Poetics of fearful as the language of communication in network literature

The article deals with the analysis of the poetics of “fearful stories” of the network literature including in the genre paradigm “creepy”. There are considered the basic plot situations, the system of spatial images, the narrative techniques, the typology of characters and the correlation of the folklore and literature traditions. There are revealed the specific features of the authors’ communication and the recipients of the texts “creepy”.