Carmen Baca

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About Carmen Baca

Hello! I'm Carmen. As if 36 years in the classroom weren't enough, I now "teach" from home, helping aspiring authors with their own manuscripts, researching marketing strategies, and working on my next book. You can find me in the mountains of northern New Mexico where my husband and I enjoy a peaceful, quiet life caring for our animal family and any stray that happens to stop by.
My first book, El Hermano, published in 2017 and was selected as finalist in the NM-AZ Co-op Book Awards program. That book inspired many ideas for stories which I subsequently wrote and am still writing. In the three years since that book released, I've published four more and 40 short stories and articles in online literary magazines and anthologies.

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Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2 Jul 15, 2020

by Dona Fox , Michelle Renee Lane , Yolanda Sfetsos , Catherine McCarthy , Christy Aldridge , Ellie Douglas , Sonora Taylor , V. Castro , Carmen Baca , Janine Pipe

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Step through the prettiest cemetery gates you've ever seen and experience tombstone raves and widow's dances, Japanese snow-spirits, Aztec bruja and temple goddesses, vengeful ghosts, djinn and cannibals, vampire hunters, plague bearers, graverobbers, and terrors beyond reason. Read through the night as the dead rise from boneyards all around the world!

#FRIGHTGIRLSUMMER recommended reading!

Featuring chilling tales from:
Christy Aldridge
Carmen Baca
Demi-Louise Blackburn
R.A. Busby
V. Castro
Dawn DeBraal
Ellie Douglas
Tracy Fahey
Dona Fox
Cassidy Frost
Michelle Renee Lane
Beverley Lee
J.A.W. McCarthy
Catherine McCarthy
Susan McCauley
Ksenia Murray
Ally Peirse
Janine Pipe
Lydia Prime
Paula R.C. Readman
Yolanda Sfetsos
Sonora Taylor

Edited by Jill Girardi
With foreword by Doc Holocausto (Evilspeak Magazine, Harvest Ritual, Creepy Crawls)

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Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2020: A Sweetycat Press Publication Jun 12, 2020

by Sweetycat Press , Steve Carr

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WHO are the 116 emerging writers in this Who's Who? WHAT have they written? WHERE do they live? WHEN did they start writing? WHY do they write? HOW can you find out more about them?

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La Quinceañera Jun 18, 2020

by Carmen Baca , Grant P. Hudson

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THE TRADITIONAL QUINCEAÑERA is Marguerite Quintanilla’s special celebration, replete with splendid garments, gifts, and decorations. But a little girl disappears from the event, and another vanishes from the same location five years later. No one can explain how Marguerite’s last doll, a Quince gift, connects the two. Before she leaves the town of Pajarillo to begin her religious life, Marguerite gives away the rest of her Quince gifts: her first pair of high heels, the tiara, the scepter—all the regalos go to people special to her. But the gifts come with peculiar gifts of their own and begin to alter their new owners in particular ways. Two strangers and an unseen threat drawing its power from an ancient lost world mean that all is not what it seems, and immortal souls are at risk.

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Lantern: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Christian Stories Anthology 2019 Feb 2, 2020

by Grant P. Hudson , Carmen Baca , Hugh Honea , Gabriella Balcom , Steve Carr , Denise D'Souza , Gary Bonn , A. J. Lawdring , James Lipson , L. T. Waterson

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A Christian story is in one sense similar to the vast majority of stories in general, in that it plunges the reader into a vacuum, an abyss of suspense, mystery, moral questions and meaning, only to lead them through the labyrinth to emerge fresh into the light. What makes it peculiarly Christian, then, must be something else — probably the hint that that familiar arc from light to darkness and back to light isn’t just a fictive construction but a reflection of an absolute pattern that lies at the heart of all worlds.
Not all these tales reflect that pattern in obvious ways; some hardly do so at all. But as a collection, they act like a collective mirror, showing you, the reader, the human face that —possibly—looks back at you from the core of everything.

Featuring the work of Carmen Baca, Gabriella Balcom, Gary Bonn, Steve Carr, Liz Cavanaugh, Denise D’Souza, Samantha Hamilton, Heather Hood, Hugh Honea, Eamon O’Leary, A.J. Lawdring, James Lipson, L. T. Waterson and J. W. Wilkinson.

