CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from  a science-fiction series of haiku about ships leaving for the stars to a series of experimental verse about human communication. It is taken from 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2014. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conversing with the World Prat the kak, chew the fat, talk to colleagues and your friends. Meaningless prattle, to tell tales or tattle, kids to each other, and each to themselves in a time where words are a means to an end. Spinning shit, talk a bit, drop me a line, come chat any time, conversing with the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. T...

This week’s short story takes us from the far-flung romance of an interplanetary couple and a rescue from invading trolls to the kinds of trouble that following unicorns can lead to Welcome to Harper & the Unicorn . When Harper goes after a lone unicorn without back-up she’s breaking every rule, and none. The only questions are: will her partner get to her before things go totally to pieces, and exactly how much havoc can one lone unicorn and a P.O.S. officer create before back-up arrives? Harper & the Unicorn is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/38rqqL . 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, Tiger begged Simone not to say goodbye. This week, Simone reveals that she is in grave danger and has to escape the company facility she's in - and that she might have trouble keeping in touch. Chapter 11 Excerpt – Gotta Get Out Dear Tiger, I don’t believe you did that! Are you INSANE? You nearly got us both caught. Did you know those exercises you taught me were military-grade? As in special ops classified? Did you even know what database you were in? Because I got them right, and they work real well, but I should never even have known they existed. They’re not normal blocking exercises. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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,...