Night of the Living Dummy 📖

Night of the Living Dummy

Stine, R L
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horror children's horror past tense third limited POV ~108 pp

Vibe

tense creepy mischievous

A propulsive and dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Action-forward. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count26,892
Page count~108 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited