CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Also free this week, Trading into Shadow , the first novel of the Magic Below Paris, sci-fantasy series. Technically, it’s all science fiction, but hyper-intelligent cats, nanite-abilities that manifest as magic, and the ability to communicate mind to mind, no matter the reason, give it an e lement of fantasy that’s hard to deny. If you enjoy a bit of snark and a lot of action and have always wanted to read a story set in post-apocalyptic Paris, then try this. Trading into Shadow, and the Magic Below Paris series, is set in Michael Anderle’s Age of Magic (Kurtherian Gambit) universe, and was a lot of fun to write. You can find it as part of this week’s Wild Wednesday offer – which runs until March 29 th , Pacific Time. You can find it here:  https://books2read.com/u/3GnYgd Other titles in this week's deals include: Izzie Berens: The Arcane Enforcer Complete Series Boxed Set – https://books2read.com/u/bw5Wxv First Casualty (FREE, KCD for series) U.S. Series Sale: https://www.amaz...

From dark-ish paramilitary science fiction to dark-ish science-fantasy, and from agents working for the trans-galactic good to a magical being who lives a life of retrieval and protection, the second short story for January explores what the mythic banshee might become if they existed...and lived in a distant future. What's it About? Not every impending death makes a banshee scream—even when we know they’re coming. We are not just doom heralds, but protectors, and we serve the greater good. We are the ones sent when no-one else can make it, and even we are sometimes a step too late. Is this mission one fated to end in disaster, instead of joy? How Does It Start? I had lived here from childhood to my thirtieth year but, in spite of the wattle dancing on the breeze and the eucalyptus-scented air that brushed across my skin, I knew I no longer belonged. My nostrils remembered the faint fizz of kelfa blossoms from the sun-drenched planet of Bolan, and my eyes recalled the darknes...