CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us from shapeshifters on the moon to a distant world where creatures come through interdimensional rifts to slaughter. Welcome to Fate in the Sun. On Canon V, the colonists live underground—those that can, anyway. Those that are born unable, I help guide to the surface, and then I try to warn them of the creatures that come from beyond the rifts. Some listen. Most run away screaming. With the creatures coming more often, now, the last thing any of us expected was for corporate intervention. Now, we just have to work out if they’re offering a deal worth taking, or if we’d be better off in the caves. Fate in the Sun is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/4DoZee . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?  

This week’s short story takes us from a near-future apocalypse , and back to the moon, where one shapeshifter must help another. Welcome to Earth & Lunar Dreaming. When werewolf, Chitin’s, nightly solitude is interrupted by a small child seeking his help, he does not suspect that her plea will touch his dreams for the world of his ancestors. He is determined to refuse her, but she is just as determined to gain his protection, and leaves him little choice but to help—at least at the start. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earth & Lunar Dreaming is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/bxgvZe . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?

This week’s short story takes us from a far-flung future of human exploration and alien encounters to one of quiet apocalypse. Welcome to Ducky. Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ducky is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/mda0d4 . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?  

This week’s short story takes us from a ghostly fantasy to a rough-and-tumble future on the outskirts of mankind’s latest world—and not everything is going as planned. Welcome to Dreams of the Serpent. When the contract’s done, and you’re fleeing for your life, the company’s supposed to be on your side, right? Am I right? So, you tell me what happens when the company understands the contract wrong, and you get stuck somewhere you really don’t wanta be. You tell me how I’m gonna make it back to the stars. Dreams of the Serpent is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/m2okar . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?