Short Story
Number of words : 5000
Percent of complex words : 7.8
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 10.5
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.3
Flesch : 74.7
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.5
SETTING
A town in the USA that is not specified.
CHARACTERS
Dick Stratton
Husband of Jane, or bank account of Jane more to the point it appears. Unwilling Tapestry owner.
Jane Stratton
His spendthrift wife and Tapestry purchaser.
Bootblack
Man who tells Dick of the Tapestry's powers.
Alice Kelly
Friend of Jane's.
Mrs Lydell
Town resident having a reception.
Doris Ryder
Woman Jane threatens smearing Dick with to get money out of him.
MEDIA
The Tapestry
Strange artwork made of human hair his wife buys rather than the print he wanted.
PLOT
Brackett's lone horror story.
Jane buys The Tapestry over Dick's objections, and continues to extract money out of him to keep up with the Joneses. However, this purchase is evil, and can actually seduce people to enter it with promises. Dick meets a man who tells of its past, and then his wife disappears. What will happen to him, given he can't bring himself to burn it.
3.5 out of 5
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