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Margaret

A young woman whose casual account of a dream—dirty green rain, rats in her stomach, lampposts with hair—ignites a citywide phenomenon that no one can explain.

supporting

First appearance: the six fingers of time

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Margaret is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A Gamma singer at the night club who attracts the blob; she becomes his romantic interest and fiancée.
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Margaret is one of the girls at breakfast whose offhand remark about a dream catches Bascomb Swicegood's ear and pulls him into a shared nightmare spreading across the city. She's guarded and dismissive when pressed,…

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GGGregory GilbertCPColonel Peter …EUEustaceBWBilly WilkinsMAMargaret

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Large ensemble of minor roles
  • Biblical and authority figures
  • Central narrative characters
  • Shady and minor characters

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator, after losing his legal identity and fortune, fa…

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