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Karen L. Abrahamson


Biography

Karen Abrahamson wrote her first poem at age six. Since then she has written and sold poetry and short fiction. In her words, “a bad day of writing is still better than the best moments of working for a living”.

After a wandering youth that took her across North America countless times, she currently lives in the Metro Vancouver area of Canada.
 
An inveterate traveler, amateur photographer, and a fan of old maps, Karen keeps a loaded backpack to hand because she never knows when she might meet a destination she can't refuse.

Where to find Karen L. Abrahamson online

Website: http://www.karenabrahamson.com
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Books

Emberstone    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 71260 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on March 17, 2013. Fiction.
Forrest's life goes to hell the day the black humvees roll into town. Then his crazy mom disappears and even stranger shit starts happening. Before he can go look for her, he needs to discover the secret to his own past: a past that will allow him to save the town. or unleash total devastation on the world. Only the emberstone knows which.
Ice Dragon: The Novel    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $5.99 USD. 55180 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on January 1, 2013. Fiction.
When threatened with marriage to a village elder, Jazella of Gruenheld takes matters into her own hands. She sets out to reclaim the treasure that will buy her freedom and find the man who has haunted her dreams all her life. But dreams aren't always true and it will take all of Jazella's strength to face the dragon guarding the treasure and the Dead who walk the night.
Deep Water, Sharp Teeth    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.99 USD. 14480 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on December 1, 2012. Fiction.
When bandits take fifteen-year-old Ravi Sanghera captive in their stilted town, he knows he has to get free and find his father before something bad happens. But then the sharp toothed, tattooed man arrives and the ‘something bad’ becomes something far worse than he could ever imagine….
Burmese Shadows    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 8090 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
When a modern young Burmese woman falls in love, the ancient spirit of Lady Three Times Beautiful must guard her from a dishonorable man. But protecting the heart and protecting a woman are two very different things. In a changing world can The Lady and the old powers do both?
Terra Nueva    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 81800 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on September 1, 2012. Fiction.
After Couver's devastating defeat, Terra Vargas abandons her city in search of redemption. Across treacherous mountains she follows an insistent drum beat that might be friends guiding her to safety… or those who want her dead. Ruthless marauders pursue her. So do those who believe the prophecy that she will destroy the world. Will Terra escape, or will she become what they fear the most?
Revelation: Book 4 in the Ice Dragon Series    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 15030 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 8, 2012. Fiction.
The Final Installment: Banished from her village in the middle of winter, Jazella must protect her family and herself while trying to reach (or reunite with) the mysterious young man who haunts her dreams. To do so, she must survive the Dead-infested forest and discover the secret of the strange metal dragon that beleaguers her village.
A Child Among Us    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 15920 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 15, 2012. Fiction.
Ambea, Sister-head of the Sisters of Flame, yearns to do her duty and provide a viable clutch of eggs that will produce a great leader or to step down from her role. When her latest clutch begins to flicker and die, she must decide whether to go to her fate or suffer the consequences and use her herb magic to make her dream come true.
The Lips of the Waves, The Tips of Their Wings    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 15950 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 15, 2012. Fiction.
When Vessra of the Village of 100 rejects the transformation choice of his brood mate, he embarks on an adventure to find a different way to live—one that won’t require his brood-mate’s death. But different and better are two different things. Can Vessra face the secret of his race to ultimately transform himself?
The African Queen and Other Stories    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $5.99 USD. 40170 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on June 24, 2012. Fiction.
A little fantasy, a lot of mystery: welcome to strange lands, strange crimes and stranger investigators—swordsmen, aging women from another world, and a love struck teenager, to name a few. Come along for the ride up-river to Sing Sing, through a wild night on horseback, or driving a Mazda GLC through flooded suburban streets. I guarantee there’ll be something interesting waiting for you.
Sirens    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 9560 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on June 17, 2012. Fiction.
When Dana and her two male shipmates crash land on a distant planet, they do what they have always done: work together. One to survey the planet's dangers, one to repair the ship, and one to act as peacemaker. When one of them unwittingly falls under the spell of the native creatures--siren-like beings that destroy the bond between them—can two that were three ever find the balance to escape?
When to Fly the Black Mare and When to Fear Coyote    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 10580 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on June 3, 2012. Fiction.
When Molly's husband brings a dangerous black mare to their lonely homestead, it only fuels her feelings of impending doom and her nightmares of horse hooves galloping. Then her husband uses the half-mad horse to clear the boulders legends say were left behind by an ancient Native American trickster. That's when the bad things start to happen.
Ruin: Book Three of the Ice Dragon Series    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.99 USD. 21890 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on May 26, 2012. Fiction.
Jazella of Gruenheld risked everything to steal back her village's precious metal from the dragon's lair. Instead of riches, she brought back a deadly sickness. Now, in a race against time, Jazella must seek help from creatures she dreads in order to save the man she loves. But will they bring rescue, or ruin?
After the Fall    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 7580 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on May 13, 2012. Fiction.
