# James Burne Worson — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> James Burne Worson in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Worson

**First appearance:** 0075-an-unfinished-race

## Who they are

A man who experiences a strange and fatal encounter while running.

## In the story

### [Mysterious Disappearances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/mysterious-disappearances)

Worson disappears during a run, last seen by witnesses before vanishing mid-stride.

### [An Unfinished Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/an-unfinished-race)

The shoemaker who vanishes mid-race after a drunken wager.

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