Thursday, December 31, 2015

Release Schedule - January 2016

The following titles will be released in January 2016:

January 2, 2016

C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014, Vol. 1: The Real World, Romance, Horror and Speculation























Last year’s anthology consisted only of the short stories and poems worked on, created re-written or published in 2013. This year’s anthology consists of all the short stories and poems that I created, or discovered in my files and rewrote in 2014, including the pieces from 365 Days of Flash Fiction and 365 Days of Poetry that have already been included in Volumes 1 and 2 of last year’s collections. The tales and poems are taken from completed anthologies, and anthologies to come, from my blog, and from my notebooks. Most are published, either individually or in a collection, but some are scheduled for release at some time in the future. I have also included one short story written under the pen name, Madeleine Torr.

This year’s anthology is three volumes long, and has been roughly divided by the genres of the stories, poems and pieces of flash fiction that each contains. Once again, the pieces are arranged in dative order. This volume is focussed on mostly speculative pieces touched by darkness, with a single piece of romance from my alter-ego.

This is also the last year I will be including unpublished work in the annual collection of short work. The 2017 releases will only have work that was released in the years the collection covers—or work released previously that could not be included in another collection due to contract restrictions.

A Warning: These pieces might not be what you’ve come to expect from reading my longer works, as my short pieces form the playground I use to explore ways of putting words on paper to create different effects, or to investigate new concepts and ideas. These pieces might not share the same tone, register, genre or flavour as some of my other work, but I hope you enjoy them, all the same.

January 16, 2016

Rocky and the Great Teddybear Rescue





















Rocky wakes up from stasis, and realises he’s nearly home, but he hasn’t been awake for five minutes when things start to go wrong. His little sister’s teddybear is missing, and it’s not the only thing. A cat has gone missing from the animals’ deck. And then his sister goes missing, too. Can Rocky find her, and maybe Teddy and the cat, before the ship arrives and all three are lost forever?

Rocky and the Great Teddybear Rescue is the third book in the Otherworld Adventures series, which is set on Rocky’s journey to the new world, where his parents will farm alongside the aliens who have asked them to help.

Titles Released in 2015

The following titles were released in 2015.

New Releases - January

Most platforms


Mass Market Print-on-Demand
Large Print-on-Demand

















Kindle-Amazon version

Releases to New Platforms - January

Mass Market Print-on-Demand


Large Print-on-Demand
Mass Market Print-on-Demand



















New Releases - April

Most Platforms

Normal Print-on-Demand
Large Print-on-Demand



















E-book cover

Releases to New Platforms - April

OmniLit Version
OmniLit Version
Mass Market Print-on-Demand




















New Releases - July

Most Platforms
Large Print-on-Demand
Mass Market Print-on-Demand



















New Releases August 2015:

EBook cover
Releases to a New Platform - October 2015

Draft2Digital EBook Cover
 

New Releases - December 2015

Paperback Print-on-Demand
 
All Platforms E-Book













































Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Titles Released in Fourth Quarter 2015

There was only one title released in the fourth quarter of 2015: Rocky and the Spacefarers' Christmas by Carlie Simonsen.




Rocky is on a starship to another world, and it’s boring. He misses Earth. He misses his farm. He misses his pony. Worst of all, it looks like he’s going to miss Christmas, too. And then he meets Elita, an alien girl missing her own end-of-year celebration—Hajranath. The two of them get to talking, and decide that a party is just what everybody needs, but how are they ever going to convince the grown-ups?


Rocky and the Spacefarers’ Christmas is the second book in the Otherworld Adventures series, which is set on Rocky’s journey to the new world where his parents will farm alongside the aliens.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

NEW COVER: C.M. Simpson: Short Work from 2014, Vol. 1 – The Real World, Romance, Horror and Speculation



The cover for C.M. Simpson’s January 2016 release has been approved – and here it is:

Short Work Volume 1 - ebook cover

Short Work Volume 1 - Large print PoD cover
Short Work Volume 1 - Mass market PoD cover




















Last year’s anthology consisted only of the short stories and poems worked on, created re-written or published in 2013. This year’s anthology consists of all the short stories and poems that I created, or discovered in my files and rewrote in 2014, including the pieces from 365 Days of Flash Fiction and 365 Days of Poetry that have already been included in Volumes 1 and 2 of last year’s collections. The tales and poems are taken from completed anthologies, and anthologies to come, from my blog, and from my notebooks. Most are published, either individually or in a collection, but some are scheduled for release at some time in the future. I have also included one short story written under the pen name, Madeleine Torr.

This year’s anthology is three volumes long, and has been roughly divided by the genres of the stories, poems and pieces of flash fiction that each contains. Once again, the pieces are arranged in dative order. This volume is focussed on mostly speculative pieces touched by darkness, with a single piece of romance from my alter-ego.

This is also the last year I will be including unpublished work in the annual collection of short work. The 2017 releases will only have work that was released in the years the collection covers—or work released previously that could not be included in another collection due to contract restrictions.

A Warning: These pieces might not be what you’ve come to expect from reading my longer works, as my short pieces form the playground I use to explore ways of putting words on paper to create different effects, or to investigate new concepts and ideas. These pieces might not share the same tone, register, genre or flavour as some of my other work, but I hope you enjoy them, all the same.