CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

An illicit auction, a retired military operative, and a shape-shifting diplomat from behind enemy lines. Peace is at stake, and the future of mankind rests on Captain Felicity Shannara Jones’s shoulders. Will she return the lizardine’s ancestral blade? Or will she keep it as the valuable artifact it is? And can she remember where she hid it? The Reptile's Blade is the last r elease for January 2025. It explores the politics of greed and acquisition in a far-flung human future, and the consequences of both. In particular, it is about Captain Felicity Shannara Jones, a liaison and operative for Earth High Council, and the past that saw her retired from active duty, and which haunts her still. You can find The Reptiles' Blade as a stand-alone short story at a number of locations listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/4APAZN OR You can find it as part of A Collection of Shifters , a collection of short fiction and poetry themed around shapeshifters in a m...

And it's here - Mack 'n' Me: Diplomacy 101 the LAST BOOK in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series. I'm really happy to announce that Mack 'n' Me: Diplomacy 101 has just released. It's been a really long time coming, but Book 5 in the  Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series, Mack 'n' Me: Diplomacy 101 has finally released. What's it About? Diplomacy 101 sees Mack, Cutter and the crew of the Shady Marie hired for a diplomatic mission by Odyssey - who won't take no for an answer...just like the lizardine: Judge, jury and executioners—the lizardine are holding court and all humankind stands before them. They’ll bring us to heel, or they’ll destroy us all…and they have the means. Getting their emissary to the courtroom and then home again should be an easy matter—but some people just don’t know what’s good for them. With pirates, mercs and corps gone bad we’ve got our work cut out. The only question is whether ...

Today, I finished a new short story for the Lunar Wolves and Odyssey universe. I started it in November, but only completed it, today, so I decided the cover should be created, too. It’ll go up for release in the next couple of days. The excellent artwork is from PhilCold at Dreamstime . I only had to add the words and choose how much to show.   Captured by the space wolves and held aboard their battle cruiser, Miguel doesn’t think things could get worse—and then he discovers he’s sharing his cell with the two psychopaths he’s been trying to avoid. Dragged into their next deadly scheme, he faces two choices—do what they want and live as their captive, or save Earth and die horribly as a result. Either way, he loses. Just how much he loses is up to him.

Well, that fortnight sure went fast. Serpents' Souls & Dragons' Hearts released today on all platforms. You can find it at Smashwords , Amazon , DriveThruFiction and via Draft2Digital distribution. It's a science fiction short story set on the world of the lizardine, some time after the events in The Reptiles' Blade. Mankind has legends of intelligent serpents, dragons and vampires in almost every culture, and now mankind is out amongst the stars. When an emergent psi of lizardine-human descent dreams of a many-legged threat and serpents walking the skies, mankind might just have a chance to discover those legends made real.