Carmen Baca

A demon’s set free, a funeral rite goes awry, a wedding custom turns tragic, an evil eye backfires, & fairies feed on the unthinkable. This is Chicano Norteño #storytelling.
#amwriting #horrorstories #legends #folkhorror #cryptids #newrelease #comingsoon #NewMexicoCulture

Another mundane day at the keyboard,
creating worlds
& characters to inhabit them.
Adding antagonists, human & non,
conflicts, internal & external,
to provoke complications
that lead to the climax &
finally resolve the action,
wrap it in a cover & call it a book.
#vss #amwriting

Ahhhh! When you check your email and find interview questions from a publisher who’s releasing another anthology with your horror story—priceless motivator!
#amwriting #horror #shortstories #poetry

#vss #prompt #together
“Together again,” joyful voices shouted in celebration
“At last,” “’bout time,” “Amigo!” rang out in salutation
Thunder throbbed & lightning flashed from the Other Side
where they’ve reunited, embarking on a helluva ride.
#gonetoosoon #icons

#vss365
Watching birds overhead, I saw a buzzard,
then a few more circling, drawn by Death.
The innocuous #rook did me in that day,
dropping a live snake on my shoulder.
Venom flowed in as blood leaked out,
& I fell prostrate, weak, losing life,
watching buzzards watch me die.
#horror #poetry

#vss365
As onions and peppers sautéed with sizzling satisfaction,
mouths watered and stomachs growled in anticipation.
My spawn will fill their empty bellies with this first fine feast
of human flesh marinated with #masala like mama used to make.
#horror #poetry

#vss365

Seize the #moment, they said. Seize the day.
So I grabbed on to positive thoughts and clung,
Focused on goals, pushed forth, and persevered
Picturing success in my pursuits before nightfall.
Too bad my prey thwarted my plans and fled.
#quiethorror #poetry

I love doing the daily #vss challenge on X. The activity taught me about choosing diction/syntax for effect—I can write my own blurbs now without editorial changes. Yay! #amwriting #writingchallenge #learnsomethingneweveryday

It did, thank you. (I keep forgetting to check this account.)

I always get a bit anxious about these things, but I also welcome the opportunity to share my small voice with the public. I’ll be the Saturday Weekend Boost zoom guest—author interview with Paul Lane at 10:00 MST.
#authorlife #ZoomInterview #WritingCommunity
#authorinterview

Never did an unboxing video before, but I had to share the most beautiful cover painted by Arizona artist, Suzanne O. Rios. #newedition #relelease #spiritualawakening #comingofage #spiritualjourney

My debut novel published in 2017 & went out of print in 2021. The #newedition with bonus material published last week. #comingofage #spiritualawakening #Lentenread

Finished and submitted to a publisher I’ve been honored to publish with several times in the past, it’s an essay on our “Chicano Code,” the one we speak when we’re around compas.
#amwriting #chicano #spanglish #essaywriting #Essays

Sooooo close! 😳
#comingsoon #rerelease #newediton #comingofage #spiritualawakening #Chicano #raza #Norteno #culture #brotherhood #sisterhood #folklore

Gerald Padilla, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Latino Book Review, consented to be one of my ARC readers for my most recent release. 😳

Mil gracias, Señor Padilla.

#folkhorror #paranormal #supernatural #ghoststories #chicano #latinxcreatives #latinx #poetry #prose #essays

So tonight’s the night. If you’d like to see the ceremony, here’s the link. If not, the ceremony will be on YouTube to check out when you wish. Thank you all for your continued support of my story-telling.
www.youtube.com/@newmexicomag/

Hi! Joined today, thanks to Drema Deoraich. Chicana regionalistic, phantasmagoric story teller here.