# Mr. Thirkell — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Thirkell in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thirkell

**First appearance:** 0015-vii

## Who they are

An enigmatic presence in a suspenseful narrative.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Bellowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mrs_bellowes)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

### [Mrs. Bellowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mrs_bellowes)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

### [Mrs. Bellowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mrs_bellowes)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

## In the story

### [Pillar of Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/pillar-of-fire)

A representative of the future society who interrogates Lantry and embodies the technocratic, death-denying regime.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/ii)

The first attendant Lantry kills, shoved into the fire lock.

### [A Little Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/a-little-journey)

A charismatic but fraudulent religious leader who sells tickets to a supposed rocket to Heaven on Mars. He is exposed as a con man when his dilapidated ship explodes, and he falls into the Sun.

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