Challenge 1096

Tales of Yore

In Joseph M. Isenberg’s Timmy Perkins and the Pussycat Extravaganza: When does the cat begin to show hostility toward Perkins? Is the enmity earned or instinctive?
in J. S. Apsley’s The Shore at the End of the Black Lake: What does the lake symbolize?
In Ronin Fox’s The Vending Machine Challenge: Are the vending machines all programmed to have the same personality?
In Harrison Kim’s Leaving Machacago: What is the basic error in the city of Machacago’s sanitation policy? How will the program be self-defeating?
In Nicholas Viglietti’s Stompin’ Round Town: How is the narrator’s dancing partner depicted? Does she do or say anything of her own accord? Why is the narrator right to excuse himself to the men in the washroom and depart immediately? How does the narrator seem to feel about his place in New Orleans?
In Richard Ong’s Wings of Darkness: What stories do you remember from childhood? Do any seem to have some kind of lasting significance or meaning, even though it may not be as strong as that of Rich Ong’s?