Podcast appearances and mentions of Mary E Lowd

Welcome to Watchers of Tomorrow! A podcast where we go through the world of science fiction television episode by episode, talking about the themes, concepts, ideas, the good, the bad, and the weird. We are great fans of sci-fi and would like to invite you on our journey through the funky and strange worlds that we are to explore…   Today's episode: We have special guest Mary E. Lowd joining us to look for our lost Vulcan friend. And we ask the important question: is Star Trek 3 as bad as people like to claim it is? Mary is a wonderful award winning author, Star Trek fan, publisher, and overall fantastic person who has created a fair bit of science fiction. You can find some of her works at the following links: https://marylowd.com/ Tri-Galactic Trek: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084HP3V33 Nexus Nine: https://www.amazon.com/Nexus-Nine-Mary-Lowd-ebook/dp/B07T3VDMVS Entanglement Bound: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GQCDVFM Otters in Space: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097KHVCY Mary is also the founder of Zooscape, check it out here: https://zooscape-zine.com/ ====== Who are we? Gepwin: https://www.youtube.com/user/Gepwin Dr. Izixs: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrIzixs   Check out our web presence: Website: https://watchersoftomorrow.com/ Podbean: https://watchersoftomorrow.podbean.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyH1i8-qV9pI0q8CC-453nw Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixcksgjzjkeadxpqzurf52aaol4?t=Watchers_of_Tomorrow Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/watchers-of-tomorrow?refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Watchers-of-Tomorrow-p1153654/ Digital Podcast: http://www.digitalpodcast.com/feeds/98431-watchers-of-tomorrow Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2gKB Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iIHJyPt9LbfSX5nFPco4L   Music: “Waveform” and “Mori's Principle” by DRKRN "Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.html?collection=34&Search=Search   Discord: https://discord.gg/s59QNqh

The fused half-cat, half dog created by a teleporter accident struggles to understand themself while seeking a way to reverse the accident and return to their original, separate selves. Today's story is the second and final part of “Crystal Fusion” by http://marylowd.com (Mary E. Lowd), the prolific author of the Otters In Space trilogy, the Entangled Universe trilogy, and many other furry sci-fi books and short stories.  You can find more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/ (Deep Sky Anchor) and in the https://anchor.fm/deepskyanchor (Deep Sky Anchor Podcast). You can read more about the cats and dogs of the starship Initiative, boldly going where no cat or dog has gone before, in https://marylowd.com/books/#trigalactic (Tri-Galactic Trek), published by FurPlanet Press. Last time, Lt. Vonn and Lt. LeGuin were combined into a fused half-cat, half-dog by a teleporter accident and were struggling to make sense of their own melded mind.

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Queer Sci Fi’s Innovation, August 2020 “What’s the catch?” I ask, watching her pet the silky soft fuzzball cupped in one palm.  It’s green like the inside of a kiwi fruit, and about the same size. “What do you mean?”  She lowers her head, touches her brow to … Continue reading "No Catch"

The cats and dogs of the starship Initiative are studying a geode asteroid when a rogue Pollengi vessel shows up, forcing two officers to be teleported out of danger with unsettling results. Today's story is the first of two parts of “Crystal Fusion” by http://marylowd.com (Mary E. Lowd), the prolific author of the Otters In Space trilogy, the Entangled Universe trilogy, and many other furry sci-fi books and short stories.  You can find more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/ (Deep Sky Anchor) and in the https://anchor.fm/deepskyanchor (Deep Sky Anchor Podcast). You can read more about the cats and dogs of the starship Initiative, boldly going where no cat or dog has gone before, in https://marylowd.com/books/#trigalactic (Tri-Galactic Trek), published by FurPlanet Press. Read for you by the author herself.

