Page Created: 07/13/12. Last Updated: 12/16/16.
Alex Shvartsman works as a consultant in the gaming industry and owns and operates Kings Games in Brooklyn. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Codex Writers Group, an online workshop for professional speculative writers. He joined the Writers of the Weird in July 2012.
Alex Shvartsman Online:
..........Official Site / Blog: http://alexshvartsman.com/
..........Twitter: http://twitter.com/ashvartsman
..........Wikipedia Gaming Profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Shvartsman
Collections:
..........EXPLAINING CTHULHU TO GRANDMA AND OTHER STORIES
..........H G WELLS, SECRET AGENT
Editor
..........COFFEE (reprint / original anthology)
..........FUNNY SCIENCE FICTION (reprint anthology)
..........UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS (original anthology)
..........UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 2 (original anthology)
..........UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 3 (original anthology)
..........UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 4 (original anthology)
..........UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 5 (original anthology)
Translator
..........The Ferryman by Siarhey Bulyha in Spark: A Creative Anthology (forthcoming)
..........If You Act Now by Sergey Lukyanenko in Unidentified Funny Objects (1)
Alex Shvartsman Interviewed:
..........SF SIGNAL (12/18/13): http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/12/the-craft-alex-shvartsman-on-getting-published/
Notable Stories:
..........Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 in SPARK IV: A CREATIVE ANTHOLOGY
..........A Better Tomorrow in Interstellar Fiction (forthcoming)
..........A Brief Respite from Eternity in Stupefying Stories April 14, 2012
..........The Candidate on Ascension Game Web Site February 23, 2011
..........Coffee in End Times (w/Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) in Nature 506 February 20, 2014
..........Dominos Falling in Dark Expanse Anthology (forthcoming)
..........Doubt published by Galaxy's Edge, Issue 8, May 2014
..........The Dragon Ships of Tycho in GALACTIC CREATURES May 27, 2012
...........Dreidel of Dread: The Very Cthulhu Chanukah (reprint) in Every Day Fiction December 7, 2015.
..........The Epistolatory History in Nature # 496 April 25, 2013
..........Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
..........The Far Side of the Wilderness in Beyond the Sun (anthology)
..........Fate and Other Variables in Galaxy's Edge
..........The Fiddle Game in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
..........The Field Trip in IN SITU (anthology), Dagon Books (forthcoming)
..........The Ganthu Eggs in SF Comet September 9, 2014
..........The Getawy in SPARKS (anthology) by Earthbound Fiction February 14, 2012
..........The Golem of Deneb Seven in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Issue 40.
..........Grains of Wheat in Nature # 521.
..........He Who Watches in Fireside Magazine (forthcoming)
..........Hi-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show (forthcoming)
..........How Earth Narrowly Escaped an Invasion from Space in Daily Science Fiction April 14, 2014
..........How Gaia and the Guardian Saved the World at Amazing Stories.
..........Hunger in Title Goes Here Magazine, Issue 11 April 21, 2012
..........Icarus Falls at Daily Science Fiction, September 23, 2014
..........Icarus Falls at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, May 2015
..........An Indelible Feast at Stupefying Stories Showcase # 10.
..........In the Wake of the Storm at Buzzy Magazine.
..........In Service of a Greater Cause in Schrodinger's Mouse, Issue 1
..........Islands in the Sargasso Published in Galaxy's Edge, July 2014
..........The Keepsake Box in Daily Science Fiction January 22, 2014
..........Letting Go in Daily Science Fiction November 3, 2014
..........Life at the Lake's Shore in FISH (anthology), Dagon Books (forthcoming)
..........A Man in an Angel's Costume in Horror d'oeurves Magazine
..........Manna from Heaven in Bards & Sages Quarterly (forthcoming)
..........Masquerade Night in In a Cat's Eye Anthology.
..........The Miracle on Tau Prime in Daily Science Fiction December 27, 2012
..........Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Mostly to a Draw in Daily Science Fiction June 12, 2014
..........Noun of Nouns: A Mini Epic in Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling anthology.
