CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

The stand-alone short story,  Stiletto's Luck , is now available for pre-order. Releasing in just under fivedays' time, this short, dark fantasy piece is my only foray into the genre of angels vs. demons...although in this case it is more that the interdimensional foes thus named are creating havoc on yet another world.   What's it About? As a bodyguard, assassin, spy, and demon hunter, Stiletto walks the edge of an eternal war, refusing to ally with the most logical choice, but what happens when an angel saves his life? Is the debt ephemeral or eternal? And what are his choices?   How Does It Start? Sheathed in a suit that shifted with the colors of a city night, Stiletto crouched in the shadows, looking very much like the other gargoyles on the roof line, but one set far too close to the casement. Those he’d arranged to meet in the room beyond had been on time. They’d come, as arranged, bringing no nasty surprises and no extras, but he wanted to learn something m...

Today's Let's Plays kick off with Elder Scrolls Online where Tamrain, our Master Crafter in the making, heads out to pray for Ancalin's children, and meet a new friend outside the notorious Toothmaul Gully...and does a little crafting, of course. And the second video is a world removed as Blaze sets out to restore the 10-meter Orchestra in Coral Island's deeps.

 Just a quick note to celebrate. The Expanding Universe, Volume 10, edited by Craig Martelle, has accepted my science-fiction short story, 'Six Degrees.' The anthology  is available for pre-order from Amazon, at this link: https://geni.us/TEU10 , and will release on September 9, 2024. In it you will also find stories from Craig Martelle , G. S. Jennsen , Andrew P. McGregor , J.C. Gemmell , Marie-Hélène Lebeault , Mark Henwick , Peter J. Foote , Steve Ruskin , J. Rawlinson , Nicholas Licalsi , J A Mortimore , Jay Veloso Batista , Robert G. Williscroft , A.C. Williams , John W. McIntire , Lawrence M. Schoen , T.D. Wilson , Jerry Shepard, and Alastair Mayer . What's the Anthology about? Explore the universe… with the 10th Volume of The Expanding Universe, a short-story collection to pique your interest and sharpen your mind. “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C Clarke penned those words, and th...

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...

Reflections, this month's second short story title is now available on pre-order. This novelette-length science-fiction short story takes us to an operation set shortly after the Wolves of Alpha 9 , and puts Cutter and Agent Delight together on a desperate mission to save another Odyssey operative...and a missing child. What's it About? Reflections is an action-adventure, science-fiction short story that includes: 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? You can find links to where it...