Short Fiction · Character
Tom Scales
A weathered old retainer with a store of uncanny tales, whose ghostly gander story unsettles listeners long after the telling.
supporting
Also known as Tom, old Scales
First appearance: the quare gander
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Tom Scales is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The hostler who discovered the corpse and reported the stranger's sinister interest in it.
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Tom Scales belongs to the fading generation of servants and neighbours who remember the old Squire's roaring days at Gylingden Hall, and he carries their stories forward in his own rough voice. His tale of a ghostly…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Tom Scales in the quare gander