CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

The first release for 2025 is imminent...and currently available on pre-order. Memory's Vampire is a stand-alone short story that can also be found in the Collection of Death and the Undead . Memory's Vampire will release a stand-alone e-story on January 16, 2025. What's it About? Memory's Vampire is an urban-fantasy, supernatural, horror short story involving a vampire hunter whose hunt just turned complicated. In her words: Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive.     How Does it Start? They say it is an extinct race, a cabal of creatures that do not exist, if they ever did. Mythical is one word, legendary another, but I prefer the term ‘nightmares.’ For they exist; I have seen them. I see them every night, when I am supposed to be asleep. I hunt ...

Death Comes in Bone is the second short story release for December 2024, and it's now available on pre-order. Releasing on December 12, 2024, this dark fantasy short story is a tale of betrayal, vengeance, and a brother's promise. What's it About? Death Comes in Bone is a dark fantasy short story concerning a n undead prince bound to life by an oath. A treacherous best friend suborned by a succubus. And a sister in peril. Can Tanag rescue his sister from Arrin’s clutches before the rage of undeath overtakes him? How Does it Start? Tanag woke as light broke into his resting place. He didn’t know how long he’d been dead, only that he’d been murdered and was still angry about it. His best friend had betrayed him, had chosen his family’s ambitions over loyalty and friendship, after all. Tanag had made a serious misjudgment of character, and he worried that it had cost his family their lives. Careful, lest he should be destroyed before he’d woken, Tanag lay still. His ...