The Sirens Call, Summer 2020
June 2020
Contents
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Sweet Little Songbird | Joshua Skye |
| 8 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Giant Killer | Marcus Cook |
| 11 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Night Terrors | Michael Anthony Dioguardi |
| 12 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Flesh of the Father | Guy Medley |
| 14 | Short Fiction | Fiction | He Seemed Familiar | Roger Ley |
| 15 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Say (Part I) | Scarlett R. Algee |
| 15 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Say (Part II) | Scarlett R. Algee |
| 17 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Victim Mentality | C. D. T. Ceates |
| 18 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Thorny Girl | Alex Woolf |
| 22 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Shinjitsu | Patrick Winters |
| 24 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Grove Mother | Karen Thrower |
| 26 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Human Eaters | Miracle Austin |
| 28 | Short Fiction | Fiction | She Was Lovely | Lori Safranek |
| 30 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Fear the Deer | Joshua E. Borgmann |
| 33 | Short Fiction | Fiction | My Misfortunate Death | Michael D. Davis |
| 34 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Zero Dark | Garth von Buchholz |
| 36 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Glitches | Jacob Mielke |
| 40 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Lab Assistant | Marge Simon |
| 41 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Sleep Tight | Charles Gramlich |
| 42 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Key to the Forgotten Door | Stacy Fileccia |
| 46 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Girl Called Summer | Dave Ludford |
| 47 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Gloria's Bounty | Rebecca Anderson |
| 48 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Redemption | Alyson Faye |
| 52 | Essay | Non Fiction | Featured Artist: Mai Kil: Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend | Mai Kil |
| 53 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Mac Guy | R. D. Doan |
| 54 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Coda | Greg Francis |
| 54 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Mental Anesthetic | Lydia Prime |
| 55 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Sanguinity | Greg Francis |
| 59 | Short Fiction | Fiction | What Remains | R. A. Clarke |
| 60 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Broken Flower | Mary Ann Peden-Coviello |
| 61 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Beware the Grobmann | Nicholas Paschall |
| 63 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Where We Used to Play | Sonora Taylor |
| 65 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Light in the Dark | E. Seneca |
| 67 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Dead-End of Summer | Will H. Blackwell, Jr. |
| 68 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Summer Streets | R. J. Meldrum |
| 71 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Mr. Moonlight | Loren Rhoads |
| 72 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Tooth Fairy | Suzanne Craig-Whytock |
| 73 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Hunter's Glade | Lee Andrew Forman |
| 75 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Silence Alone | Carl Olson |
| 77 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Fermentia | Vivian Kasley |
| 81 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Burning Soil | Nina D'Arcangela |
| 82 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Tumor | G. A. Miller |
| 84 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Behold the Sandman | Radar DeBoard |
| 84 | Short Fiction | Fiction | From a Nightmare | Radar DeBoard |
| 86 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Remnants | Tiffany Michelle Brown |
| 87 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Look at Me | Tristan Nieto |
| 92 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Fire-Escape | Elana Gomel |
| 94 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Eternal | Arthur M. Harper |
| 95 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Great Divide | Mark Cassell |
| 96 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Close Embrace | Gwen Weir |
| 97 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A New Friend | Gwen Weir |
| 97 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Mirror | Gwen Weir |
| 99 | Essay | Non Fiction | Featured Artist: Jeanette Andromeda: It's OK to Be a Fangirl | Jeanette Andromeda |
| 100 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Lone Orbit | Roger Ley |
| 102 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Portrait Painter | H. J. Mara |
| 105 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Maggoty Jo | Diane Arrelle |
| 107 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Lizard Brain | Ryan Benson |
| 108 | Essay | Non Fiction | Spotlight Author: Nicholas 'Nelfeshne' Paschall: Growth in Writing | Nicholas Paschall |
| 110 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Jack in the Box (excerpt) | Nicholas Paschall |
| 112 | Poem | Fiction | Summer Love | Kelly Matsuura |
| 113 | Poem | Fiction | Under the Water | Sumiko Saulson |
| 114 | Poem | Fiction | The Kraken | Sumiko Saulson |
| 115 | Poem | Fiction | Child of the Tenderloin | Marge Simon |
| 116 | Poem | Fiction | I Want a Succubus | Joshua E. Borgmann |
| 116 | Poem | Fiction | New Moon Risin' Blues | Joshua E. Borgmann |
| 116 | Poem | Fiction | The Devil's Vilanelle | Joshua E. Borgmann |
| 117 | Poem | Fiction | Thirteen | Joshua E. Borgmann |
| 119 | Poem | Fiction | Widow's Weeping Crawl | Tiana von Buchholz |
| 120 | Poem | Fiction | The Order of Events | Ken Poyner |
| 121 | Poem | Fiction | The Threat | Ken Poyner |
| 123 | Poem | Fiction | Half Light | Lynne White |
| 124 | Poem | Fiction | Limbo Land | Ivanka Fear |
| 124 | Poem | Fiction | Negative Force Field | Ivanka Fear |
| 124 | Poem | Fiction | Nightwalker | Ivanka Fear |
| 125 | Poem | Fiction | Home Sweet Hideaway | Brian James Lewis |
| 126 | Poem | Fiction | Alien Ambassador | Brian James Lewis |
| 127 | Poem | Fiction | Where Are the Hands | Garth von Buchholz |
| 128 | Poem | Fiction | Our Elders | Brian Rosenberger |
| 128 | Poem | Fiction | She Caresses Her Lover's Arm in a Bookstore | Brian Rosenberger |
| 128 | Poem | Fiction | Witch Bait | Brian Rosenberger |
| 129 | Poem | Fiction | Red Rain | Brian Rosenberger |
| 129 | Poem | Fiction | That Time of Year | Brian Rosenberger |
| 130 | Poem | Fiction | Dental Problems | Christopher T. Dabrowski |
| 130 | Poem | Fiction | The Gods Order | Christopher T. Dabrowski |
| 130 | Poem | Fiction | The Spiritual Dilemmas of the Spirit | Christopher T. Dabrowski |
