Author

Alex Shvartsman

7 series · 57 standalones · 77 works in the catalog

b. 1975 · Odessa, Ukraine, USSR

Alex Shvartsman 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.

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steampunk
science fiction
cosmic horror
fantasy
horror
time travel

Series

Dark Expanse(1 work)
H. G. Wells: Secret Agent(4 works)
Monster Hunter International short fiction(1 work)
Terran Republic short fiction(1 work)
The Conradverse Chronicles(2 works)
Unidentified Funny Objects(10 works)
Winnie-the-Pooh / Cthulhu Mythos(1 work)

Works

Type

25 of 77 works

A Shard Glows in Brooklyn2012short story
The Field Trip2012short story
The Miracle on Tau Prime2012short story
Unidentified Funny ObjectsUnidentified Funny Objects2012anthology
A Man in an Angel Costume2013short story
Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic2013anthology
Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma2013short story
The Far Side of the Wilderness2013short story
Unidentified Funny Objects 2Unidentified Funny Objects2013anthology
Dominoes Falling2014short story
Fate and Other Variables2014short story
Letting Go2014short story
Surviving the CollapseDark Expanse2014anthology
The Fiddle Game2014short story
The Ganthu Eggs2014short story
The Golem of Deneb Seven2014short story
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Monsters2014short story
Unidentified Funny Objects 3Unidentified Funny Objects2014anthology
Burying Treasure2015short story
Die, Miles Cornbloom2015short story
Dreidel of Dread: The Very Cthulhu Chanukah2015short story
Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma (excerpt)2015short story
Funny Science Fiction2015anthology
Grains of Wheat2015short story
He Who Watches2015short story