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is a chilling modern spin on Hansel and Gretel and One Thousand and One Nights. The story follows Alex, who has always felt like an outsider because of his love for the macabre. While attempting to destroy his journals—the “nightbooks” filled with his original horror stories—he is lured into a witch’s enchanted lair that masquerades as an apartment.
Inside, he meets Yasmin, another prisoner, and Lenore, the witch’s spiteful cat. Alex quickly learns that his only value to Natacha is his creativity; if he stops providing her with fresh scares, he will disappear forever. As the pressure of writer’s block and the fear of his captor mount, Alex and Yasmin begin to uncover the apartment’s dark secrets. The novel is a tribute to the power of storytelling and self-acceptance, featuring several “stories within the story” that explore the art of building suspense and confronting one’s fears.
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