Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Garrett
A cheerful young library reader whose errand for a book leaves him white, shaking, and keeping one eye fixed on the door.
supporting
Also known as Garrett
First appearance: casting the runes
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Garrett is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Narrator of the main story; a former pupil at the school; recalls the events involving Sampson and McLeod.
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Garrett is a pleasant, ordinary young man who happens to be in the library class where a certain book is kept, and who does a stranger a small kindness. Whatever he saw there has left him propped by a fire, shivering,…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Occult Battles & Library Hauntings
- Supernatural Investigators & Victims
- Antiquaries & Treasure Seekers
- Diverse Supernatural Encounters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This letter marks the story’s dramatic climax because it delivers the emotional and psychological peak of unre…
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See Mr. Garrett in casting the runes