Welcome to the second e-zine issue of Khimairal Ink. We have another great selection of intriguing, original stories accompanied by the marvelous artwork of Trish Ellis.

I'm still awed by the astounding response to the premiere issue. Getting the word out was one of our initial worries. A magazine on the internet doesn't have the same publicity network a paper one has. For starters, one has to know where to look for it. A woman's e-zine, a lesbian one at that, has even a smaller niche in the online market. "Word of mouth" seems to be the most consistent way of getting the information.

So, special thanks go to Lori Lake, the Academy of the Bards readers, and the Merwolf Pups for their wonderful support. With their help, we had more than 50,000 hits in less than 10 days! The positive reaction to the e-zine indicates that a forum for well-written short stories has an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.

We hadn't intended to have a theme for each issue, but common threads in the submitted stories just seem to appear. The premiere issue had a "new found" love strand and this one brought to mind songs by the Indigo Girls. We matched stories to lyrics, found a cover photo by C. Stout to fit, and needless to say, are very pleased with the results.

So staying with the theme, I selected this passage from "Galileo."

How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
. . . But she'll say, look what I had to overcome from my last life. I think I'll write a book.

. . . or at least a short story. Enjoy!

See you next issue!

Claudia

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