Shadowlands — Elisabeth Waters

Oriana is too young to be a widow and totally unprepared for her husband's sudden death. He had taught her magic, including the spell Orfeo used to travel to the Underworld to bring his wife back, so Oriana decides to go there to save her husband. But is bringing someone back from the Elysian Fields truly the act of a loving spouse?

This story originally appeared in Sword & Sorceress 6 in 1990.