CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

The Expanding Universe, Volume 11,  releases in 3.5 weeks' time, and is the only place you'll find 'A Warrior's Wish, a military science-fiction short story about colonization, corporate politics, and first contact. What's it About? Explore the universe… with the 11 th Volume of The Expanding Universe, a short-story collection to pique your interest and sharpen your mind. “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C Clarke penned those words, and they stand true to this day. Do we want to be alone? Leave it to science fiction authors to address that question in equal measure. Aliens can be peaceful or not. Who will emerge as the superior strain of intelligence? Humanity may be new to the game, but they aren’t new to conflict. Fantastic races vying for dominance. A microcosm of the greater good. Battles fought for higher ideals. Battles fought just to survive. War doesn’t care about hu...

Ducky  has just been uploaded for immediate release. It is one of my earliest pieces, and one of my very few experimental pieces. It plays with the idea of interconnectedness, from both the perspective of a story's connections with the real world and from the perspective of connections between characters and the broader elements of their world...and it is told from three perspectives What's it About? Survivors of a virus on the rampage: an analyst, his ex-, and his dead daughter in three-way communication. Can he catch up with an uncontrolled disease vector, and stop the spread in time? Where will it be available? Links to the platforms where this title is available can be found as the book goes live, at this Books2Read link:   https://books2read.com/u/mgdVlK  Please be patient - or search for the title directly on  your favorite platform.