Challenge 1004

Playing Rolls

In Shauna Checkley’s Off Script: Is Wendy’s invitation to tea sufficient to suggest her and Soledad’s reconciliation? Is any further dramatization needed?
In Ron Sanders’ The Trashman: Does the trashman distinguish between sin and sinners? Who are his most frequent targets?
In Olivia Arieti’s Nighttime at the Lighthouse: Why is the scene set in a lighthouse rather than in the couple’s earlier apartment?
In Keith LaFountaine’s Shredder:
1. What is the cause of Earl’s, David’s and Mandy’s acquiring a peculiar obsessive-compulsive disorder? Is it due to the guitars, the music or to a shared hubris?
2. Why is Mandy a better musician than David? Is she cited as having any history in the genre?
In Jeffrey Greene’s Talking to Death:
1. What does Ms. D mean by “So, Nate, how many fingers am I holding up?” Can he refuse to look?
2. Is Nate deliberately making a joke by saying he can’t die on “live TV”?
3. What shall the coroner’s report list as Nate’s cause of death?