| 132 | Poem | Fiction | Broodsac | Andy Perez |
| 133 | Poem | Fiction | Muruch Gollerus | Sarra Culleno |
| 133 | Poem | Fiction | The Mother Saile | Sarra Culleno |
| 134 | Poem | Fiction | Oma's Song | Sarra Culleno |
| 135 | Poem | Fiction | Graveyard Hours | Lori R. Lopez |
| 136 | Poem | Fiction | Leviathan | Lori R. Lopez |
| 137 | Poem | Fiction | Into the Bitter Arms of Night | Lori R. Lopez |
| 138 | Poem | Fiction | Firebird | Lori R. Lopez |
| 140 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Green Men of Gladdenhoe | Alex Grey |
| 144 | Short Fiction | Fiction | An Artist and a Writer | Cat Voleur |
| 146 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Making Faces | Andrey Pissantchev |
| 147 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Laughter is the Best Weapon | Holly Saiki |
| 148 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Precipitation | Merethe Walther |
| 149 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Beach Body | Nate Ealy |
| 152 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Seller's Remorse | Daniel Braithwaite |
| 154 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Salvage | Rivka Jacobs |
| 158 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Summer Supper | Nicole Henning |
| 159 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Wasteland Beast | Naomi Brown |
| 162 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Man in the Painting | Destiny Eve |
| 164 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Itch | Rebecca R. Pierce |
| 166 | Short Fiction | Fiction | I Am Mine | Kelly Matsuura |
| 167 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Drawbridge | Kieran Judge |
| 171 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Major Arcana | Gregory L. Steighner |
| 174 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Heaven's Doors | Marge Simon |
| 175 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A View of the Water | Steven Wynne |
| 179 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Hell | Mark Steinwachs |
| 180 | Short Fiction | Fiction | It Will Come Tonight | Radar DeBoard |
| 181 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Sorry | Daniel J. Volpe |
| 184 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Crow | Naching T. Kassa |
| 185 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Red Line | Patrick J. Wynn |
| 187 | Essay | Non Fiction | Featured Artist: Danielle Wirsansky: Amor Malus | Danielle Wirsansky |
| 189 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Avenger of the Abyss | E. H. Davis |
| 192 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Child Snatchers | Rie Sheridan Rose |
| 193 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Unseen | G. Allen Wilbanks |
| 194 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Day at the Sea Park | Sheri White |
| 196 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Vatsala the Water Spirit | Shashi Kadapa |
| 198 | Short Fiction | Fiction | In Your Hands | Owen Atkinson |
| 202 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The River | Candace M. Meredith |
| 203 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Vultures of the Aftermath | Heinrich von Wolfcastle |
| 204 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Paying Lip Service to Legends | John H. Dromey |
| 206 | Short Fiction | Fiction | On the Morrow | Elizabeth Nettleton |
| 209 | Poem | Fiction | Lantern in the Snow | Marge Simon |
| 210 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Crow in an Alley | J. David Thayer |
| 212 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Here Comes the Sun | Sheri White |
| 214 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Digging Up the Dead | Edward Ahern |
| 217 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Detriment | Joe Moses Leggett |
| 220 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Penny for the Rides | Josephine Queen |
| 221 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Dog Fate | Christopher T. Dabrowski |
| 223 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Mrs. Christmas | Heather Stewart |
| 226 | Short Fiction | Fiction | What Then Should We Fear | Matthew Stockhausen |
| 227 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Dying of the Light | Rie Sheridan Rose |
| 229 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Treadmill | Cecilia Kennedy |
| 232 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Doctor Visit | Patrick J. Wynn |
| 233 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [4] | Lisa Vasquez |
| 234 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Vengeance of His Evil | Harrison Kim |
| 236 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Sleep | Kane Salzer |
| 238 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Reminiscences of a Shrunken Head | Harris Coverley |
| 241 | Short Fiction | Fiction | It Bites | Andy Swindells |
| 243 | Short Fiction | Fiction | AWK-Ward... | Rie Sheridan Rose |
| 244 | Short Fiction | Fiction | John Doe | David A. F. Brown |
| 245 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Goodnight Story | Patrick J. Wynn |
| 247 | Short Fiction | Fiction | No Escaping That Tune | Will H. Blackwell, Jr. |
| 247 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Solar-phobia | Will H. Blackwell, Jr. |
| 247 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Transplant | Will H. Blackwell, Jr. |
| 248 | Essay | Non Fiction | Spotlignt Author: Mark Steinwachs: Not the Prototypical Horror Fan | Mark Steinwachs |
| 250 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Night (excerpt) | Mark Steinwachs |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call - 2020 | Nina D'Arcangela | |
| 10 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 | Mai Kil |
| 21 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [2] | Mai Kil |
| 39 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [3] | Mai Kil |
| 51 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [4] | Mai Kil |
| 64 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 | Jeanette Andromeda |
| 74 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [2] | Jeanette Andromeda |
| 85 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [3] | Jeanette Andromeda |
| 98 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [4] | Jeanette Andromeda |
| 143 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 | Danielle Wirsansky |
| 157 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [2] | Danielle Wirsansky |
| 170 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [3] | Danielle Wirsansky |
| 186 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [4] | Danielle Wirsansky |
| 201 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 | Lisa Vasquez |
| 213 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [2] | Lisa Vasquez |
| 222 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Sirens Call, Summer 2020 [3] | Lisa Vasquez |