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The House Across the Lake

Sager Riley
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thriller supernatural psychological thriller mixed tense first POV ~374 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive paranoid haunted

A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count93,432
Page count~374 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensemixed
Cast & World
POVfirst

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