I was a little confused the first time through, too, though “Pulitzer” without specifying what it was for should have been a clue it was a dream.
Also, this:
She’d landed before she left.
made me think she’d landed back in 1912. Reading it again it’s clear she actually got back to her present, but I got confused the first time.
I loved the time travel, and that Lois got to be a “ghost” for the teenager in the 50’s.
Interesting question: if Clark is now a famous author in Lois’s present, why hadn’t she heard of him before leaving? Has history finally been changed (unlike the earlier chapters)? Or is he just a specialized author, popular with some readers but not someone Lois had read?
Looking forward to the next chapter!