Short Fiction · Character
John Harrington
A man who discovers a cursed object in an old house.
minor
Also known as Harrington
First appearance: a warning to the curious
John Harrington shows up with force in Casting the Runes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A Cambridge acquaintance who wrote a scathing review of Karswell's book and later died mysteriously after being chased up a tree.
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- Cursed Objects & Haunted Houses
- Protagonist
- Cursed Estates & Hauntings
- Supernatural Investigators & Victims
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