The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

Table of Content

• 1. Cover
• 2. By Chuck Wendig
• 3. Title Page
• 4. Copyright
• 5. Contents
• 6. Dedication
• 7. Preface
• 8. Chapter 0: The Heart of It
• 9. Chapter 1: Owen
• 10. Chapter 2: The Email
• 11. Chapter 3: Invocation
• 12. Chapter 4: Lore
• 13. Chapter 5: Nailbiter
• 14. Chapter 6: What They Each Wanted
• 15. Chapter 7: You Are Three, You Come with Me
• 16. Chapter 8: Vehicular Combat
• 17. Chapter 9: This Is Not the Hotel
• 18. Chapter 10: A Walk in the Woods, Part Two
• 19. Chapter 11: Sour Times
• 20. Chapter 12: The Second Staircase
• 21. Chapter 13: Where Is Matty Shiffman?
• 22. Chapter 14: Home Is the Place You Escape
• 23. Chapter 15: A Walk in the Woods, Part One
• 24. Chapter 16: The First Staircase
• 25. Chapter 17: Teen Shit
• 26. Chapter 18: Lauren and Matty
• 27. Chapter 19: Tales Told, and a Covenant Invoked
• 28. Chapter 20: A Brief History of the Covenant (1995–1998)
• 29. Chapter 21: Matty Says the Words
• 30. Chapter 22: The Trip
• 31. Chapter 23: Ascent, Descent, and Memory
• 32. Chapter 24: The Only Way through Is Out
• 33. Chapter 25: See, I Knew You Could Do It
• 34. Chapter 26: Where’s There, Mon Frère?
• 35. Chapter 27: The Lowdown
• 36. Chapter 28: Answer Me
• 37. Chapter 29: Mister Mumbles
• 38. Chapter 30: The Diary and the Knife
• 39. Chapter 31: Here’s Marshie
• 40. Chapter 32: Linger Longer
• 41. Chapter 33: The Rotten Cake Room
• 42. Chapter 34: Gone, Matty, Gone
• 43. Chapter 35: How to Sell a Murder House
• 44. Chapter 36: Examinations
• 45. Chapter 37: Ludonarrative Dissonance
• 46. Chapter 38: The Voices
• 47. Chapter 39: The Loneliest Number
• 48. Chapter 40: You’re Not Scared of the Dark, You’re Scared of What’s in It
• 49. Chapter 41: New Room, Who This
• 50. Chapter 42: The Tear-Drowned Playroom
• 51. Chapter 43: The Sick Boy’s Kitchen
• 52. Chapter 44: The Tale of Tank Thunderforge
• 53. Chapter 45: Shelter in Place
• 54. Chapter 46: Messages from Matty
• 55. Chapter 47: The Funeral
• 56. Chapter 48: In the Mansion of Sleep
• 57. Chapter 49: What Hell Is
• 58. Chapter 50: Intervention
• 59. Chapter 51: Agita
• 60. Chapter 52: Reiteration
• 61. Chapter 53: Between
• 62. Chapter 54: It’s Time for Some Game Theory
• 63. Chapter 55: Clipping
• 64. Chapter 56: Conversations with a Dead Girl
• 65. Chapter 57: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d You Get Those Peepers
• 66. Chapter 58: A Map, Drawn by a Knife
• 67. Chapter 59: Checks and Cross-Checks
• 68. Chapter 60: The Light Reveals What We Don’t (Want to) See
• 69. Chapter 61: Triage and Sojourn
• 70. Chapter 62: …And Yet So Far
• 71. Chapter 63: Full Circle
• 72. Chapter 64: Nailbiter Neverborn
• 73. Chapter 65: Peeling Wallpaper
• 74. Chapter 66: The Art of Self-Destruction
• 75. Chapter 67: An Extended Stay
• 76. Chapter 68: That Mortal Wound
• 77. Chapter 69: The House Always Wins
• 78. Chapter 70: Pupillary Light Response
• 79. Chapter 71: Not Dead Yet
• 80. Chapter 72: The Possession of Nicholas Lobell
• 81. Chapter 73: Midnight Interruption
• 82. Chapter 74: Of Fantasies and Fingerprints
• 83. Interlude
• 84. Chapter 75: Matty’s Clue
• 85. Chapter 76: As Above, So Below
• 86. Chapter 77: The Third Staircase
• 87. Chapter 78: House in a House
• 88. Chapter 79: The Host
• 89. Chapter 80: The Trap
• 90. Chapter 81: The Floor Show
• 91. Chapter 82: Matty Shiffman
• 92. Chapter 83: Exorcism and Eviction
• 93. Chapter 84: The Great Egress
• 94. Chapter 85: The Covenant
• 95. Acknowledgments and Final Word
• 96. About the Author