CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Dragon Coast is the first short story in An Anthology of Dragons . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. Jessica is out of work and in desperate need of a job, so when fashion company, Dragon Coast, start advertising vacancies, she decides to aim high and then work her way down the list. Will she be good enough to snare the top job, or will she have to settle for something further down the ladder? Will she be able to score a job at all?   Dragon Coast can be found in An Anthology of Dragons , or for sale on its own at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes and Nook. Fi rst Pag e: Dragon Coast Critics described ‘Dragon Coast’ as “a vibrant, young company whose flamboyant style in garment design had already won the minds of the rich and famous”. Jessica saw the description and dismissed it with a snort. Dragon Coast had at least won those minds for now, she’d thought. And if it hadn’t won their minds, someone was paying them an awful lot of money...

Darkness and Light is one of the short stories to be included in An Anthology of Gods and Older Magic . It is currently only available as a stand-alone short story. Abselia has traveled a long way to reach the trading town. Shadows move at her arrival, and light shimmers in dismay. Can light’s champion find the stronghold of shadows, and solve the puzzle of its strength, or is she doomed to failure like all who have gone before? Darkness and Light is a short tale of dark fantasy and a battle older than time. It is currently available as a stand-alone title at Smashwords , but will shortly become available at Kobo, Kindle, and iTunes. It is one of the stories which will be incorporated into An Anthology of Gods and Older Magic .  

While Fisherpriest was C.M. Simpson's first full-length published novel , Shadow's Rise was her first novel, taking almost ten years to complete and undergoing several rewrites before being allowed out in public. It is a slightly different story to what it used to be, but the main tale remains the same. When the gods discover an ancient power has suborned a king, and now menaces their domains, they must find agents to act on their behalf. Will a goddess’s temper over losing a favorite to the cause stand in their way? Or the capture of one of their chosen mean the attempt is doomed to fail before it has begun? Shadow’s Rise is the first in a dark fantasy trilogy, containing strong elements of horror. It describes the rise of a group of heroes, chosen by the gods to bring down an emerging dark power. Shadow's Rise is availab le from Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , CreateSpace and DriveThruFiction.   Chapter 1: Freedom's Price Gilzereet caught the car...

This was a busy week. Not a lot of writing got done, as routines changed yet again, and I recovered from the flu, but the ideas came thick and fast, and I am grateful for that. Tier One Goals DarkFantasyNovel1B—Shadow Trap: Finished edit 3, formatted and sent off to a beta reader. This project is running 71 days ahead of schedule. Tier Two Goals ChapBook2—All Alone: as Carlie Simonsen ; added two more pictures, ran third edit, formatted for CreateSpace. This project is running to time. Backburner Projects ShortStory27—Darkness and Light: Edit 1-4 and base format complete. Publishing Tasks Created cover for Darkness and Light Formatted and uploaded Darkness and Light to Smashwords Formatted and uploaded Darkness and Light to Kobo Formatted and uploaded Darkness and Light to Kindle Created 3 blog entry for this blog Updated Simpson Anthologies page for thisblog Created 3 blog entries for C.M. SimpsonPublishing blog Updated Simpson Anthologies ...