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The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story

Mary Downing Hahn
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fantasy ghost story past tense third limited POV ~102 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic mysterious haunting

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count25,546
Page count~102 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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