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Spidersong
Travel to distant stars and magical kingdoms in this collection of thirty-one very short science fiction and fantasy tales.
These five-minute reads range between hilarious and heartbreaking. Meet feline space invaders, rogue AIs, avian gods, telepathic spiders, poet kings, apocalyptic guardians, and hapless time travelers.
Visit entire worlds during your coffee break.
These five-minute reads range between hilarious and heartbreaking. Meet feline space invaders, rogue AIs, avian gods, telepathic spiders, poet kings, apocalyptic guardians, and hapless time travelers.
Visit entire worlds during your coffee break.
154 pages, Paperback
Published April 16, 2025
About the author
Alex Shvartsman
160 books158 followersAlex Shvartsman is a writer, editor, and translator from Brooklyn, NY. He's the author of The Best of All Possible Planets (2026A), Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022) and Eridani's Crown (2019).
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 three-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction and, as a translator, a three-time finalist for the BSFA Award. For a brief, glorious moment one of his short stories was in development as a live action TV series.
Alex is the editor of nearly twenty anthologies, including the long-standing Unidentified Funny Objects 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 three-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction and, as a translator, a three-time finalist for the BSFA Award. For a brief, glorious moment one of his short stories was in development as a live action TV series.
Alex is the editor of nearly twenty anthologies, including the long-standing Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series of humorous SF/F.
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April 3, 2026
I read the stories of this wonderful sci-fi/fantasy collection as a reward for finishing tedious tasks I wasn’t looking forward to doing.
One story I really wanted to read for doing each thing I did not want to do but needed to be done.
It worked like a charm!
Well-written, funny and smart short stories, filled with many surprises.
I loved them !
One story I really wanted to read for doing each thing I did not want to do but needed to be done.
It worked like a charm!
Well-written, funny and smart short stories, filled with many surprises.
I loved them !
Displaying 1 of 1 review