# Dr. Black — Short Fiction character guide

> Dr. Black in Short Fiction by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Black, Dr. Black of Harlesden, Harlesden

**First appearance:** 0009-the-inmost-light

## Who they are

A doctor involved in the strange events of Harlesden.

## Relationships

### [Dr. Lewis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/characters/dr_lewis)

_professional_

Dr. Black and Dr. Lewis are fellow physicians, likely consulting each other on medical cases.

### [Dr. Lewis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/characters/dr_lewis)

_professional_

Dr. Black and Dr. Lewis are fellow physicians, likely consulting each other on medical cases.

## In the story

### [The Inmost Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/the-inmost-light)

A once-respectable physician who has fallen into ruin after his wife's mysterious death.

### [The Harlesden Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/i)

The doctor living in Harlesden; his wife died under mysterious circumstances, and he was involved in the inquest.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as the Harlesden doctor who claimed the dead woman's brain was that of a devil; later encountered by Salisbury as a broken, feeble man.

### [The Opal of Dr. Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/iv)

Identified as the owner of the pocketbook found beneath the opal.

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