The Rift
by Kim Antieau
Price: $6.99 USD. 50360 words.
Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 17, 2012. Fiction.
Maggie lives on the edge of Tucson where she edits technical manuals and creates medicine from desert plants until one morning when she hears her dead dog barking, a stranger shows up in her driveway, and an unexplainable rift appears in the land, separating Maggie and her neighbors from the rest of the world.
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Kim Antieau
Biography
Kim Antieau has had dozens of short stories and essays published, along with many novels, including Coyote Cowgirl, Church of the Old Mermaids, Ruby's Imagine, The Fish Wife, Her Frozen Wild, and The Jigsaw Woman. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest most of the time and in the Sonoran Desert some of the time, with her husband, writer Mario Milosevic.
Where to find Kim Antieau online
Website: http://www.kimantieau.com/
Twitter: KimAntieau
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Blog: http://www.kimantieau.com/
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Books
Ruby's Imagine
by Kim Antieau
Price: $6.99 USD. 35890 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 29, 2012. Fiction.
Ruby Butterfly, this jeweled metamorphosis of a cattypillar, landed on a bright green wisteria leaf like some kind of winged oracle and looked straight at me . . .We understood each other down deep to our transfigured and transforming cellular parts, and I knew the Big Oaks had told Ruby Butterfly and now she was letting me in on the not-so-secret secret: a storm was coming.
Price: $6.99 USD. 35890 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 29, 2012. Fiction.
Ruby Butterfly, this jeweled metamorphosis of a cattypillar, landed on a bright green wisteria leaf like some kind of winged oracle and looked straight at me . . .We understood each other down deep to our transfigured and transforming cellular parts, and I knew the Big Oaks had told Ruby Butterfly and now she was letting me in on the not-so-secret secret: a storm was coming.
The Old Mermaids Book of Days and Nights: A Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Old Sea, the New Desert, and Beyond
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 23920 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 21, 2012. Nonfiction.
Kim Antieau guides you through a year of wisdom, humor, beauty, inspiration, and love in these daily quotes from her own writings featuring the Old Mermaids and other wise and mystical characters from her books. See what gifts Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid, Sister Laughs A Lot Mermaid, Mother Star Stupendous Mermaid, Sister Sheila Na Giggle Mermaid, and others have to share with you all year long.
Price: $7.99 USD. 23920 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 21, 2012. Nonfiction.
Kim Antieau guides you through a year of wisdom, humor, beauty, inspiration, and love in these daily quotes from her own writings featuring the Old Mermaids and other wise and mystical characters from her books. See what gifts Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid, Sister Laughs A Lot Mermaid, Mother Star Stupendous Mermaid, Sister Sheila Na Giggle Mermaid, and others have to share with you all year long.
The Desert Siren
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 69310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 9, 2012. Fiction.
After Consuelo Johnson's husband leaves her, she comes awake to her true soul-full life by searching for a herd of mythical "sea" horses on her land in the Arizona borderlands.
Price: $7.99 USD. 69310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on September 9, 2012. Fiction.
After Consuelo Johnson's husband leaves her, she comes awake to her true soul-full life by searching for a herd of mythical "sea" horses on her land in the Arizona borderlands.
Whackadoodle Times
by Kim Antieau
Price: $6.99 USD. 53370 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on July 27, 2012. Fiction.
Brooke’s well-constructed dysfunctional life in Hollywood begins to unravel when a homeless woman knocks on her door and the studio asks her to sex up her husband’s script for Zombie Town, the movie he believes will save the world. Then there’s the raging wildfires, earthquakes, & zombies, oh my! It may be just another week in Hollywood, but it could be the most important week of Brooke’s life.
Price: $6.99 USD. 53370 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on July 27, 2012. Fiction.
Brooke’s well-constructed dysfunctional life in Hollywood begins to unravel when a homeless woman knocks on her door and the studio asks her to sex up her husband’s script for Zombie Town, the movie he believes will save the world. Then there’s the raging wildfires, earthquakes, & zombies, oh my! It may be just another week in Hollywood, but it could be the most important week of Brooke’s life.
Butch
by Kim Antieau
Price: $6.99 USD. 57200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on June 24, 2012. Fiction.
Anything can happen in the weird & wonderful town of Santa Tierra, NM, in 1918, where Butch McLean protects the residents of Wayward Ranch, finds lovin’ in the arms and up the skirts of her beloved Angel, and keeps one step ahead of the possibly supernatural jaguar who may or may not be stalking her. Come hell or high water, Butch will rescue any dude or damsel in distress with humor and aplomb.
