CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

The Runaway is the second short story to be found in An Anthology of Bloodlines . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. With fire and otherworldly invaders closing in, a commander takes the time to tell the story of his capture and the reasons behind his return to continue the fight. What are the secrets of his past? The Runaway is currently available as a stand-alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook, but will one day be incorporated into An Anthology of Bloodlines . First Pa ges: The Runaway In the gathering dark of the downs, campfires twinkled in a shallow valley. The commander of the troops gathered about those fires lay, belly-flat, on the top of one of the hills bordering the valley. He looked, but nothing disturbed the smooth slope of the downs below him. After staring across the broad valley his troops had to cross the next day, he turned to the sentry beside him. “Keep a watch,” he said. “I can smell smoke.”

Fisherpriest was C.M. Simpson's first published full length dark fantasy novel. While its main theme is of finding one's place in a world not quite their own, it is also a tale of horror, magic and fantasy. Other themes include slavery and racism, and the book contains adult content not suitable for a younger audience or more sensitive readers. C. says it was not an easy novel to write in places, but she enjoyed its journey. When the two halves of her soul rejoin, Linna finds herself in a city she does not recognize on a world she thought existed only in her imagination. To make matters worse, the god she serves has rejected her, and she is captured and sold to four princes from a distant land, who require a priest of the sea. What starts out as a journey to regain her deity’s approval, soon becomes a flight for her life. With one prince at her side, and unspeakable evil at her back, Linna embarks on a journey where she must survive pursuit by the purist Silver Mounta