Short Fiction · Character
Norman Gortsby
A man who is cynical about a stranger's story in a park.
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Also known as Gortsby
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Norman Gortsby shows up with force in Dusk. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Sits on a park bench at dusk, reflecting on the defeated and disillusioned.
Norman Gortsby first appears in 0029 the bag.
In Dusk: Sits on a park bench at dusk, reflecting on the defeated and disillusioned. He is skeptical of a young man's story but later lends him money after finding a cake of soap, only to discover the story was a lie.
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