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A Flicker in the Dark

Willingham Stacy
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thriller psychological thriller past tense first POV ~425 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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psychological thriller oppressive paranoid

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count106,299
Page count~425 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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