_9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9 | |
---|---|
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Reddit creepypastas |
_9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9, sometimes abbreviated to 9M9H9E9 or MHE, is the screen name of an anonymous writer of creepypasta [1] speculative fiction on the social news website Reddit.
From 22 April to 17 July 2016, the writer posted a science fiction horror story in short installments to apparently random Reddit discussion threads. [1] The story, sometimes referred to by others as the Interface series, touches on such topics as " Vietnam, Elizabeth Bathory, the Treblinka concentration camp, humpback whales, the Manson Family and LSD", and particularly involves entities called "flesh interfaces". [1]
The story attracted media notice the day after its first parts were published. [2] The Guardian, reporting on the story, described it as "compelling" and "gradually more beautifully and boldly written from multiple narrative perspectives". [1] Vice mentioned the possibility of the whole thing being part of a viral marketing campaign for something yet unknown. [3] An impromptu fandom collects information about the story in a subreddit and wiki. [3]
The story features several loosely-interconnected narratives. Most individual narratives are linear, but the story jumps between them non-linearly.
Early parts of the story focus on two main narratives:
The later parts of the story deal with two more narratives:
It's hinted that Mother and Q are the same entity, and it's not clear if the rescue of Nick is part of a timeline in which Q is defeated.
There are also some small side narratives. One of them culminates with the narrator being assimilated to a flesh interface, one of them seems to document how humans got the ability to create the interfaces and one of them seems to be a metaphor for humans not being able to comprehend flesh interfaces and Q.
In a later deleted post, the writer described himself as a "30-something American male", and indicated a history of substance abuse. [3] However, this post also incorporated fictional elements of the story. A BBC article also reported that the author said he is "male, in his thirties, lives in the United States, works as a freelance translator, and was once a heavy user of LSD." [4] The author told Gizmodo that "I live in a home for men and work a little to make ends meet." [5] Both Vice and Gizmodo have speculated that Reddit user /u/Anatta-Phi, prolific conspiracy theorist and moderator of the "ShrugLifeSyndicate", a subreddit of similar themes including psychedelics, psychosis and synchronicity, is the writer of the story. [3] [5]