CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from from a near-future post-apocalyptic story of heritage and adventure to the slightly humourous adventures of the crew aboard the starship Mythicus . Welcome to On a Ship Called Mythicus .   Pirate hunting was never easy, but the chase was only half the fun. Watching the captain try not to burn his way through another console, Cristo tries not drool at the sight of their prey, while wondering how he’s ever going to keep the werewolf under control when their finally released to hunt the pirate down. On a Ship Called Mythicus is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Called-Mythicus-C-M-Simpson-ebook/dp/B008Q5RQKI/ . 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?

On a Ship called Mythicus is the sixth short story to be found in An Anthology of Worlds . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. The Mythicus is crewed by creatures of myth and legend, fairytale and urban lore. In this short episode, it and its crew pursue a space pirate until a small team must continue the pursuit on planet. With its firestarter captain and a defense system that takes its nomenclature too literally, this ship is one of a kind, a fact the rest of human space should be grateful for. On a Ship called Mythicus is available as part of An Anthology of Worlds , and also as a stand-alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook. First Page: On a Ship called Mythicus “Stop drooling, Cristo!” growled Wolf. Cristo wiped his chin with the back of his hand and then wiped his hand on the white silk of his sail-sized handkerchief. Another drop of moisture oozed from his lips. “Cristo!” Wolf’s growl was deeper now and Cristo w...

On a Ship called Mythicus is the first short story in the fourth Simpson Anthology- An Anthology of Worlds . It was written to take every science fiction and fantasy cliche I could fit into a short story and take it as far as it would go. It starts like this: “Stop drooling, Cristo!” growled Wolf.   can be found in  An Anthology of Worlds was released mid-September 2012 and can be found on Amazon (in e-book and print) and Smashwords .

Current Projects This week I made the following progress on my current project. DarkFantasy2A: added 6,000 words, and am now working on the last chapter. Almost done :-) . Publishing Tasks This week I completed the following tasks related to independent publishing:   Updated LinkedIn, GoodReads, Shelfari with details for Finders-Keepers ; Uploaded artwork for An Anthology of Worlds and the individual titles associated with it to Pinterest; Updated On a Ship Called Mythicus and Finders-Keepers covers on Kindle and Smashwords; Updated blog twice; and   Filed publication records for the past six weeks. Projects on the Back Burner This week I didn’t work on any back-burner projects. New Arrivals The following projects and project ideas arrived and joined the work queue. Perhaps I shouldn’t have picked up that magazine and randomly open it to an article, at least not while remembering an old challenge of finding a story in a randomly chosen piece of re...

So, it's been bothering me for a while - the art for the latest anthology. I liked the composition, but somehow it didn't quite gel for me, even when I thought I had found the version I was most happy with, so today, when I was updating my Pinterest boards , and I noticed I made a mistake in my first set of covers, I took the time to change the covers to something that I like even better. Note to all: This is not something you want to do if you can possibly avoid it. Anyway, here are the new covers:

On a Ship Called Mythicus has been released on Amazon and Smashwords. This short story is the first story in An Anthology of Worlds It is a science fiction comedic parody in which a space ship crewed by creatures of myth and legend chase down a pirate . On a Ship Called Mythicus is approximately 5,188 words in length , and is the first short story in the fourth Simpson Anthology— An Anthology of Worlds .   can be found in An Anthology of Worlds will be released in mid-September 2012.

Despite a busy start to the week, with the return to school and yet another change to the work routine, progress was made as follows: Current Projects I worked on the following current projects this week: ·          DarkFantasy2A: Revised Chapters 1-23, added 3,000 words; Publishing The following publishing tasks were completed this week: ·          Updated An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us on Shelfari; ·          Updated blog four times; ·          Completed cover art and design for Anthology4 – An Anthology of Worlds and individual stories; ·          Formatted and uploaded ShortStory17 – On a Ship Called Mythicus to Smashwords; ·          Formatted and uploaded ShortStory17 – On a Ship Called Mythicus to Kindle; ...