Challenge 205

Run From the Groaning Milk!

In Jeani Rector’s “The Unmarked Grave,” everything about Cat Daniel’s life seems quite normal — except her visions. Do you think Cat’s reaction to them is realistic? Would you add anything to the beginning chapters that might weave them into the girl’s character?
Some readers will like the ending of Ásgrímur Hartmannsson’s “When Grandmother was Young”; others will want something else. How do you feel about it?
In John W. Steele’s “The Face in the Mirror,” does Reggie take to drink because his wife left him? No, the story says that is not the reason. How, then, do you feel about Dr. Morell? What would you expect the physician to do?
In Anthony Spivey’s “Embarcadero,” who is Keegan? What is the pathos in Talbot’s returning to the Embarcadero?
In light of the essay following Tala Bar’s letter, what is your reaction to Mary B. McArdle’s “Late-Blooming Artist” and John Stocks’ “In the Blue Moon. Thursday”?