NEW RELEASE: Memory's Vampire by C.M. Simpson

The first release for March has arrived! Memory's Vampire is a short horror story about vampire's and dreaming, and is now available direct from Smashwords, DriveThruFiction, and Amazon, and via Draft2Digital and Smashwords distribution.

Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive.

NEW COVER: Memory’s Vampire

The cover for C.M. Simpson’s horror short story, Memory’s Vampire, has arrived.

Not all vampires feed on blood. The ones we hunt take your memories before they take your life—and now they are hunting back. We’ve been compromised, and I don’t know who to trust. That comes later. Right now, I just want to make it back to my body alive

COVER UPDATE: The Contract

The Contract, Ellie Moonwater's next erotic novella is now in edits. She informs us it will be the first in a new series, and we have adjusted the cover to reflect that. It contains a touch of science fiction, a little crime, a small mention of alien vampires and shifters, light bondage, slave-capture fantasy, multiple partners, and explicit, kinky and consensual sex. It is due for release on July 28 in both ebook and paperback formats, and is not suitable for readers under 18 years of age.

Blackmailed into a course on being a submissive, Eunice plans to do everything she can to keep her mother and sister safe from her greedy employer, but when she encounters the Mentraden brothers, she discovers not only a whole new world, but a whole new meaning for the word ‘trust’. The only question is: Can she trust them to look after her the way dominants should, and, more importantly, can she trust them to save her family, too?

First Pages: On a Ship called Mythicus by C.M. Simpson

On a Ship called Mythicus is the sixth short story to be found in An Anthology of Worlds. It is also available as a stand-alone short story.

The Mythicus is crewed by creatures of myth and legend, fairytale and urban lore. In this short episode, it and its crew pursue a space pirate until a small team must continue the pursuit on planet. With its firestarter captain and a defense system that takes its nomenclature too literally, this ship is one of a kind, a fact the rest of human space should be grateful for.

On a Ship called Mythicus is available as part of An Anthology of Worlds, and also as a stand-alone title at Smashwords, Kobo, Kindle, iTunes, and Nook.

First Page: On a Ship called Mythicus

“Stop drooling, Cristo!” growled Wolf.

Cristo wiped his chin with the back of his hand and then wiped his hand on the white silk of his sail-sized handkerchief. Another drop of moisture oozed from his lips.

“Cristo!”

Wolf’s growl was deeper now and Cristo was sure he heard a joint pop as the gunner’s frustration increased. Cristo dabbed at his mouth again.

“Settle down, Wolf,” he protested. “I mean, when was the last time you saw a body like that?”

It was a mistake. At the mere mention of the woman whose image filled their viewscreen, he started drooling again.

“In her wanted poster,” Wolf snapped out as another joint popped. “Get with it, Cristo. She’s only a pirate!”

Cristo sighed and sucked down the drool gathering at the back of his teeth.

“Pull yourself together, Cristo!” roared the captain. “She’s about to open fire. Activate the defense nets!”

“Aye, aye, sir,” Cristo replied.

He managed to stop salivating only when he turned his mind solely to the task of defending the ship. As long as he thought of the pirate ship and not its captain, his chin would stay dry.

Aah, but the captain—

“Cristo!”

This time, it was the captain who yelled at Cristo, or rather, yelled inside his head. Cristo shook his head to clear his senses, and sucked frantically at the moisture in his mouth to stop it escaping past his lips. 

His head rang from the captain’s, shout but that wasn’t the worst of it. He could feel the warm itch of his captain’s glare against his back.

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If you would like to read more, On a Ship called Mythicus is available as part of An Anthology of Worlds, and also as a stand-alone title at Smashwords, Kobo, Kindle, iTunes, and Nook. 

First Pages: Nurse by C.M. Simpson

Nurse is the fourth short story to be found in An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us. It is also available as a stand-alone short story.

Nurse is a short horror story, featuring a secretive species of vampire and the creation of its newest recruit. 

Nurse is available as part of AnAnthology of Those Who Walk Among Us, and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords, Kobo, Kindle, iTunes, and Nook.

First Page: Nurse

 The nurse stood by the edge of the bed and glanced at her patient. She took the young man’s hand and began to bandage his mangled finger. It was the least gruesome injury she’d seen that day and he was her last patient. It had been a long and particularly busy day, and the nurse was looking forward to the end of a long shift. Her name tag called her Alison; the hospital records knew her as Alison Glaze.

Alison didn’t ask what had bitten his finger, although it was obvious that a bite had caused the damage. That question had already been asked and the details he’d given had been sketchy at best. Triage suspected a spider bite and placed him under observation, while other, more life-threatening injuries had been treated. Looking at the injury again, the nurse had her doubts. While the injury looked like a spider bite, there was more damage than seemed possible from a mere spider.

As she bandaged, Alison studied the hand she held. It was a strong hand, a working hand. There were calluses on the fingertips and across the top of the palm, not hard, horny calluses that felt like warts, but smooth stone-like calluses that were covered by layers of tough, yet supple skin. The nurse glanced at her patient’s face. The clipboard on the end of the bed named him Oliver Stone.

He was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. His skin was clammy and sheened in a light layer of sweat, but he ran no fever. He opened his eyes when she paused in her bandaging. They were grey although she could have sworn they’d been blue when he’d first walked in.

Oliver returned her inspection and smiled briefly at her. For a moment, his eyes were almost blue again. Almost, then he closed them once more, a faint smile lingering on his face. His smile made Alison wonder what he had seen in her. She was pretty enough, having inherited her 

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If you would like to read more, Nurse is available as part of AnAnthology of Those Who Walk Among Us, and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords, Kobo, Kindle, iTunes, and Nook.