Parallax - Laird Barron
Novelette
Number of words : 9700
Percent of complex words : 10.1
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 10.8
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 8.3
Flesch : 68.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.4
CHARACTERS
Jack Carson
An artist. Part of Penny Royal. Married to Miranda.
Miranda Carson
An artist. Part of Penny Royal. Married to Jack.
RJ
TV Interviewer.
Kurt Marchland
An ex-homicide detective on the investigation into Miranda Carson's disappearance. Old boyfriend of Miranda Carson.
Martin Fisher
A homicide detective on the investigation into Miranda Carson's disappearance. Marchland's partner.
Judith Pierce
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
William Tucker
A documentary maker.
Freddy Snopes
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Larry Torrance
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Joe Adams
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Norman Rockwell
An American artist.
Patty Angstrom
Otero County Sheriff's office spokesperson.
Ricardo Montalban
A Mexican actor.
Kern
Carson's evil apprentice.
Mason Barnes
An investment banker from Oakland, and a chapter leader of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Once a backer of Carson.
Mark Fuhrman
A corrupt police detective in Los Angeles.
Bundy, Ridgeway, Yates, Bianchi, Russell, Dodd
Washington State serial killers.
Marvin Cortez
A tough guy friend of Carson's.
Lance Pride
A private detective hired by Carson.
Macy
A woman who may have seen Miranda.
Gina
A one-night stand of Jack's.
Annette Funicello
An American actress.
Frank Sinatra
An American singer, nicknamed Old Blue Eyes.
Rod Jones
TV station interviewer of Miranda Carson.
ORGANISATIONS
News 6
A television station.
Penny Royal
An artist community.
Alamogordo Daily Telegraph
A newspaper in New Mexico.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A newspaper.
Environmental Life Force
An ecoterrorist group.
Action 9
A tv station.
FOOD
Crown Royal
A scotch.
Bacardi
A white rum.
PLACES
Tau Ceti
A star.
Smithsonian
A museum in Washington DC.
White Sands National Monument
A National Park in Otero County, New Mexico. So called for the gypsum crystals there.
The Cloud Room
A nightclub the Carsons visited.
China Clipper
A restaurant.
Diamond Inn
A resort hotel near White Sands.
Samovar Inn
A hotel.
Schneider's Christmas Tree Farm
A favorite place for the Carsons to take their dogs.
Washington State Correctional Facility
A prison.
MEDIA
Achilles statue
Sculpture of the ancient Greek hero by Jack Carson.
Ultragothic
A documentary by William Tucker.
Ladies Home Journal
A magazine.
The Decameron
A collection by Giovanni Bocaccio.
PLOT
The wife of a famous modern artist has disappeared in strange circumstances. Strange attacks have plagued Jack. They were both part of an artist group that had connections to black magic, and accusations of Satanism and assorted hedonistic practices in the past.
One of the detectives investigating Miranda's disappearance had a previous relationship with her, and his testimony in the case is discredited. A documentary is made about the situation, and Marchland's partner thinks Carson may be a serial killer.
However, with all this, is it really Miranda that has disappeared?
4 out of 5
Number of words : 9700
Percent of complex words : 10.1
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 10.8
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 8.3
Flesch : 68.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 6.4
CHARACTERS
Jack Carson
An artist. Part of Penny Royal. Married to Miranda.
Miranda Carson
An artist. Part of Penny Royal. Married to Jack.
RJ
TV Interviewer.
Kurt Marchland
An ex-homicide detective on the investigation into Miranda Carson's disappearance. Old boyfriend of Miranda Carson.
Martin Fisher
A homicide detective on the investigation into Miranda Carson's disappearance. Marchland's partner.
Judith Pierce
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
William Tucker
A documentary maker.
Freddy Snopes
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Larry Torrance
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Joe Adams
An artist. Part of Penny Royal.
Norman Rockwell
An American artist.
Patty Angstrom
Otero County Sheriff's office spokesperson.
Ricardo Montalban
A Mexican actor.
Kern
Carson's evil apprentice.
Mason Barnes
An investment banker from Oakland, and a chapter leader of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Once a backer of Carson.
Mark Fuhrman
A corrupt police detective in Los Angeles.
Bundy, Ridgeway, Yates, Bianchi, Russell, Dodd
Washington State serial killers.
Marvin Cortez
A tough guy friend of Carson's.
Lance Pride
A private detective hired by Carson.
Macy
A woman who may have seen Miranda.
Gina
A one-night stand of Jack's.
Annette Funicello
An American actress.
Frank Sinatra
An American singer, nicknamed Old Blue Eyes.
Rod Jones
TV station interviewer of Miranda Carson.
ORGANISATIONS
News 6
A television station.
Penny Royal
An artist community.
Alamogordo Daily Telegraph
A newspaper in New Mexico.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A newspaper.
Environmental Life Force
An ecoterrorist group.
Action 9
A tv station.
FOOD
Crown Royal
A scotch.
Bacardi
A white rum.
PLACES
Tau Ceti
A star.
Smithsonian
A museum in Washington DC.
White Sands National Monument
A National Park in Otero County, New Mexico. So called for the gypsum crystals there.
The Cloud Room
A nightclub the Carsons visited.
China Clipper
A restaurant.
Diamond Inn
A resort hotel near White Sands.
Samovar Inn
A hotel.
Schneider's Christmas Tree Farm
A favorite place for the Carsons to take their dogs.
Washington State Correctional Facility
A prison.
MEDIA
Achilles statue
Sculpture of the ancient Greek hero by Jack Carson.
Ultragothic
A documentary by William Tucker.
Ladies Home Journal
A magazine.
The Decameron
A collection by Giovanni Bocaccio.
PLOT
The wife of a famous modern artist has disappeared in strange circumstances. Strange attacks have plagued Jack. They were both part of an artist group that had connections to black magic, and accusations of Satanism and assorted hedonistic practices in the past.
One of the detectives investigating Miranda's disappearance had a previous relationship with her, and his testimony in the case is discredited. A documentary is made about the situation, and Marchland's partner thinks Carson may be a serial killer.
However, with all this, is it really Miranda that has disappeared?
4 out of 5