Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Smith
A storyteller who holds a room with a haunted-house tale, and whose own family history is tangled in a dead Squire's contested will.
supporting
Also known as Smith, Mr. Hubert Smith
First appearance: an account of some strange disturbances in aungier street
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Smith is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The mysterious lodger whose presence brings supernatural terror and blasphemous discourse.
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Mr. Smith moves among the Marston brothers as their father's sudden death turns Gylingden Hall into a battlefield of lawyers and recrimination. Scroope, disinherited by a will that specially excepted the estate, storms…
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- Other
Character groups
- Dark family secrets
- Supernatural encounters
- Schalken's supernatural love
- Protagonist
- Ghost story narrators
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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