CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from an urban fantasy rhyme about trolls and bridges to a fantasy terza rima about mermaids. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry to be released later in the year, once both collection and cover are complete. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunters of the Deep In deepest seas the mermaids swim with joy cresting waves, and surfing spray, ’neath night sky mermaids sing their songs and with hearts do toy seeking all men who sail the great ships by, the mermaids look for sails and voice their song, luring all those who hear their haunting cry Sung both loud and sweet and the whole night long their enchantment entwines both soul and heart It takes the mind and will of good and strong Until from the tall decks they do depart plunging from the deck to the mermaids’ ploy ans’ring the call of song-spun lust and heart Soon caught in mermaids...

This week’s short story takes us from a far-flung future of human exploration and alien encounters to one of quiet apocalypse. Welcome to Ducky. Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ducky is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mda0d4 . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?  

LAST WEEK, Things were starting to look a bit bad for Tiger. This week, Simone gives him some advice. Chapter 5 Excerpt – Go Dark, Keep Safe   Dear Tiger. I hear you… or read you… or whatever. We are in trouble sooo deep! You’re right. I tried to look up Deskeden, and it really isn’t in the company records, and then I tried to look up Sharvin. Well, I already knew that wasn’t there, but it was still not fun finding out by just how much. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the last chapter in the last book of the series has been posted, at which point this series will be taken down, and a new series serialised on site. books2read.com/u/4Awrze books2read.com/u/mgrxdR books2...

I'm not going into this week beyond: homeschooling is hard work and some days are harder than others; house inspections are also hard work, but the house looks great afterwards... also, just before they occur (or you're in trouble); and, finally, eye examinations need to be done regularly because indicators of other medical issues can be picked up during them... get yours done if you're not up-to-date. Oh, and book releases are fun - and there'll be another one next week! Now, on to the news: The New Release: This week, I released another novel with LMPBN Publishing: Trading into Darkness . It's the second book in the fantasy series, and it hit best-seller status two days after release. I have the most wonderful readers in the world. You can find it on Amazon, HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Darkness-Magic-Below-Paris-ebook/dp/B07PMKRRXZ/ The New Cover: This also meant I have a new cover by the wonderful Mihaela Voicu to go with that one, and she ...