CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I know it's been a while since I posted a snippet from the current Strays of Lunar One novel. Those will be returning as soon as I clear the current backlog. In the meantime, here's the most recent piece of flash fiction I wrote for Another 365 Days of Flash Fiction . It revisits Tallie and Chitin from the short story Earth & Lunar Dreaming , but occurs a little after the time they met Oliver from The Unwilling .  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cat Nip and Star Anise   “Now, this is the way to spend a day off,” Chitin declared, flopping onto his back in the carefully tended lawn. The view above was one of which he never tired. Earth. The world of his ancestors hung above him, still mostly red and brown, still sick from the wars that had been waged and the lack of care humanity’s forebears had shown, but it had survived. “For you maybe!” his daughter snarled, her green-bl...