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The Willows (Novella)

Algernon Blackwood
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horror weird fiction past tense first POV ~92 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive uncanny melancholic

A dark horror. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count22,998
Page count~92 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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