Today's story is the second and final part of “The Arsenal of Obsolescence” by http://marylowd.com (Mary E. Lowd), the author of the Otters In Space trilogy, the Entangled Universe trilogy, and many other furry sci-fi books and short stories.  You can find more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/ (Deep Sky Anchor) and in the https://anchor.fm/deepskyanchor (Deep Sky Anchor Podcast).  You can read more about the cats and dogs of the starship Initiative, boldly going where no cat or dog has gone before, in https://marylowd.com/books/#trigalactic (Tri-Galactic Trek), published by FurPlanet Press. Today's story will be read for you like the author herself.  Last time, Lt. Natalie Vonn met a tapir-like holographic projection of a planetary AI who warned her against the local gerbil-like aliens, but Lt. Vonn decided to take a chance on trusting them anyway...

Today's story is the first of two parts of “The Arsenal of Obsolescence” by http://marylowd.com (Mary E. Lowd), the author of the Otters In Space trilogy, the Entangled Universe trilogy, and many other furry sci-fi books and short stories.  You can find more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/ (Deep Sky Anchor) and in the https://anchor.fm/deepskyanchor (Deep Sky Anchor Podcast).  You can read more about the cats and dogs of the starship Initiative, boldly going where no cat or dog has gone before, in https://marylowd.com/books/#trigalactic (Tri-Galactic Trek), published by FurPlanet Press. Today's story will be read for you like the author herself. 

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in New Myths, December 2019 I am a cracked crystal vase holding a rainbow cloud.  The colors leak out through the cracks. The crystal is too rigid; it can’t contain them. The colors are too strong, too big. Too bold. And the crystal is precise. It desperately wants — … Continue reading "Crystal and Rainbow"

Today's story is “A Sense of Clarity” byhttp://link/ ( Mary E. Lowd), a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 180 short stories and a half dozen novels published.  You can follow the adventures of Clarity from this story in Mary's furry space opera novels, The Entangled Universe trilogy published by Aethon Books and available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H8121VB (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H8121VB)).  You can read more of her short stories on Deep Sky Anchor (http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/)), where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. Today's story will be read for you by Altivo Overo, the Clydesdale Librarian.

