CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Today ( March 29, 2026 (PT)  is the last day you can pick up the ebook version of  Trading into Shadow,  the first book in the Magic Below Paris series, for FREE. If you're looking for life after a different kind of apocalypse, with  hyper-intelligent cats, nanite-abilities that manifest as magic, and the ability to communicate mind to mind, then why not give it a try. You can find it here:  https://books2read.com/u/3GnYgd      

Also free this week, Trading into Shadow , the first novel of the Magic Below Paris, sci-fantasy series. Technically, it’s all science fiction, but hyper-intelligent cats, nanite-abilities that manifest as magic, and the ability to communicate mind to mind, no matter the reason, give it an e lement of fantasy that’s hard to deny. If you enjoy a bit of snark and a lot of action and have always wanted to read a story set in post-apocalyptic Paris, then try this. Trading into Shadow, and the Magic Below Paris series, is set in Michael Anderle’s Age of Magic (Kurtherian Gambit) universe, and was a lot of fun to write. You can find it as part of this week’s Wild Wednesday offer – which runs until March 29 th , Pacific Time. You can find it here:  https://books2read.com/u/3GnYgd Other titles in this week's deals include: Izzie Berens: The Arcane Enforcer Complete Series Boxed Set – https://books2read.com/u/bw5Wxv First Casualty (FREE, KCD for series) U.S. Series Sale: https://www.amaz...

A s you may already know, I'm a member of th e International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA), which supports authors of science fiction and fantasy, regardless of where in their career, they're at. And as you also might already know, the IASFA runs a promotion of free or 99c books every month, where they ask for a reader's first name and email address so they can add that reader to their newsletter mailing list. As an additional bonus for signing up to the IASFA newsletter as part of this month's promotion, you’ll get five free books in a variety of science fiction and fantasy genres. THIS month, from January 21-25, 2024, (ET), we have a tonne of urban fantasy titles either discounted to 99c (US) or for Free - and you can check out their authors and see if your next favorite is among them at this link, here : https://iasfa.org/jan24 .     One of those titles is Pixie Dust Dreaming, the seventh book in my C.M.'s Collections ser...