| "Swarm" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Bruce Sterling | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| Publication date | April 1982 |
"Swarm" is a science fiction novelette by Bruce Sterling, and his first magazine sale (his previous publications were either novels or anthology contributions). It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1982, and later republished in the 1989 collection Crystal Express as well as the 1999 collection The Good New Stuff: Adventure in SF in the Grand Tradition. "Swarm" was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.
"Swarm" is the first published work in Sterling's Shaper/Mechanist universe.
In 2022, "Swarm" was adapted as an animated short in Netflix's anthology Love, Death & Robots (vol III, episode 32).