I'd like to take a moment to reflect on this last year we've shared. One year ago the first story aired on The Voice of Dog. The reality of the pandemic had arrived in my country, and all over the world people were feeling isolated and uncertain and powerless. I started this podcast because I wanted to do something about it —anything, just to make something, anything, better for someone. Anyone.  I decided I wanted to tell people stories. Stories that would give them courage, or hope, and if nothing else, something to look forward to. Even if they didn't listen to the stories, I still wanted people to know that someone cared enough about them to have a new story for them to enjoy, every time they came back. The first was, appropriately, “Bad Dog!” by my friend Rob Baird. A story of unfairness, and powerlessness in the face of power — but also a story of defiance and of hope. Many other writers have contributed stories since then. There's a name for writers who've had stories on this podcast, you know. They're “Friends of the Fireplace” — in early stories I sometimes mentioned that, though I realized I never explained why, and fell out of the habit. 163 stories have appeared on The Voice Of Dog in the last year. 163, by 82 writers — well, 83 now, including me. Today's story is “Where Stories Are Told”, a riff on the traditional Irish masterpiece “The Humours of Whiskey”, by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion, and friends — and I'd like to take a moment to thank them: Rob Baird, for Games at Götterdämmerung, Bad Dog! Televassi, for BlueBucks, Counter-Culture Huskyteer, for The Lion of the Low Countries, The Zeroth Protocol, Once We Were Meerkats NightEyes DaySpring, for Glory of the Gods, Foxing for Pizza, The Tomb Guardian, Loving You is Wrong Altivo Overo, for Rabbit Food, How Menander Got His Name, A Close Port of Call, Beyond Mundane Horizons, Catch Me If You Can, Coyote's Voice, The Blue Eye of the Desert God, Harvest Home, All That Glitters, Gibbous Moon Waning Toledo the Horse, for Fuzzy Memory, Returning, Secret Domus Vocis, for Edge of the Universe, Somewhere in the White Void, Hades & Philos: Prelude, Bounty Hunter Uncle Frances Pauli, for Rats, The Lion Sleeps, Always Tomorrow Ryan Campbell, for 6 Unbelievable Facts About Unicorns That Will Completely Blow Your Mind, Eagle's Splendour Mary E. Lowd, for Katelynn and the Hummingbird, Marge the Barge, Shreddy and the Dancing Dragon, Summer Strawberries, Rapscallions, Shreddy and the Carnivorous Plant, Ecto Cafe, The Canoe Race, A Real Stand-Up Guy Daniel Lowd, for The Canoe Race, A Real Stand-Up Guy Kandrel, for The Pack, The Adventurers, Adrenaline High, Salute the Flag, To Find You Carrizo Kitfox, for The Rat's Gift Faolan, for Earning his Stripes Dark End, for The Aviatrix Bill Ricardi, for Unseelie Pie, The Fastest Blade Kyell Gold, for Cleaning Up, To Catch a Thief, Agent Friendzone B. P. Rugger, for Colour Me Terrified, Of His Flesh the Mystery Sing Slip-Wolf, for The Charitable Pact of a Soft Hearted Fool, Kypris' Kiss Field T. Mouse, for A Little Distraction Pascal Farful, for The Hadfield Robbery, The Sacred Cross, Nobody's Home Madison Scott-Clary, for Gigs, Disappearance, Milkshakes and Foxes, The Fool Ocean Tigrox, for Food, Feuds and Fake Flora Renee Carter Hall, for The Wishing Tree C.F. Becker, for A Day With the Skaraks Nenekiri Bookwyrm, for A Gentle Rustling of Leaves, Unpredictability Metassus, for The Library, At The Inn, Whitewash, Salted Beef, Crystal, Dear Sara, Snowed In Ben Goodridge, for Hot Dog SignificantOtter, for Lone Kergiby, for Giving Thanks, Home Again, A Number's Game Dwale, for The River in the Mist, Behesht Spottystuff, for The Conqueror, Nonna, Let Them Have Cake Faora Meridian, for Empty, Not So Above It All Alison Cybe, for Don't Forget your Comic Books!, Space Warrior Hitachi, I Never Wear Underwear Skunkbomb, for A Rock Among Millions, Broadstripe, Virginia Smells Like...

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, December 2016 It took a hundred years to design and build the first planet.  Multi-dimensional bulldozers and hyper-spatial cranes arranged the mountains, the icy spires, the cozy sea-green valleys in-between.  Everything was perfect; ready for a feathered avian species to take roost in the frozen … Continue reading "The Empty Empire"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December 2020 Addie stepped onto the fanciest spaceship she’d ever seen and thrilled at the idea that she might soon own it.  The twinkling lights, the shining displays, the dashboards of brightly colored buttons — all hers!  She’d been saving credits for years … Continue reading "Courtship FTL"

Today's story is “Katelynn and the Hummingbird” byhttp://link ( Mary E. Lowd). Mary is a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 170 short stories and a half dozen novels published, always with more upcoming. You can learn more athttp://www.marylowd.com ( www.marylowd.com), or you can read more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor) .com, where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. This story, "Katelynn and the Hummingbird" was originally published in Empyreome and will also appear in Mary's collection of short fiction, "Commander Annie and Other Adventures," upcoming from Argyll Productions. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in All Worlds Wayfarer, March 2020 One of my scouts flies through the space station’s ductwork.  Another flies out among the aliens who are crowding through the dock and maneuvers above them, looking down, seeing where I am, what this space station is like.  Most of me clusters in … Continue reading "I Am Mazillion"

