CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a science fiction poem about rescuing people from a crashed starship to a science fiction acrostic about solar starships. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Dragonships Ahoy D ancing on the winds of space, R eeling and spinning on the breath of stars, A live with the ever-blowing solar breeze, G yrating through the solar system, from Pluto through to Mars, O ur dragons find their way, on wings of finest steel N o one said the star dragons, were ever creatures real, S o we built them, to catch the solar flares, H arness the power of a mighty sun, and then I nto the very farthest depths of our universe to run, P erhaps we should have made better star drives, S o that we had more control, but the dragons fly forever, A nd shine brightly in t...

This week’s short story takes us from banshees in space to a science fiction story involving the discovery of a new threat, and new defenders for the universe. Welcome to Serpents' Souls & Dragons' Hearts . Mankind has legends of intelligent serpents, dragons and vampires in almost every culture, and now mankind is out amongst the stars. When an emergent psi of lizardine-human descent dreams of a many-legged threat and serpents walking the skies, mankind might just have a chance to discover those legends made real. Serpents' Souls & Dragons' Hearts is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/3nOqYB . 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?  

LAST WEEK, Tiger revealed he was in the middle of a secret move. This week, Simone shows she's arrived at his lab to find him completely gone. Chapter 13 Excerpt – Where are You, Tiger? Tiger? Tiger, where are you? I visited your lab, today. It’s even more impressive in real life than it looks like in the pictures in your head—except that it was empty, and clean, and there was no-one in it. And you were nowhere in sight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the last chapter in the last book of the series has been posted, at which point this series will be taken down, and a new series serialised on site. books2read.com/u/4Awrze books2read.com/u/mgrxdR ...

This week’s verse moves from  an urban fantasy verse about trolls and fairies to a science fiction poem about rescuing survivors from a crashed starship. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   The Brastineek Survivors Through the skies with engines racing, came the cruiser, cannons blazing, firing even as it died, falling, starlike, through burning skies. Dying like an ember flaring, flaring brighter than the sunset’s glow, falling like a star from Heaven, fighting even as it dies, with only us to see it falling, only us to hear it cry, watching as it passes by. We watched its back trail, barely breathing, hoping none would chase it down, and, in relief, we watched it, breathing as we saw it barely level out. Knowing there would be survivors, hoping we could reach them soon,...

This week’s short story takes us from a science fiction crime-fighting adventure to banshees in space. Welcome to Screams for the Dying . People die, when I scream. They were going to die anyway, and their deaths cannot be averted. It makes me afraid to make friends. It makes me happy to work alone. even when I’m part of a team. We are the elite, bounty hunters and protectors, on permanent assignment. And there are times when I get to save a life, and prevent a death, instead of just announcing tragedy. For the child’s sake, I hope this is one of them. Screams for the Dying is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Screams-Dying-C-M-Simpson-ebook/dp/B009C048XO/ . 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?

LAST WEEK, Simone told Tiger she was going home. This week, Tiger says he's looking forward to seeing her, again, but he's in the middle of a secret move. Chapter 12 Excerpt – Secrets Hi Simone, I am so glad you are coming home. I’ve been wanting to see you for what seems forever. I’m glad you’re coming back. Believe it or not, but I haven’t had any more time to look into the FedExplore records. That’s because there’s another project that’s come up that has even higher priority. I know, right? How can anything be more important than what I was doing? Well, this new project is, and I wish I could tell you about it, but I can’t. As soon as I’m allowed to, I will. Maybe when we meet… I’m sorry, but right now we’re getting to move the lab, and I don’t have a lot of time. We need to have everything ready for the next ship out. I really hope they put you in the same complex as me. It won’t be Moon Base 49, but it should be an orbital. -----------...