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The Hollow Places

Kingfisher, T.
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horror weird fiction / cosmic horror past tense first POV ~340 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

cosmic horror oppressive desperate

A dark horror. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,995
Page count~340 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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