# Stanly Weill — Short Fiction character guide

> Stanly Weill in Short Fiction by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Stanly, Weill

**First appearance:** 0040-the-edge-of-the-knife

## Snapshot

A scientist bound for New Texas with a bodyguard posing as a secretary, he studies a dangerous new energy while trouble gathers around him.

## Who they are

Weill boards a space-liner expecting a stenographer and finds Hoddy Ringo instead: a tubby, cheerful-looking man with a concealed automatic and a talent for trouble. Weill's own unease about what else Ringo might be is matched by his growing awareness that New Texas is a place where a stranger can get killed. His research into a volatile new energy form sits at the center of the story's early tension, making every ally and every unanswered question feel loaded.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Whitburn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/characters/doctor_whitburn)

_professional_

Doctor Whitburn and Stanly Weill are medical colleagues, working together to treat patients in a war zone.

### [Doctor Whitburn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/characters/doctor_whitburn)

_professional_

Doctor Whitburn and Stanly Weill are medical colleagues, working together to treat patients in a war zone.

### [Doctor Whitburn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/characters/doctor_whitburn)

_professional_

Doctor Whitburn and Stanly Weill are medical colleagues, working together to treat patients in a war zone.

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