Forums → Art, Music, and Writing → Creepypasta Contest; Theme: Fire (DUE: May 20)

Ooooh, this sounds fun. I think I'll try it. I would write more, but that picture is freaking me out.

So... Creepypasta are those Emails you get telling you to FWD it or else Fred will kill you? So I can win contest writing the things I do anyways?

So... Creepypasta are those Emails you get telling you to FWD it or else Fred will kill you? So I can win contest writing the things I do anyways?

Sorry for bumping (I feel like Ilberic form the days Battle of the Bands was unstickied), but entries are needed! Please...
If this falters again, I won't revive it.

I shouldn't have read that suicide mouse thing, but this is at the very least reassuring.

I am of the belief that the shorter creepypastas are the better ones, but I'll see what I can do. This is my first attempt at a pasta, so bear with me.

A long-held tradition of 19th century America was the teaching of Christian values alongside secular education. The ten commandments were well known by all good students. The most important of all was the first: "I am the Lord, your God. You shall not worship any other gods before me."

The Midwest was the most uptight in this regard. Rural areas were rife with "fire and brimstone" preaching, and warnings of grave consequences for those who did not put God ahead of all else.

As time went on, science began to take a front seat to faith, and the educational system became more secular. Prayer in school was not mandatory, and became rarer by the beginning of the 20th century.

On March 4, 1908, a fire broke out at Lake View Elementary School in Collinwood, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. The central staircase channeled the flames through all four stories of the inadequately fireproofed building, and the interior was gutted. 175 children lost their lives that day; some burned alive, others succumbed to the smoke. Many more were crushed to death on the stairs and in the halls, or died jumping from 2nd and 3rd floor windows.

Officially, the fire was blamed on an overheated steam pipe. Unofficially, rumors circulated of survivors witnessing the fire breaking out in multiple places at once. The fire occurred on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and the day Jesus was tempted by Satan. None of the 175 killed in the fire had attended mass that morning, and Lake View was a secular school. No one can say for certain, but there is always the inkling that science and education have become our new idols.