The Lorelei Signal
Edited by Carol Hightshoe
ISSN: 2158-6160
Welcome to the Jan - Mar '23 Issue of The Lorelei Signal
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Stories in this Issue:
Please Note: As I am in the process of moving the April Issue will be part of a double issue for July.
by Kavitha Nallathambi
Poetry
by Mark DiStefano
A dead girl is haunting my house. I'm trying to assist her in her unfinished business, but she's not super interested in cooperating.
by Diane Arrelle
Eloise O’Banion an elementary school teacher has been forced to retire for health reasons and is depressed. Imagine her surprise when one morning shortly after the school year begins she gets a surprising visit from an old student. It seems like a wish come true.
by Ginger Strivelli
She makes history with her hands...ancient history.
by Henry Peter Gribbin
Flash Fiction
by Leonora Lewis
Livia haunts the Permit to Sell Department of the Department of Motor Vehicles; her old desk is in a freezing cold spot in the office and her old chair bucks anyone who sits in it. While all the rumors fly, Hope keeps her head down and tries to do her job and the nosy assistant supervisor out of her business.
by Paula Cappa
The King of Iceleea is lonely for a queen until he meets the Mother of Witches, Hekate, at his kingdom's crossroads. Hekate provides him with an enchanting wife—a mysterious woman who arrives riding a white wolf, bringing her secret powers from another realm to Iceleea.
by Lynne Sargent
Poetry
by Maureen Bowden
The Great Mother hears disturbing reports concerning the behaviour of the residents on a little blue planet. She feels obliged to investigate.
by Laura J. Underwood
When Anwyn Baldomyre sought a place to stay for the night, he was not expecting to be put into a contest that would test his harper skills as well as his magic.
by Mary E. Lowd
Alternate universes brush against each other while a giraffe-like alien is shopping for jangleberry jam.
by Lucy D. Ford
A young squirrel native has to hold off ruthless dinosaur explorers who seek to exploit and defile her heritage.
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The Lorelei Signal (ISSN: 2158-6160) is published quarterly, by WolfSinger Publications.
New issues are posted on the first Sunday of Jan, April, July, and Oct.