Entities
Creatures, apparitions, people and conditions. 95 of 100 are revealed; 5 are still unrevealed.
- The Tallow Heron — Where it stands, the house stops being hungry
- The Quorum — It takes as many as are looking
- Gravel Lamb — The road gets shorter behind you
- Dormant Susannah — It rains in her ward
- Ledger Mold — It corrects the books toward mercy
- The Understory — It lives where the conversation pauses
- Mother of Rooms — A house that adds a room for each who lived in it
- The Seamstress of Last Words — She hems what was never said
- The Meter Reader — He reads how many words are left in your house
- Hollowmoth — It drinks the shadow out of the room
- The Cathedral Slug — A parish that moves four metres a day
- The Late Guest — Someone is saving you a seat
- Edda Lowe — Her reflection has taken her years
- The Itemised Receipt — Thank you for your custom
- The Lullaby Engine — It has not said what it is waiting for
- Impression Fungus — It remembers where things were left
- The Weight on the Stair — It is on the fourth step now
- The Rearranger — It is making your house ready for someone else
- The Ship That Grows — Twenty-one come ashore; nineteen were lost
- The Quiet Committee — Motion carried, six to one
- The Hands of Mara Dix — Mended, but not as it was
- The Long Dog of Calder Row — Good boy. Good boy. Good boy.
- The Stored Quiet — Say it into the jar
- The Man Who Returns the Books — Overdue
- The Second Shift — Check your pockets. Then check tomorrow's.
- The Respiring Fern — Breathe with it
- The Landlord of Tenth Street — Rent is due
- The Marchwarden — It was always on this side
- The Cistern Whale — The water remembers a song
- Passenger Eleven — One more than you counted
- Magdalena Prue — She will come back with the tide. Most of her.
- The Hour of Public Grief — Nobody asks what for
- Station Forecast — Forty per cent chance of confession by evening
- The Carp of the Small Room — Someone is keeping house
- The White Procession — Forty miles, in single file, with a stone each
- Mr. Osk — Sorry. I will make a note of it
- The Unsent — Sorry about the delay
- The Interpreter — She will say what you mean
- Pietro Salt — Your name is Pietro. Eat something.
- The Bread Mother — Count the slices
- Hourbehind — Call before you call
- The Woman Who Is Always Just Introduced — Nice to meet you
- The Ash Stag — Green comes after
- The Tidy Voice — Actually…
- The Fire Drill — Count the heads
- The Anchorite — Steer by the bell
- The Footfall — It knows how you walk
- The Last Train Horse — It is still pulling
- The Lifeguard of the Dry Pool — Swim between the flags
- The Cartographer's Apprentice — The road is already drawn
- Oda Brandt — Keep a window open
- The Extra Corner — Sleep facing the door
- The Speaking Clock — At the third stroke
- Frame Four — She is closer than she was
- Thornlight — It burns for those awake
- The Open Door Rule — Whoever knocks is welcome
- The Auctioneer of Small Hours — Going once
- Kell's Document — It is written. It is already written.
- The Hush Between Floors — The doors will open when you answer
- The Spare Day — Cover the clocks
- The Roll Call — Answer when your name is called
- Slack Water — The tide has stopped
- The Doctor of Unhappened Things — This won't hurt. It already did.
- The Face in the Flock — Look up
- The Boiler Salamander — Keep it warm
- The Reorganiser — You now report to…
- The Confessor Who Forgets — Say it. He won't remember.
- The Keeper Who Became the Light — Mind the light
- The Dollhouse Nest — Do not remove the nest
- The Cinder Veil — It wasn't so bad, was it?
- The Bridge at Ketterby — Put it down before the middle
- Uncle Verne — Say hello to Uncle Verne
- The Inland Tide — High water at 04:10
- Outbound Street — Don't turn at the corner
- The Regulars — The usual?
- The Argument Toad — Move it to the garden
- Unravelling Ruth — Don't pull
- Brother Fen — Walk through slowly
- The Man Who Is Also a Door — Knock first
- The Nineteen-Year Glass — Close your eyes at the note
- Orphan Lilies — Visit
- The Cellar Below the Cellar — Back in a minute
- The Appraiser — I can give you a fair price
- The Foghorn of Gannet Point — Follow the long note
- The Man in the Window Seat — Sleep. He is here.
- The Second Reader — Read the margin
- The Patient Flood — Move upstairs. It isn't cruel.
- The Long Dance — Take her hand
- Choir Reef — Listen to the sea
- Lung Moss — Breathe
- Mr. Fortunate — Count your luck
- The Glass Singer — Applaud quietly
- The Unlit Window — Don't look up
- The Slow Echo — Call out. Come back.
- Last Orders — Time, gentlemen