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Keeping things real again: From October 4 through November 3, I had 24 submissions and collected 21 rejections. However, I did manage to write 1 new story and hope to increase this pace somehow.
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
One of my favorite Mars stories, "The Perfect Red Rose" is now live at Story Sanctum. You can read it for free at: www.storysanctum.org/post/the-per...
and check out Story Sanctum at: www.storysanctum.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yay! I am unbelievably happy. My story "Arean Afterlife" is online in Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag, Issue October, 2025, www.penumbric.com/currentissue...
You can read it for free at: www.penumbric.com/currentissue...
Penumbric October 2k25, cover
Edgy speculative fiction magazine
www.penumbric.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And keeping things real: From September 4 through October 3, I had 25 submissions and collected 21 rejections and 2 acceptances. Onward.
October 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I'm so happy to have my story "Watering the Family Tree", which takes place in Freiburg, published in The Pink Hydra, volume 2, issue 2. You can read the story for free at www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...
and check out The Pink Hydra at www.thepinkhydra.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am thrilled to have my story "Abduction" published in Black Cat Weekly, Issue 211, available in the Black Cat Weekly shop and online bookstores.
blackcatweekly.com/b/dMLVi
"Abduction" was inspired by Richard Zahlten's book "Meine Schwester starb in Auschwitz" (My Sister Died in Auschwitz)
September 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Part 7, the last installment, of "Semester of Solitude" is now up and ready to read at The Daily Tomorrow, dailytomorrow.substack.com/semester-of-...

And the full story is available at: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Seven
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
And now Part Six of "Semester of Solitude" is available to read at The Daily Tomorrow, dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Six
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Part 5 of "Semester of Solitude" is now ready to read at The Daily Tomorrow, dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Five
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My brother Mark Walker got another excellent and well-deserved review of his newest book (the review is behind a paywall) www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Das neue Buch „Hitlers Atombombe“ des Historikers Mark Walker
Konnten die deutschen Physiker keine Nuklearwaffe bauen, oder wollten sie es nicht? Mark Walker legt eine umfassende Darstellung des deutschen Uranprojekts während des Zweiten Weltkriegs vor.
www.faz.net
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Part 4 of "Semester of Solitude" is now up at The Daily Tomorrow: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Four
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Semester of Solitude" Part 3 is now up at The Daily Tomorrow: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Three
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Part Two of "Semester of Solitude" is up at The Daily Tomorrow: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
Semester of Solitude — Part Two
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am so happy to have my story "Semester of Solitude" published in The Daily Tomorrow. One segment of the story will appear each day, starting today with Part One, which you can read for free: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/semester-o...
In addition, subscribers get my "afterword" to the story.
Semester of Solitude— Part One
By Mary Jo Rabe
dailytomorrow.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My sister Nancy Walker Claflin's podcast about the Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs is as fascinating as it is important, www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2D6...
NOVA Podcast Episode 1: Value for VA Nurses
YouTube video by Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm overjoyed to see my story "Off We Go" published and even the editor's choice at Freedom Fiction Journal, where you can read it for free. www.freedomfiction.com
www.freedomfiction.com/2025/08/off-...
Freedom Fiction Journal – An eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
www.freedomfiction.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dad died on August 25, 2008. We miss him so much. This picture is from 1990 when Mother and Dad visited us in Neustadt.
August 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I'm so happy to report that my story "Felicità" is the cover story in the August 18, 2025 issue of Piker Press, www.pikerpress.com/article.php?...
Felicità by Mary Jo Rabe
Mary Jo Rabe writes science fiction, modern fantasy, historical fiction, and crime or mystery stories, generally displaying a preference for what she defines as happy endings.
www.pikerpress.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Franz and I were married on August 17, 1974 (51 years ago!) in St. Peter's Church in Sabula, Iowa. We're grateful for the years together. This is the ski jump here in Neustadt.
August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I finally updated my blog with information on publications so far.
maryjorabe.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/p...
August 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this short clip from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, my brother Mark has come comments from his research.
In diesem kurzen Ausschnitt vom Deutschen Museum in München redet mein Bruder Mark über seine Forschung.
www.ardmediathek.de/video/abends...
Abendschau - Der Süden: Erster Atombombeneinsatz: „Hiroshima“ jährt sich zum 80. Mal - hier anschauen
Heute vor 80 Jahren wird Hiroshima zerstört: 140.000 Menschen sterben Schätzungen zufolge unmittelbar oder an den Folgen einer Atombombe, die die Amerikaner damals entwickelten, aus Angst, das Deutsch...
www.ardmediathek.de
August 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My brother Mark Walker's book in English and German:
Hitler's Atomic Bomb: History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
Hitlers Atombombe: Geschichte, Legende und das Erbe von Nationalsozialismus und Hiroshima
A Süddeutsche Zeitung review www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/ado...
München: Wie nah Hitler dem Bau der Atombombe war - Historiker deckt auf
Gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs spitzte sich das atomare Wettrüsten mit den USA zu. Wie die Nazis unterlagen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
July 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am happy beyond words to have my story "Do the Math" published in Cosmic Quest, now available in electronic and print formats at all your favorite online stores. Proceeds from the anthology go to The Planetary Society.
You can read my story for free at www.strangequarkpress.org/do-the-math-...
June 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Epic Echoes, always available online, is now also in print format and available at epicechoesmag.com/magazine
My story "Hiram's Sculptures" is in Volume 2.
June 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm excessively happy to have my story "At the Top of the Martian World" published in Bright Mirror A Utopian Science Fiction Anthology, a project of the wonderful Oddity Prodigy Productions, www.oddityprodigy.com and also available at all your favorite online bookstores.
May 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM