CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Nothing is the Second short story to be found in An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. Nothing is a science fiction tale in which humans and shapeshifters find themselves locked in a battle for supremacy after a colony ship crashes. Nothing is available as part of AnAnthology of Those Who Walk Among Us, and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook. First Page: Nothing   It was dawn on the prairie. The sun rose, red-gold, in a sea of pale blue sky, and was reflected in apricots and peaches on a sea of ice-green grass. The soft morning wind did nothing to ease the winter cold from the air. Jerome watched the sun, and the prairie waking slowly beneath it. The colors of land softened the brown in his eyes, tainting it first with emerald, then with gold. He would have been horrified had he known. He had been a technician in the starship’s engine room, but now he was a soldier. ...

Danzer is a VR combat star. Unfortunately, somebody wants him dead. Is it a private vendetta from someone he’s defeated, a disgruntled fan, or someone else entirely. Whoever they are, their poetry stinks, but its meaning is clear. Security personnel for the VR games insist on overseeing the match between him and his most dangerous opponent, but no one knows if it will be enough. Will Security succeed in their intervention, or will their efforts result in more than Danzer losing their lives? A Battle of Minds is a speculative science fiction short story about what the world of virtual gaming might be like. It is available from Smashwords , Kobo, Kindle, Amazon, Nook and Kobo. It will one day be incorporated into An Anthology of Minds . Fi rst Page: A Battle of Minds The words stood out, stark and black, against the thick white paper, but Danzer didn’t notice the quality of the page, only the words… and the threat inherent within them. The twist and grap...

Shadow Life is the first short story to be found in An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. Jalaya is a story of family, long-standing love and of sacrifices made for the sake of community, duty and loyalty. It is a story of heroes, fire-fights, wits and courage. And it is the story of a last battle in a ten-year war. Shadow Life is available as part of A nAnthology of Those Who Walk Among Us , and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook. Fir st Page: Shadow Life I took a short cut down the alley. The moon was full, the night was late and I was alone. None of these things worried me. There were things in the night and in being alone that would have made me tremble with fear had I not known them so intimately. Things that still gave me shivers in spite of, and because of, my knowing them so well. My lover waited for me in the alley but, by the time I reached where she was ...

I know, it’s half February, half March, but, if the Saturday falls on March, it’s a March Week. So, what did I get up to, this week? Take a look: Tier 1: DarkFantasy1B—Shadow Trap: To be released under C.M. Simpson. Next round of edits completed. Backburner Tasks: Some of these were put on the backburner or not prioritised when they were created. The following was added, but not prioritised: Collection1: collated, edited and pre-formatted. Given a June 30, 2013 release date. Not really a backburner task, but almost complete. Requires a cover and final formatting prior being released. Publishing Tasks: The following publishing tasks were completed this week: Formatted and uploaded Shadow Trap to Smashwords Formatted and uploaded Shadow Trap to Amazon Kindle Formatted Shadow Trap for Kobo F ormatted Shadow Trap for DriveThruFiction Formatted and uploaded Shadow Trap to CreateSpace in both small and large print versions. Updated Shadow Trap to Li...

Released three months earlier than anticipated.   Shadow Trap is the second novel in the Shadow series trilogy . The series started with Shadow’s Rise , which was released on January 1, 2013, Australian Eastern Standard Time, and will be completed by the forthcoming Shadow’s Fall . Exchanged by the gods, so he can better suit their purpose, thargramorg priest Gilzereet Urkhrist must now travel to the distant realm of Thargood in order to discover the Old One’s prison and prevent his escape. Accompanied by Vorgren, Tara, Ailina and four apprentices, he flees the temple of his new god as the current pantheon faces down Beauwallin’s most savage attack yet. With the Old One gathering power more quickly than before, will the support of the gods be sufficient to give them a chance to contain him? Shadow Trap is currently available from Smashwords , Kobo, Kindle , DriveThruFiction, iTunes , and Nook.

Carlie Simonsen's Legacy of Dreams is a teen to young adult story about how Tanya learns to cope with losing her ability to walk, the withdrawal of her best friend, the disappearance of her boyfriend, and her ability to do the sport she loves. Faced with the chance of losing her beloved horse as well, Tanya has to come up with a plan that will somehow let her salvage something of the life she used to have, and the dreams she was making reality. Legacy of Dreams is a tale of learning to live again. Tanya knows her parents have been tip-toeing around the problem of keeping a horse she can no longer ride, and whose very name makes her burst into tears. Tanya has only just discovered something that might help things, when she is faced with having to face losing her horse, Copper, altogether. The only question is, whether the family budget can stretch that far. Must she lose the only link left to the life she used to have? The non-illustrated version of Legacy of Dreams ...

Carlie Simonsen's Dear Tiger is a young adult science fiction story told in a series of letters written by Simone Michaels. Simone’s parents are exploring another planet and she’s stuck in boarding school when things go terribly wrong.  “Dear Tiger, this has been the best day ever… but I lie.” Simone Michaels is in trouble, but she doesn’t know how deep. Her letters to old friend, Tiger, reveal that her parents are missing, and that she is afraid she’ll go missing, too. When her parents’ employer takes her in, and takes care of her education and living arrangements, she is drawn more deeply into the mystery. Simone keeps her secrets as best she can, including the secret of the mysterious box her parents sent before they disappear, but she is just as afraid of opening it, as she is of the company discovering its existence. Does it contain the only clue to what really happened to her parents, or does it contain her doom? Dear Tiger is the first book in the L...