Horror: Adolescent / Puberty Body-Horror - Bloom of Thorns

Bloom of Thorns: A girl's awakening unleashes a monstrous hunger she can't hide.

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

When 18-year-old Emily Williams discovers her puberty-fueled changes are turning her into a thorned creature that craves human touch, she must hide her transformations from her high school tormentors or risk becoming the monster they accuse her of being.

✨ Genre: Adolescent / Puberty Body Horror

✨ Tropes/Themes: Puberty Trigger, Secrecy & Embarrassment, Uncontrollable Physical Manifestations, Social Rejection / Bullying, Identity Fracture, Acceptance or Monstrous Empowerment, Forbidden Desire, Body Betrayal

✨ POV & Structure: 1st Person, Past Tense, Single POV with a 4-Act narrative structure.

✨ Vibe: Dark, visceral, and intensely personal, blending the awkward terror of bodily transformation with high emotional angst and bloody gore. The story edges into erotic horror with open-door explicit intimate scenes that explore desire amid monstrosity, creating a vibe of forbidden empowerment laced with shame.

✨ Book Size: Short Novel (40,000-60,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 27 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1800-2500 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: Open-door (3-5 explicit intimate scenes)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 27 chapter outline.