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If It Bleeds

King Stephen
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horror psychological horror / thriller past tense first POV ~541 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

paranoid claustrophobic uneasy

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count135,351
Page count~541 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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