NEW RELEASE: Earth and Lunar Dreaming by C.M. Simpson

Earth and Lunar Dreaming, C.M. Simpson's science fiction short story about werewolves on the moon, is now available for sale from Smashwords and Amazon-Kindle, and will shortly be available from OmniLit, Kobo, and DriveThruFiction.

When werewolf, Chitin’s, nightly solitude is interrupted by a small child seeking his help, he does not suspect that her plea will touch his dreams for the world of his ancestors. He is determined to refuse her, but she is just as determined to gain his protection, and leaves him little choice but to help—at least at the start.

Earth and Lunar Dreaming is set in the same universe as the poems, In Memory of Hummingbirds, and The Halls of the Moon.

NEW RELEASE: Tischa's Rescue by C.M. Simpson

Tischa's Rescue by C.M. Simpson has now been released across the following platforms: Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, DriveThruFiction, and OmniLit.

When planet-colonist, Joaquin, takes his daughter, Ry, into the autumn forest to show her the danger lurking amongst the trees, he does not expect to end the day fleeing for his life, nor does he think he can discover more about the spider-like orsovite, or what happened to his wife, one short year ago, but autumn is a time when the leaves fall, and secrets are uncovered.

NEW COVER and Pre-Order: The Taletellers' Slumber by C.M. Simpson

In a return to space-opera-style science fiction, we are pleased to announce the new cover for C.M. Simpson's science fictiion short story, The Taletellers' Slumber. The Taletellers' Slumber will be released on November 18, 2016, and is currently available for pre-order from Smashwords.

When Grey, the colony’s Head Botanist, disappears, Kiralee worries. When he has not returned after five months, she goes looking for him, for Grey is more than chief botanist, Grey is a storyteller at heart, a believer in the importance of the tale—and so was every single one of those who disappeared before him. Can Kiralee discover where they went, before the stories are lost forever?

The Taleteller's Slumber is now available for pre-order from Smashwords, in all Smashwords formats.

Pre-Order Available for Rendezvous at Raptor's Rest by C.M. Simpson

Continuing our break from science fiction of the space opera kind, we are pleased to announce that C.M. Simpson's novella-length steampunk short story, Rendezvous at Raptor's Rest, is now available for pre-order from Smashwords.

When his flying ship, the Red Horizon, was shot down, Tescher told no-one he had a woman on board. Three years later, he returns to the ship wreck and finds Marianna not only survived the crash, but left him a message. She found what she was looking for aboard his ship, and she’ll wait for him at the Raptor’s Rest, but once a year—tonight. Tight flying will get him there in time, but it will take more for him to navigate clear of the underworld predators circling the criminal shores on which Marianna has landed.

 

Rendezvous at Raptor’s Rest is set in the steampunk world of 1840’s Australia, complete with flying ships, landed gentry, velociraptors and those who take their tinkering with the ether just a little too far.
 
Rendezvous at Raptor's Rest is now available for pre-order from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.

NEW COVER and Pre-Order: Seppelitus by C.M. Simpson

Taking a break from science fiction, we present the new cover for Seppelitus, C.M. Simpson's tale of dark fantasy. Seppelitus will be released in time for Halloween on October 30, 2016, and is available for pre-order from Smashwords.

Being a bodyguard isn’t easy, not even when you’re the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous, lecherous spoilt son of wealth and privilege, who betrays you for a pretty girl. Transported to the far north, Seppelitus must extricate himself from a deal between gargoyles, ogres and a demon lord, and then work out what he’s going to do about the dragon.

Seppelitus is now available for pre-order from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.

NEW COVER and Pre-Order: Melerom Leads the Dance by C.M. Simpson

C.M. Simpson's latest science fiction short story, Melerom Leads the Dance, now has a cover and is available for pre-order from Smashwords. This story builds on the events of Miss Delight's Mistake, but can be read as a stand-alone.

When Melerom escapes the aftermath of his people’s massacre of the humans on Jehornak, he sets himself up as a wealthy wanderer on the Odyssey luxury liners, and acquires the one thing every gentleman needs—a valet—but when his valet begins showing unusually perceptive spurts of initiative, Melerom realises the man is not everything he seems. The only question is, can the man be trusted to help him survive multi-billionaire, Frederico Coleman’s, next party, or betray him?

Melerom Leads the Dance is currently available for pre-order from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.

Available for Smashwords Pre-Order: Miss Delight's Mistake

C.M. Simpson's science fiction short story, Miss Delight's Mistake, is now available for pre-order from Smashwords.

People are disappearing on the close archaeological world of Jehornak, including an Odyssey operative’s sister, but that’s not why he’s there. It seems other people have gone missing, too, people with relatives rich enough to pay Odyssey to discover exactly what is happening in the mysterious cavern known as The Ballroom. However, when things go south on the mission, can Agent Delight keep her reputation, and make sure her operative comes out alive?

Miss Delight's Mistake is now available for pre-order from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.

Available for Pre-Order: Lord of the Vortex by C.M. Simpson

C.M. Simpson's science fiction short story, Lord of the Vortex, is now available for pre-order from Smashwords. It will be released on September 23, 2016.

Vortex travel—you don’t ask, and I won’t screw up the explanation; closest thing I can get to it is that I pilot a transdimensional skipping stone through the edge of a vortex from one point in space to another, and it gets you where you want to be. Well, most of the time. Just not this time. This time, we’re crashing, and I don’t know where we are.

Lord of the Vortex is now available for pre-order from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.

NEW COVER and Pre-Order Available: In Service to the Pinnacle

We have a new cover for In Service to the Pinnacle, a science fiction short story by C.M. Simpson. This title releases on September 9, 2016 and is currently available for pre-order from Smashwords.

Jamie has two names, and a whole bunch of secrets that she keeps from everyone, including her employer, Odyssey—which is no mean feat, given what that company does—but, when a mission takes her to Askreya, she has to deal with an old dilemma, an old foe, and something entirely new, and her secrets begin to come to light. Can she finish her mission, without everything being revealed?

In Service to the Pinnacle is a science fiction short story set in the world Odyssey and Miss Delight.

In Service to the Pinnacle is now available for preorder from Smashwords in all Smashwords formats.