β Scribed by Alex Shvartsman (ed)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR. * Aztec Astronauts * Punster Prophets * Apocalyptic Apps * Cantankerous Cryptids * and the Duck Knight The fifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features eighteen lighthearted science fiction and fantasy tales from the masters of the genre. Read about planetary adoptions, secret agent princesses, alien cooking reality shows, rigged elections, magical insurance agents, and much more.
Contents
Foreword
Alex Shvartsman
My Enemy, the Unicorn
Bill Ferris
The Trouble with Hairy
David Gerrold
B.U.M.P. in the Knight
Esther Friesner
If I Could Give this Time Machine Zero Stars, I Would
James Wesley Rogers
The Ξ Files
Laura Resnick
Prophet Margins
Zach Shephard
The Deliverable
Shaenon K. Garrity
The Mayoral Stakes
Mike Resnick
Rude Mechanicals
Jody Lynn Nye
Kaylee the Huntress
Tim Pratt
Best Chef Season Three: Tau Ceti e
Caroline M. Yoachim
Won't You Please Give One of These Species-Planets a Second Chance?
Nathan Hillstrom
Fantastic Coverage
Mitchell Shanklin
Mistaken Identity
Daniel J. Davis
Customer Service Hobgoblin
Paul R. Hardy
The Lesser of Two Evils
Shane Halbach
Appointment at Titlanitza
Fred Stesney
The Problem with Poofs
Gini Koch
Afterword
About the editor
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