CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

An illicit auction, a retired military operative, and a shape-shifting diplomat from behind enemy lines. Peace is at stake, and the future of mankind rests on Captain Felicity Shannara Jones’s shoulders. Will she return the lizardine’s ancestral blade? Or will she keep it as the valuable artifact it is? And can she remember where she hid it? The Reptile's Blade is the last r elease for January 2025. It explores the politics of greed and acquisition in a far-flung human future, and the consequences of both. In particular, it is about Captain Felicity Shannara Jones, a liaison and operative for Earth High Council, and the past that saw her retired from active duty, and which haunts her still. You can find The Reptiles' Blade as a stand-alone short story at a number of locations listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/4APAZN OR You can find it as part of A Collection of Shifters , a collection of short fiction and poetry themed around shapeshifters in a m...

With the contract work completed twelve days ahead of schedule, I took a couple of days to work out which way was  up and what, of a multitude of publishing tasks I needed to do first...or next...or something...and then I eased back into the words. Starting Words: 79,619 Finishing Words: 80,645      Words Written: 1,026 Other Words: 0 Other Project/Project Aspects Advanced: 1 Excerpt: In which Oliver and Lewis discover they aren't the only shifters in the room: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Korazon’s form rippled back to human, his spacer’s coveralls intact. “I am lizardine,” he stated, his expression turned bland as he looked past the wolves to the woman standing behind them. “I’m sorry to have startled you, Belle. She shrugged. “It’s not like you could have told me.” She sighed. “I could do with a shower and a change of clothes.” Looking up at Oliver, ...