Can Such Things Be? · Character
David William Duck
A man who is haunted by a ghostly apparition.
minor
Also known as Duck, Dave Duck
First appearance: some haunted houses
David William Duck shows up with force in A Man with Two Lives. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The narrator and protagonist, a private soldier who survives a deadly siege only to find his own body buried.
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