# Earl Sawyer — Short Fiction character guide

> Earl Sawyer in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sawyer

**First appearance:** 0051-the-dunwich-horror

## Who they are

A man who helps investigate the Dunwich horror.

## In the story

### [The Birth and Early Years of Wilbur Whateley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ii)

His common-law wife Mamie Bishop visited to see the baby Wilbur.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iii)

A local who notices the strange stench from the tool-shed and later from the sealed upper spaces, and calls reporters' attention to it.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iv)

Reports on Wilbur's carpentry work in 1927 and notes Wilbur's worried demeanor.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/vii)

Tended Whateley's livestock during Wilbur's absence; developed acute nerves due to strange phenomena.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ix)

Local who guides the group and confirms the monster's ascent of Sentinel Hill.

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