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 historical fiction 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. Since 2017, I’ve published four more. My 3rd book, Cuentos del Cañón, received first place in short story anthology category from the NM-AZ Co-op Book Awards program. I’ve also published 43 short stories and articles in online literary magazines and anthologies between books.

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The One That Got Away : Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3 Jan 20, 2021

by Gwendolyn Kiste, Sonora Taylor, Catherine McCarthy, Janine Pipe, Yolanda Sfetsos, Meg Hafdahl, Michelle Renee Lane, Barrington Smith-Seetachitt, Mocha Pennington, Jill Girardi

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What doesn't kill me, might make me kill you!

30 women authors from around the world were challenged to write about The One That Got Away. Here you'll find tales of unrequited love, blind dates gone wrong, stalkers and their prey, cursed guitars, alien symbiotes, sinister letters, and bitter acts of revenge. Dive into murky depths and discover what hides inside the minds of women scorned..

Book 3 in the Kandisha Press Women of Horror Anthology Series

#frightgirlwinter recommended reading!

With Foreword by Gwendolyn Kiste (Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of The Rust Maidens)

Edited by Jill Girardi

Featuring stories from: Carmen Baca, Ushasi Sen Basu, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Ashley Burns, R.A. Busby, Amira Krista Calvo, Dawn DeBraal, Shawnna Deresch, Ellie Douglas, Amy Grech, KC Grifant, Meg Hafdahl, Rowan Hill, Stevie Kopas, Michelle Renee Lane, Catherine McCarthy, Villimey Mist, Mocha Pennington, Faith Pierce, Janine Pipe, Lydia Prime, Paula RC Readman, Marsheila Rockwell, Lucy Rose, Rebecca Rowland, Hadassah Shiradski, Yolanda Sfetsos, Barrington Smith-Seetachitt, J Snow and Sonora Taylor.

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Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2 (Kandisha Press Women Of Horror Anthology Series) Nov 4, 2020

by Jill Girardi, Dona Fox, Michelle Renee Lane, J.A.W. McCarthy, V Castro, Ellie Douglas, Ksenia Murray, Janine Pipe, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Sonora Taylor

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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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Far From Home: an Anthology of Adventure Horror May 14, 2021

by Samantha Kolesnik, Ed Kurtz, Hailey Piper, Lenn Woolston, Michael Patrick Hicks, Mitch Sebourn, Ross Jeffery, Stephanie Ellis, Vaughn A. Jackson

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A dangerous climb in the moonlight. A couple's trek through uncharted wilderness to save their child. A sinister painting that holds unimaginable power. Sixteen horror authors share thrilling tales of terrifying adventures in Far From Home: an Anthology of Adventure Horror.

This anthology includes stories by Ed Kurtz, Hailey Piper, Lenn Woolston, A.K. Dennis, Cynthia Pelayo, Michael Patrick Hicks, Vaughn A. Jackson, Audrey Williams, Villimey Mist, Beverley Lee, Stephanie Ellis, Ross Jeffery, A.A. Medina, Carmen Baca, Ali Seay, and Mitch Sebourn.

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Writers Unite! Anthologies Dimensions of the Wild West Volume One Apr 30, 2021

by Writers Unite!, Deborah Ratliff, Lynn Miclea, D. A. Ratliff

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Cowboys on dusty trails. Cattle drives. Bank robbers and sheriffs. Whether riding a horse in the old West, a pickup truck in present day, or a mining transport on an asteroid, good fought evil, and tales of the West continued. Enjoy this collection of stories from the authors of Writers Unite! as they take you from the old West into the future.

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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.

Water Turns Red: An Anthology Of Crime Fiction Jul 8, 2021

by Aditya Deshmukh

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Crime manifests itself in many forms.
But it always bleeds red.

WATER TURNS RED is a collection of 21 chilling stories that explore the various shades of this ghastly color red.
Within these pages lie the corpses of those killed in cold blood, the cunning minds of their killers, and the wits of
detectives. Together they paint a disturbing image of the human psyche.

Do you want to witness it?

The Trade Off By J. Agombar
Couples' Therapy By Carmen Baca
Make It A Double By Warren Benedetto
Who Killed Panama Harlan? By David Bowmore
The Glass Purse By Steve Carr
Sin By Marcus Cook
The Boy Who Escaped By Amber Danson
Who Do You Think You Are? By Dawn DeBraal
It Gets Easier By Robert Lupton
Madness By James Dorr
Drops Of Apocalypse By Doctor Galvanic
The Red Coat By Galina Trefil
Writing The Horror By Chisto Healy
The Prodigy By Carlton Herzog
Brass Memories By C. I. I. Jones
Loose Ends By Adrik Kemp
Through The Eyes Of The Child By Trisha McKee
The Murder Mystery By Natasja Rose
Flint And Steele By L. T. Waterson
Fair Harbor By Todd Zack
Searching For Sunshine By Shannon Hollinger

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Unity, Volume 1: A Magical Realism Anthology Dec 6, 2020

by Maria J. Estrada, Priti J, Jack Hirschman, Carmen Baca, Norbert Somosi, Scott Duncan, Daniel Brooks, Elaine Carnegie-Padgett, Ximena Escobar, Shawn Klimek

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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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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.

Las Mujeres Misteriosas Aug 22, 2018

by Carmen Baca

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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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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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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.

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