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The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James
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horror psychological horror / supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~427 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive paranoid

A dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count106,656
Page count~427 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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