Short Fiction · Character
Terry Neil
A man who has an encounter with the fairies.
minor
Also known as Terence, Terence Neil
First appearance: ii the fairies in the castle
Terry Neil shows up with force in The Ghost and the Bonesetter. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The bonesetter and narrator's father, who is forced to sit up in the haunted castle and confronts the ghost.
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In The Ghost and the Bonesetter: The bonesetter and narrator's father, who is forced to sit up in the haunted castle and confronts the ghost. Later, in The Magician Earl: A smith who encountered the Earl's ghostly…
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- Diverse ghostly witnesses
- Ghost story narrators
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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