CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from the urban fantasy world of cross-dimensional elven politics and trolls to a steampunk fantasy story set in Australia with raptors and an overdue rendezvous. Welcome to The Rendezvous at the Raptor's Rest . When his flying ship, the Red Horizon, was shot down, Tescher told no-one he had a woman on board. Three years later, he returns to the ship wreck, and finds Marianna not only survived the crash, but left him a message. She found what she was looking for aboard his ship, and she’ll wait for him at the Raptor’s Rest, but once a year—tonight. Tight flying will get him there in time, but it will take more than that for him get clear of the underworld predators circling the criminal shores on which Marianna has landed. Rendezvous at the Raptor's Rest is available as a stand-alone novella-length short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mqzDGe . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story ...

My novella-length steampunk horror set in Australia released today! It's available, or will soon be available, from all the usual outlets, including Smashwords, Amazon, OmniLit, Kobo, DriveThruFiction in most ebook formats and PDF, as well as the CreateSpace bookstore in mass market and large-print trade formats. Rendezvous at the Raptor's Rest EBook Cover Rendezvous at the Raptor's Rest Trade PoD Cover Rendezvous at the Raptor's Rest Mass Market PoD Cover When his flying ship, the Red Horizon , was shot down, Tescher told no-one he had a woman on board. Three years later, he returns to the ship wreck and finds Marianna not only survived the crash, but left him a message. She found what she was looking for aboard his ship, and she’ll wait for him at the Raptor’s Rest , but once a year—tonight. Tight flying will get him there in time, but it will take more for him to navigate clear of the criminal shores on which Marianna has landed...