I dreamed that my mother and my publisher were arguing about the exact extent to which my college degree was useless.
Author: marylowd
NaNo Squirrel Plans!
I’ve finally settled on a main character for my NaNoWriMo novel — Witch-Hazel the Squirrel — with two days to spare!
Wordos Halloween Reading
Spent the evening at a long table of writers, sharing treats, listening to stories, & reading a story of my own, all while dressed as a Ghostbuster.
Laughing Ivy
The three-year-old, on a walk, beating ivy with a stick: “The leaves are laughing at me!”
Learning from Social Media
People joke about how political posts never change people’s minds, but it was several articles that I read — linked to from Facebook — that persuaded me to support Clinton over Sanders.
Tidbits from a Difficult Day
To continue trying to sleep — brain buzzing with unwanted thoughts — or to give up, get up, and force the thoughts out by reading?
Today is a day for listening to the soundtrack of Wicked. Continue reading “Tidbits from a Difficult Day”
Evil in Your Heart
It is possible to have good in your heart and inadvertently do great evil; it is also possible to have evil in your heart but choose to do good. We can control our actions, but we cannot always control what’s in our hearts. Everyone makes mistakes. Is it worse to make a mistake if you have evil in your heart? If people see the evil in your heart and are scared, is that a mistake? Is it a crime? If you have evil in your heart, must you live in fear of ever being known?
Last Week of Furry Book Month!
Heading into the final week of Furry Book Month, we have a special treat for you: a Tri-Galactic Trek story.
“Danger in the Lumo-Bay” and, in fact, the entire Tri-Galactic Trek universe was inspired by a slush reader for an unnamed furry noir anthology commenting that he hoped someone would submit a Picard-in-the-Holodeck story. Once the image of Captain Picard — re-imagined as a Sphyx cat — was in my head, there was no getting him out. I had to write that story. Continue reading “Last Week of Furry Book Month!”
Danger in the Lumo-Bay
by Mary E. Lowd
Originally published in Inhuman Acts: A Collection of Noir, September 2015
Captain Jacques twitched his naked ears and swished his bare, pink tail as he stepped into the lumo-bay, a large, empty room with hexagonal, blue grid-lines on the walls. Even though he was a hairless cat, the captain always held an air of dignity. No other cat or dog ever wore a Tri-Galactic Navy uniform with greater aplomb than he did, but today Captain Jacques wasn’t wearing his uniform. He was dressed in a pin-striped suit and a floor-length, tan trench coat, split down the back. Continue reading “Danger in the Lumo-Bay”
Fish Water, Yum
Why is the three-year-old crying? We won’t let him drink the water that we’ve prepared for the fish tank. He wants fish water.