Six Six Six - Laird Barron
Short Story
Number of words : 6400
Percent of complex words : 8.3
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.7
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 73.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.7
PEOPLE
Husband
Inherited his father's creepy old house.
Wife
Not impressed with the new accomodation.
Karl
His vanished brother.
Frank Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes. A singer.
Pop
His father.
Ingmar Bergman
Swedish movie director.
Max Von Sydow
An actor.
Billy Joel
A pop singer.
Brunkert
ABBA's dead drummer.
Ringo
Not dead Beatles drummer.
Paul
Possibly dead Beatle.
Lennon
Definitely dead Beatle.
Best
Fifth wheel Beatle.
Carling
His creepy sister. Karl tried to kill her on multiple occasions, apparently.
Eadweard Muybridge
Guy who invented motion pictures.
ANIMALS
Elvira
The cat.
CONCEPT
Something Scary
A game they played.
Phantasmagoria
A horror show.
Claymation
Animation using 3D malleable models.
MEDIA
The Village People
A pop band.
Movin' Out
A Billy Joel song.
ABBA
A Swedish pop band hated by countless millions.
Lepers of the Black Wood
A phantasamagoria made by a guy in Snoqualmie around 1890.
TECHNOLOGY
Magic Lantern
Early image viewing machine.
PLACES
Costa Rica
Central American country.
Haiti
Carribean country.
PLOT
His parents die in a helicopter accident in Colorado, and he inherits the house and goes to visit. It is creepy, and he tells his wife the sordid family history after she mentions his sister coming to visit.
He drags out an old magic lantern and a phantasmagoria, which horrifies her and appears to summon a supernatural experience.
Not longer after he opens up his sealed shut old bedroom, and his sister and supposedly dead father are there for a good old-fashioned devil summoning black-robed get-together. Unfortunately the pair may be part of the method.
3.5 out of 5
3.5 out of 5
Number of words : 6400
Percent of complex words : 8.3
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.7
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.6
Flesch : 73.5
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.7
PEOPLE
Husband
Inherited his father's creepy old house.
Wife
Not impressed with the new accomodation.
Karl
His vanished brother.
Frank Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes. A singer.
Pop
His father.
Ingmar Bergman
Swedish movie director.
Max Von Sydow
An actor.
Billy Joel
A pop singer.
Brunkert
ABBA's dead drummer.
Ringo
Not dead Beatles drummer.
Paul
Possibly dead Beatle.
Lennon
Definitely dead Beatle.
Best
Fifth wheel Beatle.
Carling
His creepy sister. Karl tried to kill her on multiple occasions, apparently.
Eadweard Muybridge
Guy who invented motion pictures.
ANIMALS
Elvira
The cat.
CONCEPT
Something Scary
A game they played.
Phantasmagoria
A horror show.
Claymation
Animation using 3D malleable models.
MEDIA
The Village People
A pop band.
Movin' Out
A Billy Joel song.
ABBA
A Swedish pop band hated by countless millions.
Lepers of the Black Wood
A phantasamagoria made by a guy in Snoqualmie around 1890.
TECHNOLOGY
Magic Lantern
Early image viewing machine.
PLACES
Costa Rica
Central American country.
Haiti
Carribean country.
PLOT
His parents die in a helicopter accident in Colorado, and he inherits the house and goes to visit. It is creepy, and he tells his wife the sordid family history after she mentions his sister coming to visit.
He drags out an old magic lantern and a phantasmagoria, which horrifies her and appears to summon a supernatural experience.
Not longer after he opens up his sealed shut old bedroom, and his sister and supposedly dead father are there for a good old-fashioned devil summoning black-robed get-together. Unfortunately the pair may be part of the method.
3.5 out of 5
3.5 out of 5