CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

A car crash. A cliff face. And a swarm of overexcited pixies. Given a choice between a very long drop and the very thing I’d fled didn’t make things any better. How in either of our two worlds was I going to navigate this one? More importantly, how was I going to get out of this tree before it let go of the cliff? Reluctant Liaison is another story from the Paranormal Operations Squad in the Pixie-Dust setting. This is the story of one of an instance where the cultural clash between our world and the world beyond requires a sacrifice not usually considered part of any officer's duty, but one which is necessary, nevertheless. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, science-fiction, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/4NV0Vx , or read an earlier version in Pixie-Dust Dreaming , a collection of urban-fantasy short and flash fiction, and poetry.  

JUST RELEASED! Pixie Dust Dreaming , the 7th title in my Collections series is now out! You can find links to it on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/mY6xvP . This volume contains all the previously published pieces of flash fiction, poetry and short stories set in the Pixie Dust setting and its off-shoot, the Chronicles of the Disappeared. While the flash and poetry can be found across five different collections, the short stories, eight in all, are now only available as part of Pixie Dust Dreaming . What's it About? Pixies, trolls and urban policing, things got interesting when the Otherworld renewed its connection to ours. A new suite of crimes sprang into existence overnight…and a new breed of officer had to be found to combat them. This volume brings together all the stories, so far published, of the officers in the Paranormal Operations Squad…and the world in which they strive to maintain the peace. Where Can You Find It? Pixie Dust Dreaming is published a...

This is just to let you know that Reluctant Liaison has just released and will return to the usual price of 2.99, shortly. It is available on Smashwords , Amazon , and DriveThruFiction, and is available via Draft2Digital distribution. I woke up in a car—upside down, staring into the faces of a half dozen pixies sitting on a tree branch. To one side, was a cliff face, to the other, sky, and things were starting to shift. Apparently, I’d had an interesting night… if only I could remember what it was, and why I’d run, and why following the pixies scared me almost as much as the idea of staying in the car… In Reluctant Liaison the Paranormal Operations Squad is faced with a dilemma outside their usual remit, when Otherworld and ‘real’ world cultures clash.