Alex Shvartsman is a writer and game designer from Brooklyn, NY. Over 60 of his short stories have appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Nature, Galaxy's Edge, Daily Science Fiction, and many other 'zines and anthologies. He's the editor of Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F. His collection, "Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories" releases in early 2015. His fiction is linked at www.alexshvartsman.com