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Skeleton Crew

Stephen King
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horror psychological horror past tense third limited POV ~857 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive psychological bleak

A slow-burn and dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count214,334
Page count~857 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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