Dathan Auerbach
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Aug 23, 2026
Heidi WongHOST
So let's step back and get into the background of the story.
Heidi WongHOST
Pen Pal was written by a man named Dathan Auerbach.
Heidi WongHOST
He posted it on Reddit's NoSleep forum part by part under the username 1000vultures.
Heidi WongHOST
Starting on September 8th, 2011, the story got so much love that he expanded and wrote the whole thing into a novel called Pen Pal in 2012.
LisaHOST
Okay.
MattPANELIST
Um, but that is, uh, was it Dathan Auerbach's pen pal?
SilasHOST
Okay.
SilasHOST
Yeah.
Heidi WongHOST
So let's step back and get into the background of the story.
Heidi WongHOST
Pen Pal was written by a man named Dathan Auerbach.
Heidi WongHOST
He posted it on Reddit's NoSleep forum part by part under the username 1000vultures.
Heidi WongHOST
Starting on September 8th, 2011, the story got so much love that he expanded and wrote the whole thing into a novel called Pen Pal in 2012.