Bloodsucking Fiends/Characters

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Primary Characters

Jody

One of the book's central characters. She gets turned into a vampire at the start of the novel.

"A five-and-a-half-foot woman put the three of you big strong guys in the hospital?"
"Yeah. We was just mindin' our own bidness. She come in and axed for some change. James tell her no, he got to put a load in the dryer, and she go fit-one-fifty on him. She a ninja."

Thomas Flood

Jody's love interest. A wannabe writer from Indiana who is living in San Francisco to get inspiration. He works the graveyard shift at a Safeway along with the rest of the night crew known as The Animals.

Abby Normal

An upbeat teenage goth girl introduced in You Suck. She does Jody and Tommy's legwork in the daytime when they can't get out and do things themselves.


Secondary Characters

Elijah Ben-Sapir

The original vampire who turned Jody. His vampirism was a side-effect of an alchemical attempt to obtain immortality. Also discovered teflon about 600 years before its modern widespread use.

The Emperor

A homeless man living in San Francisco based on real-life counterpart Emperor Norton. An all-around nice guy who loves the people of his city and takes his job seriously.

The Animals

Originally Thomas' coworkers, turned vampire minions or vampire hunters depending on circumstances.