Short Fiction · Character

Harley Warren

A wealthy occultist who leads a reluctant friend into Big Cypress Swamp to prove a theory about corpses that never rot.

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Also known as Warren

First appearance: The Statement of Randolph Carter

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Carter's close friend and fellow researcher into forbidden subjects; he descends into the tomb and is never seen again.

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Warren dominates his narrator-friend through sheer intellectual force, drawing him into forbidden Arabic texts and studies pursued more from fascination than inclination. He carries an undecipherable book from India and speaks obsessively of tombs where the dead rest firm and fat for a thousand years. His confidence and his secrecy pull the pair toward an ancient cemetery at midnight, and it is his absence the next morning that turns a scholarly expedition into a lifelong haunting.

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Harley Warren is a close friend and fellow occult researcher who accompanies the narrator… How this plays out →
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friendship · positive
Harley Warren is a close friend and fellow occult researcher who accompanies the narrator… How this plays out →

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Harley Warren is a close friend and fellow occult researcher who accompanies the narrator on dangerous explorations into forbidden knowledge.
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Harley Warren is a close friend and fellow occult researcher who accompanies the narrator on dangerous explorations into forbidden knowledge.
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Harley Warren is a close friend and fellow occult researcher who accompanies the narrator on dangerous explorations into forbidden knowledge.

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