CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

A car crash. A cliff face. And a swarm of overexcited pixies. Given a choice between a very long drop and the very thing I’d fled didn’t make things any better. How in either of our two worlds was I going to navigate this one? More importantly, how was I going to get out of this tree before it let go of the cliff? Reluctant Liaison is another story from the Paranormal Operations Squad in the Pixie-Dust setting. This is the story of one of an instance where the cultural clash between our world and the world beyond requires a sacrifice not usually considered part of any officer's duty, but one which is necessary, nevertheless. You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, science-fiction, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/4NV0Vx , or read an earlier version in Pixie-Dust Dreaming , a collection of urban-fantasy short and flash fiction, and poetry.  

A crashed aircraft, an escaped prisoner, and a dryad grove imperiled. It’s only when the trolls and unicorns pitch in that Schaeffer and the elves realize their days really could get worse. Can they get their escapee back in time to escape with their own lives intact? A Matter of Justice is another story from the Paranormal Operations Squad, involving two officers on a prisoner escort duty gone terribly wrong. Now they must retrieve their prisoner, and avert another major disaster, but can they survive the hazards that find them along the way? You can find links to this newly released, stand-alone, urban fantasy short story on this Books2Read page : https://books2read.com/u/m2adrO or read an earlier version in the collection, Pixie-Dust Dreaming .  

 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...

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...

Pixies, trolls and urban policing, things got interesting when the Otherworld renewed its connection to ours. A new suite of crimes sprang into existence overnight…and a new breed of officer had to be found to combat them. This volume brings together all the stories, so far published, of the officers in the Paranormal Operations Squad…and the world in which they strive to maintain the peace. Here's the thirtieth entry in this month's release of Pixie Dust Dreaming, the 7th collection in my Collections series, which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/mY6xvP . The Pixies of Hallowbranch Hill Written on March 2, 2014, this piece first appeared as 365 Days of Flash Fiction , and explores more of the moral questions to be found in the pixie dust world.   I saw the pixies dancing on Hallowbranch Hill. It made sense; the hill resembled the mounds back in what was called ‘The Old Country’. There was probably a door to the Oth...