# Peter Dole — Short Fiction character guide

> Peter Dole in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Peter

**First appearance:** 0006-the-golgotha-dancers

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a local.

## In the story

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

Victim of a brutal flogging by masked men; he begs for baptism from Jaeger but dies from his injuries.

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

Deceased coven member; confessed to Jaeger and was beaten to death by his comrades.

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

Mentioned as the dead 'Dirt Fire,' the renegade witch whose death reduced the coven to eleven.

### [VI: The Five Silver Bullets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vi-the-five-silver-bullets)

Mentioned as someone the narrator previously defended from a flogging.

### [VII: The Grave-Digging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vii-the-grave-digging)

Referenced as having been flogged to death by the cult.

## Links

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