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Alex Shvartsman

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Funny Horror
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Funny Fantasy
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Funny Science Fiction
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Unidentified Funny Objects
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Unidentified Funny Objects 4
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Unidentified Funny Objects 5
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Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 0
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Future Science Fiction Digest, issue 1
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Future Science Fiction Issue 2
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Books

The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI by , , , , , &
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 109,510. Language: English. Published: November 14, 2023 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Today's software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow? Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.
Future Science Fiction Digest, Issue 14 by , , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 14. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 29,010. Language: English. Originally Published: March 14, 2022 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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 Kamei "Rat's Tongue" by Xing Fan (China), translated by Judith Huang "Vagrants" by Lavie Tidhar (UK) "The Sweetness of Berris and Wine" by Jo Miles (USA) "Paean for a Branch Ghost" by Filip Wiltgren (Sweden) Cover art...
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 10 by , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 10. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,080. Language: English. Originally Published: March 15, 2021 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. This issue features stories from Mexico, China, Croatia, and the United States. "The Second Celeste" by Alberto Chimal (Mexico), translated by Patrick Weill "The Two Festivals that Cannot Coexist" by Liu Cixin (China), translated by Nathan Faries "The Office Drone" by Nic Lipitz (USA)"Perfect Date" by Jelena Dunato (Croatia...
Eridani's Crown by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 97,760. Language: English. Originally Published: October 22, 2019 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
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...
H. G. Wells, Secret Agent by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,350. Language: English. Originally Published: September 17, 2016 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
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 missions, Wells will team up with Anton Chekhov to foil an assassination plot against Prince Nicholas Romanov of Russia, oversee the construction...
The Rosetta Archive: Notable Speculative Short Fiction in Translation by &
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 105,750. Language: English. Originally Published: February 28, 2022 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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 Awards. The following stories are included: ROESIN by Wu Guan, translated from the Chinese by Judith Huang WHALE SNOWS DOWN by Kim Bo-Young...
The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 70,070. Language: English. Originally Published: March 31, 2018 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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 turn the world into their playground. * Modern-day Dante is guided through hell by the ghost of Bob Marley. * Ancient gods and monsters stalk the halls of a 1920s...
Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic by , , , , , , , , , , , , , , &
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 42,640. Language: English. Originally Published: September 23, 2014 by Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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 , , , , , , &
Series: Unidentified Funny Objects, Book 9. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 89,220. Language: English. Originally Published: November 26, 2022 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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 yeti slackers * Elf bakers * Absconded books * Superhero dance battles * Matchmakers ... in spaaace! This anthology contains the following stories...
Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 119,830. Language: English. Originally Published: February 1, 2015 by Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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...
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 12 by , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 12. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 27,170. Language: English. Originally Published: September 12, 2021 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Stories from Austria, China, Germany, USA, and Russia. "Old People's Folly" features a cantankerous, disabled old lady protagonist living a difficult life many generations after the collapse of modern society. When she meets a young and idealistic woman from before the collapse, whose personality has been digitally stored, there's both a culture clash and a generational divide. Can the two find...
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 11 by , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 11. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,960. Language: English. Originally Published: June 13, 2021 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Contents: "Knights of the Phantom Realm" by Wanxiang Fengnian (China) translated by Nathan Faries "The Jellyfish" by K.A. Teryna (Russia) translated by Alex Shvartsman "Artificial Zen at the End of the World" by Gunnar De Winter (Belgium) "Unredacted Reports from 1546" by Leah Cypess (USA) "Follow" by T. R. Siebert (Germany) Cover art by Luca Oleastri (Italy) Cover layout by Jay O'Connell (USA...
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 by , , , , , , , , &
Series: Unidentified Funny Objects, Book 8. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 82,630. Language: English. Originally Published: September 24, 2020 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR 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! * Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy. * Cat cat-burglars * Grandmotherly golems. * Literal-minded self-driving cars. * Evil overlords retired in Florida. * Indifferent aliens.
Future Science Fiction Digest Volume 9: The East Asia Special Issue by , , , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 9. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 42,830. Language: English. Originally Published: December 14, 2020 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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 depths, from interstellar migrations to genetically engineered mermaids, these tales envision very different, often dark, but always fascinating...
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 4 by , , , , , , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 49,680. Language: English. Originally Published: September 12, 2019 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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. Hardy "The Building Atop the Hill" by Alexander Bachilo (translated by Alex Shvartsman) "A Typical Tale of Bloodlust and Conquest" by Mike Resnick "You Came to the Tower" by Shaenon K. Garrity "Through the Fog, a Distant...
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 7 by , , , &
Series: Future Science Fiction Digest, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,970. Language: English. Originally Published: June 13, 2020 by UFO Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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 the issues of colonization, and the much-closer-to-home conflict between India and Pakistan. Filip Wiltgren returns to the pages of Future SF with...

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