The Fisherman 📖

The Fisherman

Langan, John
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horror cosmic horror / dark fantasy past tense first POV ~420 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

cosmic horror gothic desolate

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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Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 5%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count105,004
Page count~420 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst