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Once home , Jace went upstairs to do his homework and Blumfield went to his study to research Queen Alice .
Several results popped up before he ’ d finished typing . The first four appeared to be related to the figure Jace had mentioned . The fifth , queen alice in wonderland , was the one that caught his eye . Now he remembered why the name Queen Alice rang a bell in the depths of his memory .
Satisfied that he knew the origin of the name , he clicked on the second result , queen alice cult leader . Various links popped up : discussion threads , fan art , and creepypasta forums were prominent top results . The third category piqued Blumfield ’ s interest .
Creepypasta , he thought . I ’ ve heard of those . They ’ re Internet ghost stories , right ? They ’ re told through copying and pasting or sharing across sites . And if I remember right , they ’ re mostly about disturbing legends or dark rituals .
Blumfield recalled the most famous creepypasta he knew , the long-limbed , faceless demon known as Slender-Man , who supposedly lived in forests and kidnapped children . Two tween girls stabbed their friend because they thought Slender-Man wanted them to .
“ What a minute . Could Queen Alice be a creepypasta character ? One whom the kids at Jace ’ s school didn ’ t yet know was fictional ?”
Blumfield dug out a notebook from his desk and began writing . For the next hour and a half , he read , scratched notes and made observations . With a click of his mouse , he brought up
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Once home , Jace went upstairs to do his homework and Blumfield went to his study to research Queen Alice .
Several results popped up before he ’ d finished typing . The first four appeared to be related to the figure Jace had mentioned . The fifth , queen alice in wonderland , was the one that caught his eye . Now he remembered why the name Queen Alice rang a bell in the depths of his memory .
Satisfied that he knew the origin of the name , he clicked on the second result , queen alice cult leader . Various links popped up : discussion threads , fan art , and creepypasta forums were prominent top results . The third category piqued Blumfield ’ s interest .
Creepypasta , he thought . I ’ ve heard of those . They ’ re Internet ghost stories , right ? They ’ re told through copying and pasting or sharing across sites . And if I remember right , they ’ re mostly about disturbing legends or dark rituals .
Blumfield recalled the most famous creepypasta he knew , the long-limbed , faceless demon known as Slender-Man , who supposedly lived in forests and kidnapped children . Two tween girls stabbed their friend because they thought Slender-Man wanted them to .
“ What a minute . Could Queen Alice be a creepypasta character ? One whom the kids at Jace ’ s school didn ’ t yet know was fictional ?”
Blumfield dug out a notebook from his desk and began writing . For the next hour and a half , he read , scratched notes and made observations . With a click of his mouse , he brought up