Featured Titles
Colorado Mining Stories
Colorado Mining Stories is a collection of tales depicting the hazards, heroics and humor of hardrock mining in Colorado.
The Judas Horse & Other Stories
A collection of short stories centered around the sometimes humorous and sometimes tragic escapades of a woman who has moved from New York City to a small town in Southwest Colorado.
Critically Acclaimed Author
Caroline Arlen
When Arlen left city life on the east coast for Durango, Colorado, the transition provided much fodder for her collection, The Judas Horse & Other Stories. She also authored numerous adventure-travel articles and the book, Colorado Mining Stories; Hazards, Heroics & Humor.
Arlen recently completed a mystery novel, which revolves around a German war bride, set in a post-WWII mining town.
Published Books
Literary Journals and Anthologies
Periodicals
Literary Journals and Anthologies
Crazy Woman Creek
Crazy Woman Creek is a collection of prose and poetry about real women in the West and their connection to a larger whole. Long troubled by the misguided images of skinny cowgirls on prancing palominos, the editors embarked on a mission to set the record straight. They wanted these western women to reveal the realities of their lives in their own words.
The Landscape of Home
An anthology of some of the most evocative writing focusing on our vast natural heritage, along with pieces that address pressing land issues facing the West. This collection not only paints a vivid portrait of life in the Rocky Mountains, it also presents some of the finest nonfiction writing to be found in America today. This is a perfect selection that is bound to sink reader’s roots deeper in the landscape of home.
Additional Publications
"Sleepwalking"
"Halfway House"
"Desert Rose"
"Wolf"
Periodicals
“Lost in Sicily; Durango Women Tour Italy on Foot,” The Durango Herald
“Island of the Toads; Honduras Recovers after Hurricane Mitch,” The Durango Herald
“The Whole Afterwards; Revelations in Vilcabamba, Ecuador,” South American Explorer
“Some riders find home, home on the Pacific Coast range,” The San Diego Union.
“Calm to Chaos; Political Crisis Disrupts Healing Journey to Ecuador,” The Durango Herald
“Tales of Whitewater,” Women’s Sports & Fitness
“Living La Vida in Antigua,” The Durango Herald
“Still Home on the Range; After 100 years of statehood, Wyoming remains an unspoiled beauty,” Endless Vacations.
Awards
“The Tent,” Women Writing the West, 2017 Laura Short Fiction Award.
Colorado Mining Stories; Hazards, Heroics & Humor, Colorado Independent Publishing Association, Nonfiction Essays.
“Traditional Values,” Inside Outside Southwest, fiction contest.
Book Editing
What Does it Feel Like to Die, by Jennie Dear, Kensington Press.
The Responsible Journalist; An Introduction to News Reporting and Writing, by Jennie Dear and Faron Scott, Oxford University Press.
“Medal of Honor; True Stories of America’s Greatest War Heroes,” U.S. News & World Report Special Edition
Illustrations
By Caroline Arlen
“Hooker”
By Caroline Arlen
“The Under-the-Bed World” children’s book illustration.
By Caroline Arlen
Custom Illustration featured in "Light Tackle Fishing in Costa Rica," Marlin Magazine
By Caroline Arlen
By Caroline Arlen