Paradox: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Crime/Mystery/Thriller Anthology 2019 Jan 9, 2020

by Grant P. Hudson , Scott Bell , David Bowmore , RLM Cooper , Steve Carr , Umair Mirxa , Carmen Baca , Ben Fine , Marlon S. Hayes , L. T. Waterson

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It’s possible to get quite philosophical about the growth of the detective or mystery thriller in modern culture, paralleling as it does the rise of the perception of rational deduction as the key to salvation. The detective becomes the archetype of the Wise Old Figure, the one who sees through the chaotic fog of events and whose wisdom pierces the mystery to its core. In this volume, you’ll see many variations of that, and much more: you’ll be amused by the viewpoint of a criminal henchman, weaving his way through the world of secret agents and worldwide conspiracies, enthralled by the careful piecing together of clues in deserts and cities around the globe, and thrilled by atmospheric tales of dark doings and their detection, by authors new and established.

Featuring the work of Diane Arrelle, Carmen Baca, Scott Bell, Wes Blalock, David Bowmore, Steve Carr, RLM Cooper, Ben Fine, Kelli J. Gavin, Sharon Frame Gay, Marlon S. Hayes, Frank Kozusko, A.J. Lawdring, Umair Mirxa, Sam M. Phillips, Richard Rebel, Andrew Scobie, Susanne Thomas and L. T. Waterson.

Gleam: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Second Flash Fiction Anthology 2019 Sep 26, 2019

by Steve Carr , Catherine A. MacKenzie , Susanne Thomas , Nelson Kamkuimo , Rich Rurshell , Pam Van Allen , Heather Hood , L. T. Waterson , Sharon Frame Gay , RLM Cooper

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Flash fiction is often a small, vivid illustration or incident which fades into a larger, wider, unspoken background. The power lies in the unsaid, the inferred, the after-thrill which comes as the ephemeral piece ends, leaving you, the reader, transfixed and transformed.
Enjoy this set of sixty experiences, brought to you by new and established authors from around the world.
Flash fiction is often a small, vivid illustration or incident which fades into a larger, wider, unspoken background. The power lies in the unsaid, the inferred, the after-thrill which comes as the ephemeral piece ends, leaving you, the reader, transfixed and transformed.
Enjoy this set of sixty experiences, brought to you by new and established authors from around the world.

Featuring the work of R. L. Adare, Diane Arrelle, Peter Astle, Carmen Baca, Gabriella Balcom, Jim Bates, Gary Bonn, Lael Braday, Bonnie B. Bradlee, Belinda Brady, David Bowmore, Elizabeth Brown, Steve Carr, A.S. Charly, RLM Cooper, Dawn DeBraal, Denise D’Souza, Ximena Escobar, J.W. Garrett, Kelli J Gavin, Sharon Frame Gay, Jill Girardi, Phil Gladden, Marlon S. Hayes, Robert Hazel, Jesse Highsmith, Heather Hood, Justin Jones, Archit Joshi, Nelson Kamkuimo, Jill Kiesow, Shawn M. Klimek, Mark Kodama, A.J. Lawdring, Emma K. Leadley, James Lipson, Vickie J. Litten, Catherine A. MacKenzie, Giuseppina Marino Leyland, Christopher McCurry, Umair Mirxa, Elizabeth Montague, Sandra Nguyen, Charlotte O’Farrell, A.L. Paradiso, Natalie Partridge, Kari Pohar, Supriya Rakesh, Richard Rebel, Michal Reibenbach, Rich Rurshell, Andrew Scobie, CL Steele, Susanne Thomas, Justin Tuijl, Pam Van Allen, L.T. Waterson, Ger White, G. Allen Wilbanks and C.L. Williams.

Viajes con Fantasmas Jul 17, 2019

by Carmen Baca , Grant P. Hudson

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Viajes con Fantasmas, the long-awaited sequel to Las Mujeres Misteriosas, finds Rosita, her husband, and son Christino (Tino) living far from the southwest and their home and family—and the vengeful reach of la Llorona. But the twisted evil spirit that is their nemesis will not leave them in peace: la Llorona resumes her quest for revenge with a cruel deed which forces mother and son to return to New Mexico.

The struggle for the immortal souls of Tino and his family is now more complex as la Llorona commands nefarious ghosts, including Robert “Arkansaw” Black and Mary McGrath AKA the Lilly of Copper Avenue, to ensnare Tino and corrupt his innocence. Although Tino is quick-witted and morally strong, he is no match against the amoral, ancient evil — but powerful allies arise to protect him.

In this unique world based on the special folklore of New Mexico, benevolent ghosts battle with venomous dark spirits in a life and death, winner-take-all contest that could result in a whole family going to Hell.

