Jack Townsend is a gas station worker, storyteller, blogger, former child, professional fearmonger, amateur person, co-recipient of Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2006, and (despite what you may have heard) totally not a secret demon in a human suit.
He rose to internet notoriety when his series of horror-comedy short stories collectively known as "Tales from the Gas Station" received the award for "Best series of 2017" from NoSleep, an online forum with over 14 million subscribers.
His stories have been translated into six languages and have appeared in podcasts, books, viral creepypastas, and people's dreams all over the world.