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This is also the last year I will be including unpublished work in the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.
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?
