CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

You can find the links to each of the preceding episodes of the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. Warning: Due to a lack of playtesters, this section has yet to be tested. GMs may need to adjust opponents to suit the level of your PCs. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT                 Scene 4: Follow-Up Investigations How the PCs decide to investigate the disc will dictate which of the following sub-scenes they will encounter. If they decide...

At least, I think it's a baby huntsman. I took this shot on November 24, 2013, while out near the back gate. The wire gives you some idea of the scale, but this little critter was around a centimetre total in diameter (including the legs). If it's a huntsman, it'll grow up to 20 cm across, including its legs. They are so cute, when they're little. Just cruising on the gate arch - hoping whatever built the web doesn't notice. And then someone shook the gate and he went nuts - this is the only half-decent shot of it in motion. It settled down again in a shadier part of the gate and sat still long enough for me to get this shot. Which is where I left it. Here's hoping it gets to grow up.

Last week, I released Death Comes in Bone. Today, I'll share the first page with you. Death Comes in Bone is a dark fantasy short story about a skeletal assassin. Murdered by his closest friend, Tanag is not surprised to wake and find himself dead. He is surprised, however, that others have come to the caves hidden not so far from what used to be his home. As the adventurers plunder his bones and move on, Tanag remembers who killed him, and the vow he made as he died. In order to fulfil that vow, Tanag must rise and leave his impromptu tomb—but first he has to get his sword back from the adventurer that woke him and took it from his remains. Death Comes in Bone is, or will be, available in electronic form from, among others: Smashwords , OmniLit , DriveThruFiction, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, iTunes , and Nook . In the meantime, here's the first page. First Page: Death Comes in Bone Tanag woke as light broke into his resting place. He didn’t know how long he’...

Still short on time during the week, but I’m managing a little bit of catching up, on both the writing and family fronts, and I’m still recovering from the flu. Overview New words produced: 2,204 Old words revised: 14,835 Works completed: 11 (small pieces for a much larger work) Works revised: 11 (small pieces for a much larger work) Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks SciFiNovel1A—Freeman’s Choice: Edited Chapters 15-21 Extra Tasks Annual13: Added 2,000 words Annual 14: Added 2,000 words Publishing Tasks Created 5 blog posts for this blog; Created 2 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Poem214—Desert Starships : inspirations found under a desert sun Poem215— Lightning, Th under and Planetary Destruction : as it says. Poem216—Summer Comes : about a Queensland summer. Poem220—Oops : about a magical...