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The Old Willis Place

Mary Downing Hahn
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horror supernatural horror / ghost story past tense third limited POV ~188 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic tense haunted

A horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count47,018
Page count~188 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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