CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Assassin, Not is a tale of choices and sacrifice, set in a fantasy kingdom. Blade is a young man, born of a long line of assassins. Placed in training at a young age, he has no choice but to take on the trade of his father, and his grandfather before him… or does he? When Blade is assigned an assassination he does not really want to complete, he believes he has no choice. Deciding if he finds something else to be, before his dagger falls, he prepares to take down the youngest Lord Forester in the city. When a second assassin appears, and options unfold, Blade must step lightly and with speed. With a disgruntled patron on his heels, the only question is can he move quickly enough to stay one step ahead of his own? Assassin, Not is a fantasy tale set in a land of magic and intrigue. It is currently available from Smashwords and will soon be available from Amazon Kindle, Nook, the iTunes bookstore, and Kobobooks.

Esmeralda and the Breeze is the third short story to be found in An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. Esmeralda and the Breeze: is a short story in the magic realism genre centered around a young woman finding her place in a world that largely rejects her.  Esmeralda and the Breeze is available as part of An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us , and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook. First Page: Esmeralda and the Breeze Esmeralda sat upon the front step of her veranda. She sat and looked over her front garden, across the white-washed palings of her fence and past the pond on the village green. She sat and stared at the forest beyond. Her mother and father were worried about the way their young daughter sat and stared, for Esmeralda would stare at the forest for at least two hours each morning. She would sit and stare as the other children passed by the house o...

Okay, it was a very long week, and I had the flu for most of it, so not much to report this week. Publishing Tasks The following publishing tasks were completed this week: Purchased photography and created cover for Corporate Loyalty . Formatted and uploaded Corporate Loyalty to Smashwords Formatted and uploaded Corporate Loyalty to Amazon Kindle Created 3 blog posts for C.M. SimpsonPublishing Created 5 blog posts for this blog Craft Development Attended one day of the Eyes of Skyreach convention run by the Pathfinder Society Canberra . Had an absolute blast. Thank you, Ben and Laurel, for organising it. Thank you, Michael, long-suffering DM. And thank you, Peter, Caitlin, Ben, SJ, James (?) and Ben, fellow Pathfinders, all. Apologies for any name mishaps with this post. New Arrivals: The following ideas arrived this week. Heaven knows when I’m ever going to catch up: Picturebook12: about a goanna RPGSupplements11A-13A: about beholders YANovel11A: a...

Corporate Loyalty i s an short pseudo-science adventure a la the 1950’s. Its science is unlikely; its people and their motivations are not. When a leading ‘bug’ researcher is returned to normal size early, he discovers the science which alters his size has a flaw. Can his best friend help him out of the trouble he’s in? Corporate Loyalty is one of the short stories that will be incorporated into An Anthology of Pseudo-Science. It is currently available as a stand-alone short story, and can be found at Smashwords . It will shortly be available from Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iTunes .

Corporate Loyalty is a short story of pseudo-science fiction a la the 1950s. It has bugs… and shrinking stuffs … and bugs. And did I mention that there’s a praying mantis in there as well? Also, a glimpse of corporate politics. And it’s coming soon.

  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.   Fi rst Chapter: The temple deeps were cool and quiet. Tara stalked them, hiding from the light cast by f...