# Sue-Ann Bradley — Short Fiction character guide

> Sue-Ann Bradley in Short Fiction by Frederik Pohl.

**Role:** supporting

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

**First appearance:** 0000-asteroid-of-the-damned

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iii)

An inmate in the women's block who observes Flock's screams and learns painful lessons about the tangler fields.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as Senator Bradley's daughter, an inmate in Block O, whose safety concerns the governor.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/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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