Short Fiction · Character
Curtis Whateley
A relative of the Whateley family in Dunwich.
minor
Also known as Curtis
First appearance: the dunwich horror
Curtis Whateley shows up with force in The Birth and Early Years of Wilbur Whateley. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Son of Zechariah Whateley; sold Alderney cows to Old Whateley.
Curtis Whateley first appears in 0051 the dunwich horror.
In The Birth and Early Years of Wilbur Whateley: Son of Zechariah Whateley; sold Alderney cows to Old Whateley.
Later, in The Climax on Sentinel Hill: A member of the undecayed Whateley branch; he witnesses the visible horror and is traumatized, describing its face as resembling Wizard Whateley.
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See Curtis Whateley in the dunwich horror