JANUARY 2017
6th - ROAD TRIP
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| Ebook cover for Road Trip |
When Melange feels the pull of utter dread
emanating from a road train parked at a rest stop near her home, she
investigates. She had no intention of being trapped in the cab on the driver’s
unexpected return, nor of being stuck in the truck when he is murdered during
the first delivery. But she can’t stay there. She’s discovered the prisoners
that were the source of the dread, and the trolls are coming to take them away.
With time running short, she must find a way to avoid capture, and summon help,
and that means getting past the troll and humans standing guard.
20th - MEN OF SAND AND LIGHT
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| Ebook cover for Men of Sand and Light |
It was meant to be a surprise for Allan’s
farewell, but the only person who got surprised was me. And the only farewell I
was lookin’ at was my own, which just shows it’s never a good idea to look too
closely at your heroes—even when you’re asked to, because now I’m gonna need a
little help. and I don’t know if it’ll come in time.
FEBRUARY 2017
3rd - WHITE PINNACLE
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| Ebook cover for White Pinnacle |
I grew up with the White Pinnacle always on my
horizon. It was the first thing I saw in the morning and the last thing I saw
at night. Was it connected to me not being allowed to go to sea like the rest
of my siblings, and why my father refused to tell me why? The night my sister’s
ship capsized, was a night of revelations, but the price… my sister… Was it
something I was strong enough to bear?
17th - BANQUET AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN
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| Ebook cover for Banquet at Magic Mountain |
I hate camp. Every year yada yada yada. The only
bright point is Luka, the Wild Man of Camp Mellinjo, an orphan and a stray
grown up. When he bolts out of camp with the ook on his tail, I take off to see
if I can save him, yet again—and that’s when I discover Camp Melinjo isn’t what
it seems, and neither is Luka. But seriously, guys, would my parents really
sell me out?
MARCH 2017
3rd - THE MEDUSA'S STARMAN
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| Ebook cover for The Medusa's Starman |
When the battlespike Oliver is flying is hit as he seeks shelter in the warp, life as he knows it ends. On the other side of the warp waits a new world, a new life, and whole new set of dangers, and Oliver is going to have to pick things up fast, if he is to survive. Will the lady from the caves be his salvation, or will she finish what the crash began?
5th - 366 DAYS OF POETRY (EBOOK)
A
poem for every day of the leap year, drawn from the fantastical, the future and
the fallout from real life—and written for dreamers everywhere. These poems
mainly use the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror for inspiration,
although there are a few whose roots are buried deep in the disappointments of
the real. So, if trolls, fairies, dragons, recovering from workplace bullies,
and flying with starships, or dealing with regrets and finding hope—always
finding hope—are your thing, then welcome. Come walk the wanderings of my mind.
I could use some company.
17th - MEMORY'S RETURN |
| Ebook cover for 366 Days of Poetry |
366 poems of fantasy, science fiction, speculation and
social comment, exploring the darkness, the future and the fear.
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| Ebook cover for Memory's Return |
I don’t remember how I got in the alley, at least, not when I first wake up—and I don’t remember the names of these friendly faces making sure I’m okay, but it’s coming back. I just wish it would come back faster, because one of these faces is all kinds of wrong underneath the friendly veneer, with an agenda all their own, and they don’t mind putting my team in danger. If I don’t remember the whos and whats and whys real soon, one, or all, of us is going to end up dead, and who’s going to save the pixies then?
31st - MAGICIAN'S AND THE SILK ROAD
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| Ebook cover for The Magicians and the Silk Road |
Hani is surprised when his wife joins him on the journey to barter for spider silk, moreso when she brings their children. Nothing, however, prepares him for what the children do when they meet the spider queen.
APRIL 2017
7th - BID THE MOON GOODBYE
When Jervis’s son has a melt-down at school, and takes on partial wolf form, it’s just a normal family crisis, but when the nurse warns that anti-Lupine activists have the family’s name on a hit-list, Jervis needs to get them off the moon—and fast. The only question is how—and the only way to find an answer is to find a helpful spacer in the best pizza bar on Lunar One… and then hope there’s a ship with room for three.
20th - SEEKER FROM HIVRALA
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| Ebook cover for The Seeker from Hivrala |
MAY 2017
5th - A MATTER OF JUSTICE
When the plane carrying P.O.S. Officer Schaeffer goes
down, it’s no accident. She and her partner lose the prisoner they’re escorting
to trial, and the local elves nearly lose their lives protecting the unicorns
and a grove of dryads. With the aircraft and its passengers on the ground,
Schaeffer has to secure her prisoner before the woman can create any more
mischief—and with dusk closing, the local unicorns seeking vengeance, and the
trolls beginning to stir it’s not going to be easy.
16th - THIS YEAR'S STAR FISH
Every year the fish come down from the stars, and every year Faulknor hopes they come for him. Well, this year he’s tired of waiting; this year it’s his turn to do the seeking. This year, he’s going to catch himself the fish of his dreams. This year, he’s coming for them… just as soon as he’s finished with the assassin, and the elf with its human and orc sidekicks. Yeah, after that he’s going to find himself a fish.
