Short Fiction · Character
Lucky Jim Sanders
Lucky Jim Sanders is a broke, magnetic gambler who turns his ruined reputation into a con, betting five thousand he doesn't have on the right to pick his own ship.
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Also known as Jim, Jimmy Cricket, Jimmy, Wildly Jimmy
First appearance: the hounds of tindalos
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Narrator and protagonist; down on his luck but still confident and reckless; uses his reputation to bluff the yardmaster.
Jim has just been trimmed badly, but his face still wears the golden halo of a winner, and he knows it. With Pete's help he stages a drunken brawl in the shipyard, letting the yardmaster see a man too lucky to be trusted and too proud to be cheated. His charm and recklessness drive the early con, but the story keeps asking whether luck is a gift or a debt coming due.
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See Lucky Jim Sanders in the hounds of tindalos