CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a poem about the jets celebrating Australia Day, to a multi-language verse based on an Indonesian folktale. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Buaya, Buaya Buaya! Buaya! Monyet, you climb higher. We can see the crocodile come swimming to the tree. Monyet, monkey, climbing up the mango tree, says he left his innards hanging in the leaves. Crocodile, buaya, let the monkey go. Now, the monkey he climbs higher, and he dances to and fro. Buaya! Buaya! laughs the monyet in the tree. I always have my innards. My innards are in me! Buaya, buaya, away he slowly swims. He goes home, no monkey to feed his wife or kin. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

This week’s short story takes us f rom the adventures of a space pilot lost in the warp to an urban fantasy setting where elven politics have a brutal impact on a troll-hunter's life. Welcome to The Queen's Game . Never get involved with the Otherworld Fey. Take my word for it. I saved the Queen of Summer, and was betrothed to a lord of Winter by way of thanks—and then the human underworld got involved. So what do I do, when every choice is bad? What would you choose: death by troll, or the mercy of an elf? The Queen's Game (Excerpt) There were twenty-one rosellas in the tree outside my window. Twenty-one. All blue and red and green and squawky. They arrived in a chattering flock and a rush of wings, stealing fruit, eating buds, and taking out the contents of the seed boxes hanging in the tree. “Good morning, boys,” I said, looking up from my desk. “Well, good morning, yourself,” said a voice behind me, and I pushed my chair back. At leas

LAST WEEK, Simone revealed that her FedExplore had taken her sisters from the complex - and then sanitized the area. This week, Tiger is racing to meet her shuttle. Chapter 10 (Excerpt) – A Chance to Meet Sims! I’m coming! You woke me up; it’s been a long day. You woke me up—and I’m so glad you did. I had to hack a few things to find you, though. That flight’s not on any register, or schedule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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