| A | B |
| Tom Walker | "The Devil and Tom Walker" |
| Mrs. Walker | "The Devil and Tom Walker" |
| Old Scratch | "The Devil and Tom Walker" |
| Prince Prospero | "The Masque of the Red Death" |
| Red Death | "The Masque of the Red Death" |
| semi-barbaric king | "The Lady, or the Tiger?" |
| princess | "The Lady, or the Tiger?" |
| courtier/young man/lover | "The Lady, or the Tiger?" |
| Simon Wheeler | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| Leonidas W. Smiley | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| Jim Smiley | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| Andrew Jackson | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| Daniel Webster | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| stranger | "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
| John Oakhurst | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Mother Shipton | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| the Duchess | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Uncle Billy | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Five Spot | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Tom Simpson/"The Innocent" | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Piney Woods | "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" |
| Soapy | "The Cop and the Anthem" |
| policeman | "The Cop and the Anthem" |
| guest/young man/tenant | "The Furnished Room" |
| Eloise Vashner | "The Furnished Room" |
| housekeeper/Mrs. Purdy | "The Furnished Room" |
| Joanna/Johnsy | "The Last Leaf" |
| Sue/Sudie | "The Last Leaf" |
| doctor | "The Last Leaf" |
| Old Behrman | "The Last Leaf" |
| young woman/narrator | "The Waltz" |
| young man/dance partner | "The Waltz" |
| Dr. Heidegger | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |
| Widow Wycherley | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |
| Mr. Medbourne | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |
| Colonel Killigrew | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |
| Mr. Gascoigne | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |
| Sylvia | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" |