This image is the cover for the book Opelika Opiate

Opelika Opiate

“Opiate” – to induce sleep; to stupefy; to hijack the brain and change its normal function.


Opelika, Alabama – where cars, men, and race collide to unhinge the life of a young woman. Piecing it back together will require figuring out the role she played, and who she really is – or wants to be.  

Vicki Kay Turpen

Vicki Kay Turpen lives with four of her five children on an intentional family farm in Albuquerque’s South Valley. She has an MA in education. Vicki co-founded the Durango Lively Arts Co. in Colorado. For over 20 years, she taught junior and high school drama, producing plays and musicals. She has published articles for The Christian Science Publishing Society. In 2019, Vicki published her first work of fiction, The Delicate Balance, co-authored with one of her daughters. She is a member of both Rotary del Sol and Southwest Writers in Albuquerque, NM.

Austin Macauley Publishers