Challenge 1111

Near the Water

In Eva Brooks’ Upsell: Gui explains to a passenger that the best part of the “tour” is that it does not end. Can Gui’s comment and the story itself be read as satirizing a commonplace image of eternal heavenly life?
In Mark Ifanson’s Full Authority to Arrest and Detain: Does brainwashing do more than modify personal habits?
In Astrid Munn‘s The Fall of the House of Dorothy Lynch: Who or what is “Dorothy Lynch”? What does Beatriz think of it? What might her preference imply?
In Douglas Young’s, Gator Tales:
1. Does Forsythia have one particular reason for quitting her job at the strip club? What observations might constiturte a combination of reasons?
2. Does Forsythia’s cat have a function in the story? If it were omitted, would anything else be affected?
In Liu, Hongping’s Qilin Lake: Do you know of a geographical landmark that has a similarly contradictory significance: it’s beautiful, but don’t partake of it or don’t come too close?
In Bill Bowler’s Josephat Gomez: In October, 2025, Josephat Gomez’s “Supreme Commander” has no beard. What administrative order might make Josephat want to censor the beard in photographs of General Ulysses S. Grant?