Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets
Powder
By the Waters of Babylon
Lamb to the Slaughter
And of Clay We are Created
100

The important object that Tom stayed home for, lost, retrieved, and lost again.

What is the yellow paper?

100

The father wants to get his son home in a hurry and drives like a crazy person.  He does it for a very specific reason.

What is the promise to the mother?

100

John is able to touch the metal and enter the dead places because of this.

What is being a priest and/or the son of a priest?

100
Mary Maloney begins the story in this way.

What is happily waiting for her husband?

100

The reporter who is on the scene from the beginning.

Who is Rolf Carle?

200

Clare was headed out for the evening.  

What is to the movies?

200

These characters face no conflict between them in the story.

Who are the mother and son?

200

A cracked statue of a man with woman's hair reveals a partial name ASHING.

Who is George Washington?

200

Patrick Maloney is dead, and the police suspect this person upon first arriving.

Who is Mary Maloney?

200

Azucena and many others are trapped as a result of this cataclysmic event.

What is a volcanic eruption and the landslides that followed?

300

Tom Benecke was the golden boy of this industry

What is the grocery store?

300

Cautious.  Organized.  A worrier.

Who is the narrator?

300

During his dream, John sees many strange things, including these glowing and gone technological advantages.

What are electric lights?

300

Mary makes a quick trip to the store for this reason.

What is she needs an alibi?

300

Rolf believes that he can save Azucena and does this as a result.

What is promises to save her?

400

Tom and Clare's apartment is significantly high.

What is eleven stories?

400

The mother and father are having difficulties in their relationship.  The consequences are potentially high.  

What is not let him see his son again?

400

John stops fearing the place of the gods when he makes this important realization.

What is that the gods were people?

400

The deadliness of the weapon is derived from this specific condition.

What is that the leg of lamb is frozen?

400

All victims of the tragedy are represented by this one.

Who is Azucena?

500

To show the passage of time - both how long it actually takes and how little time has actually passed.

What is the burning cigarette?

500

There is playful dialogue and ornery actions taken by the father.  These reveal important character traits.

What is love for his son?

500

John's father tells him that truth is a hard deer to swallow.  He is giving John instructions about how to handle his new information.

What is to slowly reveal the truth as it is too much to take all at once?

500

The leg of lamb is not available for further investigation due to this.

What is that the police eat it?

500

The pump that is needed does not arrive at the promised time and this is the result.

What is the death of Azucena?