You’ve arrived at the online home of speculative fiction writer Sherry D. Ramsey. From here, you can check out my blog for the latest news and to follow my current writing projects, find out more about me and my various interests, read some free fiction or purchase e-books of some of my short stories.
What’s New
August 4, 2010 ~ My short story, “The Longest Distance,” will be appearing soon as part of Michael A. Stackpole’s Chain Story Project. Watch this space for details!
May 22, 2010 ~ Third Person Press has a new call for submissions. Get all the details at www.thirdpersonpress.com!
April 29, 2010 ~ I’ve taken on the position of Webmaster for SF Canada. Read today’s blog post for details!
March 7th, 2010 ~ In honour of Read an E-book Week, I’m offering a free short story ebook. Click over to the blog page for the links!
March 1, 2010 ~ Lots of news lately! The March issue of Semaphore Magazine is now online, and includes my short story, “The Big Freeze.” You can read it online at http://is.gd/9ukHs.
February 28, 2010 ~ The Destination: Future anthology is now available to order from Amazon.com!
February 1, 2010 ~ over the weekend I had to review the page proofs for my story in Destination: Future, to be released this month. Very exciting! The anthology received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly (scroll ‘way down to find it!).
January 2, 2010 ~ With everything that was happening in November and December, I forgot to mention this: my story “The Big Freeze” is slated for the March 2010 issue of Semaphore Magazine.
And Happy New Year, all!
October 19, 2009 ~ Oh yes, it’s that time of year again. I’m currently planning my 2009 National Novel Writing Month project, so I will be ready to roll when November 1st hits. If you don’t know about NaNoWriMo, check out my page about the project and the novels I’ve written in previous years.
I’ll be blogging my progress here this year and also talking a little bit about the novel beforehand, so keep checking the blog for updates. If you’re participating, I’d love to hear from you!
Comment here or contact me on the NaNoWriMo site. You’ll find me under wordsmith.
August 25, 2009 ~ I opened my email this morning to find an acceptance letter from Z.S. (Sophy) Adani, the guest editor for Hadley Rille‘s upcoming anthology Destination: Future. My story “Encountering Evie” will be included in the anthology, due out in 2010.
June 29th, 2009 ~ I’ve just received a lovely letter from the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, confirming that I’ve met the standards as laid out in the organization’s constitution and am now a new member of the Writer’s Council.

Thoughtcrime Experiments is a free 2009 anthology of fantasy and science fiction stories and art, published under a Creative Commons license. It includes my story, “The Ambassador’s Staff,” the first in a series of SF/detective stories set in the fictional future Cape City.
The anthology is available online as HTML, as a downloadable PDF, as a print-on-demand physical book, and in mobile editions. All details at Thoughtcrime Experiments.
Third Person Press is now closed to submissions for our upcoming anthology, Airborne.
The projected released date for this project is Fall 2010. To learn more about Airborne or our first anthology, Undercurrents, visit the Third Person Press website.







