Challenge 1075

Auguring Time

In Marina J. Neary’s The Most Promising Cases: Enumerate the forms of poetic justice for each of the characters in the story. Which are the most conflicted, and how?
In Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, The Portrait in the Louvre: Why is the assistant curator never given a name?
In Noam Rabinovitch’s Guardian Angel: Who might the “guardian angel” actually be, and what motivation might he have to support the young musician’s education and career?
In Isaiah J. King’s Intuitive Analysis: When do Augurs date from? And what did they do, exactly? Does your financial advisor have a secret chicken coop?
In Lameese Hassen’s Somewhere in the Multiverse:
1. If the Jess that everyone knew died but never disappeared, how would anyone know she was dead? Doesn’t Jess have to explain to everyone who thinks she’s died that she hasn’t?
2. Might transmigations proceed more smoothly if each Jess were exchanged with another version of herself from a neighboring part of the multiverse? There would be no inexplicable disappearances, but the transmigratory Jesses might need a little time to become accustomed or acculturated to their new surroundings, of course.