Price: $6.99 USD. 57200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on June 24, 2012. Fiction.
Anything can happen in the weird & wonderful town of Santa Tierra, NM, in 1918, where Butch McLean protects the residents of Wayward Ranch, finds lovin’ in the arms and up the skirts of her beloved Angel, and keeps one step ahead of the possibly supernatural jaguar who may or may not be stalking her. Come hell or high water, Butch will rescue any dude or damsel in distress with humor and aplomb.
Jewelweed Station
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 73370 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 28, 2012. Fiction.
After Callie’s parents die in an accident near their plantation in Virginia, the 17-year-old returns home to find that she is a ward of her loathsome aunt and uncle. She plays the part of the fool until she can figure out how to save herself and her home. Can she outsmart her nefarious relatives and help escaping slaves or will one more family secret destroy everything Callie knows and loves?
Price: $7.99 USD. 73370 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 28, 2012. Fiction.
After Callie’s parents die in an accident near their plantation in Virginia, the 17-year-old returns home to find that she is a ward of her loathsome aunt and uncle. She plays the part of the fool until she can figure out how to save herself and her home. Can she outsmart her nefarious relatives and help escaping slaves or will one more family secret destroy everything Callie knows and loves?
Tales Fabulous and Fairy, Volume 1
by Kim Antieau
Price: $4.99 USD. 23830 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 30, 2012. Fiction.
Enter the enchanting and exotic world of Kim Antieau’s imagination in these eight stories inspired by classic folk and fairy tales. This collection includes: “Foundling,” “Seeing Pink,” “Briar Rose,” “Dragon Pearl,” “Rose Red and Snow White,” “The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn,” “The Raven Sisters,” and “A Strange Attractor.”
Price: $4.99 USD. 23830 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 30, 2012. Fiction.
Enter the enchanting and exotic world of Kim Antieau’s imagination in these eight stories inspired by classic folk and fairy tales. This collection includes: “Foundling,” “Seeing Pink,” “Briar Rose,” “Dragon Pearl,” “Rose Red and Snow White,” “The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn,” “The Raven Sisters,” and “A Strange Attractor.”
Mourning Period
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 8680 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 3, 2012. Fiction.
Calder moves from Boston to the Oregon coast to be alone and mourn the recent death of his wife, Tara. Only he is not alone: Tara is haunting him. At first this comforts him. But then things begin to change. Includes bonus story: “The Girl in the Red Coat.”
Price: $2.99 USD. 8680 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 3, 2012. Fiction.
Calder moves from Boston to the Oregon coast to be alone and mourn the recent death of his wife, Tara. Only he is not alone: Tara is haunting him. At first this comforts him. But then things begin to change. Includes bonus story: “The Girl in the Red Coat.”
The Girl in the Red Coat
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 8680 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 3, 2012. Fiction.
Bus driver Ed Samuels is tired of working overtime just because someone is killing women in Ann Arbor. Why is it his problem? One night he refuses to wait for a woman who is trying to get to the bus stop. The next morning he hears on the news that another woman has disappeared. Is it the same woman? The same woman he now sees everywhere he goes? Includes bonus story: “Mourning Period.”
Price: $2.99 USD. 8680 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on April 3, 2012. Fiction.
Bus driver Ed Samuels is tired of working overtime just because someone is killing women in Ann Arbor. Why is it his problem? One night he refuses to wait for a woman who is trying to get to the bus stop. The next morning he hears on the news that another woman has disappeared. Is it the same woman? The same woman he now sees everywhere he goes? Includes bonus story: “Mourning Period.”
Sister Faye Mermaid and the Sleeping Beauties
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 2010 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 20, 2012. Fiction.
The Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert and created a new home and a new life. In the midst of all of this one night, Sister Faye Mermaid cannot sleep and wonders what this new life will mean for her. (These Old Mermaids first appeared in Church of the Old Mermaids. This story is from The First Book of Old Mermaids Tales.)
Price: $1.99 USD. 2010 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 20, 2012. Fiction.
The Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert and created a new home and a new life. In the midst of all of this one night, Sister Faye Mermaid cannot sleep and wonders what this new life will mean for her. (These Old Mermaids first appeared in Church of the Old Mermaids. This story is from The First Book of Old Mermaids Tales.)
Entangled Realities
by Kim Antieau
Price: $5.99 USD. 29790 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 13, 2012. Fiction.
Short story masters Kim Antieau and Mario Milosevic combine their talents in this extraordinary collection of fantastic tales. These stories originally appeared in Asimov’s SF, Twilight Zone Magazine, Shadows, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Interzone, and The Clarion Awards.
