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Sally Anders

Sally Anders is a mother trapped across the breakfast table from a husband of stone, holding her son tight while eight years of cold marriage calcify around her.

supporting

Also known as The Calm Man Sally Anders, Poor Sally

First appearance: the hounds of tindalos

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Sally Anders is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The protagonist; a shy but hopeful young woman who marries a mysterious man and later discovers his alien nature as he takes their son away.
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Sally sits each morning staring at nothing on the wall behind her husband, who cracks eggs methodically and never plays with their boy Tommy. She wants to shriek at him to wreck the toy locomotive, to feel something,…

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Character Web

30 connections

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TMThe Man from T…TSTommy SweeneyUAUncle AlLJLucky Jim Sand…DSDr. Stephen Ha…SASally Anders

Relationship types

  • Psychological
  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Core romantic subplot
  • Protagonist
  • Extended ensemble and cameos
  • Captain and rogue ensemble

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the dramatic climax because Sally reaches her psychological peak of self-assurance and romantic antici…

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Relationships

Relationship notes

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See Sally Anders in the hounds of tindalos

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