CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from a science fiction action adventure to an urban fantasy setting where dragons exist among us. Welcome to The Dragon in My Shadow . Some things are just figments of our imagination, like dragons and dreams—but what if those figments were real? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dragon in My Shadow is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-my-Shadow-C-M-Simpson-ebook/dp/B0082SMAXM/ . 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 Dragon in my Shadow is a stand-alone short story that can be found in An Anthology of Dragons. The Dragon in my Shadow is a short tale of office politics and betrayal, which shows that some childhood things can mature into adulthood with us. The Dragon in my Shadow is available as part of An Anthology of Dragons , and is also available from Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes and Nook. First Pages: The Dragon in my Shadow All my life, I’ve been ordinary. I’ve done all the ‘right’ things, made all the ‘right’ moves and failed spectacularly to actually achieve anything more than mid-line success. All my life. Nothing has worked. I finally resigned myself to a life of obscurity and lack-luster non-achievement, and settled into a steady cycle of work, home, garden, television, sleep and back to work again. There was no romance in my life. I’d been stung once too often and sworn off it, at least for now. No, I was content to keep plugging away at doing my job well, a...

‘The Dragon in my Shadow’ is my latest experiment in writing short fiction. It didn’t turn out quite how I expected it to, but it’s growing on me. Written specifically for this anthology and completed on the 6 th April 2012, it can best be described as contemporary paranormal with an almost literary twist. It starts like this: All my life, I’ve been ordinary. I’ve done all the ‘right’ things, made all the ‘right’ moves and failed spectacularly to actually achieve anything more than mid-line success. All my life. Nothing has worked. can be found in   An Anthology of Dragons has been uploaded to both Smashwords and Kindle, and is awaiting release.

Okay, I was going to spam you with a release post for each book, but I decided not to. So... An Anthology of Dragons has been released on both Kindle and in all formats on Smashwords. In addition to the anthology, I have released each individual story and poem so that readers who are only interested in one piece do not need to buy the whole anthology. However, if you're interested in all the pieces, then it is much cheaper to buy them in the anthology than separately. The covers of stories included in an anthology take one picture from the anthology cover to indicate the link, and clearly state that the story or poem has been included in an anthology. Happy reading everyone :-)

After much debate, I have decided to individually release all the work included in An Anthology of Dragons . This will increase my visibility at various sale points, as well as give my readers a choice of buying the anthology at $2.99 or each individual piece at $0.99-$1.49, depending on length. The blurb and the cover of each individual piece will clearly state that it can be found in An Anthology of Dragons , and the blurb will let readers know that it is cheaper to purchase the collected pieces as an anthology than to purchase each story or poem individually. I decided not to do a great variety of covers here, but to use one simple cover-type to tie each piece to the Anthology so that readers can see which stories and poems have been grouped together and where. This is what the individual stories look like when grouped together: And this is what the anthology looks like on its own: I will keep you updated as each individual story is released.

The Dragon in my Shadow has now been uploaded to Amazon Kindle and is awaiting release.

An Anthology of Dragons has now been uploaded to Amazon Kindle and is awaiting release.