CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a fantasy poem of heroism and self-sacrifice to a horror poem that could either be classified as urban fantasy or sci-fantasy. It is taken from the upcoming collection Another 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry yet to be released. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Deathly Lullaby I lived upon a lullaby listened to the music sliding by thought to lift my head and wonder why so many wished for us to sleep that they played this tu ne in every street in every house in every land at every bus stop, shopping centre and news stand and down we lay just as they’d hoped sound asleep our futures stopped until one day I realised how long it was since closed I my eyes and thought to lift my head and wonder why I could hear a lullaby and then I saw them come to feed knew that I would s

This week’s short story takes us from the science-fiction setting of love and family set against a back-drop of a hard-fought war to this Australian-set urban fantasy tale of discovery, danger and paleontology gone wrong. Welcome to Just a Dinosaur . The legends hinted at some kind of dinosaur. Oliver hoped it was a new species, and he had Nate believing him. Together, they hope to circumvent the prohibitions of intruding on a sacred site, to prove the creature existed—and all without their boss, and Nate’s lover, finding out. What exactly lies behind the legends—and, more importantly, will they be able to reveal it to the world? Just a Dinosaur is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mBeqvk . 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 revealed what had happened to his parents. This week, Simone tells Tiger she's found help in the form of a group called Odyssey. Chapter 4 Excerpt – New Allies Dear Tiger I don’t know if you’ll get this, but I’m sending it anyway. I know you’re out there. Somewhere. I know you’ll answer if you can. You’ll be glad to know I made it. I got right out of the FedExplore complex, and onto this cruise liner. Thing is, I wasn’t supposed to be there. I know, right? Like that was a surprise. I found an empty cabin and managed to hide out for about three days. I even hooked into the computer so it made the cabin invisible. Odyssey weren’t real happy about that. When they found me, they were going to hand me over to GalPol—and then I told them who I was. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available