# Bobby — Short Fiction character guide

> Bobby in Short Fiction by Frank Belknap Long.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Robbie

**First appearance:** 0000-the-hounds-of-tindalos

## Who they are

A young boy or minor character with a friendly name.

## In the story

### [IV: New York Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/chapters/iv-new-york-kid)

The narrator's five-year-old son, who asks for a bedtime story about space.

### [The Cottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/chapters/the-cottage)

Durkin's stepson, who sees the cottage as a symbol of a happy future and defiantly removes his own doll replica.

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