Alex Shvartsman

• Dec-2012
• / Science Fiction
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Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talent...

• Apr-2013
• / Thriller
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On a crippled spaceship, as the air is running out, one man must fight to protect the cryogenically frozen colonists, even at the cost of his own life.Originally published in Interstellar Fiction magazine....

• Apr-2013
• / Science Fiction
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Human diplomats race against the clock to forge an alliance with a one-time adversary who possesses a fleet of dragon warships.For decades, humans dominated much of the known space. Thanks to their superior technology and a vast navy, they lorded it ...

• Apr-2013
• / Science Fiction
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Earth's ambassador to the Galactic Union wants his superiors to choose loyalty over technological advancement. But, when it comes to the interstellar politics, the choices are never what they seem. Humanity has finally reached the stars...

• Jun-2013
• / Fantasy
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In his efforts to protect the ordinary people of Brooklyn from magical threats, Conrad Brent constantly faces down wizards and monsters -- he's used to that sort of thing. But nothing in his illustrious career at the Watch has prepared him for this l...

• Jun-2013
• / General Fiction
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Urban fantasy meets noir and humor in the first Conrad Brent adventure.Wizards and monsters walk the streets of Brooklyn -- but only a small handful of people are born with the gene that allows them to perceive and use magic.As much as he hates to ad...

• Oct-2013
• / Science Fiction
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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 - Al...

• Dec-2013
• / Fantasy
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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....

• Sep-2014
• / Science Fiction
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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 un...

• Feb-2015
• / Fantasy
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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...

• Jul-2015
• / Science Fiction
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H. G. Wells is a Victorian-era James Bond who must defend England and the world against time travelers, alien incursions and interdimensional threats (if he can learn quickly on the job, and survive the human foes he encounters, that is!) During his ...

• Aug-2015
• / Science Fiction
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Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talent...

• Oct-2015
• / Science Fiction
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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...

• Apr-2016
• / Science Fiction
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From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fant...

• Sep-2016
• / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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H. G. Wells is a Victorian-era James Bond who must defend England and the world against time travelers, alien incursions and interdimensional threats (if he can learn quickly on the job, and survive the human foes he encounters, that is!)During his m...

• Sep-2016
• / Science Fiction
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Aztec Astronauts* Punster Prophets* Apocalyptic Apps* Cantankerous Cryptids* and the Duck KnightFifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features eighteen lighthearted science fiction and...

• Oct-2016
• / Space Opera
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"Robert Silverberg's story stands out asunforgettable and of great importance in showing the potential danger ofmeeting extraterrestrial intelligent beings."--Forest Shultz, New Science Fiction an Fantasy Reviews"All in all, anyone interested in this...

• Feb-2017
• / Fantasy
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18 Short Stories of Humorous Horror Read this book to: * Meet communist werewolves, mad scientists and Jewish vampires. * Reject novel pitches from famous zombie novelists. * Provide psychotherapy for Cthulhu. * Domesticate angry gods. * Install Linu...

• Oct-2017
• / Science Fiction
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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 un...

• Jan-2018
• / Science Fiction
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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...

• Mar-2018
• / Science Fiction
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31 science fiction and fantasy short stories encompassing hard SF, fantasy humor, and everything in-between* Refugees with a salvaged mech suit find that family ties are stronger than armor* Two artificial intelligences in love t...

• Sep-2019
• / Science Fiction
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Issue 4 of FUTURE SF is themed Alien Invasion. It features eight stories from the UK, Russia, USA, China, Sweden, and Italy.Table of Contents:They Are Coming by Paul R. HardyThe Building Atop the Hill by Alexander Bachilo (translated by Alex Shvartsm...

• Oct-2019
• / Fantasy
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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 ...

• Jun-2020
• / Science Fiction
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Issue 7 features fiction from Canada, Pakistan, and Sweden.Michèle Laframboise's Cousin Entropy is a far-flung space opera reminiscent of Liu Cixin's books.Sunstrewn by Murtaza Mohsin is another interstellar adventure, but this one deals with ...

• Oct-2020
• / Fantasy
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMORThe Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices!* Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy.* ...

• Dec-2020
• / General Fiction
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Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction.In this oversized issue we've collected stories from the established masters as well as some exciting up-and-comers in China, Japan, and South Korea. From machine societies to ocean d...

• Mar-2021
• / Science Fiction
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• Feb-2022
• / Fantasy
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A selection of notable science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, which were translated into and first published in English in 2020. This anthology features the winning entry and the stories shortlisted for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta ...

• Mar-2022
• / General Fiction
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Featuring stories from USA, the UK, China, Sweden, and Cuba.A Friend on the Inside by Will McIntosh (USA)Four-Letter Word by Alexy Dumenigo (Cuba), translated by Toshiya KameiRat's Tongue by Xing Fan (China), translated by Judith HuangVagrants by Lav...

• Jun-2022
• / General Fiction
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Science fiction magazine featuring great stories from across the globe. In this issues, there are translated stories from Ukraine, Greece, and China.Contents:Rescue Rangers by H. L. Oldie (Ukraine), translated by Julia Meitov HerseyDeja Loop by Kosta...

• Jun-2022
• / Science Fiction
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GUARD BROOKLYN, FIGHT MONSTERS, TAUNT BAD GUYS.What would you do if you lost everything that mattered to you, as well as all means to protect yourself and others, but still had to save the day? Conrad Brent is about to find out.Conrad Brent protects ...

• Nov-2022
• / General Fiction
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The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! In this volume you'll find:* Overworked fairies distributing swords.* Alien ye...

• Sep-2023
• / Fantasy
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If you do it well, lying is every bit as effective as magic.Conrad Brent has no innate magic, so he bluffs a lot and uses a myriad of magical items to protect Brooklyn from monsters and arcane threats. As a member of the Watch, the group that protect...

• Nov-2023
• / Science Fiction
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What happens when AI takes over the creative process?Discussion about, and the use of artificial intelligence has exploded across the globe. Some programmers have already speculated that they are witnessing the birth of ‘general’ intellig...