Challenge 1134

Directing the Show

In J. H. Zech’s The Curse of Eden Square: Why does Richard, a policeman, talk of the police force as though he were not a member of it? Is Dahlia Williams also a member of the police force or is she a private detective?
Michael J. D’Alfonsi’s Nobody’s Home: How does the story’s space alien differ physically and in personality from the strange life form in the film Alien of 1979?
In Bill Bowler’s First Thing This Morning: What character does the narrator resemble in “Nobody’s Home”?
In Mike Rogers’ Digging Up Danger:
1. Does the first-person narrator have a name?
2. The narrator speaks of being married to a “newish wife and second young family.” Does the narrator’s complex marital history have anything to do with his professional or personal relationship with Jan?
3. Does the narrator have a personal or professional reason to accept readily Jan’s fantastical account of the tokens discovered at the archeological dig?
In Douglas Young’s Getting Chauffeured: Who appears to be the main character in the story? Who is actually the main character, and why?