Unidentified Funny Objects 10
(2026)(The tenth book in the Unidentified Funny Objects series)
An anthology of stories edited by Alex Shvartsman
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! In this volume you'll find:
* Space orc diplomats
* Hapless necromancers
* Gamification of everything
* Plumbing problems at an evil wizard’s castle
* Get-rich-quick schemes gone wrong
* Seussian cyberpunk
No AI! Written by organic, locally-sourced human authors.
This anthology contains the following stories:
‘How to Make Everything Better for Everyone’ – Jane Espenson
‘Hort0n’ – Mark S. Bailen
‘A Draining Affair’ – Caitlin Rozakis
‘The Shank of the Evening’ – Nick Mamatas
‘Disaster Recovery’ – Arthur H. Manners
‘War Economy’ – Will Brege
‘I Hate This Planet’ – Alan Dean Foster
‘Love or Lizard Island’ ''' Jackie Rogoff
‘Stupid Cupid’ – Zach Shephard
‘Boracle’s Four’ – Kit Gadgitar
‘Opacity’ – Leo Kaganov, translated by Alex Shvartsman
‘Passengers’ – Simon R. Green
‘Nicky’s Sea Goat’ – Nathaniel Mumau
‘Back to School Guidelines (Tentaculon-Approved)’ – Tina Connolly
‘One More Night’ – Esther Friesner
‘My Counsel of Bugs’ – John Butterworth III
‘Intruders at the Party on Pluto IV’ – Agatha Grimke
‘The Cat Lady Cometh’ – Gini Koch
‘The Brightest of Futures’ – Brad Preslar
‘Bruiser’s Breakout’ – David Hankins
‘A Peaceful Country Sojourn’ – C. Flynt
‘The Sixth Stage of Grief is Necromancy’ – Rachel Meresman
‘Cold Case’ – Jody Lynn Nye
‘Humanities’ – Desmond Warzel
Genre: Science Fiction
* Space orc diplomats
* Hapless necromancers
* Gamification of everything
* Plumbing problems at an evil wizard’s castle
* Get-rich-quick schemes gone wrong
* Seussian cyberpunk
No AI! Written by organic, locally-sourced human authors.
This anthology contains the following stories:
‘How to Make Everything Better for Everyone’ – Jane Espenson
‘Hort0n’ – Mark S. Bailen
‘A Draining Affair’ – Caitlin Rozakis
‘The Shank of the Evening’ – Nick Mamatas
‘Disaster Recovery’ – Arthur H. Manners
‘War Economy’ – Will Brege
‘I Hate This Planet’ – Alan Dean Foster
‘Love or Lizard Island’ ''' Jackie Rogoff
‘Stupid Cupid’ – Zach Shephard
‘Boracle’s Four’ – Kit Gadgitar
‘Opacity’ – Leo Kaganov, translated by Alex Shvartsman
‘Passengers’ – Simon R. Green
‘Nicky’s Sea Goat’ – Nathaniel Mumau
‘Back to School Guidelines (Tentaculon-Approved)’ – Tina Connolly
‘One More Night’ – Esther Friesner
‘My Counsel of Bugs’ – John Butterworth III
‘Intruders at the Party on Pluto IV’ – Agatha Grimke
‘The Cat Lady Cometh’ – Gini Koch
‘The Brightest of Futures’ – Brad Preslar
‘Bruiser’s Breakout’ – David Hankins
‘A Peaceful Country Sojourn’ – C. Flynt
‘The Sixth Stage of Grief is Necromancy’ – Rachel Meresman
‘Cold Case’ – Jody Lynn Nye
‘Humanities’ – Desmond Warzel
Genre: Science Fiction