Alex Shvartsman - Author, Kakistocracy

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This list is a few years out of date, but it's still valid if anyone is looking for Ukrainian writers to read. I was rather hoping the list would get a LOT longer but it's grown only a little, and mostly thanks to efforts of smaller presses like @PiercePress

Look forward to reading this beautifully produced book The Flood by Yevhen Lyr (Євген Лір) received from @ukrainer_en within a week of ordering. Thanks to @AShvartsman for rec. #ukrainuanauthor #kakhovka

Get BLACK HOLE HEART by @k_a_teryna, tr @AShvartsman. Read it. Love it. You're welcome. fairwoodpress.com/store/p188/BLA… #SFinTranslation

#SFinTranslation out from @clarkesworld this month: more @k_a_teryna, translated by @AShvartsman !! clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

"Serpent Carriers" by @k_a_teryna is live at Clarkesworld today! This absolutely brilliant long novelette is perhaps the most complex translation I've had to perform to date, but it is well worth it! I can't wait for everyone to read this story. clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25/

If you're near Stroudsburg PA, join me at this author event on Saturday!

My story "Life in the Future" will be serialized in The Daily Tomorrow starting, well, tomorrow (Sunday, June 1). Do you want it to arrive in your inbox for free? Be sure to sign up today! dailytomorrow.substack.com

AFTERTASTE by Daria R Lavelle is the best English language novel I've read this year-to-date. Almost certainly going to make my Hugo Award nomination list next year. It's KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL meets GHOST with an extra-large side order of emotional punch. amzn.to/43CwKp3

The final chapter to Vita Nostra is coming soon. We're pleased to present an excerpt from School of Shards by @DyachenkoW, translated by @JuliaMeiHersey! reactormag.com/excerpts-schoo…

I'll be a guest at Balticon this weekend. Come see me!

🚨 Book of the Week! Urban fantasy lovers, don’t sleep on The Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman 🗽⚔️ Guard Brooklyn. Fight monsters. Taunt bad guys. Now just $4 (was $9) on @BookBale! 💥 #BookDeals #FantasyReads #AlexShvartsman #IndieAuthors #BookTwitter #AmReading

Really pleased to win an award for this story. Near-future SF is my favorite sort of speculative fiction to write.

Congratulations to @kyliu99 whose "Good Stories" won the inaugural Art of the Near Future award! The story originally appeared in The Digital Aesthete anthology and can be read for free at future-sf.com

The READ THIS! Author Q&A is THIS Thursday, a new Cover Reveal & preorder, and more, at the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog! ginikoch.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-re… @SharonSkinner56 @LabyrinthRat @EuniceMagill @marcmonroebooks @JBGarner_Writes @LianaBrooks @Jean_Marie_Ward @bentateauthor @AShvartsman

Delighted to announce that my new story, novelette “Serpent Carriers,” beautifully translated by @AShvartsman, will be published in @clarkesworld in the coming months. And here’s the art I was drawing while writing this story last year.

Local friends, do yourself a favor and attend this event. AFTERTASTE by Daria R Lavelle is going to be amazing. mcnallyjackson.com/event/daria-la…

Wait, is this a cover for my upcoming collection with 13 stories inside, translated by @AShvartsman? Yes, indeed. It’s set to be released in October by Fairwood Press, and pre-orders are already open: fairwoodpress.com/store/p188/BLA…

Print copies of SPIDERSONG are here. Look how tiny and cute it is compared to my other books! Get yours here: amzn.to/42wUn1C

Black Hole Heart by @k_a_teryna cover reveal and preorder! alexshvartsman.com/2025/04/16/cov…

SPIDERSONG flash fiction collection is out in the world! amzn.to/42wUn1C