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Mary E. Lowd


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Mary E. Lowd is a science-fiction writer in Eugene, Oregon. She's had more than thirty short stories published by various magazines and anthologies, and her first novel, "Otters In Space," was picked up by a small press after a year and half of being self-published. Her fiction has been nominated five times for Ursa Major Awards and has won a Cóyotl Award. She's a member of SFWA, the Furry Writers' Guild, and a co-moderator of the Wordos. She lives with her husband, daughter, five cats, and three dogs.

Where to find Mary E. Lowd online

Website: http://www.marylowd.com

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To Elsie With Love    by J. Wesley Sullivan
Price: $9.99 USD. 91740 words. Published by Mary E. Lowd  on August 26, 2012. .
On their 49th anniversary, Elsie asked Wes to write the story of their marriage for her. The memoir that he wrote takes the reader on a journey from college days at the University of Oregon through WWII and into the years Wes & Elsie spent building a family together, bolstering their community, and exploring spirituality.
My Wife Has Alzheimer's    by J. Wesley Sullivan
Price: Free! 36440 words. Published by Mary E. Lowd  on August 26, 2012. .
(5.00)
The personal journey of J. Wesley Sullivan as he became the caretaker for his wife, Elsie. After fifty years of marriage, Elsie slowly succumbed to Alzheimer's, and Wes -- a newspaperman -- wrote journals to help himself deal with the growing pressures of her condition. He combined those journals into this book, hoping it could help others facing a similarly devastating situation.

Books

Ursa Major 2012 Short Fiction Reading Packet    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $3.99 USD. 22170 words. Published on March 17, 2013. Fiction.
0.25 star(4.25 from 4 reviews)
A collection of the five short stories by Mary E. Lowd nominated for the 2012 Ursa Major Award for Best Short Fiction. Includes "St. Kalwain and the Lady Uta," "One Night in Nocturnia," "Magtwilla and the Mouse," "Shreddy and the Christmas Ghost," and "Hot Chocolate for the Unicorn."
We Can Remember It For Your Retail    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.59 USD. 3770 words. Published on March 6, 2013. Fiction.
What happens when memory, technology, love, and digital rights intersect? A short story originally published in Redstone Science Fiction.
Einray and the Biologist    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 4700 words. Published on February 9, 2013. Fiction.
A physicist and a biologist get competitive with world-threatening results. A Wespirtech story, originally published in FlagShip.
St. Kalwain and the Lady Uta    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 8760 words. Published on January 21, 2013. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A man cursed by the faerie queen must slay a dragon to earn his freedom.
One Night In Nocturnia    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.59 USD. 4210 words. Published on January 21, 2013. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A mad mouse scientist uncovers truths that he should never know.
Meet Archive    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.59 USD. 2560 words. Published on August 7, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A story-telling robot gets lost in his own stories. Originally published in Daily Science Fiction.
Hot Chocolate for the Unicorn    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 1250 words. Published on August 6, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
The Dragon and Unicorn come calling. Originally published in Untied Shoelaces of the Mind.
Shreddy and the Zomb-dogs    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 4340 words. Published on August 6, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
An angry cat and an empty-headed Labradoodle must protect their neighborhood from techno-mystically raised zomb-dogs.
The Opposite of Suicide    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $0.99 USD. 1670 words. Published on August 5, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Dennis discovers the fragile, fractile nature of his life.
Magtwilla and the Mouse    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $0.99 USD. 2240 words. Published on August 5, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A pregnant cat makes a fateful choice to protect her kittens.
My Words Like Silent Raindrops    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 4700 words. Published on August 5, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A young scientist gets in over her head when she introduces technological telepathy to her friends.
Harvesting Wishes    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 2020 words. Published on August 5, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Where do wishes come from? Dandelions? Genies? ... Or asteroids?
Little Sandy Starstrong and Her Faithful Robot Dogs    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 2460 words. Published on May 19, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Growing up among the asteroids with her two robotic dogs, Sandy feels like something is missing.
A Second Enchanted Evening    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 6960 words. Published on March 27, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Bomani convinces his wife to join him in using memory drugs to make their anniversary more romantic; instead, the drugs force them to face the true state of their relationship. Originally published in M-BRANE SF and awarded Quarter Finalist in Writers of the Future.
Where the Heart Is    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 4870 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Four aliens from Crossroads Station go on a camping trip. (Original venue: Stories of Camp Rainfurrest)
Of Behemoths and Bureaucrats    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.59 USD. 4360 words. Published on February 7, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Rhea brings her traveling carnival act to the Hegula Hephaesta mining colony to visit the new sun garden, but she and her Starwhals get caught in a battle for interstellar independence that mortally threatens her three gentle giants.
Slug Time    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 3090 words. Published on January 17, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A young scientist struggles against the clock and procrastination to translate thoughts through a direct brain interface with a slug. This is a Wespirtech story, originally published in COSMOS.
Daisy Chaining    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 1520 words. Published on December 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A boastful spaceman traps himself into racing a frezzipod through an asteroid field. (Original venue: Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, Issue #5)
Gerty and the Doesn't-Smell-Like-a-Melon    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $0.99 USD. 2260 words. Published on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Snuffle-snorting around the melon patch one day, Gerty finds something that does not smell like a melon. This story originally appeared in Golden Visions Magazine and was nominated for an Ursa Major Award for Best Short Fiction in 2010.
The Nebula Was Empty    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 850 words. Published on September 5, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
Fear the love of a mega-dimensional nebula beast. Originally published in Spaceports and Spidersilk.
Rekindle the Sun    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 9460 words. Published on August 4, 2011. Fiction.
0.75 star(4.75 from 4 reviews)
A dying world may not be the best place to start your life anew, but that's exactly where Kerri has been sent. The sun of Heffe VIII is burning out, and her husband has been hired by the canine aliens of that world to rekindle it. This story originally appeared in the Australian anthology of interstellar immigration stories "Belong."
Emmanuel and the Cannibals    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 4770 words. Published on April 21, 2011. Fiction.
A colony stranded on an under-evolved world has an unusual response to the introduction of terran bovines. (Original venue: Shelter of Daylight #4.)
The Screen Savior    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: Free! 1530 words. Published on November 1, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
What happens when a screen saver comes to life... (Original venue: Bards & Sages Quarterly, Vol. 2, Issue 3)
The Ambi-Cognitive Man    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 8830 words. Published on October 10, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Two brothers travel to a tiny colony in the far reaches of space where everyone is conjoined twins. They expect to find a place where they belong; instead, they're forced to question the very meaning of individuality.
The Third Wish    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 6180 words. Published on September 20, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Jealous of his half-brother's elven magic, a fisherman begins studying magic himself. Then he finds a shortcut...
Life with the Tumblers    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.99 USD. 6030 words. Published on September 7, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Arlene takes her young son Kyan on a research expedition into an alien culture of sentient trees. (Original venue: Jim Baen's Universe.)
The Parable of Two Queens    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 3500 words. Published on August 23, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Can Commander Dyall and his team of translators -- a pair of gengineered parrots -- fathom the minds of myrmecoid warriors from another galaxy well enough to broker peace?
The Necromouser    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $1.29 USD. 2670 words. Published on August 9, 2010. Fiction.
0.75 star(4.75 from 8 reviews)
An angry cat discovers the techno-mystical ability to raise mice from the dead.
Forget Me Not    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $0.99 USD. 2820 words. Published on July 29, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Can a bad memory be the secret to success? Originally published in Northwest Passages: A Cascadian Anthology.
Otters In Space    by Mary E. Lowd
Price: $6.99 USD. 60130 words. Published on July 12, 2010. Fiction.
0.75 star(4.67 from 9 reviews)
Humans have left the Earth, and dogs rule. Kipper is an oppressed tabby-cat who dreams of a better place, where cats run their own lives. When she discovers a secret that sends her out of this world, Kipper must navigate through the mysterious otter space station and befriend a spaceship full of eccentric otters to find out: is there really a cat paradise?

