CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a poem of Christmas wishes to a Christmas acrostic about Santa's return home. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Santa's Homecoming Far overhead, ceases the ringing of bell S . The sleigh has stopped flying, oh dear- A . Released are the reindeer to forage for liche N guarded by werewolves who keep safe the bes T , eating only the weakest, the sickest, oh dear A . The sleigh driver steps down, and yawn S , as the elves stow the sleigh, and give it a was H . With the deer in the field, he calls it a day- O , and stumbles inside to the fire and the war M . His wife greets him gently, guides him to the tabl E , and the supper, beside next year’s almana C , so he sighs, and he reads, and, then, oh dear- O , he yawns, and she takes him to ...

This week’s verse moves from a fantasy poem about trolls and dragons, to a poem about Christmas wishes. It is taken from 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2014. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christmas Wishes Christmas is that time of year when many draw their families near, and some with family afar wish them well by sun and star, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year. books2read.com/u/mVLQZb books2read.com/u/bxgyLd

This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about solar starships to a fantasy verse about emergency repairs to a sleigh. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Last Minute Repairs I looked upon the sleigh and knew that Christmas just might well be through. Unless the runner could be fixed, this evening’s delivery would be nixed, so I set out with axe and chainsaw, and skiddoo and tower and hoped that thaw would not set in at all too soon, for across the lake was the best of ash cured and stored and ready at last. If I had to go round, two days it would take, and never would these deliveries he make. I hurried, harnessed up the dogs, headed out in the morning fog, reached the shed by late afternoon, brought back the timber by the light of the moon, re...

Finally got the cover for Carlie Simonsen's Rocky and the Spacefarers' Christma s . This little beauty is now ready for its release day on December 4th! Rocky is on a starship to another world, and it’s boring. He misses Earth. He misses his farm. He misses his pony. Worst of all, it looks like he’s going to miss Christmas, too. And then he meets Elita, an alien girl missing her own end-of-year celebration—Hajranath. The two of them get to talking, and decide that a party is just what everybody needs, but how are they ever going to convince the grown-ups? Rocky and the Spacefarers’ Christmas is the second book in the Otherworld Adventures series, which is set on Rocky’s journey to the new world where his parents will farm alongside the aliens. Keep an eye out for it on Kobo, Smashwords, Kindle and DriveThru, where it will soon be up for pre-order.