# Violet Gusterson — Short Fiction character guide

> Violet Gusterson in Short Fiction by Fritz Leiber.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Violet, VI Many, VI Gusterson

**First appearance:** 0002-nice-girl-with-5-husbands

## Snapshot

A writer's wife who paints murals on empty apartment floors, teases her husband about his viriler charm, and refuses to trade their glass death trap for the safer caves below.

## Who they are

Daisy, married to Gusterson, lives with him and their three children in a nearly abandoned topside apartment building they call a glass death trap. She paints murals on the floor of an empty neighboring apartment and jokes about lassoing neighbors, while Gusterson tries to dream up an insanity beyond insanity for his next novel. When he asks if she'd like to move below, she admits she'd sleep safer but not happier — or one bit excited.

## Relationships

### [Fay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/fay)

_psychological_

Fay is obsessively fixated on Violet, often manipulating situations to be near her.

### [Meg Winterly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/meg_winterly)

_rivalry_

Meg and Violet are bitter social rivals, constantly competing for status and attention.

### [Ma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/ma)

_family_

Ma is Violet Gusterson's mother, often exasperated by her daughter's dramatic behavior.

### [William Augustus Angler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/william_augustus_angler)

_romantic_

Violet is engaged to William Augustus Angler, though their relationship is fraught with tension.

### [Tickler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/tickler)

_family_

Tickler is Violet Gusterson's pet cat, whom she dotes on excessively.

### [William Augustus Angler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/william_augustus_angler)

_romantic_

Violet is engaged to William Augustus Angler, though their relationship is fraught with tension.

### [Fay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/fay)

_psychological_

Fay is obsessively fixated on Violet, often manipulating situations to be near her.

### [Fay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/fay)

_psychological_

Fay is obsessively fixated on Violet, often manipulating situations to be near her.

### [Tickler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/tickler)

_family_

Tickler is Violet Gusterson's pet cat, whom she dotes on excessively.

### [Ma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/ma)

_family_

Ma is Violet Gusterson's mother, often exasperated by her daughter's dramatic behavior.

### [Meg Winterly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/meg_winterly)

_rivalry_

Meg and Violet are bitter social rivals, constantly competing for status and attention.

### [Meg Winterly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/characters/meg_winterly)

_rivalry_

Meg and Violet are bitter social rivals, constantly competing for status and attention.

## In the story

### [The Creature from Cleveland Depths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/chapters/the-creature-from-cleveland-depths)

Associated with George Gusterson, involved in the story's events.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_19_se/chapters/vi)

The protagonist of the chapter, referred to as 'Gussy' by Fay. He is disturbed by the tickler and Fay's manipulation.

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