{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9077c08c-f50e-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/e24baea6-1026-4476-84e3-e6c6767096e7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 404 Alex Shvartsman","description":"<p>Coming Up…</p>\n<p><b>Fact: Science News by Jim Campanella</b></p>\n<p><b>Interview with author and editor <a href=\"http://alexshvartsman.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Shvartsman</a>, with <a href=\"https://jeremyszal.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Szal</a></b></p>\n<p>Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. Over 80 of his short stories have appeared in <i>Nature, InterGalactic Medicine Show, Galaxy’s Edge, Daily SF</i>, and other venues. He’s the winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction. His collection, <i>Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories</i>, and his steampunk humor novella <i>H. G. Wells, Secret Agent</i> were both published in 2015.</p>\n<p>Alex edits <i>Unidentified Funny Objects</i>, the annual anthology series of humorous SF/F. He has edited several other anthologies as well. He’s currently at work on his first novel which, at current pace, will be finished sometime around 2020. His website is <a...","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}