# Trap Lawton — Short Fiction character guide

> Trap Lawton in Short Fiction by Frank Belknap Long.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lawton

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

## Snapshot

Trap Lawton is the wiry, darkly bearded commander whose stolen cruiser and drowned crew drag Langford into a confrontation with the winged things across the river.

## Who they are

Lawton wakes on the riverbank accusing Langford of stealing his ship, only to confess that his men were lifted in preying arms and dumped like dead timber. His rage and grief are raw, and his certainty that the creatures' ship lies three hundred yards away pushes Langford toward the crossing. He is the human cost of the story's mystery, a commander who lost everything and can only point the way forward.

## Relationships

### [Slashaway Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/characters/slashaway_tommy)

_rivalry_

A violent or competitive rivalry, likely between outlaws or antagonists.

### [Slashaway Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/characters/slashaway_tommy)

_rivalry_

A violent or competitive rivalry, likely between outlaws or antagonists.

### [Slashaway Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/characters/slashaway_tommy)

_rivalry_

A violent or competitive rivalry, likely between outlaws or antagonists.

## In the story

### [The Sky Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_17_se/chapters/the-sky-trap)

The chief protagonist, a pugnacious and determined meteorologist who fights to keep the crew together and ultimately leads them out of the bubble.

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