# St. John — Short Fiction character guide

> St. John in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-the-hound

## Who they are

A friend of the narrator who dies in a crypt.

## In the story

### [The Hound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-hound)

The narrator's companion in grave-robbing; he is killed by the spectral hound after the theft of the amulet.

### [The Horror of the Grave-Robbers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/i)

The narrator's companion and leader in their grave-robbing expeditions; his corpse is later found mangled.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ii)

St. John is killed by a winged entity after the theft of the amulet; his dying words implicate the amulet.

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