Mind Vampires - Greg Egan
Short Story
Number of words : 2600
Percent of complex words : 8.4
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 14.1
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.0
Flesch : 69.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.8
PEOPLE
Vampire slayer
Disturbed dreamer. Called in by the Headmistress.
Headmistress
Calls him in when she begins menstruating again at 62. Bad things are about.
Jack Rice
School gardener's apprentice who disappeared, and also vampire.
Rice Brothers
Four of them, vampires.
Rice sisters
Three of them, all vampires.
Rice Parents
The usual two, but vampires.
PLACES
Connecticut
Part of New England.
TECHNOLOGY
Kinematograph
Device for projecting pictures.
PLOT
A disturbed man's fevered dreams of vampire hunting and is tormented by light projectors, or we hope so, as otherwise there are vampires feasting on a boarding school where he is called in as a vampire slayer. The gardener's apprentice, his four brothers, three sisters and parents are all vampires. Which is quite a lot for one school to deal with. The now menstruating again 62 year old headmistress that asked for help hangs herself as she couldn't cope, leaving one man alone against the mind vampires.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 2600
Percent of complex words : 8.4
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 14.1
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.0
Flesch : 69.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.8
PEOPLE
Vampire slayer
Disturbed dreamer. Called in by the Headmistress.
Headmistress
Calls him in when she begins menstruating again at 62. Bad things are about.
Jack Rice
School gardener's apprentice who disappeared, and also vampire.
Rice Brothers
Four of them, vampires.
Rice sisters
Three of them, all vampires.
Rice Parents
The usual two, but vampires.
PLACES
Connecticut
Part of New England.
TECHNOLOGY
Kinematograph
Device for projecting pictures.
PLOT
A disturbed man's fevered dreams of vampire hunting and is tormented by light projectors, or we hope so, as otherwise there are vampires feasting on a boarding school where he is called in as a vampire slayer. The gardener's apprentice, his four brothers, three sisters and parents are all vampires. Which is quite a lot for one school to deal with. The now menstruating again 62 year old headmistress that asked for help hangs herself as she couldn't cope, leaving one man alone against the mind vampires.
3.5 out of 5