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Nightmare Hour

Stine, R L
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horror short story collection past tense first POV ~118 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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terrifying nightmarish gruesome

A propulsive and dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Action-forward. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count29,544
Page count~118 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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