Price: $5.99 USD. 29790 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 13, 2012. Fiction.
Short story masters Kim Antieau and Mario Milosevic combine their talents in this extraordinary collection of fantastic tales. These stories originally appeared in Asimov’s SF, Twilight Zone Magazine, Shadows, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Interzone, and The Clarion Awards.
The Involuted Man
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4320 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 11, 2012. Fiction.
When the widower Ebbers volunteers to participate in a drug experiment to enhance memory, all Ebbers wants is to remember his life with his wife, even though the scientists warn him that he may be getting more than he bargained for.
Price: $1.99 USD. 4320 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 11, 2012. Fiction.
When the widower Ebbers volunteers to participate in a drug experiment to enhance memory, all Ebbers wants is to remember his life with his wife, even though the scientists warn him that he may be getting more than he bargained for.
A Leash of Lovers
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 5070 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 6, 2012. Fiction.
Samuel and Richard have been together for centuries, bound by the disease that makes them vampires. One evening, they meet their new neighbor, Caroline, and everything changes. This story was originally published in Tomorrow: Speculative Fiction.
Price: $1.99 USD. 5070 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 6, 2012. Fiction.
Samuel and Richard have been together for centuries, bound by the disease that makes them vampires. One evening, they meet their new neighbor, Caroline, and everything changes. This story was originally published in Tomorrow: Speculative Fiction.
Occupant
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 3580 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 6, 2012. Fiction.
Peter Gibson wants to be alone. He leaves his girlfriend and his job in California to become the great American writer living in a small town in New England. But Peter soon learns that being anonymous and alone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. This story was originally published in the anthology Doom City edited by Charles L. Grant.
Price: $1.99 USD. 3580 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on March 6, 2012. Fiction.
Peter Gibson wants to be alone. He leaves his girlfriend and his job in California to become the great American writer living in a small town in New England. But Peter soon learns that being anonymous and alone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. This story was originally published in the anthology Doom City edited by Charles L. Grant.
Queen of the Boneyard
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4560 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 29, 2012. Fiction.
Star is tired of her life with her mother on the carnival circuit. Her father is long gone after beating both Star and her mother some years back. The only bright spots in Star’s life are her memories of Grandma Macha—and those were beginning to fade—and her boyfriend Dragon. When Star’s mother picks up another dangerous stranger, can Star remember her true nature before it’s too late?
Price: $1.99 USD. 4560 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 29, 2012. Fiction.
Star is tired of her life with her mother on the carnival circuit. Her father is long gone after beating both Star and her mother some years back. The only bright spots in Star’s life are her memories of Grandma Macha—and those were beginning to fade—and her boyfriend Dragon. When Star’s mother picks up another dangerous stranger, can Star remember her true nature before it’s too late?
Sarah, Unbound
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 3540 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Sarah panics when she has a dream about her young client, Paul, who is in therapy after he saw his mother kill herself. What if she is really like her father and brother, both of them child-molesters? Sarah must learn to free herself from her past so she can save herself and young Paul. (This was originally published in the anthology Borderlands 2.)
Price: $1.99 USD. 3540 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Sarah panics when she has a dream about her young client, Paul, who is in therapy after he saw his mother kill herself. What if she is really like her father and brother, both of them child-molesters? Sarah must learn to free herself from her past so she can save herself and young Paul. (This was originally published in the anthology Borderlands 2.)
Windows
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 6190 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Members of the mission to the planet Perez need to determine if the sloth-like native Perans are intelligent. Everyone except Beth, the mission translator, wants to finish the job and move on. When she decides to “go native,” she puts everyone, including the Perans, in danger. Then it’s up to Castillo, the mission protection agent, to decide the fate of the Perans. Is it too late to save Beth?
Price: $2.99 USD. 6190 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Members of the mission to the planet Perez need to determine if the sloth-like native Perans are intelligent. Everyone except Beth, the mission translator, wants to finish the job and move on. When she decides to “go native,” she puts everyone, including the Perans, in danger. Then it’s up to Castillo, the mission protection agent, to decide the fate of the Perans. Is it too late to save Beth?
Hollows
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 2200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Faith lives alone on the Oregon coast after the tragic death of her husband Jack. She is like a ghost in her own home until a strange young man shows up on her doorstep. (This story was originally published in Weird Tales.)
Price: $1.99 USD. 2200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Faith lives alone on the Oregon coast after the tragic death of her husband Jack. She is like a ghost in her own home until a strange young man shows up on her doorstep. (This story was originally published in Weird Tales.)
