Challenge 1067

Fates Await

In Gary Inbinder’s Milwaukee:
1. The characters active in the chapter are Max, Walt, Phil, Otto and Jimmy. Aside from Otto, what are their last names?
2. How many other characters are named in the chapter? What groups do they belong to?
In Michael Jess Alexander’s A Forest Haunt:
1. Is the cabin visible outside the circle of trees surrounding it?
2. Are the trees encircling the cabin completely impassable without the application of heavy tools?
In Douglas Young’s A Fun Family Reunion:
1. How old is Uncle Lewis’s and Cousin Gideon’s verbal conflict? How is it finally prevented from continuing, at least at this family reunion?
2. How might one reply to Gideon without using his “code words,” i.e. his encrypted terminology?
In Jo Gatenby’s A Small Cloth Heart: Does the doll have a name?
In Alex Zoubine’s Of a Feather: Are the characters descendants or replacements of human beings?
In Jane Jacobs’ Dark Age Ahead: What prediction — made 20 years ago — is particularly applicable to the U.S. politics and elections of 2024?