Years ago, as a young man, Daedalus lost Icarus, his son to the God Apollo. Now the child of his old age threatens to take wing. What will a father do to keep his son safe? Includes Short Story: Coyotes Cats and Other Creatures.
Terra Infirma    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 97160 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on April 15, 2012. Fiction.
When nomadic marauders attack the Independent city of Couver, seventeen-year-old Terra Vargas must choose: use her Cartos powers to protect her city, or rescue her mother from the marauders' camp. But as her control over the earth power erodes, so does her ability to choose wisely. Stay or go? Either way, there will be a horrible price to pay.
Book of Days    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 8320 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on April 1, 2012. Fiction.
Years ago Eanid Dupuis’ husband stranded her in Paris while conducting research from the transitive dimensions. The discovery of the book that will send her home sets Eanid on a collision course with an African refugee, a book vendor, and the true meaning of freedom.
The Dead: Book 2 in the Ice Dragon Series    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11860 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on March 19, 2012. Fiction.
In 'Ice Dragon' Jazella of Gruenheld ventured out into the snow covered forest in search of dragon treasure. Now, inside the dragon, the youth who has haunted her dreams holds her captive. Escape means risking her life in a dangerous return to Gruenheld, for the freezing forests holds worse things than dragons, wolves and wild men. Far worse.
A Faded Magic    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.99 USD. 25510 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on March 10, 2012. Fiction.
A jaded carnie fortune teller at the end of the world. A little girl dealing with her parent’s divorce and the horror she creates in her magic place. A jockey who still dreams of horses no matter how broken her body. The characters in these five stories carry the loss and longing that opens them to the tragedy and triumph of a faded kind of magic in a too real world.
Brambles and Black Horses    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 10160 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on February 25, 2012. Fiction.
Gayle lost everything in the long ago accident that killed her family's champion race horse and left her a ruined wreck of flesh and broken bones. Now, as bulldozers destroy the old farm where her love of racing was born, the appearance of a strange barefoot boy threatens to bring ruin upon her again. Includes short story: Bees in the Morning.
Ice Dragon    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11700 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on February 12, 2012. Fiction.
Only the brave and the lucky can survive the walking dead, the frozen winter and the perilous ice dragon. When seventeen-year-old Jazella of Gruenheld faces a forced marriage to the ancient Venerable Heed, she makes the decision to risk everything in hopes of obtaining the treasure that will buy her freedom. Faced with the dead and the dragon, will her luck hold?
Happily Ever After At the End of Days    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $1.99 USD. 7130 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
All Agatha Cluney (that's Clun-eh, as in the French) wants is to make people happy, but when you're a psychic at the end of the world, that's a little hard to do...
Blood Knowledge of Swans    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 5050 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on January 15, 2012. Fiction.
A small child, a string of pearls and a pool of swans converge in this short story of family life gone wrong. For Bella, in a world of beautiful swans, her mother is the most beautiful being of all. But swans abandon Bella every year and now her mother may abandon her, too. In a world of magic, what’s a child to do? Includes Short Story "In a Fold of Green Leaf Shadows".
The Warden of Power (Book 1 of the Pangea Chronicles)    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 148240 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on December 12, 2011. Fiction.
Blood magick, earth magick, treachery and deceit. In the First Age of the World, the Cartos Age, someone creates a huge rift in Pangea and triggers devastating, magick-imbued quakes that threaten Creation’s fabric. Lazar, First Cartos, and his squabbling kin must stop the ruinous quakes. But ruin comes in many guises and the greatest threat to the Cartos Age might well be the Cartos thems
Blood and Magick    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 20450 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on December 4, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A murdered caravan merchant. A threatened city. A forbidden magick that could start a war. As Marshal of the City of Dreams, Marcellus deim Lazar must solve the murder of a half-breed deim merchant discovered in a place no deim should be. To gather the evidence, Marcellus must confront a magick that could save the woman he loves, or destroy everything he has given his life to preserve.
Bees in the Morning    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 10170 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on October 7, 2011. Fiction.
Samuel Benson’s life changed the day he found his best bee hive destroyed. When the creatures who have taken over attack him, he thinks he might be losing his mind. After all, they look suspiciously like fairies. Includes:Short Story Brambles and Black Horses.
The Cartographer's Daughter    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 79260 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on September 17, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 4 reviews)
In 1432 Portugal, the remnants of an older, powerful race live scattered amidst the humans. Once they ruled the world and could rewrite its form, but ancient arrogance destroyed their power. Now, Lianna Reinel’s love for a human youth threatens her people’s existence. Lianna must choose: Safety. Or the man she loves and the consequences. Fire, water, pestilence. And lost love.
Pretense for Murder    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 16110 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on September 4, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
A dead girl, an empty phone booth where one shouldn’t be and a school full of suspects with too many unusual powers.Trust Vallon Drake to break the rules to take the investigation on—even when the cost of doing so might be her life.
Terra Incognita : Book 1 of the Terra Trilogy    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 88700 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 20, 2011. Fiction.
