UFO Series by Alex Shvartsman, Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, Esther M. Friesner, Gini Koch, Laura Resnick, Scott Almes, Zach Shephard, K.G. Jewel, Jake Kerr, James Beamon, Ken Liu, Leah Cypess, Stephanie Burgis, Chuck Rothman, Jennifer Pelland, Sergei Lukyanenko, Lavie Tidhar, Michael Kurland, Stephen D. Rogers, Marko Kloos, Jeff Stehman, Don Sakers, Bruce Golden, Jamie Lackey, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anatoly Belilovsky, Siobhan Gallagher, Matt Mikalatos, David Sklar, Jody Lynn Nye, Charity Tahmaseb, Deborah Walker, Nathaniel Lee, Robert Silverberg, Tim Pratt, Jim C. Hines, J.W. Alden, Fran Wilde, Josh Vogt, M.C.A. Hogarth, Konstantine Paradias, K.G. Jewell, Heather Lindsley, Michelle Ann King, Desmond Warzel, Wade Albert White, Paul R. Hardy, Tina Connolly, Jack Campbell, P.J. Sambeaux, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Alan Dean Foster, Bill Ferris, Melissa Mead, Rod M. Santos, David Vierling, G.J. Koch, Langley Hyde, Tatiana Ivanova, Chris Hepler, Galen Westlake, Kurt Pankau, James Wesley Rogers, David Gerrold, Simon R. Green, J.J. Litke, Wendy Mass, Rob Dircks, Jordan Chase-Young, Amy Lynwander, Larry Hodges, Mike Morgan, Jared Oliver Adams, Illimani Ferreira, Eric D. Leavitt, Michael M. Jones, Beth Goder, C. Flynt, Shaenon K. Garrity, Caroline M. Yoachim, Nathan Hillstrom, Mitchell Shanklin, Daniel J. Davis, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney

Unidentified Funny Objects is a collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Packed with laughs, it has 29 stories ranging from lighthearted whimsy to the wild and zany.Inside you’ll find a zombear, tweeting aliens, down-on-their-luck vampires, time twisting belly dancers, moon nazis, stoned computers, omnivorous sex-maniac pandas, and a spell-casting Albert Einstein.INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STORIES:“El and Al vs... moreUnidentified Funny Objects is a collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Packed with laughs, it has 29 stories ranging from lighthearted whimsy to the wild and zany.Inside you’ll find a zombear, tweeting aliens, down-on-their-luck vampires, time twisting belly dancers, moon nazis, stoned computers, omnivorous sex-maniac pandas, and a spell-casting Albert Einstein.INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STORIES:“El and Al vs. Himmler’s Horrendous Horde from Hell” by Mike Resnick“The Alchemist’s Children” by Nathaniel Lee“Moon Landing” by Lavie Tidhar“Fight Finale from the Near Future” by James Beamon“Love Thy Neighbors” by Ken Liu“The Alien Invasion As Seen In The Twitter Stream of @dweebless” by Jake Kerr“Dreaming Harry” by Stephanie Burgis“The Last Dragon Slayer” by Chuck Rothman“The Real Thing” by Don Sakers“2001 Revisited via 1969″ by Bruce Golden“The Working Stiff” by Matt Mikalatos“Temporal Shimmies” by Jennifer Pelland“One-Hand Tantra” by Ferrett Steinmetz“Of Mat and Math” by Anatoly Belilovsky“Timber!” by Scott Almes“Go Karts of the Gods” by Michael Kurland“No Silver Lining” by Zach Shephard“If You Act Now” by Sergey Lukyanenko“My Kingdom for a Horse” by Stephen D. Rogers“First Date” by Jamie Lackey“All I Want for Christmas” by Siobhan Gallagher“Venus of Willendorf” by Deborah Walker“An Unchanted Sword” by Jeff Stehman“The Day They Repossessed my Zombies” by K.G. Jewell“The Fifty One Suitors of Princess Jamatpie” by Leah Cypess“The Secret Life of Sleeping Beauty” by Charity Tahmaseb“The Velveteen Golem” by David Sklar“The Worm’s Eye View” by Jody Lynn Nye“Cake from Mars” by Marko Kloos less

