# Otto Zoberg — Short Fiction character guide

> Otto Zoberg in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Doctor Zoberg, Doctor, Zoberg

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

## Who they are

A bearded, genial champion of spiritism who spars with a professional debunker and insists the proof of the supernatural rests with the skeptic.

## In the story

### [The Invading Asteroid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/the-invading-asteroid)

Provides scientific analysis of the asteroid's anomalous behavior.

### [I: “Why Must the Burden of Proof Rest with the Spirits?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/i-why-must-the-burden-of-proof-rest-with-the-spirits)

Champion of spiritism and mediumism, friendly rival to Wills, who proposes a visit to a little-known medium.

### [II: “You Can Almost Hear the Ghosts.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/ii-you-can-almost-hear-the-ghosts)

Psychic researcher who demonstrates telepathy and arranges the séance with Susan Gird.

### [III: "That Thing Isn't My Daughter—"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iii-that-thing-isn-t-my-daughter)

Genial doctor who encourages the séance; is chained alongside Wills and Susan.

### [IV: “I Don’t Know What Killed Him.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iv-i-don-t-know-what-killed-him)

Present at the séance; appears exhausted and shaken after the murder, defends Wills against suspicion.

### [V: “They Want to Take the Law Into Their Own Hands.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/v-they-want-to-take-the-law-into-their-own-hands)

Mentioned by Wills as someone who could support his innocence if recovered.

### [X: Bloodlust and Compassion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/x-bloodlust-and-compassion)

Mentioned as recovering from the séance ordeal, bruised by the mob, and resting at the Gird home.

### [XI: "To Meet That Monster Face to Face!"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xi-to-meet-that-monster-face-to-face)

Visited by Judge Pursuivant; he is mystified by the murder and anxious to prove Wills innocent, offering to help with legal fees.

### [XIII: “Light’s Our Best Weapon.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xiii-light-s-our-best-weapon)

Arrives with a bruised eye; discusses ectoplasmic theory of lycanthropy and hypnotized O'Bryant.

### [XIV: “I Was—I Am—A Wolf.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xiv-i-was-i-am-a-wolf)

Revealed as the werewolf; confesses to being a wolf who hoped to mate with an angel.

### [XV: “And That Is the End.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xv-and-that-is-the-end)

Confesses his evil nature, lycanthropic control, and plan to transform Susan. Escapes manacles but is shot dead by O'Bryant.

## Links

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