A SHORT STAY IN HELL
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Johannas | Back | A food scientist. |
| Jorge Luis | Borges | Writer. |
| Elliot | Callington | One of Soren's companions in hell. Died of a heart attack at 93. |
| Dr. | Carter | The one to introduce the text. |
| Dr. | Cummings | Spearheded the Exploration of '58. |
| Dire | Dan | The prophet of doom and truth. |
| Professor | Donaldson | Offers invocation to the Great God of Zoroastrianism. |
| Huck | Finn | A fictional character created by Mark Twain. |
| Caleb | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| Jessie | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| Lester | Green | New human resident of Hell. A Christian who believed he didn't belong there. |
| Mark | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| Matthew | Green | Lester and Sarah's child. |
| Sarah | Green | Lester's wife. |
| Julia | Hanson | New Human resident of Hell. Professor of biology. An atheist. |
| Dr. Rachel | Hasnick | The only genuine love interest of the protagonist. |
| Julia | Hatch | Continued on going up and down to find books with meaning. |
| Soren | Johansson | New human resident of hell. Protagonist. Died of brain cancer. A mormon. |
| Ahura | Mazda | God. The wise Lord. |
| Stew | Sand | The finder of this year's Most Significant Text. |
| Larisa | Sims | One of Soren's companions in hell. Died of breast cancer at 54. |
| Michael | Spillane | Writer. |
| Leo | Tolstoy | Writer. |
| Master | Treacle | Called the meeting to order. |
| Mark | Twain | Writer. |
| Ahriman | Satan. | |
| Barley | A man from hell. | |
| Betty | Soren's first love interest in hell. | |
| Bob | One of Soren's companions in hell. A homeless schizophrenic. AKA: Biscuit. | |
| Brenda | One of Soren's companions in hell. | |
| Cassandra | Marxist economist. | |
| Conrad | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Daphne | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Doc | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Dolores | One of Soren's companions in hell. A housewife. | |
| Fred | The protagonist in a alternate version of War and Peace. | |
| Higgins | A man from hell. | |
| Jed | One of Soren's companions in hell. Drank three quarters of vodka and died. | |
| Jed (2) | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Jonathan | Betty's husband on earth. Deceased. | |
| Katrina | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Mike | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Pierre | The protagonist in the actual version of War and Peace. | |
| Rudy | Part of the Exploration of '58. | |
| Sally | Elliot's wife. | |
| Sam | One of Soren's companions in hell. A short, quiet young man. | |
| Sandra | Soren's bedmate. Assistant professor of Calculus. | |
| Wand | The girl falling who was missing an arm and a leg. | |
| Xandern | One of the Yazatas. A demon. |
