Esther Friesner

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 cyberpunkNo 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