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Skin and Other Stories

Dahl, Roald
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short story collection dark comedy / thriller past tense third limited POV ~249 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense macabre absurdist

A dark short story collection. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count62,249
Page count~249 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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