CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

An elven wizard ready to transition to his fifth lifetime, a dragon who's always wanted an elf of his own, and memories locked away. When the dragon wants to unleash the pain of his past, Gulvane faces a choice: Take the beasts's offer, and risk his past lives tearing him apart, or walk away. Gulvane and the Dragon is a fantasy story that explores the life of an elf, the desires of a dragon when it comes to familiars, and how one's past can be intertwined with another's.  You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/4DqJlA .    

With the Lame Man, One Written on April 14, 2017, to celebrate National Poetry Month , this piece is an experimental form about an attempted assassination, perhaps influenced by the sound of the old television series of Dune playing in the background—but only a little. “Walk,” the lame man said, and I obeyed. I took first one step and then another. Behind me, I heard him whisper, “Run.” “Run,” he said, and I obeyed. I sped my steps, each one falling faster than the one that went before. “Run!” he said, when I hesitated. “Run!” And his voice compelled me, each stride driven by its sound, when I wanted nothing more than to turn back, to return and rescue him. “Run!” His words roared through me, and I obeyed, their compulsion too strong, unexpected, an order that settled inside my head and overrode my mind. And then, when I felt that all was lost, that I had lost him, and my heart, he said, “Stop,” ...

Death Comes in Bone has just been released to Amazon, Smashwords , OmniLit , Kobo and Drivethrufiction. Of these, Smashwords and OmniLit are now live; the others will follow over the next few days.

Stiletto’s Luck is about an assassin dealing with the consequences of taking part in a battle for reasons of his own, while trying to remain uncompromised by either side. They could have called him Scimitar, Blade or Dagger, but, no, his parents had to call him Stiletto. Stiletto did the only thing he could. He learned to be the best at what he did, and he learned to walk tall - without the heels. When he finds himself in the center of a plot to assassinate the most powerful men in the city, Stiletto has only one question: How on earth is he going to walk out of this one? Stiletto’s Luck will be included in An Anthology of Blades , but is currently available as a stand-alone title from Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle and CreateSpace and will be distributed from Nook, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and iTunes. First Page   Stiletto's Luck Sheathed in a suit that shifted with the colors of a city night, Stiletto crouched in the shadows, looking very much like the other gar...

Woohoo! Stiletto's Luck is now out in the wild. It was uploaded to Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, DriveThruFiction, and OmniLit on Sunday, September 2013, and will soon be available also from Nook, Barnes & Noble, and the iTunes store. What's it about? Here you go: Stiletto’s Luck is about an assassin dealing with the consequences of taking part in a battle for reasons of his own, while trying to remain uncompromised by either side. They could have called him Scimitar, Blade or Dagger, but, no, his parents had to call him Stiletto. Stiletto did the only thing he could. He learned to be the best at what he did, and he learned to walk tall - without the heels. When he finds himself in the center of a plot to assassinate the most powerful men in the city, Stiletto has only one question: How on earth is he going to walk out of this one? Stiletto’s Luck will be included in An Anthology of Blades , but is currently available as a stand-alone title.