| Edgar |
Allan Poe | Famous American writer and poet |
| Emily |
Ashbyrn | Protagonist and narrator |
| Jessica |
Feeler | Madeline's high school friend |
| Starla |
Foster | John's mistress |
| Debbie |
Gibson | Famous singer |
| Mindy |
Goins | Sarah Goins' mother |
| Sarah |
Goins | Emily Ashbyrn's ex-classmate, disappeared |
| Sarah |
Goins | Emily Ashbyrn's strange classmate |
| Mr. |
Gray | Rhonda Sheckles' husband |
| Mrs. |
Roselle | Emily Ashbyrn's old neighbor |
| Gordon |
Setter | Named individual |
| Rhonda |
Sheckles | Madeline's high school friend |
| Paul |
Templeton | Emily Ashbyrn's first boyfriend; police officer |
| Albert |
Tennors | Madeline's next-door neighbor |
| Lisa |
Tennors | Albert Tennors' wife |
| Ben |
| Madeline's son |
| John |
| Madeline's husband |
| Madeline |
| Emily Ashbyrn's sister, missing. Aka: Madi |
| Misti |
| Store manager |
| Rosita |
| Restaurant owner |
| Shelley |
| Madeline's daughter |
