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Alex Shvartsman (born November 19, 1975) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor known primarily for humorous short stories. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction in 2014 for his short story "Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma" published in the InterGalactic Medicine Show magazine. He won the WSFA Small Press Award in 2014 and was a finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing in 2015 and 2017.Alex Shvartsman is also a Magic: The Gathering player. While having enjoyed only a moderate degree of success on the Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful Grand Prix players ever. With 21 appearances, Shvartsman held the record for most Grand Prix top eights for a long time, but is now ranked 12th tied with Shota Yasooka. Bibliography Full-length books Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories, UFO Publishing, 2015 H. G. Wells, Secret Agent, UFO Publishing, 2015 The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories, UFO Publishing, 2018 Eridani's Crown, UFO Publishing, 2019 The Middling Affliction, Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2022Selected short stories "How Gaia and the Guardian Saved the World", Amazing Stories, 2016 "One in a Million", On Spec, 2016 "Whom He May Devour", Nautilus, 2016 "Islands in the Sargasso", Galaxy's Edge, 2015 "Burying Treasure", Chicks and Balances (Baen Books), 2015 "He Who Watches", Fireside, 2015 "The Golem of Deneb Seven", InterGalactic Medicine Show, 2014 "The Keepsake Box", Daily Science Fiction, 2014 "High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity", InterGalactic Medicine Show, 2014 "In the Wake of the Storm", Buzzy Magazine, 2013 "The Rumination on What Isn't", Nature, 2013 "The Tinker Bell Problem", Buzzy Magazine, 2013 "Things We Leave Behind", Daily Science Fiction, 2013 "Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma", InterGalactic Medicine Show, 2013 "The Epistolary History", Nature, 2013 "A Gnomish Gift", Weird Tales, 2013 "Requiem for a Druid", Galaxy's Edge, 2013 "The Miracle on Tau Prime", Daily Science Fiction, 2013 "The Tell-Tale Ear", Nature, 2012 "Nuclear Family", Kasma SF, 2012 "Ravages of Time", Nature, 2012 "A Shard Glows in Brooklyn", Buzzy Magazine 2012 "The Take", Daily Science Fiction, 2012 "Spidersong", Daily Science Fiction, 2011 Link to complete bibliography.As editor "Unidentified Funny Objects: An Anthology of Science Fiction & Fantasy Humor". United States: UFO Publishing, 2012. "Unidentified Funny Objects 2". United States: UFO Publishing, 2013. "Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic". United States: UFO Publishing, 2013. "Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse". United States: Deorc Enterprise, 2014. "Unidentified Funny Objects 3". United States: UFO Publishing, 2014. "Funny Science Fiction". United States: UFO Publishing, 2015. "Unidentified Funny Objects 4". United States: UFO Publishing, 2015. "Funny Fantasy". United States: UFO Publishing, 2016. "Unidentified Funny Objects 5". United States: UFO Publishing, 2016. "Humanity 2.0". United States: Arc Manor / Phoenix Pick, 2016. "Funny Horror". United States: UFO Publishing, 2017. "Unidentified Funny Objects 6". United States: UFO Publishing, 2017. "The Cackle of Cthulhu". United States: Baen Books, 2018. "Unidentified Funny Objects 7." United States: UFO Publishing, 2018.Magic: The Gathering achievements Last updated: 17 August 2009Source: Wizards.com References External links Alex Shvartsman's home page . Discover the Alex Shvartsman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Alex Shvartsman books.

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    Unidentified Funny Objects 4

    George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Esther Friesner, Piers Anthony, Gini Koch, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye, Tim Pratt, Karen Haber, Andrew Kaye, Caroline M. Yoachim, Brent C. Smith, Ian Creasey, Oliver Buckram, Anaea Lay, Eric Kaplan, Tina Gower, Zach Shephard, James Aquilone, Michael J Martinez, Tina Connolly & Jonathan Ems

    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? Th...

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    Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories

    Alex Shvartsman

    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 pa...

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    Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 3

    Laura Resnick, Will McIntosh, Edward M. Lerner, Oleg Divov, Amanda Helms, Karen Osborne, Emily Randall, Elena Pavlova, Lu Momo, Vajra Chandrasekera, Wulf Moon & Joshua Sky

    Issue 3 of Future Science Fiction digest features over 60,000 words of fiction. A selection of moonbased stories commemorates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, followed by ...

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    Unidentified Funny Objects 7

    Seanan McGuire, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Esther Friesner & Gini Koch

    SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMORThe Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. Allnew fiction from th...

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    Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 6

    Ken Liu, Julie Nováková, Yevgeny Lukin & Irene Punti

    Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. In this issue we feature stories from the Czech Republic, Catalonia, Russia, and the United States.

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    Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 5

    Filip Wiltgren, Alexandra Seidel & Rodrigo Assis Mesquita

    Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction. In this issue we feature stories from Sweden, Germany, and Brazil: A virtual priest of the Fundamental DOS must h...