Karen 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 Abrahamson online


Where to buy in print


Books

Happily Ever After At the End of Days    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3980 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?
The Warden of Power (Book 1 of the Pangea Chronicles)    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 148060 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 Abrahamson
Price: Free! 17930 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 9010 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.
The Cartographer's Daughter    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 78710 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 Abrahamson
Price: Free! 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 Abrahamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 88160 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 20, 2011. Fiction.

A ruined city. Marauding bands of men. A flooded, poisonous world and a dangerous old magick carried in Terra’s precious blood. Can Terra save her world, or will she destroy it?
Mutable Things    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $4.99 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5930 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?
Ruffles    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 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 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 4830 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?
Afterburn    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $4.99 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3040 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on October 20, 2010. Fiction.

A Short Story: 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.
Poof    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5360 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.
Bones    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5940 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 Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3250 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?
A Tiger Heart Wrapp'd in a Woman's Hide    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5700 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?
There is Always a Burning    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 4850 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on July 27, 2010. Fiction.

A SHORT STORY. 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.
The Lady of Ashuelot    by Karen Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 6180 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.

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