Challenge 1136

What Do Rêves Reveal?

In Aritra Basak’s Notes by Altitude: How might a reader decrypt a sequence of events in the narrative?
In R. C. Capasso’s What Grows Between Worlds:
1. At what point does it become apparent that Loric is interacting mysteriously with the exploration team?
2. To what extent does the story differ from Theodore Sturgeon’s episode “Shore Leave” in the first season of Star Trek? How might the distinction illustrate the difference between comedy and tragedy?
In Charles Merkel’s An Odyssey in Basic Training: How does the contrast of “Odyssey” and “basic training” suggest humour? In what ways do Andrew and Penny make the term “Odyssey” seem almost accurate?
In Douglas Young’s The Wisteria Falls Hideaway Inn:
1. What is the dramatic function of Marigold’s remaining seated in her chair and Furman’s never moving from his position at the end of the front desk?
2. What is the dramatic function of the interruptions by three customers and a cleaning lady?
In Gary Clifton’s Food Stamps and Moonshine Whiskey: What “bidness” does Joe Johnny apparently intend to go into at the end of the story? Why doesn’t he need to tell Mama and Belle what it is?
In Bill Bowler’s I Woke Up in Dreamland:
1. What might the author and Lovecraft be searching for in dreamland?
2. Why might Poe go to Thule, never to be met again?
3. Why might the author have chosen to use only secondary separators and not primary separators as punctuation in the poem?
In Channie Greenberg’s Tenebrific: The title is related to the French word ténèbres and the English word “tenebrous.” Why is the word easier to understand in French than in English, despite their common etymology?
In Sultana Raza’s Obliterate Nocturnal Hours: Why might the poet use the French word rêves rather than “dreams”?

Responses welcome!