CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I've just released Volume 2 of my collection of short works from 2014 on Smashwords, in all formats. What's it About? A collection of flash fiction, short stories, poems and essays where science fiction explores future possibilities and tragedies, where hopes and dreams are held and lost, and where cyberware stands alongside shapeshifters and starships. The poems here either explore these futures, or are written as though they were created by someone in those futures. This is the realm of the starborn and starbound, and of futures that might never be. Where can I find Print?   At the moment you can also find the print-on-demand (PoD) at the CreateSpace store in both mass market and large print versions, but it should also be available on Amazon soon, as well.

This week, I received this cover for the short works I worked on in 2014. This is the first volume of that collection, and it will be released on January 2, 2016. Short Works 2014 - ebook cover Short Works 2014 - PoD large print cover Short Works 2014 - PoD mass market cover Last year’s anthology consisted only of the short stories and poems worked on, created re-written or published in 2013. This year’s anthology consists of all the short stories and poems that I created, or discovered in my files and rewrote in 2014, including the pieces from 365 Days of Flash Fiction and 365 Days of Poetry that have already been included in Volumes 1 and 2 of last year’s collections. The tales and poems are taken from completed anthologies, and anthologies to come, from my blog, and from my notebooks. Most are published, either individually or in a collection, but some are scheduled for release at some time in the future. I have also inc...

So far this week I've managed to: Release one fantasy short story: Upload a science fiction novella, in both large- and normal-print versions, to the print-on-demand platform CreateSpace - which means it will be available from Amazon later this week, and other outlets in the near future Rejig the Simpson Anthologies page so it's more up-to-date and has the most recent, complete offerings on top. This is more than I've managed in a while, so I'm pretty pleased with progress so far.