Update!
Husband disappeared into the bedroom last night with a BBQ lighter, a sewing needle, a dime, a dinner plate, and my reader. Came back with the reader and the stylus, and a needle jauntily sticking out of the end. Yay!
It's easy to see that the stylus/head break was COMPLETELY clean. I mean, no jagged edges at all. Seems like the break was just waiting to happen, very odd. Maybe this is why Sony doesn't manufacture and sell the stylus' because they're trying to invent one that won't break like that.
Chris is sending me a new stylus (I'm using a Q-tip in the meantime) and MUCH THANKS are due to Ripplinger who gave up dibs on the last stylus to help me out. Chris says this is the second time Ripp has done this kind thing for a fellow Sony user and therefore he is a SAINT.
(Especially since my cats keep trying to eat the Q-tip. Gah!)