Haunted novelist: Drax

Haunted novelist, gritty and urgent, with mounting dread and noir monologue

Prompt: Masculine, mid-30s to early 40s. A gritty, weary, and intellectual baritone. Features a rhythmic, noir-inspired internal monologue style. The delivery is breathless and urgent, marked by high emotional tension and a sense of mounting dread. Articulate but strained, with a gravelly texture from exhaustion. Standard American accent, sounding like a professional writer pushed to his physical limits.

Script: I kept telling myself the house was only wood and nails, just weather and age, but every room knew my name, and tonight it sounds like it's saying it back.