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Deviant

Schechter, Harold
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horror true crime / psychological horror past tense third limited POV ~315 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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macabre psychological horror bleak

A dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count78,661
Page count~315 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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