Unidentified Funny Objects 9 (Unabridged‪)‬

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:


* Overworked fairies distributing swords.

* Alien yeti slackers.

* Elf bakers.

* Absconded books.

* Superhero dance battles.

* Matchmakers...in spaaace!


This anthology contains the following stories:

The Hero of Small Things by Amanda Saville

Chai Noon by Esther Friesner

If Pages Could Blush by Kyle A. Massa

The Time Loop Device is Counting Down by Beth Goder

Crouching Swan Hidden Polka by Jim C Hines

Sgt. Yeti by Gini Koch

The Great Beyond Commands by John Wiswell

The Second Wish by James Beamon

These Three Aliens Walk into a Bar by Simon R. Green

Our Most Sincere Apologies to the People of Brazil by Jane Espenson

Liability Insurance Policy for Immortals, Cryptids, and Other Magical Beings: Annual Newsletter by Tina Connolly

The Shadchen of Venus by Lavie Tidhar

Cory Sucks by Auston Habershaw

Sunnyside Daycare Employees’ Chat Log, Post Alien Takeover by Amanda Helms

Cooking Up Trouble by C. Flynt

Right to Remain Silent by Jody Lynn Nye

Auntie Elsie’s Compleat Guide to Heartbreak by Tim Pratt

The Troll Bridge by Adam Gaylord

Do Gumshoes Dream of Electric Sleep by Dave Vierling

Hell’s Bureaucracy by David Hankins

A Crisis of Fate by Zach Shephard