Mary Vigliante Szydlowski

STORIES AND ARTICLES FOR CHILDREN


THE FIRST REAL PRESIDENT
published in the
April 2004 issue of
Appleseeds


A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE
published in the
August/​September
2002 issue of
Hopscotch the Magazine
for Girls



ARBOR DAY
published in the March/​April
2001 issue of
Surprises Magazine


THE DUCK IN THE HOLE
published in the
May/​June 2000
issue of
Surprises Magazine


THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
published in the November/​December
1999 issue of
Surprises Magazine


NOT SO VERY DIFFERENT
published in the Fall 1988 edition
of Young Crusader Magazine


SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES


MOTHER'S ROADHOUSE
May 1999 edition of
CC Motorcycle Newsmagazine
reprinted September 1999
Motorcycle Online Magazine


A couple of the regulars at Mother's Roadhouse

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
published in the
September 1996 issue of
Show and Tell Magazine


THE HAND OF MY ENEMY
published in the Winter 1993/​94
issue of
ESC! Magazine

Welcome


Mary began her professional writing career in 1977 when her first feature story, a travel article about a new Mexican vacation destination called Cancun appeared in the South Middlesex Sunday News. The following year she realized a lifelong dream when her first book was published. She's the author of six adult novels and two children's books as well as numerous short stories, magazine articles, and poems.


SOME OF MY BOOKS!!!!

SELECTED WORKS

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
THE DUCK IN THE HOLE
When six year-old Keesha discovers a duck trapped in a hole, she uses her grit, resourcefulness, and determination to find just the right way to free it.
I CAN'T TALK, I'VE GOT FARBLES IN MY MOUTH!
A family of Farbles takes up residence in James Beechum's mouth after workmen repairing paths in a nearby park destroy their home. They intend to stay with James until their problem is resolved.
HORROR
WORSHIP THE NIGHT
Enslaved by Demonic Passion! The remote forests of the Adirondack Mts. are the setting for this tale of murder, madness, and horror.
FICTION
SILENT SONG
Philomena Rienzi cannot speak. Raised by immigrant parents who believe her to be retarded, she grows up in a world that extends no further than her backyard. After her father's desertion and her mother's suicide, Philomena becomes a ward of the state and is placed in an institution. Kept sedated and in restraints, Philomena is stripped of her dignity and humanity. She is rescued by two unlikely heroes, an elderly lady named Signora Mancuso and a lonely middle-aged bachelor named Tony, her former neighbors. Can they help her win her freedom and a chance at happiness?
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
SOURCE OF EVIL
Adrianne Del-2, captain of the spacecraft Logo, has been ordered on a mission, an aggressive invasion of other worlds. But something goes wrong. An inexplicable series of malfunctions cripples her ship. They have no idea why until a mysterious voice explains why they must be punished and the means of their atonement.
THE LAND
Her sisters were shocked when their princess loved a beast!
THE COLONY
The nuclear war was over in an afternoon. Both sides lost. Sunny managed to stay alive, but now she must face the brutal society created by the survivors.
THE ARK
They discovered the location of the cocoons. The bodies were frozen intact. Sebrum eyed them and an idea passed his brain. Meat was meat, anything was better than starvation. They allowed the corpse to thaw and then began to devour it.

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