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by Alex Shvartsman (Author)
The second volume in a critically acclaimed fantasy-humor book series. Also very topical with New York, written by a native of the City, using many of the City's landmarks
Author Biography
Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, game designer, and anthologist. Over 120 of his short stories have appeared in various venues, inlcuding Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, Fireside, Weird Tales, Galaxy's Edge.
He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction in 2014 and was a two-time finalist (2015 & 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction. His political fantasy novel Eridani's Crown was published in 2019.
Alex's translations from Russian have appeared in magazines likeThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Asimov's. He's the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects series of humorous SF/F, as well as other anthologies, including The Cackle of Cthulhu, Humanity 2.0 and Funny Science Fiction. He also edits and publishes Future Science Fiction Digest.
Alex has resided in Brooklyn, NY for over 30 years and draws on his experience as a New Yorker in writing The Conradverse Chronicles where Brooklyn is more than merely a background.
