CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive. Memory's Vampire is the first short story release for January 2025...and the first release for the year. This dark, urban-fantasy, short story is told by a vampire hunter who finds herself in more trouble than she expected on a routine hunt. Can she survive until the dawn? And will she get her assistant back alive? You can find Memory's Vampire at the locations listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg OR You can find it as part of A Collection of Death and the Undead , a collection of short fiction and poetry found at one of the locations listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg OR You can access it as part of the Wanderers and above subscriptions on my ReamStories page , he...

The first release for 2025 is imminent...and currently available on pre-order. Memory's Vampire is a stand-alone short story that can also be found in the Collection of Death and the Undead . Memory's Vampire will release a stand-alone e-story on January 16, 2025. What's it About? Memory's Vampire is an urban-fantasy, supernatural, horror short story involving a vampire hunter whose hunt just turned complicated. In her words: Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive.     How Does it Start? They say it is an extinct race, a cabal of creatures that do not exist, if they ever did. Mythical is one word, legendary another, but I prefer the term ‘nightmares.’ For they exist; I have seen them. I see them every night, when I am supposed to be asleep. I hunt ...

This week’s short story takes us f rom the urban fantasy world of pixie-dust and paranormal investigations to the urban fantasy dreamscape of a vampire hunter and her nemesis. Welcome to Memory's Vampire. Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive. Memory's Vampire is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mdNJnd . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?

The cover for March’s short story, Memory’s Vampire, has arrived. I like it a lot. Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive