NEW RELEASE: A Legacy of Elves - C.M. Simpson

C.M. Simpson's dark post-apocalyptic urban fantasy short story has just been released to Smashwords, Amazon, DriveThruFiction, Draft2Digital, OmniLit and Kobo in ebook and PDF formats, depending on platform.

A Legacy of Elves EBook Cover

The sun was setting and the trolls were out when we discovered the chapel. From the get-go it seemed almost too good to be true, but we needed refuge from the trolls. Between them, the dust smugglers, the pixie and the unicorns, we mighta bitten off more’n we could chew, but if we could survive this little fracas, we just might have found ourselves a home... we really needed a home…

A Legacy of Elves is a short post-apocalyptic story set in a world where civilisation has been all but wiped out by a tsunami of magic, plague and natural disaster. Trolls and other creatures of legend and fairytale roam the land, and human survivors must build a new life, but everything comes at a cost, and some costs are more visible than others.

Ducky now available from DriveThruFiction and OmniLit

C.M. Simpson's post-pandemic-apocalpyse short story is now available from DriveThruFiction in PDF and OmniLit in PDF, html and .prc formats.

Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for?

A post-apocalyptic short story of a ghostly girl, a pandemic and regret, told from three viewpoints.

Ducky now Available on Amazon

C.M. Simpson's post-pandemic short story, Ducky, is now available from Amazon in Kindle format.

Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for?

A post-apocalyptic short story of a ghostly girl, a pandemic and regret, told from three viewpoints.

NEW RELEASE - Ducky on Smashwords

C.M. Simpson's post-apocalyptic short story, Ducky, is now available on Smashwords.

Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for?

A post-apocalyptic short story of a ghostly girl, a pandemic and regret, told from three viewpoints.

 

First Chapters: Traveler by Carlie Simonsen

Traveler is a teen post-apocalyptic paranormal urban tale about a girl who survives a war and the loss of her family. When she ends up alone, she sets out to find the one family member whose fate she doesn’t know. On the way, she encounters cannibals and a mysterious boy. And from there, things get distinctly weird. Traveler is the first book in the Traveler’s Tales series.

Traveler knows she must cross the Rubble by dusk. At dusk, the cannibals come out, and they will want payment. She doesn’t count on the gang living on the other side of the Rubble to deny her passage until evening arrives. And she doesn’t count on being the prize in a turf war between the two groups. When a boy who seems to be made of mist helps her escape, she refuses to believe she is finally safe. The city is full of danger. Traveler knows she hasn’t found them all.

Traveler is about embarking on a journey, and overcoming anything that might stand in the way—even if that means having the courage to offer friendship, in times when it’s hard to trust. Or helping someone other than yourself.

Traveler is available from Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and iTunes.

First Chapter: Traveler

Traveler 

My name is Traveler. I am fifteen years old.

My mother said I was wild. My sister said I was weird. My father didn’t say anything. He was dead.

They’re all dead now. I could not save them. I was not there. If I had been there, when the bombs went off and the germs came, I would be dead as well.

I was away from the city in a place they called The Wilds. The Learning Centre called it Recreational Training, but we all knew it was a survival exercise.

They took us back to the city, once the fevers had died down, and told us what had happened. I cried when I heard. That first week was a week for tears.

We had to clear the city, block by block. I did not see my mother or my sister, until three weeks after my return. Their bodies had been wrapped in black plastic. By then, I knew better than to look inside, but I did, anyway. By then, there was nothing left to cry. I had run out of tears.

The next attack caught us in the open. We were burning the dead. They flew low over us acting like storm clouds, raining down bullets as we dived for cover.

After that first wave we were ready, springing for the shelters at the first sound of their engines. That saved us from the bullets, but did not stop the bombs, or the soft, grey mists that came after.

By the end of the fourth week, I knew I would survive. The constant danger had woken some, dormant sense within me and I was able to avoid the worst of the trouble.

Others were not so lucky. Either they had not developed the same sense I had, or they had never had it. One by one, their luck ran out, until I was left alone.

My name never used to be Traveler. It used to be Anne. The others that met me called me Traveler when they found out what I was looking for. They said I would be travelling for a long, long time.

My first step to becoming Traveler came on the day I started to escape the city.

 

END CHAPTER ONE

If you would like to read more, Traveler is available from Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and iTunes.