MMario, thanks for the goosebumps comment! Yes, it is a critique. I guess I'm guilty of always suspecting there's something horribly wrong even if there isn't. (Sometimes, nothing's wrong, but it almost always isn't horrible.) When people say nice things, I figure there are less pleasant things they're NOT saying. This is seldom true when comments come from people I trust. One of these days I'll learn how to deal with the horrors of people saying nice things to me. ;-)

CapriUni, it sounds like there haven't been problems with the responses I've received. It's just the questions I asked weren't specific enough.

If the word "sirens" has proved to be a sticking point to two people, maybe I should replace it. Thing is, I need something that means the same sort of thing - people or things that compel you to come with a sound - and anything I can think of at the moment winds up with the hearer's death. Well, maybe not faerie music - as long as you don't eat or drink anything under the hill and come out 100 years later. Maybe that's not even too bad. The world could actually be a better place after 100 years. I also think faeries pop up in a lot of songs already. Oh well. Will research mythologies and see if I can come up with a good singer-who-compels.