CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a fantasy terza rima about mermaids to a science fiction piece of blank verse about someone in the vanguard of a world-wide evacuation. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Vanguard's Regret And so I watched the starship climb away into the sky, and thought how much better it would be, if I had climbed aboard, and now did fly away with those who therein did find sanctuary within its strong hull until, at last, the ship could reach a home, and they, kept safe and sound, and fast asleep, did wake to a new world, new hopes, new dreams, but with me, with me, instead of waking all alone, with no-one but each other,   hoping I come home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - althoug

This week’s short story takes us from a near-future apocalypse , and back to the moon, where one shapeshifter must help another. Welcome to Earth & Lunar Dreaming. When werewolf, Chitin’s, nightly solitude is interrupted by a small child seeking his help, he does not suspect that her plea will touch his dreams for the world of his ancestors. He is determined to refuse her, but she is just as determined to gain his protection, and leaves him little choice but to help—at least at the start. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earth & Lunar Dreaming is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/bxgvZe . 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, Simone gave Tiger some advice. This week, Tiger shows her that he can do just as much with a computer as she can. Chapter 6 Excerpt – Stuff is Happening, and it isn't Good Dear Shell, Yeah. I mean you, Simone—you’re not the only one who can turn your friends into someone else. Oh, and it’s me, okay? Tiger. Except, right now, I’m pretending to be Tobias Morrison, some corporate psi specialist. And, yes, I made him up. He’s me—and I like him better than Alby Waffle, okay? Alby Waffle is in big trouble, when I get hold of him, just so you know. Jokes, right? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 s