Challenge 1051

Go Bump in the Night

In issue 1051, how many of the prose fiction stories have animal spooks? Human spooks? A combination of human and animal?
In Alcuin Fromm’s Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 2: What is Lemm charged with as a consequence of his reaction to a threat of violence in the protest? The evidence against him is mostly fabricated; is there any indication that Lemm was specifically and deliberately provoked?
In Shauna Checkley’s Wild Confines: Why is Paris Jade afraid of snakes and other reptiles?
In Val Votrin’s The Last Will of Lord Halewyn: Is it entirely unknown in medieval history that a person of Machteld’s social status might claim authority on vaguely similar grounds although for an opposite purpose?
In Martha Cipolla’s She Went West: Aside from ruffled feathers, what might be the raven’s motive for misleading Jocelyn concerning Eliana’s whereabouts?
In Gary Clifton’s The Saw Dog Mountain Monster: What happens to Deputy Clapsaddle? Why?