The Church of Impermanence rules Simetria. It is responsible for keeping the creep of the non-Euclidean at bay. This includes warding distortions, corrupted pockets of spacetime, and providing mercy killings to those that come in contact with them.

Quote #1 from Blessed is the Rot, dark science fantasy coming January 13.

The November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tade Thompson, Ramiro Sanchiz, Chisom Umeh, Brent Baldwin, and Kemi Ashing-Giwa. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_230 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Simetria is the heart of civilization and home to the Church of Impermanence. It is divided into the upper and lower cities, where the wealthy and less well-to-do reside, respectively.

I finally got around to ordering print copies of the two issues of @clarkesworldmagazine.com with my stories. They’re smaller than I imagined, but I’m loving the size!

It never ceases to amaze me how much my novels improve from beta reader feedback. Here, I’m thinking the story is solid, but just a couple of their remarks cause new possibilities spring to mind. It’s like the story comes back to life and unfolds before my eyes. So exhilarating. Okay, on to edits!

Here’s some of what you can expect from my upcoming dark science fantasy novel, Blessed is the Rot. 🤫 Secrets and lies 🧮 Math worship 😔 Fall from grace 📀 Technophobic ⚔️ Dungeon diving 👹 Eldritch horrors 🎩 Future past Available as an ebook, paperback, and hardback on January 13.

The Nytho ebook is on sale for $0.99 (and other equivalents for non-USD currencies) from Oct 22-25. Snag a copy from the retailer of your choice while you can! books2read.com/Nytho

Fancy a free and early copy of Blessed is the Rot? Don’t mind giving an honest review? Then sign up to be an ARC reader for the novel. I’ll be collecting readers until Dec. 10. Ebook files will go out on Dec. 12.

Last night, traveling home from a book convention and waiting on my last of four trains in an 11 hour trip, I was in a foul mood. The previous train had been canceled. I just wanted to get home. Then in the middle of my brooding, I saw that I was in the midst of something miraculous.

LunCon update! I sold a few books, did an author reading, heard interesting talks/panels, and met fun folks!

All packed and ready to head to Lund tomorrow for LunCon @luncon-sfkongress.bsky.social 😎 This will be my first time traveling to Sweden. At least the 11+ hour train journey gives me lots of time to write!

It’s time for Blessed is the Rot’s cover reveal (+blurb)! 💀🥀🧮 Dark science fantasy + cosmic horror 🧮🥀💀 Cover illustration: Jack Hillside @jackhillside.bsky.social Cover design: Geoffrey Bunting @geoffreybunting.bsky.social

I’m on a moss-reading kick this morning thanks to a recent trip to the Black Forest. I’ve always thought these weird little plants looked so cool and gave off peaceful vibes. I’m thinking there’s the seed for a short story somewhere here.

In case you’re in need of some free sci-fi or fantasy reads this month books.bookfunnel.com/scififantasy...

Cover sneak peek for my next novel, Blessed is the Rot, a dark science fantasy. What can you expect with Blessed is the Rot? ✅ Gothic vibes ✅ Eldritch horrors ✅ Math worship ✅ Dungeon diving More details with the cover reveal next week!

If you prefer to take your stories in via ear over eye, my latest short story “Wireworks” is available via audio. clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_09_25a/

Just a little something about why shared universes are the best. Not biased at all on that front. sherisingerling.com/shared-unive...

Added this statement to my website’s About page. In related news, Nytho was pirated by Anthropic. The payout situation is uncertain for indie authors. What a time to get serious about my writing 🫠

Free science fiction and fantasy for your September reading pleasure: books.bookfunnel.com/free_books_f...

Finally got the author proof of Blessed is the Rot from the printing company. Currently at page 95 out of 323. I’m always glad to catch errors at this stage. It’s crazy how much you miss reading on a screen!

When your inner writer takes over in your day job. Doing peer reviews of scientific articles is so painful. Seriously, so many scientists cannot write and don’t even know basic grammar. Communication skills are not emphasized enough in STEM…

The September issue of Clarkesworld features fiction by Claire Jia-Wen, Sheri Singerling, Louis Inglis Hall, Alexander Jablokov, David McGillveray, Koji A. Dae, and Robert Falco. Online now at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_228 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

My new short story, "Wireworks", is live and free to read on @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/singerling_0...

Inspiration can come from the most random places, like when I was riding my bike to work and had this blimp pass overhead. My thought process: I wish we had more blimps flying around. They’re so much cooler than planes. Like a future that never was.

