CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from  a science fiction verse about space flight  to a poem about the rising moon. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   The Veiled Moon The veiled moon rises high, s struggling comet, imprisoned by clouds, trapped close to the earth, its wedding-gown, whitened, drapes, black-edged centred by bright luminescence, a featureless glow in the centre of shrouds. Round-faced moon-eyed chrysalis-like, yet emergent. Great moon rises, thunderhead free, night sky and star convergent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. The third collection

This week’s short story takes us from urban-fantasy science-fiction setting of a paranormal policing agent who discovers just how differently time moves in the elven lands to the newspaper commentary on the discovery of an alien and the makings of an intergalactic political incident. Welcome to Headlines from the Starman . When a mysterious pod is found on the moon, and an alien emerges, the press have a field day. This science-fiction short story is a first-contact tale that explores the relationship of the press to politics and to reality. Headlines from the Starman is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mdKG0d . 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 was poised for flight. This week, Tiger tells her to be careful. Chapter 13 Excerpt – Don't Take Any Chances Simone, Before you send your next report… Look. I just wanted to tell you not to worry about the extra information. Just get yourself out of there, before they come back with whoever it is they’ve sent for. Don’t take any chances for me. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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