Kaddish - Weird Tales #333, September/October 2003
The "Kaddish," for those of you who are not Jewish, is a prayer for the dead, typically told by a loved one while sitting Shiva. Vampires are supposed to be damaged by a holy cross, but are they susceptible to Jewish prayers? I have no idea. Nonetheless, that is the quandary facing one vampire on the death of his love, a woman who never allowed him to transform her because of her religious beliefs. It's a surprisingly sad story, especially to an old atheist like myself. It is, as far as I know, untilled ground, horror primarily feeding off of Catholic catechism and superstition, the Jewish angle being very refreshing without overbearing the deeper story of love.
--Tangent Online
Dangerous Game - Dreams of Decadence #18, Fall 2003
Pause for micro-fiction from Lisa Feld in "Dangerous Game." Micro indeed. The story is probably fifty words long, if that, but it's a nifty zinger.
--Tangent Online
The Barrow Man - Abyss and Apex #13, January 2005
If you're a sucker for death-personified stories (and what Twilight Zone fan isn't?), you'll find "The Barrow Man" by Lisa Batya Feld worth reading. The title character saves the life of a girl during a time of plague, with consequences both predictable and unexpected. Feld spins some nice twists on the "being-death-is-my-job" subgenre, including some spooky hints about the dispatching of souls. Gentleman Death's decision to save young Claire seems a whim he should know better than to indulge, but their relationship and Claire's growth to an adulthood in which she defies her father figure are affecting just the same. It's a solid piece of work, though I found myself wishing for more of a sense of place and time from the author�a medieval studies graduate, after all.
--Tangent Online