Swans in Winter
by Kim Antieau
Price: $6.99 USD. 64250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Nature lover India Lake begins a passionate affair with Benjamin Swan, a mysterious photographer. When a shadowy lumber company threatens the swans near India’s home, India and her friends pose nude for a calendar to raise money to fight the company. But then India uncovers a secret that threatens the swans and India's love for Benjamin.
Price: $6.99 USD. 64250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
Nature lover India Lake begins a passionate affair with Benjamin Swan, a mysterious photographer. When a shadowy lumber company threatens the swans near India’s home, India and her friends pose nude for a calendar to raise money to fight the company. But then India uncovers a secret that threatens the swans and India's love for Benjamin.
Blossoms
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 5180 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Mara is dying, the victim of a painful disease that has fused her bones together. Only in free fall can she move without pain. As a zero-G dancer on a space station, Mara meets a mysterious Japanese gardener and his cat, Magic. People say he can fix anything. Can he heal Mara or is it too late?
Price: $2.99 USD. 5180 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Mara is dying, the victim of a painful disease that has fused her bones together. Only in free fall can she move without pain. As a zero-G dancer on a space station, Mara meets a mysterious Japanese gardener and his cat, Magic. People say he can fix anything. Can he heal Mara or is it too late?
Bloodletting
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 1930 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
Things started going badly for Anna after the car accident. For one thing, she started noticing all the strange things happening in her community: People were killing one another. For another thing, Anna’s blood was beginning to talk to her, and she did not like what it was saying.
Price: $1.99 USD. 1930 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
Things started going badly for Anna after the car accident. For one thing, she started noticing all the strange things happening in her community: People were killing one another. For another thing, Anna’s blood was beginning to talk to her, and she did not like what it was saying.
Cariño
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 3290 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
Cully and Jake welcome into their home David, a refugee fleeing from the atrocities in El Salvador. Cully feels an inexplicable kinship with David who has lost most of his family in the bloody war. But is he safe with them on the Oregon coast, so far from his homeland?
Price: $1.99 USD. 3290 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
Cully and Jake welcome into their home David, a refugee fleeing from the atrocities in El Salvador. Cully feels an inexplicable kinship with David who has lost most of his family in the bloody war. But is he safe with them on the Oregon coast, so far from his homeland?
Desire
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 5390 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
She comes to stay at the lighthouse keeper’s old home because the ghosts of the place have been calling her for many years; now she’s ready to hear what they have to say. The ghosts do begin appearing, only they don’t act like they’re dead at all. As she follows the lives of these women who have been dead a hundred years or more, she begins to come alive again.
Price: $2.99 USD. 5390 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
She comes to stay at the lighthouse keeper’s old home because the ghosts of the place have been calling her for many years; now she’s ready to hear what they have to say. The ghosts do begin appearing, only they don’t act like they’re dead at all. As she follows the lives of these women who have been dead a hundred years or more, she begins to come alive again.
At a Window Facing West
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4280 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 10, 2012. Fiction.
On a vacation in Mexico, Maggie has no patience for her fearful brother-in-law until one night when she witnesses something that changes her life forever. Now she is afraid, too. But will facing her fears be the beginning of her healing or the end of her life? (This story first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.)
Price: $1.99 USD. 4280 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 10, 2012. Fiction.
On a vacation in Mexico, Maggie has no patience for her fearful brother-in-law until one night when she witnesses something that changes her life forever. Now she is afraid, too. But will facing her fears be the beginning of her healing or the end of her life? (This story first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.)
Hauntings
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4860 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 10, 2012. Fiction.
Kate Hein keeps hearing someone calling her name in the old farmhouse where she lives alone. Is the place haunted or is something wrong with her? One night a group of ghostly figures shimmer into view. They’re sitting around a table at what looks like a séance—and they’re calling Kate Hein’s name.
Price: $1.99 USD. 4860 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 10, 2012. Fiction.
Kate Hein keeps hearing someone calling her name in the old farmhouse where she lives alone. Is the place haunted or is something wrong with her? One night a group of ghostly figures shimmer into view. They’re sitting around a table at what looks like a séance—and they’re calling Kate Hein’s name.
Cycles
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 2250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 8, 2012. Fiction.
She won’t eat. Her mother and grandmother try to get her to eat something, but she refuses. If she doesn’t eat, maybe the thing growing inside of her will die. She is not her mother or her grandmother, despite appearances to the contrary. One way or another she will change her family’s cycles.
