Short Fiction · Character
Young Wilcox
A neurotic young sculptor whose dreams of a sunken Cyclopean city leave him feverish, clutching a clay bas-relief he cannot explain.
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Also known as Wilcox, poor Wilcox
First appearance: the call of cthulhu
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Wilcox drifts at the edges of Providence society, dismissed as queer by the Art Club and cherished only by a small circle of aesthetes. After an earthquake tremor he dreams of titan blocks and green ooze, waking in his…
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