished it fully and posted it, I’m still alive but that is quite werid, maybe I filled the charecter limit? Nothing happens if you say Candlejack

  20. Okay, I’ll admit, all the cut off comments ARE funny…. But I shall not submit to memes! Candlejack! Nothing! I do not submit to me

  21. Guys, seriously, stop with this “CandleJack” crap. He’s not real, he is a meme. See? I finished my sentences. How about yo

  22. Gosh, you guys are all immature and childish people. Or I could say, a TROLL. You’re trying to scare people by typing or pronouncing the word “Candlejack” and then not finishing your sentenc

  23. The Great and Awesome :3

    Why does everyone Disappear?……I mean I Said Candeljack and nothing happened…Wait I’m Still alive Im not De

  24. Candlejack's Mother

    Can you all please be darlings and stop saying my son’s name? Every single evening the poor dear comes home with dusins of you frail pink things and I’ve already told him that we can only have ONE(The writer of this so delightful story!). So please, do my son and I a favor, please stop saying his name? That’s a good de

  25. I like how every time she says something, her hair stands up or she gets goosebumps immediately after.
    “There’s no more Captain Crunch,” she realized.
    Her ears grew twice in size.

  26. Future Mrs. Slendy

    Omg today I accidentally mentioned him i was talking to my friend about the story and I said “so

  27. If you guys keep saying his name there won’t be anymore people left on creepypasta , so just stop saying Candel Jack……wait, wait , WAI

  28. If you guys keep this up there won’t be anymore people left on creepypasta, so just stop saying Candel Jack……wait, , WAI

  29. If you guys keep this up there won’t be anymore people left on creepypasta, so just stop saying Candel Jack……wait, wait, WAI

  30. The really scary part of all this is that Candle Jack kills you before you even get to finish your senten……sentence. Wait, I said his name and didn’t die? Holy shit, I’m immortal! Take that, Candle Jack! No longer will you roam the earth freely, killing people before they finish their sentenc

  31. Lol I just love that people pretend to disappear after saying Candlejack. I’m reading this in a hotel so I must be sa

  32. How can you post the comment if candle-jack got you before you finished writing? Seriously, grow up! He is’t even re

  33. Guys….these comments are really old, just because you use the word “Candlejack”, and cut off your sentence at the end, doesn’t mean tha

  34. How do you post the comment if candlejack got you before you even finished typing. I mean lol guys he iant even re

  35. Honestly those comments aren’t funny anymore. The candle jack comments page is just one humongous thread that ne

  36. Yeah, yeah. Good pasta, but we all know that nothing happens when you mention Candlejack. There, I’m sti

  37. I just can’t understand this weird idea that CandleJack is spooky. He’s just some stupid made up character from a really stupid sh

      1. Excuse me? All I do is whisk people away. And I’m Candle Jack, not Candle Jake. I’ll whisk you away anyway.

        1. just say my name

          Haha.. For u all people.. I click the submit button.. But its hard for me to not type something spooky and yet submit… I am after all..
          The candlejack.. So wh

          Ha.. Fooled u. How can i even kidnap myself.. Vanish and end up with all my victims at the other dimension

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