| | | | Book One |
| | | | iDeath - A good place. |
| | Margaret | | Narrator's ex. The woman who always somehow steps on the wrong board. |
| | My | Name | The name of the protagonist is whatever is on the mind of the reader. |
| | Fred | | The protagonist's friend. |
| | | | Watermelon Works - Where they process watermelon into sugar. |
| | Pauline | | The narrator's love interest. Sometimes cooked food at iDeath. |
| | Al | | Was always the one to cook dinner. |
| | Inboil | | Leader of the no-good gang. Charley's brother. |
| | | | Forgotten Works - The place Inboil digs. |
| | Charley | | The protagonist's friend. Knows about everything there is. |
| | Bill | | The one who made the sheets of wood down at the Shingle Factory. |
| | Mike (1) | | The guy who wrote the book about Forgotten Works. |
| | Chuck | | A very old man. AKA: Old Chuck. |
| | Doc | Edwards | The town doctor. Has a lot of trouble sleeping at night. |
| | Carl | | The window maker. |
| | Ed | | The man whose job is to keep birds off the sugar. |
| | Pete | | The protagonist's friend. |
| | Edgar | | Foreman. |
| | | | Tomb Crew - Four or five guys putting in the tomb. |
| | | | Book Three |
| | Ron | | Lives by the shack near the shoe shop. |