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Funny Horror
18 short stories of humorous horror!
Read this book to:
* Meet communist werewolves, mad scientists, and Jewish vampires.
* Reject novel pitches from famous zombie novelists.
* Provide psychotherapy for Cthulhu.
* Domesticate angry gods.
* Install Linux on a dead badger.
Includes the following stories:
“No Children, No Pets” by Esther Friesner
“43 Responses to ‘In Memory of Dr. Alexandra Nako'” by Barbara A. Barnett
“Kvetchula’s Daughter” by Darrell Schweitzer
“The Great VuDu Linux Teen Zombie Massacree” by Lucy A. Snyder
“Good Neighbors” by Amanda C. Davis
“Happily and Righteously” by Larry Hodges
“Stalking the Zombie” by Mike Resnick
“Restless in R’yleh” by Oliver Buckram
“P.R. Problems” by Eric James Stone
“Hot Fudge and Whipped Cream” by Tarl Kudrick
“Death: A List” by Tanya Bryan
“Soccer Mom Smackdown” by Julia S. Mandala
“The God Whisperer” by Daniel J. Davis
“Meat and Greet” by Jamie Todd Rubin
“Something Virtual This Way Comes” by Laura Resnick
“The Story of Emily and Control” by Scott Alexander
“Howl!” by Jody Lynn Nye
“Final Corrections” by M. Bennardo
Read this book to:
* Meet communist werewolves, mad scientists, and Jewish vampires.
* Reject novel pitches from famous zombie novelists.
* Provide psychotherapy for Cthulhu.
* Domesticate angry gods.
* Install Linux on a dead badger.
Includes the following stories:
“No Children, No Pets” by Esther Friesner
“43 Responses to ‘In Memory of Dr. Alexandra Nako'” by Barbara A. Barnett
“Kvetchula’s Daughter” by Darrell Schweitzer
“The Great VuDu Linux Teen Zombie Massacree” by Lucy A. Snyder
“Good Neighbors” by Amanda C. Davis
“Happily and Righteously” by Larry Hodges
“Stalking the Zombie” by Mike Resnick
“Restless in R’yleh” by Oliver Buckram
“P.R. Problems” by Eric James Stone
“Hot Fudge and Whipped Cream” by Tarl Kudrick
“Death: A List” by Tanya Bryan
“Soccer Mom Smackdown” by Julia S. Mandala
“The God Whisperer” by Daniel J. Davis
“Meat and Greet” by Jamie Todd Rubin
“Something Virtual This Way Comes” by Laura Resnick
“The Story of Emily and Control” by Scott Alexander
“Howl!” by Jody Lynn Nye
“Final Corrections” by M. Bennardo
256 pages, Paperback
First published February 13, 2017
About the author
Alex Shvartsman
152 books139 followersAlex Shvartsman is a writer, editor, and translator from Brooklyn, NY. He's the author of The Middling Affliction (2022) and Eridani's Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Kakistocracy, a sequel to The Middling Affliction, is forthcoming in 2023.
Over 120 of his stories have been published in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and many other venues. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist (2015 and 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.
His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and his steampunk humor novella H. G. Wells, Secret Agent were published in 2015. His second collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories followed in 2018.
Alex is the editor of over a dozen anthologies, including the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F.
Over 120 of his stories have been published in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and many other venues. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist (2015 and 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.
His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and his steampunk humor novella H. G. Wells, Secret Agent were published in 2015. His second collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories followed in 2018.
Alex is the editor of over a dozen anthologies, including the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F.
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August 4, 2018
Hilarious!
These were great stories! I laughed so hard! That hasn’t happened in awhile.. not a good hard belly laugh that I got while reading a couple stories. Even the last story made me smile “We regret our errors as much as humankind”... I recommend this book and the author has also noted the anthologies he pulled the stories from and more on the authors which is always appreciated for the reading bibliophile who owns a gazillion anthologies and isn’t aware that she owns half the anthologies listed lol oops!
These were great stories! I laughed so hard! That hasn’t happened in awhile.. not a good hard belly laugh that I got while reading a couple stories. Even the last story made me smile “We regret our errors as much as humankind”... I recommend this book and the author has also noted the anthologies he pulled the stories from and more on the authors which is always appreciated for the reading bibliophile who owns a gazillion anthologies and isn’t aware that she owns half the anthologies listed lol oops!
June 26, 2017
This book was a nice little collection of horror/sci-fi short stories. it opens with a six year old communist werewolf - I was hooked, lol. My least favorite stories had to do with that particular authors writing style but YMMV.
Pick it up if you like horror and sci-fi and have a dry/dark sense of humor.
Pick it up if you like horror and sci-fi and have a dry/dark sense of humor.
April 24, 2020
Laugh, Monster, Laugh!
A lovely chocolate box of delightful short stories to tickle the funny bones. Watch out for a couple of them that might just bite back.
A lovely chocolate box of delightful short stories to tickle the funny bones. Watch out for a couple of them that might just bite back.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews