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Books by Alex Shvartsman
  | | The Cackle of Cthulhu by Alex Shvartsman Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-8300-1, ISBN: 1-4814-8300-5 "TOP AUTHORS POKE FUN AND PAY TRIBUTE TO H.P. LOVECRAFT'S CTHULHU MYTHOS.Knock, knock! Who’s there? Cthul. Cthul who? Exactly! I've come to tickle your funnybone. Oh, and also to eat your soul. In 1928, Weird Tales debuted “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P. Lovecraft, and the Cthulhu Mythos was born. In the 90 years since, dozens of writers have dared play within HPL’s mind-blowing creation—but never with such terrifyingly funny results. Now ..." |
 | | Eridani's Crown by Alex Shvartsman Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 2019 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9992690-1-5, ISBN: 0-9992690-1-1 "CURSED BY PROPHECY. CORRUPTED BY POWER.When Eridani's parents are murdered and their kingdom is seized by a traitorous duke, she plans to run. After she suffers yet another unendurable loss, the lure of revenge pulls her back.Eridani's brilliance as a strategist offers her a path to vengeance and the throne, but success may mean becoming everything she hates. To survive, she must sway religious zealots, outwit ambitious politicians, and ..." |
 | | Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories by Alex Shvartsman, Dixon Leavitt, Barry Munden Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-5-7, ISBN: 0-9884328-5-4 "40 short stories by Alex Shvartsman, winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction.* An elder god trapped in a pocket dimension turns up in the world's oldest magic pawn shop.* A cybernetically-enhanced assassin who can't feel pain faces a dangerous adversary.* A computer hacker and a mystic team up to break into the Book of Fate and change their futures.* Vatican investigators are called to examine a miracle on another pl ..." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 4(1st Edition) by Alex Shvartsman, Neil Gaiman, Esther Friesner, Piers Anthony, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye, Gini Koch, Tim Pratt, Tomasz Maronski, Barry Munden Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2015 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-6-4, ISBN: 0-9884328-6-2 "The fourth volume of the annual Unidentified Funny Objects series features the theme of dark humor. What happens when you ask some of the genre's masters to interpret this theme? The enclosed twenty-three darkly humorous tales range from black comedy to biting satire to morbid irony and everything in between. Inside this book you'll find Faustian bargains gone awry, time-traveling ghosts, flawed supervillains, talking hamsters, and mu ..." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects(1st Edition) by Alex Shvartsman, Jennifer Pelland, Jake Kerr, Stephanie Burgis, Mike Resnick, Ken Liu, Lavie Tidhar, Jody Lynn Nye, Sergey Lukyanenko, Nathaniel Lee, Dixon Leavitt, Mike Jacobsen, Phil Selby, James Beamon, Scott Almes, K. G. Jewell, Chuck Rothman, Deborah Walker, Leah Cypess, Zach Shepherd, Michael Kurland, Stephen D. Rogers, Marko Kloos, Jeff Stehman, Don Sakers, Bruce Golden, Jamie Lackey, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anatoly Belilovsky, Siobhan Gallagher, David Sklar, Matt Mikalatos, Charity Tahmaseb Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-0-2, ISBN: 0-9884328-0-3 "Unidentified Funny Objects is a collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Packed with laughs, it has 29 stories ranging from lighthearted whimsy to the wild and zany. Inside you will find a zombear, tweeting aliens, down-on-their-luck vampires, time twisting belly dancers, moon Nazis, stoned computers, omnivorous sex-maniac pandas, and a spell-casting Albert Einstein." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 6(1st Edition) by Alex Shvartsman, Alan Dean Foster, Jack Campbell, Esther Friesner, Ken Liu, Jody Lynn Nye, Mike Resnick, Laura Resnick, Gini Koch, Tomasz Maronski, Barry Munden Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9992690-0-8, ISBN: 0-9992690-0-3 "SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR * Cranky Goblin Cooks * Unscrupulous Chemists * Lecherous Space Pirates * Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes * Soul-Searching Snot Elementals The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, ..." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 2(1st Edition) by Alex Shvartsman, Ken Liu, Robert Silverberg, Jody Lynn Nye, Jim C. Hines, Esther Friesner, Tim Pratt, Mike Resnick, Desmond Warzel, K.G. Jewell, Arnie Swekel, Barry Munden, M.C.A.... Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-2-6, ISBN: 0-9884328-2-X "UFO2 is the second annual collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories. Inside you'll find: - A golem on an interstellar cruise ship - Dragon-taunting for fun and profit - Time travel gone really wrong - Cubicle farm wizardry - Alien behemoths in Central Park" |
 | | Adventures in Space by Patrick Parrinder, Yao Haijun, Leah Cypess, Ronald Ferguson, Russell James, Alex Shvartsman, Amdi Silvestri, Allen Stroud, Eleanor Wood, Bao Shu, Zhao Haihong, Chen Zijun, Han Song, Wang Jinkang, He Xi Paperback, Published 2023 by Flame Tree Press ISBN-13: 978-1-78758-815-8, ISBN: 1-78758-815-7 "From Baoshu comes 'A Trip to the End', from Allen Stroud 'The First', from He Xi 'Never Meet Again in Life', from Amdi Silvestri 'A Minuet of Corpses' and under the guiding eye of Patrick Parrinder (President of the H.G. Wells society) and ..." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F) by Alex Shvartsman, David Gerrold, Wendy Mass, Rob Dircks, Esther Friesner, Simon R. Green, Laura Resnick, Gini Koch, Jody Lynn Nye Paperback, Published 2020 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-951064-01-3, ISBN: 1-951064-01-1 "SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories." |
 | | Coffee(1st Edition) 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic by Alex Shvartsman, Ken Liu, A.C. Wise, Cat Rambo, E.C. Myers, Charity Tahmaseb, Oliver Buckram, Beth Cato, Matt Mikalatos, James Beamon, Tim Mcdaniel, Peter Sursi, Jonathan Shipley, Katherine Sparrow, Teri Babcock Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2013 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-3-3, ISBN: 0-9884328-3-8 "Coffee plays a major role in each of the stories collected in this book. Brewed from such fine ingredients as magic, wonder, humor, and romance, -Coffee- serves up a unique blend of the fantastic you won t be able to put down." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 9 by Simon R. Green, Jane Espenson, Alex Shvartsman, Lavie Tidhar, Esther Friesner, Jim C. Hines, Jody Lynn Nye, Gini Koch, Tim Pratt Paperback, Published 2022 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-951064-03-7, ISBN: 1-951064-03-8 "Anthology of humorous SF/F short stories" |
 | | Drabbledark An Anthology of Dark Drabbles by Eric S. Fomley, Dan Allen, Alex Shvartsman, Christina Sng Paperback, 110 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-983152-81-8, ISBN: 1-983152-81-1 "Drabbledark: An Anthology of Dark Drabbles is an anthology of drabbles, stories of exactly 100 words in length. Within these pages are 101 tales of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction from 87 new and veteran voices of speculative fiction. This anthology combines both original fiction and reprints, with a majority of original fiction, celebrating the power of micro flash fiction in the form of dark plots and themes." |
 | | Eridani's Crown by Alex Shvartsman Hardcover, 276 Pages, Published 2019 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9992690-2-2, ISBN: 0-9992690-2-X "CURSED BY PROPHECY. CORRUPTED BY POWER.When Eridani's parents are murdered and their kingdom is seized by a traitorous duke, she plans to run. After she suffers yet another unendurable loss, the lure of revenge pulls her back.Eridani's brilliance as a strategist offers her a path to vengeance and the throne, but success may mean becoming everything she hates. To survive, she must sway religious zealots, outwit ambitious politicians, and ..." |
 | | Best Indie Speculative Fiction November 2018 by Julie Ann Dawson, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Theresa Braun, C.L. Raven, Joseph Aitken, Alex Shvartsman, Jason Constantine Ford, Gustavo Bondoni, J.M. Williams, Melvin Litton, Lillian Csernica, Lilian Csernica Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2018 by Bards And Sages Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-73224-897-7, ISBN: 1-73224-897-4 "This unique annual publication features some of the best speculative fiction produced by small presses and independent authors. Many of these stories have previously only been available in digital format. Explore this collection of talented writers from the independent publishing community. Volume One features stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, Theresa Braun, Joseph Aitken, Eric Lewis, Jason Constantine Ford, Lillian Csernica, Dennis Momb ..." |
 | | Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 1 by Alex Shvartsman, Mike Resnick, Lawrence M. Schoen, Walter Dinjos, Clelia Farris, Steve Kopka, Liang Ling, Dantzel Cherry Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-79082-175-4, ISBN: 1-79082-175-4 "Science fiction magazine featuring stories from across the globe. In this issue we have original fiction and translations from China, the Ukraine, Nigeria, Italy, and the United States. Fiction contents:"The Rule of Three" by Lawrence M. Schoen, "SisiMumu" by Walter Dinjos, "The Emperor of Death" by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, "One Bad Unit" by Steve Kopka, "The Substance of Ideas" by Clelia Farris, "In All Possible Futures" by Dantzel ..." |
 | | OCEANS The Anthology (Frontiers of Speculative Fiction) (Volume 2) by Daniel Arthur Smith, Ken Liu, Rysa Walker, R.D. Brady, Alex Shvartsman, Caroline M. Yoachim, Nathan M. Beauchamp, S. Elliot Brandis, P.K. Tyler, Hank Garner, Will Swardstrom, Joshua Ingle Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2017 by Holt Smith Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-946777-41-6, ISBN: 1-946777-41-2 "“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.” - John F. Kennedy Underwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead z ..." |
 | | Unidentified Funny Objects 3(1st Edition) by Alex Shvartsman, Piers Anthony, Mike Resnick, Jim C. Hines, Robert Silverberg, Gini Koch, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Tim Pratt, Karen Haber, Tomasz Maronski, Barry Munden, James A. Miller, Jakob Drud Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2014 by Ufo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9884328-4-0, ISBN: 0-9884328-4-6 "SCIENCE FICTION. FANTASY. HUMOR. This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers. These are some of the unlikely characters you will encounter in the pages of this book: * Hobo Satan * Vampire novelist * Traveling robot salesman * Brain-in-a-jar superhero * Jinn trapped in a mattress" |
 | | Spark A Creative Anthology, Volume IV by Kevin J. Anderson, Alex Kane, Brad R. Torgersen, Annie Bellet, Will Mayer, Alex Shvartsman, Julia Patt, Chip Houser, Alexis A. Hunter, George Wells, Su J. Sokol, Sadie Bruce, Joe Baumann, Brianne Kohl, Hannah Streett, Natalia Theodoridou, Brian James Lewis, Paul Pederson Paperback, Published 2014 by Empire & Great Jones Little Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9888072-9-7, ISBN: 0-9888072-9-7 "From the foreword by Kevin J. Anderson: Words. Yes. No. I want. How much? Do this. Please. Thank you. Words are the gears that make civilization function, the tools that move almost every action in our daily lives. Through words we create instructions, blueprints, cooperation, organization. But some people use words as more than just gears and tools. They elevate language to an art, an evocative level beyond mere instructions. They use ..." |
 | | Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 2 by Alex Shvartsman, Mike Resnick, Beth Cato, David Walton, Dantzel Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou, Jaap Boekestein, Tais Teng, Svyatoslav Loginov Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-09-064690-3, ISBN: 1-09-064690-9 "Second issue of FUTURE SF features nine stories by ten authors from six different countries totaling over 50,000 words of original fiction. From the time of the dinosaurs to the heat death of the universe, from thinking and feeling androids to human consciousness spanning multiple bodies, from cats on the Moon to alien salad dressing that makes plastic digestible and delicious, these tales have something for everyone.Table of contents:“ ..." |
 | | Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 3 by Alex Shvartsman, Laura Resnick, Will Mcintosh, Edward M. Lerner, Oleg Divov, Karen Osborne, Amanda Helms, Vajra Chandrasekera, Elena Pavlova, Emily Randall Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-07-337273-7, ISBN: 1-07-337273-1 "Issue 3 of Future Science Fiction digest features over 60,000 words of fiction. A selection of moon-based stories commemorates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, followed by a sampling of AI stories (featuring both humans owning robotic dogs and robots owning live dogs!), with a little bit of time travel to round things out. Fiction from authors in the United States, China, Russia, Bulgaria, and Sri Lanka." |