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Aunties Ondine, Margaret, and Jadine

These eldritch figures advise the narrating protagonist, their champion in the world.

Bruh Rabbit

This folk-hero serves as a touchstone for the narrating protagonist. A trickster-figure, he prevails by cunning rather than brute strength.

Chesterfield

This brand of cigarette marks off the character who smokes them as a “normal” part of her world. Owing to old associations with the military, it also reinforces her veteran status.

Grand Cyclops

This eldritch figure is the chief objective of the ritual the narrator and her company interdict. The full manifestation thereof, if unchecked, would unmake the world.

Ku Kluxers

These eldritch figures work in the service of another. Summoned by and feeding on hate, they spur more normal people to heinous action, doing worse things yet themselves.

Macon

Primary setting of the novel, this Georgia city has long-standing associations with slavery and the Confederacy.

Night Doctors

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