19th- LUCK AMONG SERVANTS
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| Ebook cover for This Year's Star Fish |
Every year the fish come down from the stars, and every year Faulknor hopes they come for him. Well, this year he’s tired of waiting; this year it’s his turn to do the seeking. This year, he’s going to catch himself the fish of his dreams. This year, he’s coming for them… just as soon as he’s finished with the assassin, and the elf with its human and orc sidekicks. Yeah, after that he’s going to find himself a fish.
19th- LUCK AMONG SERVANTS
I’d always considered myself one of the lucky ones, lucky that the slavers had taken me and left my family, lucky to have found a master as kind as the one I had, just… lucky, so, when my master asked me to ride one of the many-legged spurline on an early morning errand, I considered myself lucky to have the honour. I never thought what it might be like when my luck ran out, and my master wasn’t around to intervene…
JUNE 2017
3rd - THE STARS TO GUIDE
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| Ebook cover for The Stars to Guide |
When the stars told me my father would not return, my life changed—and my mother was not amused.
17th - THIS YEAR'S STARFISH
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| Ebook cover for This Year's Star Fish |
Every year the fish come down from the stars, and every year Faulknor hopes they come for him. Well, this year he’s tired of waiting; this year it’s his turn to do the seeking. This year, he’s going to catch himself the fish of his dreams. This year, he’s coming for them… just as soon as he’s finished with the assassin, and the elf with its human and orc sidekicks. Yeah, after that he’s going to find himself a fish.
31st - JUST A DINOSAUR
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| Ebook cover for Just a Dinosaur |
The legends hinted at some kind of dinosaur. Oliver hoped it was a new species, and he had Nate believing him. Together, they hope to circumvent the prohibitions of intruding on a sacred site, to prove the creature existed—and all without their boss, and Nate’s lover, finding out. What exactly lies behind the legends—and, more importantly, will they be able to reveal it to the world?
JULY 2017
14th - THE YEARS OF VOYAGE
Someone had to go to the old ship—not because the colony was sick, but because the colony was dying, and the reason why was locked inside the transport’s hulk. Someone had to go out to where the ship had crashed, out into the dark, and past the plaguers. I just wished that someone didn’t have to be me.
AUGUST 2017
18th - C.M. SIMPSON: SHORT WORKS FROM 2014, VOL. 3: FANTASY & URBAN FANTASY
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| Ebook cover for Short Work from 2014-Fantasy |
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| Print-on-demand cover for Short Work from 2014-Fantasy |
A collection of flash fiction, short stories, poems and essays where the genres of fantasy and urban fantasy explore depression, fear, facing the unexpected, and working through difficult situations. It is of adapting to a changing world, to dealing with fear, and about exploring a world where trolls, pixies, unicorns and fairies might be real. This collection is about the myths of the world, the fairytale world, the never was, and might have been.
25th- C.M. SIMPSON: SHORT WORKS FROM 2015 AND 2016: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND STEAMPUNK
Seventh sons and space colonies, bird flu and poetry from the stars, flying ships, early Australia and fairy, pixies and elves in modern urbania, all can be found in this collection of poems and tales.
SEPTEMBER 2017
8th - THE STARMAN'S ARRIVAL
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| Ebook cover for The Starman's Arrival |
Knocking over those crates of beer was a death sentence. I did it on purpose, in front of everyone, and then I did the only thing I could—I ran. I think I saved the starman. Now, the only way I’ll know, is if the supply ship comes in time to drive the raiders away—and I get back out of Blacklegs’ Forest alive. Wish me luck, okay? I’m gonna need it.
OCTOBER 2017
6th - FATE IN THE SUN
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| Ebook cover for Fate in the Sun |
On Canon V, the colonists live underground—those that can, anyway. Those that are born unable, I help guide to the surface, and then I try to warn them of the creatures that come from beyond the rifts. Some listen. Most run away screaming. With the creatures coming more often, now, the last thing any of us expected was for corporate intervention. Now, we just have to work out if they’re offering a deal worth taking, or if we’d be better off in the caves.
NOVEMBER 2017
3rd - CLOUD DOOR
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| Ebook cover for Cloud Door |
So, we’ve done this job, and I’m checking our tails are clear, and I find they’re not—and then I find the only way to kick clear is to find the Cloud Door. Only trouble is the Cloud Door’s a legend, and Mack? Well, he’s not too fond of chasing legends. Fortunately, this one’s a no-brainer: we want to live, and that’s got to be enough to make anyone chase a legend, right?
DECEMBER 2017
1st - SERPENTS' SOULS & DRAGONS' HEARTS
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| Ebook cover for 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.
29th - 366 DAYS OF FLASH FICTION
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| Ebook cover for 366 Days of Flash Fiction |
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| Print-on-demand cover for 366 Days of Flash Fiction |
Inside these covers is a short story for every day of the leap year, some of which tell of the fantastic, others which take us to the stars and a myriad of other world, and still others that horrify with creeping tales of the undead. Every story is an exploration of something that might have been and never was, or something that might yet be. Take a break from the world that is, and explore other possibilities.
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