| THE LORELEI SIGNAL |
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| edited by Carol Hightshoe |
Let me know what stories you really
enjoyed and those you didn't. I would
love to be able to have a letters page
as well in the future issues.
enjoyed and those you didn't. I would
love to be able to have a letters page
as well in the future issues.
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE
Broken Vows - J.C. Lee
There are vows one must make as a Queen and vows that are taken as part of a marriage. Which hold the higher penalty
when they are broken?
Listen - Ed Cox
Flash Fiction
Tempting the Fates - J.J. Fellows
Even the gods knew to fear the Fates as the ones who controlled the thread of all lives. However, even they can be
challenged and tempted to change what is destined to be -- or is it.
The Delegate - Marva Dasef
If the future brings with it the demons of the past - then perhaps the words of fallen heroes can still bring about hope and
change.
The Unholy - Kapri Sanders
That which is sacred can be damned...
The Wishing Tree - Cynthia Saracco
Wishes are powerful things and it takes a very powerful wish to destroy that which had endured for generations.
Umando's Revenge - Terry Bramlet
Amanda finds herself traveling between worlds - fighting creatures and people she doesn't know or understand why she is
forced to fight them. Perhaps the answer lies with the handsome bodyguard of the King of the other realm - an answer
that will manifest itself when they are forced to face each other in the arena.
Virgin and The Unicorn - Jessica Wick
Poetry
There are vows one must make as a Queen and vows that are taken as part of a marriage. Which hold the higher penalty
when they are broken?
Listen - Ed Cox
Flash Fiction
Tempting the Fates - J.J. Fellows
Even the gods knew to fear the Fates as the ones who controlled the thread of all lives. However, even they can be
challenged and tempted to change what is destined to be -- or is it.
The Delegate - Marva Dasef
If the future brings with it the demons of the past - then perhaps the words of fallen heroes can still bring about hope and
change.
The Unholy - Kapri Sanders
That which is sacred can be damned...
The Wishing Tree - Cynthia Saracco
Wishes are powerful things and it takes a very powerful wish to destroy that which had endured for generations.
Umando's Revenge - Terry Bramlet
Amanda finds herself traveling between worlds - fighting creatures and people she doesn't know or understand why she is
forced to fight them. Perhaps the answer lies with the handsome bodyguard of the King of the other realm - an answer
that will manifest itself when they are forced to face each other in the arena.
Virgin and The Unicorn - Jessica Wick
Poetry
APRIL - JUNE 2008 ISSUE
Stalking the Virtual Mysteries - Lettie Prell
When a virtual realty game intersects with vision quest, Nadine finds herself leaving her home in Guatemala City to
travel to the US in search of her father and instead finds a deeper mystery.
(An excerpted story from her forth coming novel DRAGON RING)
Promises - Sheri L. McGathy
Shay is a warrior determined to find the Spirit Blade that imprisoned her lover and fulfill her promise to set him free
by killing him.
The Harper - C.S. MacCath
Poetry
Pvaga and the Censor - Elizabeth Barrette
When a critic tries to censor Pvaga, the Goddess of Free Expression, he learns an important lesson in true
censorship.
Blooded - J.C. Runolfson
Poetry
Autumn Caravans -Berrien C. Henderson
She needs the land as much as the land needs her.
Cataclysm Class - Rena Sherwood
Even with everything crashing around them Sister Yoko Benjamin displays the true power and strength of faith to
the children in a doomed classroom.
Widow - Anita Siraki
Once a powerful mage. Once a powerful queen. Now the woman who calls herself Widow lives for only one thing -
vengeance against the man who took her power, her kingdom and her family away.
Blur of Tiers - Sarah Wagner
In a culture of strict castes, Korska seeks not only to rise above her station, but to soar.
When a virtual realty game intersects with vision quest, Nadine finds herself leaving her home in Guatemala City to
travel to the US in search of her father and instead finds a deeper mystery.
(An excerpted story from her forth coming novel DRAGON RING)
Promises - Sheri L. McGathy
Shay is a warrior determined to find the Spirit Blade that imprisoned her lover and fulfill her promise to set him free
by killing him.
The Harper - C.S. MacCath
Poetry
Pvaga and the Censor - Elizabeth Barrette
When a critic tries to censor Pvaga, the Goddess of Free Expression, he learns an important lesson in true
censorship.
Blooded - J.C. Runolfson
Poetry
Autumn Caravans -Berrien C. Henderson
She needs the land as much as the land needs her.
Cataclysm Class - Rena Sherwood
Even with everything crashing around them Sister Yoko Benjamin displays the true power and strength of faith to
the children in a doomed classroom.
Widow - Anita Siraki
Once a powerful mage. Once a powerful queen. Now the woman who calls herself Widow lives for only one thing -
vengeance against the man who took her power, her kingdom and her family away.
Blur of Tiers - Sarah Wagner
In a culture of strict castes, Korska seeks not only to rise above her station, but to soar.
JANUARY - MARCH 2008 ISSUE
A Tinseltown Fairytale - Barbara Davies
What happens when a girl living the Hollywood fairy tale of being a movie star comes face to face with a real fairy queen?
Graffiti Magic - Kurt Kirchmeier
Flash Fiction
Sisters - Kelly Madden
The story of five women linked together through millions of years of history by a single, unusual stone.
The Librarian's Housekeeper - Jenny Schwartz
Joan is an invisible woman in Castle life -- her uncle's housekeeper, a bastard, and a cripple. But then her uncle dies and
Joan is caught in a tangle of magic and treachery, and nothing will ever be the same again, least of all invisible Joan.
Life Lesson - Gerri Leen
Life is full of lessons - even the life of an angel. However, there some lessons than can only be learned through death and
rebirth.
Girl in the Window - Jason Andrew
Finding your muse can be as dangerous to a writer as not finding her.
Avenge Me - James Hartley
The ends never justify the means - particularly when it comes to using black magic to do good - or do they and how much
is a witch willing to sacrifice to find out?
Time to Wait - J.Michael Matuszewicz
Medical science is constantly advancing, with new knowledge and treatments appearing. But how long should someone
wait to be treated and who makes the decisions on when the appropriate treatment will finally be available?