Mary E. Lowd writes short stories and collects creatures.  So far, she's had more that fifty short stories published, as well as two novels, "Otters in Space", and "Otters on Space Two: Jupiter, Deadly".  Meanwhile, she's collected one husband, two children, three dogs, an indeterminate number of cats, and infinitely many imaginary otters.  The stories, creatures, and Mary live together in a crashed spaceship disguised as a house in Eugene, OR.  Find more of Mary's fiction at www.marylowd.com.