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Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

“The Fish Kite” is a sequel story to “Forget Me Not,” so I used the same musical persona in Suno to make the songs sound like they’re sung by the same character. Worked out beautifully. Once again, very jazzy and catchy.

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The Fish Kite

Returning the Lyre – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

And the original story: deepskyanchor.com/returning-th...

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so, “Returning the Lyre,” is obviously my gender-flipped take on Orpheus and Eurydice, but it’s also about how horribly brutal the tenure process is, even on people one step removed from it. And now it’s a delightfully catchy song!

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Returning the Lyre

Anger is a Porcupine, Sadness is a Fish – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

And the original story: deepskyanchor.com/anger-is-a-p...

Anger is a Porcupine, Sadness is a Fish

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

My story, “Anger is a Porcupine, Sadness is a Fish,” caused such a kerfuffle in my writing group with people breaking the foundational rule that we don’t assume fiction is about the author that I’m still not really over it. Anyway, makes a powerful song:

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My Magic, My Spell – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

Original story here: deepskyanchor.com/my-magic-my-...

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

I had to be really careful when turning “My Magic, My Spell” into a song, because I wanted to be able to enjoy listening to it… but it’s also, at its heart, about a traumatic moment. My first few tries… were too raw. But this one landed beautifully:

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My Magic, My Spell

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Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

…probably helped me survive all the condemnation from the furry and sci-fi communities when I stood firm in my beliefs regarding AI.

And yes, in this analogy, AI is a sweet, naive, overly kind but weirdly helpful piglet. Seems about right.

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 2d

I haven’t watched Babe (‘95) in soooo many years, but also, it’s so deep in my psyche. And you know? I think the subconscious memory of Farmer Hoggett standing firm in his belief in Babe’s abilities in spite of the judges’ clear condemnation…

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Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

I may not post a lot any more, but I think it shows from when I do that I’ve been keeping pretty busy. And my work is usually findable if you go looking.

On the Eve of the Apocalypse – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

Original story here: deepskyanchor.com/on-the-eve/

On the Eve of the Apocalypse

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote “On the Eve of the Apocalypse” after the 2016 election to keep myself from contacting my dad. It makes for a pretty intense sci-fi metal song.

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Small Smooth Pebble – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

Original story here: deepskyanchor.com/small-smooth...

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

The song for “Small Smooth Pebble” turned out really beautiful and pretty hilarious. Also, I realized while reading Douglas Adams’ Mostly Harmless out loud to my kid this spring that this story is really just an ultra-condensed version of it.

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Small Smooth Pebble

The Opposite of Suicide – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

The original story: deepskyanchor.com/the-opposite...

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

My story, “The Opposite of Suicide,” may try overly hard to be clever about infinities and was pretty clearly inspired by the amazing Star Trek: Voyager episode “Death Wish” where a Q wants to die… but it turned into a pretty catchy, cool-sounding song:

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The Opposite of Suicide

We Can Remember It For You Retail – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

And the original story: deepskyanchor.com/we-can-remem...

We Can Remember It For You Retail

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

“We Can Remember It For You Retail” is the story that originally got me into SFWA. I was really amazed that I was able to get most of its plot and twists to fit in a song, because it’s a complex little story. So, I’m really happy with how this turned out:

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“Viewers Like You” – Deep Sky Anchor

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

And the original story: deepskyanchor.com/viewers-like...

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 3d

When I wrote “Viewers Like You,” I thought the premise was downright silly… I never expected it to become my most prescient story, and the whole layers of irony involved in using Claude and Suno to turn it into a song were absolutely mind-spinning…

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Viewers Like You

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Daniel Lowd @lowd.bsky.social · 4d

In case you haven’t been following closely, there’s been amazing progress in AI models for music!

My partner has been adapting her original spec fic story collections into whole albums, 1 song per story. (Kind of like how Elton John’s “Rocketman” is based on the Bradbury short.)

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 4d

This is a song inspired by the first story I ever sold — “Forget Me Not” — which is about a man addicted to a memory drug. I love how jazzy and catchy it turned out.

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Forget Me Not

A Second Enchanted Evening – Deep Sky Anchor

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Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 4d

The original story: deepskyanchor.com/a-second-enc...

A Second Enchanted Evening

Mary E. Lowd (the cosmos’ dog) @marylowd.bsky.social · 4d

I’m really loving how I can fit whole stories and sci-fi ideas into songs. There’s a whole complex arc going on in my story, “A Second Enchanted Evening,” and this song managed to really capture the heart and basically the whole of it in music:

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