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Smashwords book reviews by Mary E. Lowd

  • Fountane Of on Aug. 11, 2010
    star star star star star
    Exactly like the description says -- "short and edgy." Well worth reading.
  • Zombiefied! An Anthology of All Things Zombie on Oct. 21, 2011
    star star star star star
    If you're in the mood for a bunch of short stories about zombies, this is the perfect book. It's a fun, light-weight read with a lot of variety and even more zombies. I'm proud to have my story, "The Necromouser," among its pages.
  • Real Dragons Don't Wear Sweaters on Nov. 28, 2011
    star star star star star
    A really likeable dragon story.
  • Jeph's Daughter on Dec. 10, 2011
    star star star star star
    A graceful blend of science-fiction and religion with beautiful prose and thought-provoking ideas.
  • Silent Moon on Feb. 11, 2012
    star star star star star
    Surrounded by mysteries, Cassia is torn between two romances -- one with the charming Lyle and the other with his instantly off-putting but strangely compelling brother Kellan. Ghosts, werewolves, secrets of the night... "Silent Moon" is the sort of novel that I could picture Jane Austen's characters or the women in a Bronte novel stealing away to eagerly read in secret. There's a lot of heart in "Silent Moon," especially in the friendship that Cassia develops with the young boy Fen, and I loved the sense of mystery throughout -- which came with an excellent payoff at the end. Sarina Dorie's writing style is light and fun, with a sarcastic edge. I'd be happy to read just about anything by her.
  • A Ghost's Guide to Haunting Humans on April 13, 2012
    star star star star star
    Cute, short, and funny!
  • Losing One's Appetite on April 18, 2012
    star star star star star
    An irreverent and entertaining vampire tale.
  • Six Impossible Things on May 28, 2012
    star star star star star
    Every story in this collection is top notch. Truly excellent.
  • Dawn of the Morning Star on Dec. 26, 2012
    star star star star star
    An enjoyable novella that reminded me of The Witch of Blackbird Pond in flavor. I'm always happy to walk through a story with this author's characters -- I found it easy to get caught up in Sarah's plight and her romance with the fallen angel. I also loved the subtle hints at a sci-if edge to this tale.