# Staley Fleming — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Staley Fleming in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fleming

**First appearance:** 0019-staley-fleming-s-hallucination

## Who they are

A man who experiences a hallucination that leads to his death.

## In the story

### [Staley Fleming's Hallucination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/staley-fleming-s-hallucination)

The patient suffering from hallucinations of a black Newfoundland dog; dies from a mysterious throat wound.

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