How to Survive a Horror Story: A Novel

Name: How to Survive a Horror Story: A Novel
Price: 3 USD
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Rating: 4 (1008 reviews)
Author: Mallory Arnold

by Mallory Arnold

Mystery Thriller Horror

4.0 (1,008)

4.0 stars from 1,008 reviews. Top 90% of Mystery Thriller books we track.

368 pages~6.1 hr readPublished by Sourcebooks, IncorporatedPublished 2025-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love locked-room mysteries where the setting itself becomes a character and the tension never lets up.
You're fascinated by stories about writers and the creative process, especially the darkness that fuels great horror.
You want something clever and meta that plays with genre conventions whilst delivering genuine scares.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer horror that relies on gore or graphic violence rather than psychological dread and atmosphere.
You're looking for a straightforward haunted house story without the literary games and puzzle-solving framework.
You get frustrated with ensemble casts where you can't keep track of multiple characters with competing agendas.

About this book

Seven writers are invited to the manor of legendary horror author Mortimer Queen for the reading of his will, expecting to inherit from his fortune. Each has a unique connection to Queen, some known and some yet to be revealed, and all have long sought to follow in his footsteps. Upon arrival, they discover they must play a game: solve riddles to progress through the manor's rooms, or the house will claim one of them. The Queen estate was built on the bones of Mortimer's family, and the manor itself remains hungry. How to Survive a Horror Story combines locked-room puzzle elements with supernatural horror as the writers navigate the manor's deadly challenges and contemplate the origins of the best horror stories.

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Currently #7,600 in the Kindle store — a top-10K bestseller. Sales have softened 257% recently.

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Currently 4.0★ from 1,008 reviews

Gaining approximately 93 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has dipped slightly from 4.4 to 4.0.

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