The Lagerstatte - Laird Barron
Novelette
Number of words : 11600
Percent of complex words : 10.7
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 13.3
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.6
Flesch : 62.8
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.8
PEOPLE
Virgil
Department head at his software development company. Danni's dead husband.
Danni
His wife.
Keith
Their dead son.
Merrill Thurman
Childhood friend of Danni's.
Dr. Green
Her therapist.
Mahan
An Nepalese ex-pat vendor.
Norma Fitzwater
Part of her therapy group. Killed herself.
Leslie Runyon
Part of her therapy group. Also self-deceased.
Kenny Rogers
A country singer.
Sheila
Karaoke butcher.
Delores
Her partner in this crime, alcohol, and sex.
Ned
An insurance claims investigator.
Thomas
A CPA.
Glenna
A court clerk.
VEHICLES
Cessna
A small plane that flew very badly.
PLACES
Cape Cod
A peninsula in Massachussets.
Yang's
A food market.
Candy Apple
A bar.
Harpo's
A bar.
The Red Jack
A bar.
Barbados
Country in the Carribean.
Congo
An African country.
South Carolina
A state of the USA.
Burgess Shale
A fossil field in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
La Brea Tar Pits
Californian prehistoric site.
Kingswood
A town.
Bolton Park
A lovely stretch of coastline way out past Kingwood.
Kirkston Vineyards
A small vineyard.
CONCEPTS
Tai Chi
A style of exercise, or martial arts to combat sloths and tortoises.
Elephants' Graveyard
Mythical place the big grey beasts go to die.
Lagerstatten
Resting places, in German.
Castratro
Eunuch singer.
ORGANISATIONS
YMCA
Village People recruitment centre. Or Young Men's Christian Association.
FOOD
Manhattans
A cocktail.
Johnnie Walker
A whisky.
Maker's Mark
A bourbon.
Margarita
A cocktail.
Corona
A weak beer.
MEDIA
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
A Kenny Rogers song.
TECHNOLOGY
Creosote
A pitch oil.
PLOT
Danni's husband buys a plane, but when the family is going to take a trip, she doesn't go. Virgil and Keith die in an accident. Haunted, she leaves her old life and moves to the West Coast. In amidst barhopping and a different lifestyle, she begins to see her dead husband everywhere. Then, even worse, her dead son.
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 11600
Percent of complex words : 10.7
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 13.3
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 9.6
Flesch : 62.8
Flesch-Kincaid : 7.8
PEOPLE
Virgil
Department head at his software development company. Danni's dead husband.
Danni
His wife.
Keith
Their dead son.
Merrill Thurman
Childhood friend of Danni's.
Dr. Green
Her therapist.
Mahan
An Nepalese ex-pat vendor.
Norma Fitzwater
Part of her therapy group. Killed herself.
Leslie Runyon
Part of her therapy group. Also self-deceased.
Kenny Rogers
A country singer.
Sheila
Karaoke butcher.
Delores
Her partner in this crime, alcohol, and sex.
Ned
An insurance claims investigator.
Thomas
A CPA.
Glenna
A court clerk.
VEHICLES
Cessna
A small plane that flew very badly.
PLACES
Cape Cod
A peninsula in Massachussets.
Yang's
A food market.
Candy Apple
A bar.
Harpo's
A bar.
The Red Jack
A bar.
Barbados
Country in the Carribean.
Congo
An African country.
South Carolina
A state of the USA.
Burgess Shale
A fossil field in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
La Brea Tar Pits
Californian prehistoric site.
Kingswood
A town.
Bolton Park
A lovely stretch of coastline way out past Kingwood.
Kirkston Vineyards
A small vineyard.
CONCEPTS
Tai Chi
A style of exercise, or martial arts to combat sloths and tortoises.
Elephants' Graveyard
Mythical place the big grey beasts go to die.
Lagerstatten
Resting places, in German.
Castratro
Eunuch singer.
ORGANISATIONS
YMCA
Village People recruitment centre. Or Young Men's Christian Association.
FOOD
Manhattans
A cocktail.
Johnnie Walker
A whisky.
Maker's Mark
A bourbon.
Margarita
A cocktail.
Corona
A weak beer.
MEDIA
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
A Kenny Rogers song.
TECHNOLOGY
Creosote
A pitch oil.
PLOT
Danni's husband buys a plane, but when the family is going to take a trip, she doesn't go. Virgil and Keith die in an accident. Haunted, she leaves her old life and moves to the West Coast. In amidst barhopping and a different lifestyle, she begins to see her dead husband everywhere. Then, even worse, her dead son.
3.5 out of 5