CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from a fantasy setting where a rogue finds angels more embedded in his world than he'd like to an urban fantasy tale where a trapped soul fights to get free. Welcome to The Buried Blade . When the grass in one of her uncle's fields starts to die, Amanda tries to work out why, but her uncle only sees stones, where she sees fragments of pottery. In a war as old as time, will Amanda convince her uncle of the truth, and remain unscathed, or will she fall under the control of an old and subtle power? The Buried Blade is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Blade-C-M-Simpson-ebook/dp/B00B28R1NS/ . 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?

The Buried Blade has been incorporated into AnAnthology of Blades . When the grass in one of her uncle's fields starts to die, Amanda tries to work out why, but her uncle only sees stones, where she sees fragments of pottery. In a war as old as time, will Amanda convince her uncle of the truth, and remain unscathed, or will she fall under the control of an old and subtle power? The Buried Blade is a short tale of dark fantasy, which will later be incorporated into An Anthologyof Blades . The Buried Blade is a vailable from Smashwords and Kindle , Kobo, iTunes and Nook. Fir st Page Excerpt: The Buried Blade The sword sang in the darkness. It sang through the rubble that buried it. It sang through the bones of skeletal fingers that had wrapped themselves around it. The song could not be heard through the muffling shroud of earth covering the sword although it echoed throughout the ancient citadel that was imprisoned with it. The song seeped through the ea...

To start the ball rolling on the short story excerpts, we have the first page for paranormal urban dark fantasy tale: The Buried Blade , which released last week.   When the grass in one of her uncle's fields starts to die, Amanda tries to work out why, but her uncle only sees stones, where she sees fragments of pottery. In a war as old as time, will Amanda convince her uncle of the truth, and remain unscathed, or will she fall under the control of an old and subtle power? The Buried Blade is a short tale of dark fantasy, which will later be incorporated into An Anthology of Blades. The Buried Blade is a vailable from Smashwords and Kindle and will soon be available from Kobo, iTunes and Nook. Fir st Page Excerpt: The Buried Blade The sword sang in the darkness. It sang through the rubble that buried it. It sang through the bones of skeletal fingers that had wrapped themselves around it. The song could not be heard through the muffling shroud of earth...

The Buried Blade When the grass in one of her uncle's fields starts to die, Amanda tries to work out why, but her uncle only sees stones, where she sees fragments of pottery. In a war as old as time, will Amanda convince her uncle of the truth, and remain unscathed, or will she fall under the control of an old and subtle power? The Buried Blade is a short tale of dark fantasy, which will later be incorporated into An Anthology of Blades . The Buried Blade can currently be found at Smashwords in most formats, but will soon be available on Amazon, Kobo, and iTunes

I’m not sure where this week went, but it did. I completed the following goals: Tier 1 Projects DarkFantasyNovel1B—Shadow Trap: Completed Edit 2/4, and base format; added 1,000 words. This project is currently 54 days ahead of schedule. Backburner Projects ShortStory24—The Buried Blade: Completed edit 4/4 and prepared for release. Publishing Tasks Created cover for ShortStory24 ; Formatted ShortStory24 for Kobo upload; Formatted ShortStory24 for Kindle upload; Formatted ShortStory24 for Smashwords upload; Formatted ShortStory24 for DriveThruFiction upload; Formatted ShortStory24 for CreateSpace print upload; Formatted ShortStory24 for CreateSpace large print upload. I foresee a busy couple of days of uploading new titles ahead—when my internet connection speeds up again. New Arrivals These ones arrived this week: DarkFantasy11A: based on the journeys of one of the characters who leaves in DarkFantasy1B.