UFO2 is the second annual collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories. Inside you'll find: - A golem on an interstellar cruise ship - Dragon-taunting for fun and profit - Time travel gone really wrong - Cubicle farm wizardry - Alien behemoths in Central ParkAnd much, much more!Alex Shvartsman - FOREWORDKen Liu - THE MSG GOLEMEsther Friesner - SERVICE CHARGEJ. W. Alden - ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBEDJim C. Hines - STRANGER VS... moreUFO2 is the second annual collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories. Inside you'll find: - A golem on an interstellar cruise ship - Dragon-taunting for fun and profit - Time travel gone really wrong - Cubicle farm wizardry - Alien behemoths in Central ParkAnd much, much more!Alex Shvartsman - FOREWORDKen Liu - THE MSG GOLEMEsther Friesner - SERVICE CHARGEJ. W. Alden - ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBEDJim C. Hines - STRANGER VS. THE MALEVOLENT MALIGNANCYFran Wilde - HOW TO FEED YOUR PYROKINETIC TODDLERMatt Mikalatos - A STIFF BARGAINJosh Vogt - THE GIRL WITH THE DAGON TATTOOM.C.A. Hogarth - IMPROVED CUBICLE DOORMike Resnick - ON SAFARIKonstantine Paradias - HOW YOU RUINED EVERYTHINGJody Lynn Nye - INSIDER INFORMATIONK.G. Jewell - THE HAUNTED BLENDERTim Pratt - THE RETGUNHeather Lindsley - THE DIPLOMAT’S HOLIDAYMichelle Ann King - CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APOTHEOSISDesmond Warzel - ONE THING LEADS TO YOUR MOTHERJames Beamon - CLASS ACTION ORCWade Albert White - THE WIGGY TURPIN AFFAIRRobert Silverberg - HANNIBAL’S ELEPHANTS less

The fourth volume of the annual Unidentified Funny Objects series features the theme of dark humor. What happens when you ask some of the genre's masters to interpret this theme? The enclosed twenty-three darkly humorous tales range from black comedy to biting satire to morbid irony and everything in between. Inside this book you'll find Faustian bargains gone awry, time-traveling ghosts, flawed supervillains, talking hamsters, and much more.Featuring stories by:George R. R... moreThe fourth volume of the annual Unidentified Funny Objects series features the theme of dark humor. What happens when you ask some of the genre's masters to interpret this theme? The enclosed twenty-three darkly humorous tales range from black comedy to biting satire to morbid irony and everything in between. Inside this book you'll find Faustian bargains gone awry, time-traveling ghosts, flawed supervillains, talking hamsters, and much more.Featuring stories by:George R. R. MartinNeil GaimanAndrew KayeCaroline M. YoachimEsther FriesnerBrent C. SmithLaura PearlmanTim PrattPiers AnthonyIan CreaseyOliver BuckramAnaea LayKaren HaberEric KaplanJody Lynn NyeTina GowerZach ShephardMike ResnickJames AquiloneMichael J. MartinezTina ConnollyGini KochJonathan Ems less

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Aztec Astronauts* Punster Prophets* Apocalyptic Apps* Cantankerous Cryptids* and the Duck KnightFifth 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.

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Cranky Goblin Cooks* Unscrupulous Chemists* Lecherous Space Pirates* Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes* Soul-Searching Snot ElementalsThe Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch... moreSCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Cranky Goblin Cooks* Unscrupulous Chemists* Lecherous Space Pirates* Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes* Soul-Searching Snot ElementalsThe Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch. Jim Hines reimagines a Game of Thrones with goblins in it, Ken Liu begs a sentient AI to spare him, and Esther Friesner takes us on a tour of Chelm, complete with dragons and gratuitous footnotes. There are also tales of an interdimensional secret agent, a warrior-writer on a quest from an evil god, a necromancer intent on rehabilitating the image of his profession, and many more. less

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * A long time ago in a galaxy close enough not to violate any copyrights, the clone army fighting for the side of the evil empire is made up of a bunch of bros named Chad... moreSCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * A long time ago in a galaxy close enough not to violate any copyrights, the clone army fighting for the side of the evil empire is made up of a bunch of bros named Chad. * Can a couple of wise guys from New Jersey broker a sit down between two groups of warring aliens? * Witness an epic battle of mad science vs. dark magic. * US presidents elected in 1860 and 1960 were both assassinated. What's going to happen to whoever's elected in 2060? * Beware the dragon polite enough to return your drone after it breached the barriers between worlds and bonked him on the snout. less

The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices!* Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy.* Cat cat-burglars.* Grandmotherly golems.* Literal-minded self-driving cars.* Evil overlords retired in Florida.* Indifferent aliens.