by Mary E. Lowd A Deep Sky Anchor Original, December 2020 The short, stout, furry alien stared out the starship’s curving bridge window at the star-studded black sky.  His black fur blended into the sky like a shadow, but the blaze of white over his forehead stood out like a brand.  His rounded ears splayed, … Continue reading "Treasure in the Sky"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Theme of Absence, March 2017 Dear Patriarchal Genetic Progenitor, In spite of my requests that you leave me alone, I find notifications and messages from you, little traces of your electronic existence, in every aspect of the virtual world whenever I dare to tread in it.  Generally, I … Continue reading "On the Eve of the Apocalypse"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, September 2014 Marla realized that she’d left the 3-D printer running.  She’d been up late synthesizing a chef-bot she’d found the pattern for online.  Sure, she could have just baked the damn cake for Leia’s tenth birthday party herself, but the chef-bot would do a … Continue reading "Pegacornus Rex"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Abyss & Apex, October 2019 Moira felt a tickle in her throat. She pulled the handkerchief from her pocket and covered her mouth before coughing. It was a hacking cough that wracked her body, deep into her lungs.  She felt the slime of silk on her tongue and … Continue reading "The Spider In Her Lungs"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Them of Absence, January 2020 Amalioona prances into the stables, her tufted hooves gleaming. They are the same sparkling shade of white as a hillside of snow in the sun. They are dainty, perfect unicorn hooves. How is it, then, that she always seems to clumsily knock over … Continue reading "The Unicorn Keeper"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, April 2020 Catacomb laid her paw across the tiny heaving belly of the almost drowned mouse.  The poor thing was frightened out of its mind; she could feel its fright through her paw, prickly and tingly.  Mouse emotions were so funny. “I saved you from … Continue reading "Catacomb’s Orchestra"

Today's story is “http://link/ (The Canoe Race)” byhttp://link/ ( Daniel and Mary E. Lowd). Mary is a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 170 short stories and a half dozen novels published. Her husband, Daniel, is a computer-science professor, song-writer, and dabbler in the realms of fiction. Recently, they've been collaborating to write a science-fiction musical, with music by Daniel and lyrics by Mary. You can listen to their songs on https://soundcloud.com/daniellowd (Soundcloud). "The Canoe Race" won the Coyotl Award for Best General Short Story in 2011. You can read more Coyotl Award-winning stories in https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1060 (The Coyotl Awards Anthology), available from FurPlanet. You can read more of Mary's stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor), where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, April 2020 Apricot dozed in her cat-carrier, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight pouring through the car window and down through the grated metal top of her carrier.  She had an old, rough towel to sleep on, and she was extremely comfortable.  The occasional bump … Continue reading "The Fire In Her Claws"

by Mary E. Lowd Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, September 2018 Am-lei had been growing stiffer by the day. Her long, green, tubular body was usually lithe and flexible. She could twist her way through the grav-bubble obstacle courses on the Crossroads Space Station playground better than any Heffen children in her class. Their … Continue reading "Veins of Black, Dust of Gold"

