CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

As is required by Australian copyright law, the following titles were deposited at the National Australian Library in February 2018. These titles (and all those previously deposited) are available for on-site borrowing only:

On another day in January 2016, I took a stroll along one of the shared bikeways that can be found throughout the city. This one took me along the top of Lake Ginninderra, and down towards the lake itself. It was a lovely day, and the views were spectacular. This shot was taken looking down towards the Belconnen town centre. Belconnen, Belco to some of the city natives, is one of the larger suburbs in the city. Here's another shot of that, playing with the close-up function on the Samsung Galaxy 5. The summer shoreline was beautiful on this particular morning, with reflections everywhere. I took a few shots of the bridge and the town centre - so far away, but so close (only a 3 km walk). This was taken from another bridge, looking back at the peninsula that hangs down in the middle of the lake. Again - reflections... Here is a shot of the western shore, showing that Canberra does, indeed, have beaches, of a kind. And here is a view of the...

Today, as part of my attempt to release one title a week, I released one of my earlier short stories: Old Magic. Set in post-apocalyptic Melbourne, Old Magic is about a meeting between survivors, and has an underlying theme of the inheritance in bloodlines. After disaster and disease wipe out the world we know, powers carried by right of ancestry act as a sixth sense for trouble in a ruined city. Can she be the only one to have survived? Old Magic is one of the short stories that will be included in An Anthology of Bloodlines . It is currently available on Smashwords , but will be releasing from Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iTunes soon.