Price: $1.99 USD. 2250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 8, 2012. Fiction.
She won’t eat. Her mother and grandmother try to get her to eat something, but she refuses. If she doesn’t eat, maybe the thing growing inside of her will die. She is not her mother or her grandmother, despite appearances to the contrary. One way or another she will change her family’s cycles.
Fractures
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 5560 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 7, 2012. Fiction.
Adam loves Lina and Lina loves Adam. Unfortunately, Lina is one of three personalities inhabiting the body of Teresa who is growing increasingly unhappy with her life. She wants Lina and Nick (the third personality) gone. On top of that, Lina keeps talking about her long dead love Russell. Everyone seems haunted by their pasts. Or is something more ghostly going on?
Price: $2.99 USD. 5560 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 7, 2012. Fiction.
Adam loves Lina and Lina loves Adam. Unfortunately, Lina is one of three personalities inhabiting the body of Teresa who is growing increasingly unhappy with her life. She wants Lina and Nick (the third personality) gone. On top of that, Lina keeps talking about her long dead love Russell. Everyone seems haunted by their pasts. Or is something more ghostly going on?
The Mark of the Beast
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 5050 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 3, 2012. Fiction.
On his way to M. Garnier’s chateau, Jean-Jacques Rieux gets lost in the forest and is rescued by a mysterious woman who turns out to be Garnier’s much younger wife, Marie. Garnier claims she has the mark of the beast on her because her parents were killed by werewolves. As Rieux observes Garnier’s cruel treatment of his wife, he begins to wonder which one of them is the beast.
Price: $2.99 USD. 5050 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 3, 2012. Fiction.
On his way to M. Garnier’s chateau, Jean-Jacques Rieux gets lost in the forest and is rescued by a mysterious woman who turns out to be Garnier’s much younger wife, Marie. Garnier claims she has the mark of the beast on her because her parents were killed by werewolves. As Rieux observes Garnier’s cruel treatment of his wife, he begins to wonder which one of them is the beast.
Trudging to Eden
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 6630 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 3, 2012. Fiction.
Erin Ryan is hired by a rich and powerful woman to find her kidnapped genetically altered son, Benjamin Grey, who can “sing like an angel.” Ryan and her partner Walker are soon tracking Benjamin across the galaxy. As they get closer to finding him, Ryan begins to wonder if Benjamin Grey might be the cure she’s been seeking for all of her life.
Price: $2.99 USD. 6630 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 3, 2012. Fiction.
Erin Ryan is hired by a rich and powerful woman to find her kidnapped genetically altered son, Benjamin Grey, who can “sing like an angel.” Ryan and her partner Walker are soon tracking Benjamin across the galaxy. As they get closer to finding him, Ryan begins to wonder if Benjamin Grey might be the cure she’s been seeking for all of her life.
Out of the Womb
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4000 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 2, 2012. Fiction.
Carey lives on the generation spaceship Mercury with her parents and thousands of other space travelers. Her parents are Colonists who believe they have a right to leave the ship and colonize a habitable planet. The Counselors, who make the laws and govern the ship, refuse to let anyone go. Negotiations break down between the two sides. Soon violence erupts, and Carey’s life is changed forever.
Price: $1.99 USD. 4000 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on February 2, 2012. Fiction.
Carey lives on the generation spaceship Mercury with her parents and thousands of other space travelers. Her parents are Colonists who believe they have a right to leave the ship and colonize a habitable planet. The Counselors, who make the laws and govern the ship, refuse to let anyone go. Negotiations break down between the two sides. Soon violence erupts, and Carey’s life is changed forever.
Her Frozen Wild
by Kim Antieau
Price: $8.99 USD. 88420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on January 11, 2012. Fiction.
On a quest to unravel the mystery of why a 2,500 year old "mummy" uncovered in Siberia has her DNA, archaeologist Ursula Smith learns that the fate of the ancient shapeshifting People is in her hands and she must travel through the timeless caves to save them and the man she loves—even if it costs her her life.
Price: $8.99 USD. 88420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on January 11, 2012. Fiction.
On a quest to unravel the mystery of why a 2,500 year old "mummy" uncovered in Siberia has her DNA, archaeologist Ursula Smith learns that the fate of the ancient shapeshifting People is in her hands and she must travel through the timeless caves to save them and the man she loves—even if it costs her her life.
The Gaia Websters
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 71310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 6, 2011. Fiction.
