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Miro Švercel

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Miro Švercel - rodený Partizánčan žijúci niekoľko rokov v zahraničí. Popri bádaní v hlbinách života mikrokozmu sa venuje svojím záľubám, medzi ktoré patrí herectvo, história, príroda a poslednú dobu písanie fantastických poviedok (fantasy, scifi, horor a historická fikcia), s ktorými dosiahol úspechy v súťažiach: Martinus Cena Fantázie (2013 – Starec a dieťa, 2016 - Curriculum Vitae et Mortis, 2017 - Keď spomienky mrú..., 2019 - Hic sunt homines), Fantasy Award (2014 – The hempen cloth, 2016 - The hunter of memories), Poviedka Istroconu (2015 – In viro veritas, 2017 - Traja králi, 2018 - Zamatoví emzáci), O Dračí Řád (2015 – Perúnova sekera), Daidalos 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 či Ohnivé Pero (2015 – Max a pehavé strašidlá; 2016 - Max i Pes Fik Miro Švercel - rodený Partizánčan žijúci niekoľko rokov v zahraničí. Popri bádaní v hlbinách života mikrokozmu sa venuje svojím záľubám, medzi ktoré patrí herectvo, história, príroda a poslednú dobu písanie fantastických poviedok (fantasy, scifi, horor a historická fikcia), s ktorými dosiahol úspechy v súťažiach: Martinus Cena Fantázie (2013 – Starec a dieťa, 2016 - Curriculum Vitae et Mortis, 2017 - Keď spomienky mrú..., 2019 - Hic sunt homines), Fantasy Award (2014 – The hempen cloth, 2016 - The hunter of memories), Poviedka Istroconu (2015 – In viro veritas, 2017 - Traja králi, 2018 - Zamatoví emzáci), O Dračí Řád (2015 – Perúnova sekera), Daidalos 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 či Ohnivé Pero (2015 – Max a pehavé strašidlá; 2016 - Max i Pes Fik, Maxmisia, 2017 - Max a wild wild Weston, 2019 - SantaMax), Tovaryši kalamáře (2017 - Primus inter pares, 2020- Řiťuál). Publikoval aj v zbierke Rozmarná Fantastika (Nevstúpiš do tej istej rieky...), v edícii Fascinace 5, prvej zbierke fantastických poviedok od slovenských autorov v angličtine - Fragments of Heaven (The Hempen Cloth), hororovej zbierke Může se to stát i vám, v scifi zbierke Zajtra bude včera (Keď nekvapká, aspoň prší), Vianoce, zas Vianoce (Kde je Ježiško?), antológiách Moderná Urban Fantasy (Detektorista), Slovensko Komické (Mavťan) a Slovensko Fantastické (Perúnova sekera), Slovenské Temno (Prdimucha), Slovensko Tajomné (Na kolejích stála...), Když sa peklo protrhlo (Max i Démon), časopisoch Pevnost (In Viro Veritas, Tři králové), Howard (Zrkadielko, zrkadielko...) a XB-1 (Poslední obr, Země Nikoho, Hra stínů; Jak se stát andělem...)..

Miro Švercel - was born in the young city of Partizánske (Slovakia) and presently lives in the country of the finest chocolates, cheeses and clocks. He is the author of scientific studies in microbiology and is managing a research in this field. Recently, he has found a passion for writing fiction stories. Especially, the Slavic mythology has attracted his interest. With his fantasy and science-fiction stories, he achieved some success in writing competitions in Slovakia and Czech republic, e.g. Martinus Cena Fantázie (2013 – Starec a dieťa, 2016 - Curriculum Vitae et Mortis, 2017 - Keď spomienky mrú..., 2019 - Hic sunt homines), Fantasy Award (2014 – The hempen cloth, 2016 - The hunter of memories), Poviedka Istroconu (2015 – In viro veritas, 2017 - Traja králi, 2018 - Zamatoví emzáci), O Dračí Řád (2015 – Perúnova sekera), Daidalos 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, or in the competition - Ohnivé Pero (2015 – Max a pehavé strašidlá; 2016 - Max i Pes Fik, Maxmisia, 2017 - Max a wild wild Weston, 2019 - SantaMax), Tovaryši kalamáře (2017 - Primus inter pares, 2020- Řiťuál). He has published in the fantasy anthology -Rozmarná Fantastika (Nevstúpiš do tej istej rieky...), Czech edition of Fascinace (book 5), in the first anthology of fiction stories by Slovak authors written in English - Fragments of Heaven (The Hempen Cloth), lately in the anthology Moderná Urban Fantasy (Detektorista), horror anthology Může se to stát i vám, in scifi collection Zajtra bude včera (Keď nekvapká, aspoň prší), Vianoce, zas Vianoce (Kde je Ježiško?), humour anthology Slovensko Komické (Mavťan) and Slovensko Fantastické (Perunova sekera), Slovenské Temno (Prdimucha), Slovensko Tajomné (Na kolejích stála...), Když sa peklo protrhlo (Max i Démon), and in the journal Pevnost (In Viro Veritas, Tři králové), journal XB-1 (Poslední obr, Země Nikoho, Hra stínů, Jak se stát andělem...) and Howard (Zrkadielko, zrkadielko...) ...
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	Fantázia 2017 by Ivan Aľakša (Editor), Lucia Lackovičová (Editor), Adam Máčaj 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantázia 2019 by Lucia Lackovičová (Contributor/Editor), Ivan Aľakša (Editor), Vanessa Jóriová 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantázia 2016 (Cena Fantázie, #14) by Ivan Aľakša (Editor), Naďa Langová, Lívia Lévyová 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slovensko fantastické by Prešporské divadlo, Alexandra Pavelková, Milan Tichý (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rozmarná fantastika: To najsamopašnejšie z českej a slovenskej fantastiky! by Katarína Soyka (editor), Lenona Štiblaríková (editor), Juraj Búry (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slovensko Komické by Prešporské divadlo, Soňa Uriková, Peter Balko 3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantázia 2013 by Ivan Aľakša (Editor), Lucia Lackovičová (Editor), Róbert Hric 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slovenské temno by Lenona Štiblaríková, Katarína Soyka, Jozef Harendarčík 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vianoce, zas Vianoce by Katarína Soyka, Lenona Štiblaríková, Miro Švercel (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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