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Max Doty is a veteran game-writer who served as the Head of Content for Choices: Stories You Play and Surviving High School for which he also wrote two spin-off novels. His screenplay “Almost Kings” won Netflix’s inaugural “Find Your Voice” award and was made into a feature film.

Max regularly contributes to reddit’s NoSleep forum as scarymaxx, where his works often appear at the top of the charts.

He holds a BA and an MA from Stanford University as well as an MFA from Arizona State University.

His debut horror novel The House that Eats the Dead will be published by Tor Nightfire in the UK and by Bantam in the US in August 2026.

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	Almost Kings 3.31 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Max Doty and 1 other person liked Alanna Metz's review of The House That Eats the Dead: "Hands down the best book I’ve read so far this year. The House That Eats the Dead is about a house that eats and is always hungry. Claire and her family move in and discover that not only does it eat, but the owners are the only ones who can remember" Read more of this review »
May 23, 2026 10:24PM · see review
Max Doty liked Steve Edholm's review of The House That Eats the Dead: "This was a very fun unique story that will have you keep guessing how it will end up until the very end. Claire and her family are looking to get out of the city and into their own house. They think it will be safer in the burbs, but little do they kn" Read more of this review »
May 14, 2026 09:42AM · see review
Max Doty and 2 other people liked Carrie Shields's review of The House That Eats the Dead: "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏. Claire and her family move into what is supposed to be their fresh start," Read more of this review »
May 11, 2026 02:56PM · see review
Max Doty liked Jess Reads A Thing's review of The House That Eats the Dead: "If you think you’ve read all the haunted houses tropes that exist, think again. The House That Eats the Dead made me think of Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind, but make it spooky (although remembering your ex is scary enough). I admittedly am not" Read more of this review »
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