CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

The Poem  Urban Rebellion  It started, this war of attrition, when the dark fae came back with a mission, To return the children of man To slavery's van And mankind refused the position   Where Did It Come From?  I got to thinking of form poetry; that's not hard since I have a form poetry title in progress, but this time I wanted to think about it from the perspective of writing in specific genres...and no sooner had I set my mind on this track, than the following ditty started to form...in the shower...where I had no pen or paper...half way through soaping up...of course. So, I wrote it in my head, revised it a couple of times, and somehow managed to hold onto it until I could back to my desk. Here you go, a limerick, written by an inhabitant of an urban fantasy setting who has lived through the return of magic and the fae, and who is living through what came next.

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 ...

  A murdered lover…loved by all. A creature neither vamp, nor were. Can I catch Nicola’s murderer before he kills again? And what price will I pay to do just that? Shadow Life is the final release for November 2024, and is now available for pre-order. Releasing in two day's time, this dark urban-fantasy short story follows a hunter's investigations into their lover's murder, and the lengths to which they're willing to go in order to solve it. You can find Shadow Life available at a number of locations, listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/47qPaR OR You can find it as part of A Collection of Death and the Undead , a collection of short fiction and poetry found at one of the locations listed at this Books2Read link : https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg OR You can access it as part of the Wanderers and above subscriptions on my ReamStories page , here: https://reamstories.com/cmsimpsonwriter  

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 .