Alex Shvartsman (born November 19, 1975) is an American
science fiction
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and fantasy writer and editor known primarily for humorous short stories. He won the
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for Short Fiction in 2014 for his short story "Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma" published in the ''
InterGalactic Medicine Show
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'' 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
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'' player. While having enjoyed only a moderate degree of success on the
Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful
Grand Prix
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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, 2022
Selected 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
*
, 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.
United States: Baen Books, 2018.
*"Unidentified Funny Objects 7." United States: UFO Publishing, 2018.
''Magic: The Gathering'' achievements
References
External links
Alex Shvartsman's home page
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Living people
American science fiction writers
Science fiction editors
American Magic: The Gathering players
1975 births
American male short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers
Writers from Odesa
Ukrainian emigrants to the United States