CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Shadow Life is the final release for November 2024, and is now available for pre-order. Releasing in two day's time, this dark urban-fantasy short story follows a hunter's investigations into their lover's murder, and the lengths to which they're willing to go in order to solve it. What's it About? Shadow Life is a short story about a murdered lover…loved by all, and a creature neither vamp, nor were. Can I catch Nicola’s murderer before he kills again? And what price will I pay to do just that? How Does It Start? I took a short cut down the alley. The moon was full, the night was late, and I was alone. None of these things worried me. There were things in the night, and in being alone, that would have made me tremble had I not known them so intimately. Things that still gave me shivers in spite of, and because of, my knowing them so well. My lover waited for me in the alley but, by the time I reached where she was to meet me, she was dead. I saw the blood, on...

Old Magic is a short tale about surviving in post-apoc alyptic Melbourne by C.M. Simpson.   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. I t is currently available on Smashwords , a nd will soon be available on K obo, Kindle, iTunes , and Nook. First Page Excerpt: Old Magic Heather stood amidst the wreckage of the city in the cold, grey light of dawn. She felt the soft mist of the newly fallen rain settle on her arms. Constant and clingy, the rain reminded her of gum leaves, silver-grey with the same misty drops. It brought to mind the sharp scent of eucalypts on a damp mountainside, a scent that momentarily eclipsed the smell of sodden cement and bitumen in decay. The rain formed a patina of dew over her hair, making the top l...

My publisher just poked me and said I should share the first chapters of my novels and the first pages of my shorter works with you. Given that the last couple of weeks have been all about paranormal, science fiction or fantasy works, I thought some romance would provide a change of pace. Usually these will come out a week after the book releases, but we'll be doing a bit of catching up as well. Enjoy!   Secondhand Sweetheart is my first full-length romance as Madeleine Torr. Set in both contemporary Melbourne and Tasmania, Australia, it is the tale of betrayal, recovery and how not everything is as it seems. When Lisa Montgomery resigns her job as a flight attendant so she can mend her relationship with her long-time boyfriend, Duncan Holland, the last thing she expects is to have to face the prospect of a future with another man. Photographed in a compromising situation with one of the airline directors, and then compromised a second time by the same photographer, Lisa...