BY THE MUSES PRESS
A NOVELLA: "AUTO ANTENNA"
"Auto Antenna" is a pulp fiction memoir about art, personhood, and an Insider’s Guide to Santa Fe. It's a hip metaphysical journey full of liberating insights, from an unusually alluring and free-spirited adventurer on the verge of her sixth decade; a mysterious transplant to Santa Fe, who it turns out may not be from this world at all. She drives a turquoise 1959 Ford Galaxie, exploring the unique mixture of ‘art, magic, and spirituality as a lifestyle’ that has allowed a small town in the desert to become the third largest art market in the country. The atmospheric highs of the City Different delivers fertile terrain for anyone interested in exploring artistic revelry, spiritual seeking, and the process of becoming a person.
A therapist for artists, Cybilline provides keen psychological insight and hilarity into issues of self-construction and perceived success, while identifying the uses of imagination; not just for the purpose of artmaking, but how those same elements play a role in determining personal identity, and even destiny.
With poetic observations and charming fantasia, “Auto Antenna” offers a toolkit for creating a life of sustaining pleasures, purpose, and invention. And at all times remaining a love letter to Santa Fe.
AWARD: "AUTO ANTENNA"
Gold Winner of the prestigious NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS in the category of Visionary Fiction. The NIEA competition is open to small presses, university presses, and self-published authors, and is considered one of the Top 5 awards for indie publishers. Congrats to Stavo Mustang Craft on this huge honor!
PURCHASE
"Auto Antenna: An Enchanted Guide to Santa Fe & Vague Blueprint to the Cosmos" is available for order, stream, and download, as well as being found at these fine locations in Santa Fe: Auberge Bishops Lodge (Two Dogs Cafe), Meow Wolf, Cafe Fina, Modern Folk Ware, Iconik Coffee Red, Black Diamond Curio, Tesuque Village Market, Ark Books, and Travel Bug.
Release date: the first full day of summer, June 22, 2023.
Audio book release date: November 21, 2024.
PRESS & INTERVIEWS
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN (Excerpt from 2022 Summer Guide) 1 2 3
Richard Eeds Radio Show on KTRS SANTA FE
TAOS NEWS ("Tempo" Arts Supplement) 8.17.23
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL (Arts Lifestyle) 9.15.23
Iconik Santa Fe Book Reading 9.21.23