CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I came around to a stranger’s touch. And familiar faces I didn’t remember. Memories surfaced slowly, but would they return in time to save the mission? Or our lives? And what about those we’re sworn to protect? Only time will tell, and we have no time. With events coming to a head, we have to roll out…and be prepared to defeat the traitor in our midst, as we bring our investigation to a close. Can we do it before they strike again? Well, there’s only way to find out, isn’t there? Memory's Return is another story from the Paranormal Operations Squad, this time told by Oni, an officer who comes to with no memory of what happened or who she used to work with. This quickly changes, however, and things get more complicated from there. For instance, there's this operation they need to close, and not a lot of time to close it in...and then there's the paperwork, and a traitor in their midst. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, urban fantasy sho...

 Curiosity kills more than cats, and when you're not much taller than a pencil, you need to take more care then most. Road Trip is the story of how one fairy's curiosity takes her into the seamy underside of a human world trying to adapt to the complications of being rejoined to the Otherworld - and the crimes that come with it. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/4E8O5l .

Road Trip , April's second stand-alone urban-fantasy short story is now available on pre-order. This time, instead of colony ships and science fiction, Road Trip takes us to the crime-ridden corners of a world where What's It About? In Road Trip , when a curious fairy senses a truckload of distress and goes to investigate, she finds herself in more trouble than she could have imagined. This story is built around a curious fairy, discovering a terrified cargo hidden in a truck, an illegal auction, a troll, and desperate measures. When Mélange sneaks aboard a long-distance hauler to look for those in despair, she finds herself taken far from home, to the sinister side of humanity’s contact with the Otherworld. Faced with unfamiliar technology too big for a fairy to operate, and hunted by a troll, can she stay alive long enough for Paranormal Operations Squad to arrive and save her?   How Does it Start? Mélange watched the lorry pull up at the rest-stop. It was like a hundre...