About this service
Horror lives or dies on dread, so we read your novel to see where the fear builds, where it leaks away and whether the scares are earned. We look at pacing between quiet and frightening scenes, the rules of your monster or haunting, how much is shown versus left in the dark, and whether the ending pays off the dread. The critique is tuned to your subgenre, whether folk, cosmic, psychological, slasher or haunted house.
What is included
- What you getA written critique: overall impression, strengths, problems with quotes from your pages, a map of where tension rises and drops and a revision plan. Premium adds line edits of the opening.
- Dread and tensionWhere it builds and where it leaks away
- Earned scaresSet-up before each shock
- Rules of the horrorMonster, curse or haunting kept consistent
- Shown and unseenWhen to reveal and when to hold back
- Ending payoffWhether it delivers on the fear
How it works
- 1BriefYou paste the pages and the subgenre
- 2ReadingWe track tension scene by scene
- 3CritiqueYou get the tension map and a revision plan
What we need from you
The text pasted into the brief, the subgenre, a short synopsis if it is an excerpt and the effect you want readers to feel.
We will ask you:
- Which horror subgenre is it?
- What should readers feel by the end?
- How graphic is the book meant to be?
- Is this a complete work or an excerpt?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicExcerpt up to 2,000 words$20 | StandardUp to 5,000 words$39 | PremiumUp to 10,000 words with line edits$75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 2 days | 3 days | 5 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Text length | up to 2,000 words | up to 5,000 words | up to 10,000 words |
| Revision plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Line edits | No | No | first 1,500 words |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Do you read graphic violence?
Yes, as part of the story for adult readers. We comment on how it serves the fear, not on whether it is too much.
Can you tell if my twist is predictable?
Yes. We note where we guessed it and what gave it away.
Will you rewrite my story?
No. You get notes on what to change and why, and the scares stay yours to write. Premium also line-edits the opening.
Is my manuscript kept private?
Yes. Your text is used only for your order.