# Mr. Vincey — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Vincey in Short Fiction by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Vincey

**First appearance:** 0030-the-story-of-the-late-mr-elvesham

## Snapshot

A man whose vivid dream of his friend Bessel's distress drives him out into the night, where he witnesses a terrifying transformation.

## Who they are

Vincey is a man of reason who wakes from a dream convinced that his friend Bessel is in desperate need, and against all logic he dresses and sets out through the deserted streets to find him. What he encounters in Covent Garden—Bessel running wild, striking at strangers, screaming 'Life! Life!'—shatters his assumptions and leaves him stunned and bleeding on the pavement. His loyalty and his rational mind are both tested by the horror of what his friend has become, and his pursuit of the truth drives the story forward.

## In the story

### [The Stolen Body](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-stolen-body)

Bessel's collaborator in the telepathy experiments; he sees Bessel's apparition and later discovers the wrecked room.

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