CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from a science fiction setting where mythical creatures walk the stars to a world of fantasy where elven raiders ride spiders and ghosts are real. Welcome to The Soul in the Sword. When an Arach raiding party attacks a wagon train and moves on to take on the next town, Dannon is part of the out-riders who must clean up in their wake. The dead girl on the wagon is just one of many reasons he doesn’t like spiders, or the elves that ride them. The Soul in the Sword (Extract) The spider reared, raking down with its forelegs. Allun threw himself sideways, dodging the blade-like spines of one leg and blocking the other leg’s cutting edge with his sword. The spider lunged after him, wicked fangs flashing, their points gleaming dully in the dawn-light. Allun rolled from beneath them, turning to face the beast and its rider again. The spider’s rider raised his lance and sliced at the man below him. Allun tried to par...

The Soul in the Sword has been incorporated into An Anthology of Blades. When an Arach raiding party attacks a wagon train and moves on to take on the next town, Dannon is part of the out-riders who must clean up in their wake. The dead girl on the wagon is just one of many reasons he doesn’t like spiders, or the elves that ride them. The Soul in the Sword is a short tale of fantasy battle, which will be incorporated into An Anthology of Blades . It is available as a stand-alone story from Smashwords , and will soon be available from Kobo, Kindle, iTunes, and Nook. First Page: The Soul in the Sword The spider reared, raking down with its forelegs. Allun threw himself sideways, dodging the blade-like spines of one leg and blocking the other leg’s cutting edge with his sword. The spider lunged after him, wicked fangs flashing, their points gleaming dully in the dawn-light. Allun rolled from beneath them, turning to face the beast and its rider again. The ...

Not as much completed this week as I would have liked, but understandably so, with sickness and a death in the family. Overview New words produced: 1,868 Old words revised: 5,735 Works completed: 0 Covers created: 1 (2 variations) Works published: 1 (3 release platforms) Tier 3 Tasks ChapBook6A— Spit : edited, formatted, created cover, and uploaded. This project was completed 56 days ahead of schedule Publishing Tasks The following publishing tasks were completed this week: Expanded the distribution on one CreateSpace title; Purchased photography and created the cover for Spit ; Formatted Spit for CreateSpace PoD, Amazon Kindle and Smashwords; Released Spit via the CreateSpace store, Amazon Kindle and Smashwords; Updated Facebook with life event for Spit ; Updated Pinterest with covers for Spit ; Added 4 blog entries to this blog; Added 3 blog entries to the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Updated the Carlie Simonsen page on this blog; Updated ...