Gloria Stone lives a good life in post-apocalypse America as the town healer until the governor demands she return to the governor’s place. When she refuses, many townspeople contract a mysterious illness. Gloria attempts to heal a man and instead kills him. She runs for her life until she begins to uncover the truth of her forgotten past and the genesis of her remarkable healing abilities.
Price: $7.99 USD. 71310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 6, 2011. Fiction.
Gloria Stone lives a good life in post-apocalypse America as the town healer until the governor demands she return to the governor’s place. When she refuses, many townspeople contract a mysterious illness. Gloria attempts to heal a man and instead kills him. She runs for her life until she begins to uncover the truth of her forgotten past and the genesis of her remarkable healing abilities.
Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid and the Storytelling Soup
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4110 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
When the Old Sea dries up and the Old Mermaids find themselves on the New Desert, Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid discovers she can cook soups. And not just any soups, but soups infused with magic, joy, love, and sustenance. When the Peppermans come to live in the desert and the Javelina Conflict erupts, Sister Ruby discovers her soup is more magical than even she could ever have imagined.
Price: $1.99 USD. 4110 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
When the Old Sea dries up and the Old Mermaids find themselves on the New Desert, Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid discovers she can cook soups. And not just any soups, but soups infused with magic, joy, love, and sustenance. When the Peppermans come to live in the desert and the Javelina Conflict erupts, Sister Ruby discovers her soup is more magical than even she could ever have imagined.
The First Book of Old Mermaids Tales
by Kim Antieau
Price: $4.99 USD. 23720 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
THE OLD MERMAIDS left the disappearing Old Sea and stepped onto the New Desert where they exchanged their finware for skinware. With barely a backward glance, the mysterious and mystical Old Mermaids began building their sanctuary from earth, water, straw, and their own breath. These tales remind us of the beauty all around us.
Price: $4.99 USD. 23720 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
THE OLD MERMAIDS left the disappearing Old Sea and stepped onto the New Desert where they exchanged their finware for skinware. With barely a backward glance, the mysterious and mystical Old Mermaids began building their sanctuary from earth, water, straw, and their own breath. These tales remind us of the beauty all around us.
The Making of an Indie Writer
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 7820 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 24, 2011. Essay.
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Kim Antieau published 6 novels with major publishers over 15 years. But when she finished her latest, The Fish Wife, she chose to publish it herself. Why would she do this? In a word: freedom. Indie publishing gives her the freedom to write what she wants and bring it directly to her readers. This essay explains how she embraced indie publishing and what it means for indie readers everywhere.
Price: $2.99 USD. 7820 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 24, 2011. Essay.
(5.00 from 2 reviews) Kim Antieau published 6 novels with major publishers over 15 years. But when she finished her latest, The Fish Wife, she chose to publish it herself. Why would she do this? In a word: freedom. Indie publishing gives her the freedom to write what she wants and bring it directly to her readers. This essay explains how she embraced indie publishing and what it means for indie readers everywhere.
The Fish Wife: an Old Mermaids Novel
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 77910 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 22, 2011. Fiction.
An ancient Irish curse holds Sara O'Broin in its grip. After she is forced to become Cormac MacDougal's fish wife to save herself and her unborn child, she calls on the forces of nature to destroy her village. She washes up on the shore of a new world where she struggles to remember the ways of her ancient mer ancestors. Can Sara outrun the curse, or will it finally be her undoing?
Price: $7.99 USD. 77910 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 22, 2011. Fiction.
An ancient Irish curse holds Sara O'Broin in its grip. After she is forced to become Cormac MacDougal's fish wife to save herself and her unborn child, she calls on the forces of nature to destroy her village. She washes up on the shore of a new world where she struggles to remember the ways of her ancient mer ancestors. Can Sara outrun the curse, or will it finally be her undoing?
The Blue Tail
by Kim Antieau
Price: $5.99 USD. 34200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on October 28, 2011. Fiction.
Serena Blue wants to be a normal teen. Then one night she gets drunk and her boyfriend beats her. She travels with her family to Oregon where she begins heal, next to the ocean, listening to stories of the Old Mermaids. When her grandmother reveals that she herself was once a mermaid, Serena isn’t sure what is reality and what is delusion. Can she embrace her true wild self before it's too late?
Price: $5.99 USD. 34200 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on October 28, 2011. Fiction.
Serena Blue wants to be a normal teen. Then one night she gets drunk and her boyfriend beats her. She travels with her family to Oregon where she begins heal, next to the ocean, listening to stories of the Old Mermaids. When her grandmother reveals that she herself was once a mermaid, Serena isn’t sure what is reality and what is delusion. Can she embrace her true wild self before it's too late?
