M M Publishing: 265 books
The Starman's Arrival
a science fiction short story
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
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.
Cloud Door
a short science fiction story set in the Mack 'n' Me universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
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?
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
The Kitty Cordello Case Files #1
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
In a world where magic has only just returned, a serial killer is on the loose. Wielding a form of magic that drains the fertility and life from his victims, he stalks Australia’s southernmost capital, Hobart. Officer Catriona ‘Kitty’ Cordello and her ex-pat American partner, Charles Herbert,...
Men of Sand and Light
a science fiction short story set in the Odyssey universe
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
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.
The Depredides Dance
a science-fiction short story set in the Odyssey universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
All I had to do was disappear. That was it: disappear and stay out of sight. Hard enough with Abs running an auction for the last location she left me, but then I poked the Depredides communications network—and everything else looked downright easy… I’m not even sure there is a way out of this…
The...
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
In a world where trolls can invade a castle from the inside, an interstellar prince finds he’s not the only one who can fire a sun-cannon, and the princess discovers she isn’t the only one who needs rescuing.
Hammer and the Trolls is a tale of science fiction and fantasy. It is a stand-alone...
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Nothing ruins a good cup of kaff than a spider teleporting on board… and these were in the six-foot-business-suite-and-tie range, carrying blasters and a sense of entitlement like you wouldn’t believe. They gave me a job to do, and held my ship hostage while I went to do it—and *that’s* when...
Dreams of the Serpent
a short science-fiction story set in the Odyssey universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
When the contract’s done, and you’re fleeing for your life, the company’s supposed to be on your side, right? Am I right? So, you tell me what happens when the company understands the contract wrong, and you get stuck somewhere you really don’t wanta be. You tell me how I’m gonna make it back to the stars.
Memory's Return
an urgan fantasy short story set in the pixie dust world
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
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,...
Dear Tiger: I Don't Think I'm Human Anymore
a short story in chapter book form
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Trapped in a room, and unable to hug her family, Simone knows she is changing. She just doesn’t know what she’s changing into, or how long it will take. The company doctors won’t tell her, and Tiger seems so far away. But at least he writes back, and he’s trying to help. Maybe, together, they...
by Carolyn Wells
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
“No,” persisted Pollard, “an impelling—a compelling motive. Why, there’s Gleason now. I can’t bear that man. Yet I scarcely know him. I’ve met him but a few times—had little or no personal conversation with him—yet I dislike him. Not detest or hate or despise—merely dislike him....
by C.M. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
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...
Victory Lap Retirement
Work While You Play, Play While You Work--The Joy of Financial Independence . . . at Any Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
The key to a happy retirement may be . . . not retiring.
The rules of retirement have changed and there’s more at risk than ever. People are living longer and have to finance as many years in retirement as they had in their entire working career. So what will thirty or forty years, or more,...
Old Magic
A short story from an An Anthology of Bloodlines
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
After disaster and disease wipe out the world we know, powers carried by right of ancestry act as a sixth sense for trouble in a ruined city. Can she be the only one to have survived?
Old Magic is one of the short stories that will be included in An Anthology of Bloodlines.