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Alex Shvartsman

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Author

Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, game designer, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. His adventures so far have included traveling to over thirty countries, playing a card game for a living, and building a successful business.


Alex is the author of Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022), and Eridani’s Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Over 120 of his short stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, Fireside, Weird Tales, Galaxy’s Edge, and many other venues. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction in 2014 and was a three-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.


Alex’s translations from Russian have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Tor.com, Asimov’s, Analog, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.


He’s the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects series of humorous SF/F, as well as a variety of other anthologies, including The Cackle of Cthulhu (Baen), Humanity 2.0 (Arc Manor), and Funny Science Fiction (UFO).  For five years he edited Future Science Fiction Digest, a magazine that focused on international fiction.


His website is www.alexshvartsman.com and his Twitter handle is @AShvartsman.

Day
Start
Location
Name of Event
Fri
5:00 PM
CC - Mtg Room 14/15
Opening Ceremonies
Fri
7:00 PM
M - Plaza Ballroom A
What's New in Humorous Science Fiction and Fantasy
Fri
8:00 PM
CC - Mtg Rm 9/10
The Art of Editing
Sat
12:00 PM
M - Carter Room (Readings 1)
Reading: Alex Shvartsman and David (Brena) Bock
Sat
1:00 PM
CC - Room 3
The UFO Cryptid Connection
Sat
5:00 PM
CC - Exhibit Hall D (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside
Autograph Session: Griffin Barber, Alex Shvartsman, Gini Koch, Michael LaVoice
Sun
10:00 AM
M - Plaza Ballroom A/B
Kaffeeklatsch
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Kakistocracy

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Eridani's Crown

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Gunfight on Europa Station

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The Middling Affliction

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Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories

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Weird World War III

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