CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

 Curiosity kills more than cats, and when you're not much taller than a pencil, you need to take more care then most. Road Trip is the story of how one fairy's curiosity takes her into the seamy underside of a human world trying to adapt to the complications of being rejoined to the Otherworld - and the crimes that come with it. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/4E8O5l .

This week’s short story takes us from a s cience fiction tale of a crashed colony and its salvation to an urban fantasy world of pixie-dust and policing . Welcome to Road Trip . When Melange feels the pull of utter dread emanating from a road train parked at a rest stop near her home, she investigates. She had no intention of being trapped in the cab on the driver’s unexpected return, nor of being stuck in the truck when he is murdered during the first delivery. But she can’t stay there. She’s discovered the prisoners that were the source of the dread, and the trolls are coming to take them away. With time running short, she must find a way to avoid capture, and summon help, and that means getting past the troll and humans standing guard. Road Trip is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/31g1Mw . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go a...

So, after a midnight finish to the writing and research, yesterday, I slept until seven, and then had housework to catch up on. I think I managed a few hundred words on the novel, before heading up to Sydney on an errand. We left at 13:00, and got back at around 20:00. Needless to say, after cooking dinner, and putting the podling to bed, I am knackered. About the last thing I wanted to do in the email round-up was to get my head around yet another new app because my team had decided that was the only way all players could be kept informed for an event, regardless of how they felt about it. So, yay... I get to learn another skill... I guess. Anyway, highlight of the day was the sunset coming back from Sydney. It lifted my spirits. Let's hope it lifts yours, too. And there was rain! Made my day. Here's hoping your days ended just as well. Take care out there - and stay safe.

Last week, I created four covers, released one short story, and put three other short stories up for pre-release ordering. It was pretty busy, and not a lot of writing got done, but if you don't publish what you write, you'll never find your readers. These are the stories now available for order, or download: Available Now: When Melange feels the pull of utter dread emanating from a road train parked at a rest stop near her home, she investigates. She had no intention of being trapped in the cab on the driver’s unexpected return, nor of being stuck in the truck when he is murdered during the first delivery. But she can’t stay there. She’s discovered the prisoners that were the source of the dread, and the trolls are coming to take them away. With time running short, she must find a way to avoid capture, and summon help, and that means getting past the troll and humans standing guard. Available for Pre-Order; Release Date: January 21, 2017: It was meant to b...