# Cole Wickett — Short Fiction character guide

> Cole Wickett in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** High Private Cole Wickett, Wickett, Cole

**First appearance:** 0001-the-invading-asteroid

## Who they are

A minor soldier character.

## In the story

### [I: The Cursed Damozel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/i-the-cursed-damozel)

The narrator and protagonist; a 14-year-old Confederate private captured at Shiloh, who becomes the target of a vampire's seduction.

### [II: The Flying Horned One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/ii-the-flying-horned-one)

Narrator and protagonist, a gaunt and hungry former Confederate soldier and tramp, who intervenes to rescue Peter Dole from a flogging.

### [III: The Night Side of Preaching](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iii-the-night-side-of-preaching)

Narrator and participant; Jaeger recruits him for a coming battle against evil, believing him immune to enchantment.

### [IV: The Gathering of the Vultures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iv-the-gathering-of-the-vultures)

Narrator and observer; takes post at a window to watch the door, sees the horned creature approach.

### [V: The Rout of the Witches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/v-the-rout-of-the-witches)

Narrator and fighter; kills two witches with a saber and assists Jaeger in the rout.

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