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Cows

Matthew Stokoe
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literary fiction psychological horror past tense third limited POV ~182 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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visceral oppressive nightmarish

A dark literary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 10
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 0
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 100%
noneextreme
Sexual content 80%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count45,571
Page count~182 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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