Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, game designer, and anthologist. His
adventures so far have included traveling to over 30 countries, playing a card
game for a living, and building a successful business.
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 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 The Magazine of
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, Apex, Strange Horizons,
and other venues.
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). He’s the editor and publisher of Future Science Fiction Digest,
a magazine that focuses on international fiction.
His website is www.alexshvartsman.com
and his Twitter handle is @AShvartsman.
Alex has resided in Brooklyn, NY for over 30 years and draws on his
experience as a New Yorker in writing The Middling Affliction where Brooklyn is
more than merely a background.
