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Ticktock

Koontz, Dean Ray
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horror supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~345 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense macabre paranoid

A dark horror. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count86,325
Page count~345 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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