Blaze: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Flash Fiction Anthology 2019 Jun 19, 2019

by Grant P. Hudson , Edward Ahern , Peter Astle , Carmen Baca , Mark Blickley , Brandy Bonifas , Gary Bonn , M. Boone Mattia , David Bowmore , Lael Braday , G. Allen Wilbanks , DM Burdett , Steve Carr , A.S. Charly , RLM Cooper , Angelika Delf , Denise D’Souza , Ximena Escobar , María J. Estrada , Emily Fluckiger , Sharon Frame Gay , J.W. Garrett , Kelli J Gavin , R.A. Goli , Gemma Johnston , Archit Joshi , Mike Kanner , Christine Karper-Smith , Jill Kiesow , Christine King , Shawn Klimek , Mark Kodama , Catherine Lee , Vickie J. Litten , Catherine A. MacKenzie , Robert Mackey , Giuseppina Marino Leyland , William Masters , Silvana McGuire , Bo Miranda , Umair Mirxa , Elizabeth Montague , Traci Mullins , L. P. , A. L. Paradiso , Sam M. Phillips , Kari Pohar , Michal Reibenbach , LaVonne Roberts , Copper Rose , Rich Rurshell , Andrew Scobie , Stefan Sencerz , Sunil Sharma , Betty Stanton , CL Steele , Jeannie Warner , L.T. Waterson , C.H. Williams , Jack Wolfe Frost , Grant P. Hudson

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Writers are spellbinders, wizards, witches, working their magic with words, entrancing and enchanting us. Not for nothing does the word ‘spell’ mean a sequence of letters and a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation. In these tales, the sorcery has been restricted so that its glamour has to work in the space of fifty, five hundred or a thousand words: and work it does, as you will see. From disturbing darkness to light-hearted laughter, the authors within weave their wizardry, making you weep and laugh, feel and think, shiver and gasp, always wanting to turn the page.

Cuentos del Cañón Jan 9, 2019

by Carmen Baca , Grant P. Hudson

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Cuentos del Cañón is a series of a dozen stories set in or near the same canyon that is home to her first novel El Hermano. We feel the palpable agony of the parents of an infant victim of the evil eye, the terror of the victims of realistic nightmares, and the wonder of a youth shoved to safety by his cousin who is actually in France. The Devil appears in the middle of a dance, an entire village disappears, Saint Death teaches humans life lessons, and a serpent that nightmares are made of exists in a corner of Sangre de Cristos - these are a few of the stories you’ll find in this collection by award-winning story-teller, Carmen Baca.

Señora Baca gives her own twist to several folk tales and legends told by her elders and ancestors through oral tradition and creates others that are new additions to New Mexico literature. She takes both human and phantasmagorical characters through life’s experiences and emotions in each story and makes their experiences truly credible.

Fireburst: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Second Flash Fiction Anthology 2018 Dec 14, 2018

by Grant P. Hudson , Riham Adly , Edward Ahern , Mehreen Ahmed , Carmen Baca , Gabriella Balcom , I. D. Bassett , Susannah J. Bell , Mollie Bingham Small , Brandy Bonifas

( 2 )

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Intense, keen, extreme, sincere, deeply felt, wholehearted - you’ll find stories within ranging from the amusing to the overwhelming, from the earnest to the cute.
Clarendon House has once again drawn together a selection of fabulous talents to weave you into their story worlds so that you will scarcely believe what can be done in less than 2,000 words per tale.
Perfect if you want to relish the moments; ideal if you desire entertainment on-the-run; essential if you’re eager to see what the future has to offer in terms of great writers - this is the book for you.

Las Mujeres Misteriosas Aug 22, 2018

by Carmen Baca

( 16 )

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Three mysterious women inhabit the American southwest. La Llorona, a ghost, haunts the waterways searching for the children she drowned before killing herself. La Muerte, much more than just a ghost, is Santa Muerte, who takes every man to his eternal home. La Lunática, a recent ghost, spent much of her life fighting el Diablo's obsession with her. These three women battle for the soul of another, a human named Rosita, who fears nothing and innocently accepts a gift from la Llorona.
After years of learning how to use her skill, Rosita can only free herself from the ghost's spell by complying with her demands. However, her freedom depends on a Pyrrhic victory: she can only win by losing something precious.

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Vortex: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Literary Anthology 2018 Jun 4, 2018

by Grant P. Hudson , Riham Adly , Mehreen Ahmed , Carmen Baca , Susannah J. Bell , Brandy Bonifas , Gary Bonn , David Bowmore , Steve Carr , RLM Cooper

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If we define ‘literary’ as fiction without barriers, then the book you hold in front of you is a potent and vibrant contradiction. This little book is actually a portal to other worlds, much larger in scope and depth than its size would suggest. Within, you’ll find passion and poetic prose that will haunt you, experimental fiction that will challenge you, tales that will make you laugh, some that will make you cry, and many that will enthral you from beginning to end. The question that may occur to you as you complete this book is ‘Why aren’t these authors all world-famous?’

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