Challenge 1020

TTT

In Gary Inbinder’s Following the Leads:
1. How might Max Niemand keep from inadvertently indicating that he knows Mary O’Neill is following him during their long trek through the downtown area?
2. Why might Mary O’Neill not approach Max earlier rather than assume he would go directly to his office after hours?
In Alcuin Fromm’s Trust Me: Lemm’s brother Dallor displays an extraordinary lack of interest in the message that Lemm has told him has come from their father. So far, has Dallor displayed any sign of personal disaffection from either Lemm or their father?
In Charles C. Cole’s Althea’s Other Man:
1. As defined by the story, does the term “other man” imply that the narrator wants to be worshipped like a god? Or does he feel that Althea neglects him? Or does he feel excluded by Althea’s public displays of piety?
2. Does Althea pressure the narrator at least to imitate her religious observances?
3. Althea is of Greek parentage but is said to belong to the Roman Catholic denomination. Does it really matter what denomination or even religion Althea adheres to?
4. If the narrator displayed an emblem of his own faith, what might it be? Would Althea understand it or even know what it is?
In Jeffrey Greene’s A Year of Rain:
1. How long did it have to rain to create Noah‘s flood?
2. Temporary flooding can be caused by weather events such as hurricanes. What is currently expected to cause permanent flooding, and where?