Author Archives: maryjorabe

About maryjorabe

retired librarian, science fiction fan and writer

If You Want To Improve Your English as a Second Language

Posted on March 29, 2023 by maryjorabe

If You Want To Perfect Your English as a Second Language check out http://www.businessenglishwithjulie.com If you notice that your command of the English language is occasionally a little clumsy and that you still make mistakes that hinder accurate communication or … Continue reading →

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My Tribute to Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Bernd Uhl

Posted on January 26, 2023 by maryjorabe

I miss Bernd. There are many wonderful online tributes to Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Bernd Uhl, for example: From the Archdiocese of Freiburg, https://www.ebfr.de/detail/nachricht/id/175092-erzbistum-freiburg-trauert-um-dr-bernd-uhl/?cb-id=12103291 From the Konradsblatt (weekly diocesan magazine of the Archdiocese of Freiburg), https://www.konradsblatt.de/aktuell-2/detail/nachricht-seite/id/175149-liebe-verbunden-mit-glauben/?default=true I can only confirm all … Continue reading →

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What an amazing book!

Posted on January 19, 2023 by maryjorabe

If you think that the brilliant writer Susan J. Kroupa has a special insight regarding the minds of teenagers and dogs, you are only partly correct. She also has an amazing knowledge of indigenous American spirituality and Irish lore and … Continue reading →

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Publications as of December, 2022

Posted on December 30, 2022 by maryjorabe

More or less in reverse order, here are my online and print publications again so far: “Pink on Pink”, the trials and tribulations of a modern witch on Mars, is now published in Dark Horses, the Magazine of Weird Fiction, … Continue reading →

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Scary Fantasies

Posted on November 29, 2022 by maryjorabe

Shivers, Scares, and Goosebumps by Vonnie Winslow-Crist This is such a wonderful book, perfect for its preteen readers who won’t be able to put it down once they start reading it! Shivers, Scares, and Goosebumps includes stories, poems, and drawings. … Continue reading →

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Publications as of November, 2022

Posted on November 5, 2022 by maryjorabe

More or less in reverse order, here are my online and print publications again so far: “Red, Blue,. Green, and Yellow” has its own history. First of all, the most important information: I am overjoyed, thrilled, and so grateful that … Continue reading →

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Publications as of October, 2022

Posted on October 3, 2022 by maryjorabe

More or less in reverse order, here are my online and print publications so far: I’m overjoyed to have my story “Balance the Books” published online at The Lorelei Signal, https://www.loreleisignal.com/current-issue . It has definite autobiographical references from my 41 … Continue reading →

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Publications as of November, 2021

Posted on December 17, 2021 by maryjorabe

More or less in reverse order, here are my online and print publications so far: My two stories previously published in Pulphouse #4 (For the Love of Killer) and Pulphouse #8 (Taking Care of Business) have been reprinted in new … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Dragons!

Posted on November 28, 2021 by maryjorabe

I don’t manage to write very many book reviews, except when the book is so good that I don’t want to keep it to myself. Dragon Rain by Vonnie Winslow-Crist Keeping things honest here, I have to admit that I … Continue reading →

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Update on Publications, September 2021

Posted on September 22, 2021 by maryjorabe

To my delight, I can report another publication: More or less in reverse order, here are my short story publications so far: Back in 2015 I took a workshop on writing short stories taught by one of the writers I … Continue reading →

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