CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

A crystalline canyon. Cats and spinners hidden along the walls. A missing flyer. A stolen child. And an agent and her nemesis working together to bring them to safety. When Odyssey Agent Catriona Delight is called from hunting a renegade to undertake a mission to rescue a child, her salvager, and another missing agent, she finds herself working with Cutter, Mack and Tens, all ex-Odyssey and antagonistic. Can they work together to reach their target in time, or will their differences bring the mission to failure on a hostile world? Reflections tells the story of one of the many missions Cutter and Mack undertook in between the novels in the Mack 'n' Me series. This one takes place between Books 5 and 6 of the series, Mack 'n' Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9 and Mack 'n' Me: Diplomacy 101. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, novelette-length, science-fiction short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/m2JyWr , or r...

Some things are just not meant to be...or that's the impression Cutter gets as everything that could go wrong starts happening.  The Depredides Dance picks up where the first book in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series leaves off, filling in the gap before the second book in that series. Cutter once again finds herself in hot water, and looking for an escape or rescue, and finding it no longer matters whether Mack catches up with her or not...as long as she survives. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, science-fiction, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/mZp9zp or read an earlier version in Tales of Mack 'n' Me .  

I completed the second milestone of the Great Publishing Challenge in July, 2022, but didn't have time to celebrate it. Great Publishing Challenge : Milestone 2 Book 2: Tales of Mack 'n' Me Due: July 20, 2022 Uploaded and Released On: July 8, 2022 Type: A collection of science fiction short stories and flash fiction focused on the characters of Mack and Cutter from the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series. Content Breakdown: 29 total pieces: Flash Fiction: 22; Short Stories: 2; Novelettes: 5 Length: 84k Links:  - Tales of Mack 'n' Me (B2R):  books2read.com/u/4jgjqZ   - Tales of Mack 'n' Me (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/dp/ B0B62YGG43/  - Collections Reading List: https://books2read.com/rl/ Gw8Oaz        

So, I did a thing. I would say it was a thing I just woke up and decided to do one day, but I've been thinking about doing this thing for YEARS (at least three)...and, today, I screwed up my courage, looked my fear of failure in the eye, and did. the. thing. This might not seem to astounding to some of you, but for those of you who know me, you know I have all the hallmarks of a neurodivergency that runs for the hills if you break its routine or show it something new. Some of you might even know that I'm more comfortable with failure than I am with success, given I'm used to the first and still getting used to the second. (There's a reason I've circled this thing for several years - beyond budget - and that is I wanted to be sure I had a good chance of completing the challenge.) If I'm honest, I'm not absolutely sure I really can do it, but it fits into what I want to do this year, and gives me some extra incentive to actually 'get with the doing', i...