How long does it take to read Darkness Creeping?
Darkness Creeping by Neal Shusterman takes about 5 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1993. 291 pages, about 80,025 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Imagine being trapped forever in someone else's nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems. Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner and beloved author Neal Shusterman walks on the dark side with this classic collection of masterfully creepy stories so horrifying, you may have to read them twice to remind yourself they're not real.
Subjects: Horror stories, American Horror tales, Short stories, Children's stories, American, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
