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