Checking how a scene would play out in real life—specifically, what does a sugar cube dissolving in coffee actually look like? I was way off. It sinks! Time for some slight edits. #writerlife #authorlife #amwriting

My spreadsheet tracking progress from first draft (top) to publication (bottom) for all 16 novels in the Alfom Shared Universe. Two down (Nytho and Neuen). Fourteen to go! #writerlife #authorlife

New blog post is up and all about how I make my characters feel like real people sherisingerling.com/how-to-creat...

Blessed is the Rot author proof is finally ordered! Can’t wait to hold the physical copy.

My second short story was accepted by Clarkesworld Magazine! Two times must mean it’s not a fluke. #writerlife #authorlife #shortstory #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

Blessed is the Link is with my first round of beta readers! I have to say, I’m very ready to put editing aside for a bit and start on the first draft of Blessed is the Sync (book 3 of the trilogy).

Introducing my new favorite flower which it turns out is chicory, a weed as my mom called it! Weed or not, I adore that purple, like a color on the edge of sight. Maybe it happened to influence parts of my latest short story, currently sitting in the Clarkesworld queue (fingers crossed)?

‼️Announcing my next novel, Blessed is the Rot‼️ It’s a dark science fantasy with cosmic horror, math as magic, and a love story. Release will be mid-January 2026. Blessed is the Rot is a standalone but also a part of my Alfom Shared Universe. In addition, it will be the first in a trilogy.

A new blog post is up on my website! Check it out to learn about my inspirations for Neuen. sherisingerling.com/inspirations... #blog #writing #creativity #neuen

Just dropping this link to an article by @jdcnlv.bsky.social on Neuen 😎 open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Three pages into Infinite Jest—why is this 18 year old tennis athlete narrator so eloquent in his narration? It’s not very believable. Ten pages in—oh. This just got very interesting. I’m already so into this book.

Neuen is my latest 📖 with: 🧬 genetic engineering 🌱 botany 🍄 mycology 🔬 sprinkling of hard science fiction 👹 genetic chimeras 😈😇 morally questionable protagonist 🌍 rich world-building on a hostile planet Check out the first 3 chapters on BookFunnel: dl.bookfunnel.com/2rkk7arsf0

Neuen is out now as an ebook, paperback, and hardcover. It is a science fiction genetic engineering novel with botany. books2read.com/Neuen #newrelease #newnovel #newbook #sciencefiction #dystopia #indieauthor #neuen

Early reviews for Neuen have been rolling in. Here’s a sampling via Goodreads. Release is on July 8. #neuen #bookreview #arcreviews #scifibook #scifinovel

“What is your book about?” Ugh, the hardest question for any writer. How can I distill hundreds of pages down into a sound bite? What’s easier is saying what my book is similar to. In that spirit, here’s a This+That for Neuen. Release is less than a week out!

A new blog post is up! In it, I describe how indie authors approach book cover design and give my opinions on the different approaches. sherisingerling.com/book-cover-d...

Stop using Gen-AI. Stop using Gen-AI. Stop using Gen-AI. For anything. Let it rot. That’s the only way to tell these stupid companies that we don’t want that trash clogging the internet.

New milestone unlocked—ebook and print copy formatted in one day. The 34 Celsius weather and ultra high UV index today was useful for forcing me to stay inside and hunker down.

I created a street team for my Alfom series and am looking for members. What is it? A street team is simply a vehicle for helping an author promote their work that is more reader/fan-based as opposed to being traditional marketing/advertisement.

Making some additions to my editing tips document—a surefire way to humble me into submission. Is it breathe or breath? Passed or past? And the granddaddy of them all—lay, lie, laid, lain…I made a table for that last one.

The final quote from my sci-fi novel, Neuen. Coming July 8, 2025. #scifinovel #scifibook #botany #geneticengineering

Nytho has been out for a little over five months now and has gathered a nice amount of reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. Here are some highlights. #readerreview #bookreview #debutnovel

The air of Neuen is too thin to breathe, hence the need for the ONi crystallites. These are a solid form of oxygen and nitrogen that are grown on the luftor trees, the most precious crop of the Reisende. From Neuen, a sci-fi genetic engineering novel, coming July 8, 2025. Drawing by Lin Snow

Quote #5 from my sci-fi novel, Neuen. Coming July 8, 2025. #scifinovel #scifibook #botany #geneticengineering

Sometimes, learning German is fun. Like learning zeitgeist literally translates as “time spirit”. Then there are times knowing the true meaning of a word totally ruins it. Mandelbrot set = cool, mysterious, and mathy. The literal translation of the name? “Almond bread”…