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Stiletto's Luck
A Short Story from An Anthology of Blades
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Stiletto’s Luck is about an assassin dealing with the consequences of taking part in a battle for reasons of his own, while trying to remain uncompromised by either side.
They could have called him Scimitar, Blade or Dagger, but, no, his parents had to call him Stiletto. Stiletto did the...
What Happens on Axis 58...
a science-fiction short story set in the Mack 'n' Me Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
“They’re just kids,” he said.
“You won’t need your blaster,” he said…
“It’ll be easy…”
Yeah, and when I saw Mack next he and were going to have a little chat about what was easy and what was not. With our fists, even… Because half a dozen kids on a starship...
Harper & the Unicorn
an urban-fantasy short story set in the Pixie Dust world
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
When Harper goes after a lone unicorn without back-up she’s breaking every rule, and none. The only questions are: will her partner get to her before things go totally to pieces, and exactly how much havoc can one lone unicorn and a P.O.S. officer create before back-up arrives?
The Songster & the Pirates
a science-fiction-fantasy short story set in the Lunar Wolves Universe
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Once a space merc, now a singer, Taran keeps her identity as a siren secret. When spacewolves join the audience at her current gig, she knows what they’re looking for. The only question is can she slip away, before the wolves and her past can catch up with her?
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Life goes on, even in a war-zone, and the aftermath of war is never pretty, no matter when, or where it is waged.
An Anthology of Battle is a collection of short stories and poems set against a background of war and conflict.
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
When Lorellan Cartwright finds buying back the woman he loves an impossible task, he promptly steals her away, but escaping from the criminally minded third duke of Aristoc and reaching a place of safety are two very different things. And stealing from the duke embroils Lorellan and Megan in the politics...
Memory's Vampire
a short horror story involving vampires and dreaming
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
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.
A Battle of Minds
A short story from An Anthology of Minds
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Danzer is a VR combat star. Unfortunately, somebody wants him dead. Is it a private vendetta from someone he’s defeated, a disgruntled fan, or someone else entirely. Whoever they are, their poetry stinks, but its meaning is clear. Security personnel for the VR games insist on overseeing the match...
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
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...
Destiny's Queen
A dark fantasy short story about royalty, rivalry, and assassination
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Life’s not fair, when you have to find a fiancé or risk setting your kingdom up for a fall. It’s not fair, when your dead lover comes to call, assassins in his wake, and your dead maid by his side. And it’s really not fair, when everything happens on the night of your suitors’ ball. It never...
Where Else but Waverran
an urban-fantasy science-fiction short story set in Harper's universe
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Snow, trolls, dustrunners, blackmailing werewolves, and mercenary elves…
From the sun-drenched outback to the snows of a distant world, Mathilda Mathieson is in trouble. Dodging a drunken promise to a werewolf while trying not to coerce the love of her life, and rescuing pixies from dustrunners...
Banquet at Magic Mountain
a science fiction short story set in the Odyssey universe
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
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 cook on his tail, I take off to see if I can save him, yet again—and that’s when I discover Camp Mellinjo isn’t what it seems, and neither is Luka. But seriously, guys, would my parents really sell me out?
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
I ran away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I have to find a way to kick free—of Odyssey, and my trainer, Mack—without getting myself killed....
Bid the Moon Goodbye
a short science fiction story set on Lunar One
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
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...