Sister Bea Wilder Mermaid & the Carved Bird
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 2900 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on October 14, 2011. Fiction.
Sister Bea Wilder Mermaid is restless after the Old Mermaids walk out of the Old Sea and into the New Desert. She wanders the desert near the Old Mermaids Sanctuary. She can’t seem to find peace or rest until she meets Annie, the Woman Who Loves Birds. Annie knows almost everything. She can even hear a spider spinning her web, and she was once called the Woman Who Loves Giants.
Price: $1.99 USD. 2900 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on October 14, 2011. Fiction.
Sister Bea Wilder Mermaid is restless after the Old Mermaids walk out of the Old Sea and into the New Desert. She wanders the desert near the Old Mermaids Sanctuary. She can’t seem to find peace or rest until she meets Annie, the Woman Who Loves Birds. Annie knows almost everything. She can even hear a spider spinning her web, and she was once called the Woman Who Loves Giants.
The Jigsaw Woman
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 65820 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on July 17, 2011. Fiction.
Keelie is created from the bodies of three different women to be a plaything for her doctor. Not satisfied with this life, she sets out to find one of her own, embarking upon an amazing quest that takes her through the Inquisition and back to matrifocal times. Guided by the counsel of the mercurial goddess Eriskegal, she uncovers the primordial truths that are buried within each of us.
Price: $7.99 USD. 65820 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on July 17, 2011. Fiction.
Keelie is created from the bodies of three different women to be a plaything for her doctor. Not satisfied with this life, she sets out to find one of her own, embarking upon an amazing quest that takes her through the Inquisition and back to matrifocal times. Guided by the counsel of the mercurial goddess Eriskegal, she uncovers the primordial truths that are buried within each of us.
Deathmark
by Kim Antieau
Price: $5.99 USD. 31310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 29, 2011. Fiction.
16-year-old Michael and his mother have been running from the Shadow Woman for as long as Michael can remember. Every time they begin to settle in somewhere, the Shadow Woman shows up and people start to die. This time, Michael doesn't want to run. But can he protect the people around him, especially if he is the mark of death for everything and everyone he loves?
Price: $5.99 USD. 31310 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 29, 2011. Fiction.
16-year-old Michael and his mother have been running from the Shadow Woman for as long as Michael can remember. Every time they begin to settle in somewhere, the Shadow Woman shows up and people start to die. This time, Michael doesn't want to run. But can he protect the people around him, especially if he is the mark of death for everything and everyone he loves?
Storm Poet
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 7420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
It hasn’t rained in Michigan in weeks. Billy Forché’s parents are worried they will lose their farm. Billy is glad when his rainmaker uncle Andrew comes to the farm to dry out and bring rain. Billy’s father thinks it’s all fairy tales and nonsense, but Billy and his mother hope the storm poet can do his magic and save them all.
Price: $2.99 USD. 7420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
It hasn’t rained in Michigan in weeks. Billy Forché’s parents are worried they will lose their farm. Billy is glad when his rainmaker uncle Andrew comes to the farm to dry out and bring rain. Billy’s father thinks it’s all fairy tales and nonsense, but Billy and his mother hope the storm poet can do his magic and save them all.
Coyote Cowgirl
by Kim Antieau
Price: $7.99 USD. 73160 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
With a talking crystal skull as her sidekick and recipe maven, Jeanne Les Flambeaux searches for the stolen family jewels, cooks up truth-telling feasts, and discovers a few skeletons in the family closet.
Price: $7.99 USD. 73160 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
With a talking crystal skull as her sidekick and recipe maven, Jeanne Les Flambeaux searches for the stolen family jewels, cooks up truth-telling feasts, and discovers a few skeletons in the family closet.
The Black Wallpaper
by Kim Antieau
Price: $2.99 USD. 5930 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
What is haunting Catherine Van Helsing? Is she depressed, as her husband Dr. Abraham Van Helsing believes, or has some kind of evil followed her home? Learn the beginnings of Van Helsing’s quest to eradicate evil in this homage to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Price: $2.99 USD. 5930 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on May 1, 2011. Fiction.
What is haunting Catherine Van Helsing? Is she depressed, as her husband Dr. Abraham Van Helsing believes, or has some kind of evil followed her home? Learn the beginnings of Van Helsing’s quest to eradicate evil in this homage to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper."
The Salmon Mysteries: A Guidebook to a Reimagining of the Eleusinian Mysteries
by Kim Antieau
Price: $4.99 USD. 22250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 30, 2010. Nonfiction.
