CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from a setting where vampires aren't quite as we expect to a science fiction about one woman's war against alien invaders. Welcome to Of Hunters & the Color Blue .   A letter reveals the writer’s love for her daughter, and her reasons for leaving the child behind. It is a tale of flight and rescue, the birth of an AI, and reveals a weakness that plagues the deadly enemy on her trail. Of Hunters & the Color Blue is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Hunters-Color-Blue-Loft-ebook/dp/B00D0NWDOK/ . 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?

Not a lot of writing achieved this week (if you don’t count blog entries). I focused a bit more on my photography, and did a bit of needed sewing, as well as catch-up on what I didn’t get done when the internet slowed down. Overall, it was a productive week. Overview New words produced: 4,272 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 (1-2 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Publishing Tasks I spent the week catching up on things that I’ve been putting off or neglecting, and in trying to get ahead on the blog entries . They were as follows: Created 12 blog entries for this blog; Updated the Tales of Tzamesch , Madeleine Torr, Carlie Simonsen and Simpson Anthologies pages on this blog; Created 6 blog entries for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Updated the Our Authors , Anthologies , Fantasy Fiction , Paranormal Romance , Contemporary and Romantic Suspense...

Of Hunters and the Color Blue is the first short story to be found in The Loft Anthology . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. A letter reveals the writer’s love for her daughter, and her reasons for leaving the child behind. It is a tale of flight and rescue, the birth of an AI, and reveals a weakness that plagues the deadly enemy on her trail. Of Hunters and the Color Blue is currently available as a stand-alone story , but will be included in The Loft Anthology, and the 2013 collection of short stories and poetry. It can be found at Smashwords , Kobo, Amazon-Kindle , iTunes, and Nook. First Page: Of Hunters and the Color Blue To my daughter, With regards the Hunters: I discovered one way of unmasking them for others. They were… are, infallibly drawn to blue. As a general rule, they cannot pass it by and leave it be; they have to touch it, caress it, and take it with them. They cannot help, but possess it. Who would have thought that a c...

It has so far been a busy week. I have finally started releasing the stories I've been working on over the last week. There are, so far two new short stories and one short story re-release: Gulvane and the Dragon is my newest work. I wrote it this year. And here is what it's about: Preparing for a new era in his life, the wizard Gulvane walks the corridors of his mind, remembering the eras locked behind three doors. Forester, Fighter, Assassin. Behind each door lie the memories and skills of who and what he used to be, inaccessible, unless he chose to return to the professions he had left. Uncertain of where his life will lead him, or of what he will become, Gulvane wakes to find a dragon standing over his bed. Now, what would a creature such as that want with an elf like himself? Gulvane and the Dragon is currently available as a stand-alone short story, but will eventually be incorporated in An Anthology of Mythical Creatures , and the collection, Short ...