A ruined city in a flooded world, marauders, and a prophecy of the world's destruction. Terra Vargas' discovery of blood-soaked ruins ignites a series of horrible events that threaten everything she thought she knew about herself and her world. For Terra belongs to an Elder race that once held the power to rewrite the world. Can a girl of destruction bring healing to an angry and desolate world?
Mutable Things    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 108650 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 9, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A stolen antique mask. A serial killer. A female shape shifter forced to wear the faces men’s desires place on her. In rain-soaked Vancouver, Jamyee Grey must solve the mystery of her origins to solve the crime. Her only potential ally: an immortal man who just might love her. Unfortunately, he may also want her dead.
The African Queen    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 11340 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 16, 2011. Fiction.
A crime sends a teenage store clerk who channels Humphrey Bogart and the girl of his dreams on a wild ride across a steamy flooded city. Can our hero control his wayward mouth so love can bloom like on the African Queen? Includes short story: Poof.
Ruffles    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11200 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on June 17, 2011. Fiction.
When Mercy Phillips’ art class challenges her to convey an emotion through art, modeling clay becomes a medium to explore aspects of love. But working with memories and working in clay releases something that might be a monster or might be her salvation.
Through Dark Woods    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 24080 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on May 22, 2011. Fiction.
This five pack of short stories explores what happens when humans interact with the natural world. From Camelot, to the swamps of India, to the local lake we camped beside as a child, and our own suburban neighbourhoods, nature’s moods are ever changing and NEVER, EVER to be trusted.
The Wife's Tail    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 9540 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on May 11, 2011. Fiction.
For Daisy, impetuous storm-love brought her from the deeps and into the arms of a fisherman, John. Happily ever after? When has loving a man, and forsaking who you are, ever been as easy as expected? Includes Short Story: Sirens
Afterburn    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 110230 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on March 20, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 6 reviews)
Vallon Drake, American Geological Survey agent, harnesses a power that can rewrite the landscape—or protect it. When she discovers her ex-partner murdered, she must solve a case with too many links to her own troubled past. If she can't solve it, and fast, Seattle will be written right off the map.
The Big Time Performance of Big Time Big P    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 6560 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on November 13, 2010. Fiction.
This weird little tale marries mystery, a prison romance, and a bite of humor into the sorry tale of Big Pete Galore, sent up to Sing Sing for a mob-sanctioned hit. But when Big P meets Prison Warden J.P. Magut, it seems what matters isn’t that Big P’s a made man of the New York mob, but more just what Big P’s made of.
Coyotes, Cats and Other Creatures    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 7580 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on October 20, 2010. Fiction.
When Richard’s psychiatrist recommends that he tie troubling memories in the woods around his home, it gives Richard much needed relief –until coyote comes calling…. This story first published in Strange Horizons, September 2002. Includes short story: After the Fall.
Poof    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 11340 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on October 16, 2010. Fiction.
When Coffee Murphy, the best damn whore in Madam LaFarge’s Charm School and Whore House, discovers her best customer dead, she must solve the murder to save herself. But vigilantes and Coffee’s past means solving a murder comes at a price. Includes short story: The African Queen
Bones    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 10970 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on September 26, 2010. Fiction.
In Canada’s north, Linus, an Indian, takes two old friends to an ancient mammoth-bone burial site under an old black spruce. If they can excavate the bones, riches will flow Linus’ way. But Linus’ people’s roots run as deep as the old black spruce’s and the mammoth bones go even deeper. Deep enough digging the bones up might release something darker than the bones’ fluting songs.
In a Fold of Green Leaf Shadows    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 5060 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 23, 2010. Fiction.
During a family camping trip to mysterious, mist-filled mountains, ten-year-old Carla finds herself saddled with Daniel, a newly adopted brother. Consumed by the ‘injustice’ of Daniel’s presence in her family, she attempts to use the magic of the mountains to rid herself of her problem. But should a child ever trust the ancient magic of the wild? Includes Short Story "Blood Knowledge of Swans".
A Tiger Heart Wrapp'd in a Woman's Hide    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 12050 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 12, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
In the Sundarban swamp of Southern India, when man-eating tigers threaten the teak loggers, Nirojan, the shaman, protects them through his talisman to Bonobibi, the gentle forest goddess. But in the face of man's never-ending greed can a simple talisman placate a goddess? Includes the short story: The Lady of Ashuelot
There is Always a Burning    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 10690 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 27, 2010. Fiction.
Fact: In the 1400s the Emperor of China burned the Chinese exploration fleet. In this alternate history, Fleet Admiral Xeng uses the help of a captured djinn to save the fleet and discover America. But deals with a djinn mirror deals with the devil and flames burn the flesh as well as a ship's hull. Includes the short story: Bones
The Lady of Ashuelot    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $3.49 USD. 12050 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 10, 2010. Fiction.
In modern New Hampshire, Guinevere, now a blacksmith, and the Lady of the Lake guard King Arthur's life-giving, magic sword. When Lancelot arrives and demands it back, Guinevere must decide whether to spend the magic of the sword to revive Arthur and ancient Camelot, or to preserve her modern world. Includes Short story A Tiger Heart Wrapp'd in a Woman's Hide.

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