Demeter’s search for Persephone, her daughter lost in the underworld, inspired the Eleusinian Mysteries, a 9 day celebration so powerful much of it remains a secret to this day. Now, in a radical reimagining of this potent & ancient story, Antieau updates the tale for modern sensibilities. The Salmon Mysteries is mystical inspiration and a practical tool for transforming your life and community.
Price: $4.99 USD. 22250 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 30, 2010. Nonfiction.
Demeter’s search for Persephone, her daughter lost in the underworld, inspired the Eleusinian Mysteries, a 9 day celebration so powerful much of it remains a secret to this day. Now, in a radical reimagining of this potent & ancient story, Antieau updates the tale for modern sensibilities. The Salmon Mysteries is mystical inspiration and a practical tool for transforming your life and community.
Sister Sophia Mermaid, the Drifter, and the Tea Shell
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4290 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 22, 2010. Fiction.
The Old Mermaids built the Tea Shell on the edge of the Old Mermaid Sanctuary where they had made their homes since the Old Sea dried up & they had washed up onto the shoes of the New Desert like moon beautiful pieces of driftwood. They served Essence of Coyote Laughter Tea and the like. One day a young woman in need of healing wandered into the Tea Shell...
Price: $1.99 USD. 4290 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 22, 2010. Fiction.
The Old Mermaids built the Tea Shell on the edge of the Old Mermaid Sanctuary where they had made their homes since the Old Sea dried up & they had washed up onto the shoes of the New Desert like moon beautiful pieces of driftwood. They served Essence of Coyote Laughter Tea and the like. One day a young woman in need of healing wandered into the Tea Shell...
Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid & the 13 Quilts
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 3270 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 22, 2010. Fiction.
Some time after the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home and lonesome for Old Friends and the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story and pieces of the desert to create healing and magic that would last forever.
Price: $1.99 USD. 3270 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on December 22, 2010. Fiction.
Some time after the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home and lonesome for Old Friends and the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story and pieces of the desert to create healing and magic that would last forever.
Another Country
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 4510 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 26, 2010. Fiction.
Every morning when she awakens, the woman looks for her husband Emil & mourns the death of her daughter. Every morning she can't explain the panic rising in her throat. Then she reads her diary & learns once again what she has forgotten: Her daughter & husband are dead, & she is alone. But more is going on than she can understand in this harrowing story of revolution, grief, and lost love.
Price: $1.99 USD. 4510 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 26, 2010. Fiction.
Every morning when she awakens, the woman looks for her husband Emil & mourns the death of her daughter. Every morning she can't explain the panic rising in her throat. Then she reads her diary & learns once again what she has forgotten: Her daughter & husband are dead, & she is alone. But more is going on than she can understand in this harrowing story of revolution, grief, and lost love.
Seeing Pink
by Kim Antieau
Price: $1.99 USD. 5420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 26, 2010. Fiction.
17-year-old Mata lives on the great Amazon river, where she and her grandmother look after scientists who come every year with the rains. Grandmother warns Mata to stay away from the pink dolphins—the boto; they are tricksters who lure unsuspecting innocents into their enchanted cities below the water. Yet everywhere Mata goes, the botos are sure to follow.
Price: $1.99 USD. 5420 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 26, 2010. Fiction.
17-year-old Mata lives on the great Amazon river, where she and her grandmother look after scientists who come every year with the rains. Grandmother warns Mata to stay away from the pink dolphins—the boto; they are tricksters who lure unsuspecting innocents into their enchanted cities below the water. Yet everywhere Mata goes, the botos are sure to follow.
Church of the Old Mermaids
by Kim Antieau
Price: $8.99 USD. 80770 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 20, 2010. Fiction.
Myla Alvarez tells stories of the Old Mermaids who were washed ashore onto the New Desert when the Old Sea dried up near Tucson, Arizona. Myla finds sustenance and meaning in their lives and stories. But she worries that Homeland Security may discover the undocumented immigrants she harbors at the Old Mermaid Sanctuary. A tale of redemption, love, compassion, and mystery.
Price: $8.99 USD. 80770 words. Published by Green Snake Publishing on November 20, 2010. Fiction.
Myla Alvarez tells stories of the Old Mermaids who were washed ashore onto the New Desert when the Old Sea dried up near Tucson, Arizona. Myla finds sustenance and meaning in their lives and stories. But she worries that Homeland Security may discover the undocumented immigrants she harbors at the Old Mermaid Sanctuary. A tale of redemption, love, compassion, and mystery.
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