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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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Max Doty and 1 other person liked Trevor Williamson's review of The House That Eats the Dead: A Novel: "Disclosure Statement: I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher. All of my thoughts and opinions are my own and have not been influenced by either publisher or author. The horror field is absolutely packed with haunted house stories, to the p" Read more of this review »
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Max Doty liked Lydia's review of The House That Eats the Dead: A Novel: "The best book I've read this year. The beginning initially felt a little silly and i considered not finishing. But I am SO glad I powered through! I gobbled this book up (lol, iykyk). The story was new and unique. I had a lot of fun taking small brea" Read more of this review »
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Max Doty and 1 other person liked Jessica Tarnowski's review of The House That Eats the Dead: A Novel: "Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty is a dark, unsettling domestic horror novel with a really unique and creepy premise. Claire and her family move into what s" Read more of this review »
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