Short Fiction · Character
Dr. Robert Matheson
A doctor who investigates the Terror.
minor
Also known as Dr. Matheson, Robert Matheson, Robert, Dr. Somebody
First appearance: the terror
Dr. Robert Matheson shows up with force in The Fragments. The page is where that presence becomes real.
His posthumous manuscript provides a clinical account of witnessing Helen's dissolution.
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- White People Narratives
- Supernatural and Terror Investigators
- Protagonist
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The emotional peak occurs when the soldier awakens to a profound sense of "delicious ease," "assurance of comf…
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