Challenge 280

Angel in the Sand

Please write us an essay examining the symbolism in Bertil Falk’s Under the Green Sun of Slormor.
What do you think might deflate or appease Bodkins’ hubris in Bill Bowler’s “Bodkins the Great”?
How does Leona Rigger make Allunai and the Jerinn appealing characters in “Marked for Eradication”?
In Pete Sierra's “Letter to a Future Self,” does the aggression filter make the personality erasure superfluous?
In Arthur Vibert’s “The River”:
1. What signs of Fred’s alienation do we find at the beginning of the story?
2. How do Fred, Mary, and Barney seem to change and yet remain the same?
3. How does “The River” relate to the author’s “The Spare Room,” in issue 268?
What other ending might you give to Lesley Mace’s “Broken Glass”?
Please write us an article explicating the symbolism in John Stocks’ “Angel.”