Short Fiction · Character

Sue-Ann Bradley

A new inmate in Cell Block O, Sue-Ann Bradley learns the Greensleeves' tangler fields and ten-minute rest periods the hard way, one burned thigh at a time.

supporting

Also known as Bradley, Inmate Bradley, Sue - Ann, Inmate Sue - Ann Bradley, VIII Inmate Sue - Ann Bradley

First appearance: asteroid of the damned

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

Sue-Ann Bradley is a woman doing hard time among the Greensleeves, still new enough that the eddy currents in the tangler fields catch her off guard and the guard's 'auntie' stings. She watches Flock scream across the hall and wonders if his pain is real, keeping her own counsel behind a proud silence. Her wary attention to the block's cruelties makes her the reader's eyes on a system that calls its torments humanitarian.

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Familial and Inmate
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Escalation
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Aftermath
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I
Detainee No. WFA-656R; sentenced to three days in Block O for refusing to mop her cell, charged with conspiracy to violate Categoried Class laws.
II
Transferred to Block O, the Greensleeves, where she is forced to wear a straitjacket and is deeply disturbed by the screaming of Sauer and Flock.
III
An inmate in the women's block who observes Flock's screams and learns painful lessons about the tangler fields.
V
A Civil Service idealist imprisoned for advocating for the categoried classes; cowers in her cell during the riot, hides a guard, and confronts Sauer.
VI
Mentioned as Senator Bradley's daughter, an inmate in Block O, whose safety concerns the governor.
VII
Found in the cell with O'Leary, armed with a metal pipe, having defended the guards. She explains the situation and argues with O'Leary about segregation.
VIII
Inmate who helped during the riot; she killed Lafon but is told she saved a man. She still believes in equality of Man.

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