Lorraine was most acclaimed as a poet, but she also contributed short stories to popular science fiction periodicals such as Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories of Super Science, Science Wonder, Thrilling Wonder and Wonder Stories.
She wrote one novelette, "The Brain of the Planet" in 1929. Her account of surface-effect vehicles was some 30 years in advance of their commercial development, and in one of her stories, "Into the 28th Century," she imagined the distant future for her hometown of Corpus Christi. It was during this time that she also began contributing to fanzines.
In the 1950s, she also published Challenge, credited as the first poetry periodical devoted to the science fiction and weird fiction genre. After her death, there was a revival of interest in her work. Her poetry was reprinted in literary zines such as Fantasy Macabre. Poetry editor Steve Sneyd (Data Dump) wrote "Lilith Lorraine: Postscript" for Fantasy Commentator (1999 #51) where he urged a reappraisal of her work. He also reported to It Goes On The Shelf #19 that he had received the file the F.B.I. had kept on Lilith Lorraine while she was alive.
