Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories

✍ Scribed by Shvartsman, Alex

• Publisher: Pronoun; UFO Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 366 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• ISBN: 0988432854

✦ Synopsis

40 short stories by Alex Shvartsman, winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction.

• An elder god trapped in a pocket dimension turns up in the world's oldest magic pawn shop.

• A cybernetically-enhanced assassin who can't feel pain faces a dangerous adversary.

• A computer hacker and a mystic team up to break into the Book of Fate and change their futures.

• Vatican investigators are called to examine a miracle on another planet.

and much, much more!

The e-book includes 23 bonus stories not featured in the printed edition, for a total of 63 stories! Each story includes author notes, written for this collection.

Praise for "Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma":

"Wit, sentiment, imagination--Alex Shvartsman's got them all." -Mike Resnick, Hugo award winner.

"Fantastic variety and scope ... Prepare to be entertained, delighted and amazed." -Esther Friesner, Nebula award winner.

"His stories feature tightly constructed, intricate, puzzle-like plots with clever banter and plenty of fresh, twisted pop culture references." -Ken Liu, Hugo and Nebula award winner

"Full of intriguing ideas and wit." -Jody Lynn Nye, bestselling author

"A wonderful collection of short stories that will make you laugh, think and feel." -Gini Koch, bestselling author

"If you ever need to explain Cthulhu to your Grandma, this is the place to start." -Henry Gee, senior editor at Nature.

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✦ Subjects

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction