Description

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