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German writer enclosing long frightening story (5-7)

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I believe the answer is:

spine-chiller

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(Other definitions for spine-chiller that I've seen before include "Terrifying story" , "Scary story" , "Book arousing terror" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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