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

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

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)

Dad died on August 25, 2008. We miss him so much. This picture is from 1990 when Mother and Dad visited us in Neustadt.

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.

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-...

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.

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.

I am overjoyed to have my story "False Fractal" included in this wonderful anthology, Forgetting Something?: Humorous Tales About Aliens, available at all your favorite online bookstores in digital and print formats. In "False Fractals" I offer a logical speculation about Jimmy Hoffa's fate.

I am deliriously happy to have "Rules Must Be Obeyed" published in the wonderful Möbius Blvd, Issue 18, April 2025! A conscientious civil servant in Kirchzarten has to deal with space aliens who want to reside there. The magazine is available in digital and print formats in online bookstores.

I don't write many book reviews, but this book is just too good not to review. You can read my review on my blog: maryjorabe.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/a-brilliantly-scary-book/

I can't think of a better way to start the new year. My story "Be Careful What You Wish For..." (working title was "Take Me Home, Robot Roads") is published online in Issue 30 at Four Star Stories, 4starstories.com/story_4.htm

Words truly can't express how unbelievably happy I am to have my story "Merry Microbes" published in Pulphouse, Issue 36. In "Merry Microbes", my Martian microbes find a way to appreciate Earthie Christmas customs. I am also absolutely awed by the company I keep in this issue.