CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

And speaking of getting back on the horse, I'm returning to posting work samples from different projects. This is one of last week's poems - an experimental form with an iambic pentameter base.         We Remain    We are the lost The untransitioned The ones they left behind   We are those who lived When all else died   Or were transformed Removed from human Made monsters of the mind   We are those who made it through We wish to turn back time   To turn back time To what things once were An imperfected norm   Not safe but still a sanctuary Compared to where we now have gone   In this plague world Where the dead walk Still alive and not at rest   We strive to send them back to sleep And rebuild what they have left.  

Following last week's Wild Wednesday sale, my publisher has decided to include the 8-Book Magic Below Paris in its Fan Pricing sale this week. You can find it, and the other books listed below at the following links. Here's to hoping you'll find something to enjoy inside in the warm while the weather does its thing outside: Diplomat's Apprentice: https://books2read.com/FB-Diplomats-Apprentice Magic Below Paris Complete Series Boxed Set: https://books2read.com/FB-Magic-Below-Paris-complete

Another Wild Wednesday is upon us, and by the looks of it many of us are dealing with cold and snow...or rain and hail, depending on where in the world you are. Luckily, I'm inside, nice and warm and just watching the weather go by, SO, if you're looking for books to read inside where it's warm and dry, check these out. You never know. If you've already read the Magic Below Paris series (8-book boxed set available for 99c, today, only), you just might find your next favorite author. (I see one of my other favorite series, here - Dark Landing , by Scott Moon and Craig Martelle). Titles in this sale (until midnight January 10, 2024, ET) include: Magic Below Paris Complete Series Boxed Set (Books 1-8): https://books2read.com/u/4N761G Quest: https://books2read.com/u/bajAP2 Darklanding 1-3 Omnibus: https://books2read.com/u/mdqD8E The Blood Witch Saga Omnibus Collection (Books 1-8): https://books2read.com/u/bpYW2k Stonecroft Saga Volume One: https://books2read.com/u/mB2ALZ T...

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .   Salutations Ahead of Time   Written on May 18, 2017, for Another 365 Days of Poetry , this piece is a contemplation of zombies, plagues, viruses, hope, and the importance of remembering.     When the plagues came, we sent them to find a cure.   Those of us who are about to die, we salute you.   Below the ground, alone, they failed, they died.   Those of us who are about to rise, we salute you.   They returned, infected by what they’d sought to cure, hungry   Those of you who are about to die, we salute you.   Immunities arose in time.   Those of you in a world recovering from a long-forgotten war, who still remember why.   We salute you.     Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Desi...

The resource hunt in Portia can be...challenging...

Yay! Ducky is now up at Smashwords and available in multiple formats :-) Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for? A post-apocalyptic short story of a ghostly girl, a pandemic and regret, told from three viewpoints.  

Traveler is a teen post-apocalyptic paranormal urban tale about a girl who survives a war and the loss of her family. When she ends up alone, she sets out to find the one family member whose fate she doesn’t know. On the way, she encounters cannibals and a mysterious boy. And from there, things get distinctly weird. Traveler is the first book in the Traveler’s Tales series. Traveler knows she must cross the Rubble by dusk. At dusk, the cannibals come out, and they will want payment. She doesn’t count on the gang living on the other side of the Rubble to deny her passage until evening arrives. And she doesn’t count on being the prize in a turf war between the two groups. When a boy who seems to be made of mist helps her escape, she refuses to believe she is finally safe. The city is full of danger. Traveler knows she hasn’t found them all. Traveler is about embarking on a journey, and overcoming anything that might stand in the way—even if that means having the coura...