Short Fiction · Character
Joe French
A man in a small town.
minor
Also known as French, Joe
First appearance: the hanging stranger
Joe French shows up with force in Beyond Lies the Wub. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Crewman who is unsettled by the wub's death and leaves the table.
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Character groups
- Small town and alien friendship
- Small town and fleet command
- Small town and alien conflict
- Cloned or artificial humans
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
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See Joe French in the hanging stranger