The Twisted Ones
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The Twisted Ones is a horror novel by T. Kingfisher that blends Southern Gothic atmosphere with cosmic terror as a woman clearing out her late grandmother’s house uncovers a sinister, otherworldly presence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Twisted Ones canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6066611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Twisted Ones Context triple: [T. Kingfisher, notableWork, The Twisted Ones]
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A.
Twisted
Twisted is a track from Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed 1974 album "Court and Spark," known for its jazzy style and witty, sardonic lyrics.
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B.
Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales is a horror anthology film series known for its dark, supernatural stories and genre-bending twists, directed by filmmaker Tom Holland.
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C.
The Twisted Road
The Twisted Road is an alternative title for the 1948 American film noir "They Live by Night," a crime drama about a young fugitive couple on the run.
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D.
The Hanseroth Twins
The Hanseroth Twins are Phil and Tim Hanseroth, American musicians best known as Brandi Carlile’s longtime songwriting partners, bandmates, and harmony vocalists.
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E.
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three is a 1925 silent crime thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, known for its dark carnival setting and tale of a criminal trio using a sideshow as a front for their schemes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Twisted Ones Target entity description: The Twisted Ones is a horror novel by T. Kingfisher that blends Southern Gothic atmosphere with cosmic terror as a woman clearing out her late grandmother’s house uncovers a sinister, otherworldly presence.
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A.
Twisted
Twisted is a track from Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed 1974 album "Court and Spark," known for its jazzy style and witty, sardonic lyrics.
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B.
Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales is a horror anthology film series known for its dark, supernatural stories and genre-bending twists, directed by filmmaker Tom Holland.
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C.
The Twisted Road
The Twisted Road is an alternative title for the 1948 American film noir "They Live by Night," a crime drama about a young fugitive couple on the run.
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D.
The Hanseroth Twins
The Hanseroth Twins are Phil and Tim Hanseroth, American musicians best known as Brandi Carlile’s longtime songwriting partners, bandmates, and harmony vocalists.
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E.
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three is a 1925 silent crime thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, known for its dark carnival setting and tale of a criminal trio using a sideshow as a front for their schemes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic fiction
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cosmic horror fiction ⓘ horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| atmosphere | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| author |
T. Kingfisher
ⓘ
Ursula Vernon ⓘ |
| centralLocation | grandmother's rural house ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
cosmic terror
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encounter with the uncanny ⓘ family secrets ⓘ grief ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
found manuscript
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hidden journal ⓘ strange ritual ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresElement |
occult writings
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otherworldly presence ⓘ sinister forest ⓘ strange stones ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
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cosmic horror ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination |
Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel
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linked to:
Dragon Award
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| hasCharacter |
Foxy
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Mouse's father ⓘ grandmother ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | rural sheriff ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Arthur Machen's The White People
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linked to:
Arthur Machen
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| hasParatext | author's note ⓘ |
| involvesActivity | clearing out grandmother's house ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 1534429574 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9781534429574 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mouse ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 400 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | freelance editor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | Saga Press ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingRegion | North Carolina ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly humorous
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suspenseful ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Twisted Ones Description of subject: The Twisted Ones is a horror novel by T. Kingfisher that blends Southern Gothic atmosphere with cosmic terror as a woman clearing out her late grandmother’s house uncovers a sinister, otherworldly presence.
Referenced by (4)
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