..........Nuclear Family in Kasma SF June 1, 2012
..........Number Station in Stupefying Stories (forthcoming)
..........Of UFOs & Unicats on Alex Shvartsman Blog July 1, 2010
..........On the Last Afternoon in Every Day Fiction April 3, 2011
..........A One-Sided Argument in Nature's Futures April 25, 2014
..........One Thousand and First in 16 Single Sentence Stories
..........Pel's Crusade in Golden Visions Magazine July 1, 2011
..........The Prefect Book in Fantasy Scroll Magazine # 3.
..........The Poet-Kings and the Word Plague in Daily Science Fiction October 3, 2016
..........Price of Allegiance in Penumbra Magazine, Volume 1, Number 10
..........Putting It All Together in Nine # 1 April 24, 2012
..........Putting It All Together reprinted in Freeze Frame Fiction (forthcoming)
..........Ravages of Time in Nature # 485, May 17, 2012
..........The Rumination on What Isn't in Nature 501, September 26, 2013
..........Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms reprinted in Fantasy Scroll Magazine # 1
..........Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms in THE MEMORY EATER (anthology) (forthcoming)
..........A Shard Glows in Brooklyn in Buzzy Magazine April 19, 2012
..........The Skeptic in Absent Willow Review November 15, 2010 Reprinted in Bent Masses January 15, 2012
..........Spidersong in Daily Science Fiction October 24, 2011
..........Superior Firepower in Bards & Sages Quarterly July 2011
..........The Take in Daily Science Fiction March 18, 2012
..........A Tear in the Web in KZine # 1
..........Things We Leave Behind in Daily Science Fiction May 10, 2013
..........A Thousand Cuts in One Buck Horror # 6
..........Time Away in White Cat Magazine October 13, 2011
..........The Tinker Bell Problem in Buzzy Magazine May 17, 2013
..........The Traveling Fair in Every Day Fiction April 18, 2012
..........Ture Love in Daily Science Fiction June 6, 2013
..........Whom He May Devour in Nautilus January 7, 2016
..........You Bet at UFO Publishing October 29, 2012
Microfiction
..........Chill in The Drabbler Issue # 19 September 1, 2011
..........One Thousand and First on Alex Shvartsman Blog May 28, 2012
..........Prometheus Cried in Nanoism July 6, 2011
Podcasts
..........A One-Sided Argument in Meduspod # 2 November 17, 2014
..........Coffee in End Times (co-authored by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) in Toasted Cake (forthcoming)
..........Coffee in End Times (co-authored by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) in Nature.com (03/14/14)
..........Dominos Falling in StarShipSofa (forthcoming)
..........Doubt in StarShipSofa (forthcoming).
..........The Dragon Ships of Tycho in StarShipSofa (forthcoming)
..........The Far Side of the Wilderness in StarShipSofa (forthcoming)
..........The Field Trip in Cast of Wonders # 75, April 14, 2013
..........The Lekar's Fortune in Electric Voice Phenomena (forthcoming)
..........Nuclear Family in Cast of Wonders # 109, December 22, 2013
..........Price of Allegiance in StarShipSofa (forthcoming)
..........Putting It All Together in Toasted Cake # 66, April 7, 2013
..........Ravages of Time in StarShipSofa (forthcoming)
..........In Service of a Greater Cause in Smoke & Mirrors April 27, 2012
..........The Take in Beam Me Up Podcast June 23, 2012
..........The Tell-Tale Ear in Toasted Cake # 116 August 3, 2014
..........Things We Leave Behind in Cast of Wonders # 138, September 21, 2014
..........You Bet in Cast of Wonders # 95, September 15, 2013
Translator
..........The Ferryman by Siarhey Bulyha in Spark: A Creative Anthology (forthcoming)
..........If You Act Now by Sergey Lukyanenko in Unidentified Funny Objects (1)