Syphon Continuity

Welcome to the Syphon Continuity

Serial speculative fiction for a discerning audience

An idealistic celebutante with a guilty conscience;
A brilliant researcher snared in her parents’ plans;
An acerbic criminal driven by insatiable curiosity;
A temperamental journalist mining her painful past;
A K-drama actor hiding a dark secret;
And a magitech engineer with nowhere else to go…

When high-tech magic is a commodity, your value lies in how much you produce. Struggling against the current, these six will change the course of magic forever.

The Butterfly Koi

Book 1 | Free | Complete

Magic is here, personal pools of energy ready to keep portable technology running endlessly. As the politicians, corporations, and criminal organizations of Tokyo jockey for control in the evolving landscape, a group of rivals and friends navigate dangerous boardrooms and back alleys to transform the locus of power.

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Bento: Side Stories

Short Stories | Free | Periodic

Lunch- and snack-sized servings of stories from the lives of characters across the Syphon Continuity. Enjoy!

Hotdish: On Writing and Everything Else

Essays | Some by Subscription | Periodic

Like a hearty Minnesota hotdish*, this section is multilayered and no-nonsense, but hopefully still delicious. It's where you'll find the two women behind pen name A. Sherman Karlsson sharing their musings on life, their writing tips, and their occasional snarky observations. (*casserole, to the uninitiated)