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