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Characters in Four Past Midnight

10 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Mort Rainey

    A recently divorced novelist at a Maine lake house who is accused of plagiarism by a stranger.

    Also in Secret Window, Secret Garden: Two Past Midnight

  • Sam Peebles

    A small businessman in Junction City, Iowa, preparing a speech, who suspects he is losing his mind.

  • Kevin Delevan

    A teenager in Castle Rock whose Polaroid camera photographs a menacing dog.

Antagonists

Supporting characters

  • Reginald Merrill

    Known as Pop, the junk shop owner in Castle Rock tied to the camera's story.

  • Craig Toomy

    An unstable businessman among the passengers on the red-eye flight.

    Also in The Langoliers

  • Captain Brian Engle

    The airline pilot travelling as a passenger on the flight.

    Also in The Langoliers

  • Dinah Bellman

    A blind girl with psychic abilities among the flight's survivors.

    Also in The Langoliers

  • Nick Hopewell

    One of the survivors who helps the group work out what has happened.

    Also in The Langoliers