In addition to being a maker of
bows and
arrows, the
Fletcher was also the handgun weapon that
Molly (or
Sally, depending on which book) used in
Neuromancer, the first of
William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy (also containing
Count Zero and
Mona Lisa Overdrive. The gun shot multiple '
flechettes' (flèche in
French means 'arrow') in a cluster, containing anything from explosives to tranquilizers.
Although a clear description of the Fletcher was not given in the novels, the screenplay describes it as having four barrels, along with a
pepperbox muzzle. It is fed from a
clip located in the handle of the gun.