Short Fiction · Character
Waterhouse
A character in a story of a strange experiment.
minor
Also known as Presently Waterhouse
First appearance: a slip under the microscope
Waterhouse's tie to Pollock is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Pollock's companion and moral authority, who scolds him for his recklessness and tries to protect him from the Porroh man's vengeance.
Waterhouse first appears in 0026 a slip under the microscope.
With Pollock (friendship): Pollock and Waterhouse are companions or colleagues, sharing a strange and unsettling experience in a remote setting. With Pollock (friendship): Pollock and Waterhouse are companions or colleagues, sharing a strange and unsettling experience in a remote setting.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Deadly encounters and experiments
- Protagonist
- Fantastical experiments and doors
- Prehistoric survival story
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Pollock
friendship · ambivalent
Pollock and Waterhouse are companions or colleagues, sharing a strange and unsettling… How this plays out →
- Pollock
friendship · ambivalent
Pollock and Waterhouse are companions or colleagues, sharing a strange and unsettling… How this plays out →
Relationship notes
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Chapter companion notes
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See Waterhouse in a slip under the microscope