Today's story is “http://link/ (A Real-Stand Up Guy)” byhttp://link/ ( Daniel and Mary E. Lowd). Mary is a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 170 short stories and a half dozen novels published. Her husband, Daniel, is a computer-science professor, song-writer, and dabbler in the realms of fiction. You can listen to his music on https://soundcloud.com/daniellowd (Soundcloud). "A Real Stand-Up Guy" is set in Mary's Otters In Space universe, and it's a prequel to her novel "When a Cat Loves a Dog." You can get the Otters In Space novels from http://furplanet.com/shop/search.aspx?search=lowd (FurPlanet) and you can pre-order https://www.goalpublications.com/store/p107/when_a_cat_loves_a_dog_paperback.html ("When a Cat Loves a Dog" from Goal Publications. )Learn more about Mary's fiction at http://www.marylowd.com/ (www.marylowd.com) or read more of her stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor), where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is “http://link/ (Marge the Barge)” byhttp://link/ ( friend-of-the-fireplace Mary E. Lowd), a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 160 short stories and a half dozen novels published. You can get most of her novels from http://furplanet.com/shop/search.aspx?search=lowd (FurPlanet) and read more of her stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor), where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is “http://link/ (Shreddy and the Dancing Dragon)” byhttp://link/ ( Mary E. Lowd), author of the collection, The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats, which contains a dozen more cat stories, including five more about Shreddy. You can get The Necromouser -- along with many of her other books -- from FurPlanet. And you can listen to bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction on the http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor Podcast). Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is “http://link/ (Summer Strawberries)” by friend-of-the-fireplaehttp://link/ ( Mary E. Lowd), a prolific science-fiction and furry writer, with more than 160 short stories and a half dozen novels published. You can get most of her novels from http://furplanet.com/shop/search.aspx?search=lowd (FurPlanet) and read more of her stories on http://deepskyanchor.com/podcasts/ (Deep Sky Anchor), where you can also find bite-sized audio recordings of her flash fiction. Summer Strawberries will also appear in Mary's collection, Commander Annie and Other Adventures, upcoming from Argyll Productions. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is “http://link/ (Rapscallions)” byhttp://link/ ( Mary E. Lowd), author of the books, Tri-Galactic Trek and Nexus Nine, which further explore the universe in this story. You can get Tri-Galactic Trek, Nexus Nine, and many of her other books from FurPlanet. Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is“http://link/ (Shreddy and the Carnivorous Plant)” by friend-of-the-fireplacehttp://link/ ( Mary E. Lowd), author of the collection, https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=819 (The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats), which contains a dozen more cat stories, including five more about Shreddy. You can get The Necromouser — along with many of her other books — from https://furplanet.com/shop/search.aspx?search=mary+e.+lowd (FurPlanet). Read for you by https://twitter.com/khakidoggy (Khaki), your faithful fireside companion.

Today's story is “http://deepskyanchor.com/ecto-cafe/ (Ecto Café)”  by Mary E. Lowd, who is the author of the Otters In Space trilogy, Tri-Galactic Trek, and Nexus Nine, and you can find lots more of her stories on http://www.deepskyanchor.com/ (www.deepskyanchor.com).

Grizzelka's Bridegroom by Mary E. Lowd. Narrated by J.S. Arquin. Featuring an afterword recorded by Mary E. Lowd. On the dais at the front of the great hall, Rhun's bride stood, resplendent in lace, pearls, ruffles, and diamonds -- all of the sugary sweetness of silk and satin that her attendant minions had been able to gather, all of it draped over her bulging tentacles.  She looked like an octopus who had choked to death on a rack of wedding dresses.  She had never looked more lovely. Mary E. Lowd is a prolific science-fiction and furry writer in Oregon.  Her fiction tends to feature spaceships and talking animals.  She's won an Ursa Major Award, two Cóyotl Awards, and two Leo Literary Awards.  She edited FurPlanet's ROAR anthology series for five years, and she is now the editor and founder of the furry e-zine Zooscape.  She lives in a crashed spaceship, disguised as a house and hidden behind a rose garden, with an extensive menagerie of animals, some real and some imaginary. Find her online at www.marylowd.com on Twitter @Ryffnah and Instagram at mary.lowd.   Please help support The Overcast. Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode. While you're there, don't forget to leave a review! J.S. Arquin's Crimson Dust Cycle has launched! Go to www.arquinworlds.com to download your free prequel story. Are you an author who loves J.S. Arquin's narrations? Ask him to narrate your audiobook at www.arquinaudiobooks.com   

Author : Mary E. Lowd Narrator : Mat Weller Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Allasso (Volume 3) A Real Stand-Up Guy by Daniel and Mary E. Lowd   Topher checked his watch and peeked out around the dusky red stage curtain.  There was a full […] The post Episode 209: A Real Stand-Up Guy by Daniel and Mary E. Lowd appeared first on Cast of Wonders.