CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Today's flash fiction is exactly 100-words long...and about werewolves. Werewolf’s Pact Tyler had always wanted to be a hunter, but couldn’t pull the trigger. He’d dropped the rifle, the trap’s steel jaws were tightening…and he hadn’t been able to pull the trigger even when he’d held the rifle. His prey wasted came immediately to help, despite what he’d been sent to do. “Why…” he began. “Why did you not?” she asked, freeing him. “It wasn’t right.” “But your father…’ “Is mistaken.” He looked at the gathered wolves in human form. “We’ll leave.” “Or you can stay and live as allies.” “We’ll stay as allies,” his father agreed, stepping from the shadows.    

This week’s short story takes us from the fantasy world of Tallameera and what happens when a world's deities take an active interest in their world to a tale of elves, dragons, bloodlines, and dragon pacts. Welcome to Gulvane & the Dragon . Preparing for a new era in his life, the wizard Gulvane walks the corridors of his mind, remembering the eras locked behind three doors. Forester, Fighter, Assassin. Behind each door lie the memories and skills of who and what he used to be, inaccessible, unless he chose to return to the professions he had left. Uncertain of where his life will lead him, or of what he will become, Gulvane wakes to find a dragon standing over his bed. Now, what would a creature such as that want with an elf like himself? Gulvane & the Dragon is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Gulvane-Dragon-Tales-Tzamesch-Simpson-ebook/dp/B00D18OLJO/ . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's la...