Dark Spores — Carol Gyzander

Enter the dark, mycelia-laden world of mushroom horror:A food blogger hunts for a killer recipe.Ceaseless rain drives a lonely man into his fungus-covered town. A grieving son purchases a kit to regrow his dead mother.This anthology explores the mysterious world of fungi, spores...and things that dwell in the dim forest under the rotting leaves. Here you'll find 31 stories and 5 poems of quiet, cosmic, and body horror-plus subtle humor. Works examine themes of loneliness, desire, consumption, and connection with what lurks in the shadows.Edited by Carol Gyzander and Rachel A. Brune, Dark Spores is the fourth volume in the Stories We Tell After Midnight horror series. Devour these stories-before they devour you!Featuring works by Meghan Arcuri, Rachel A. Brune, Samantha Bryant, R. E. Carr, James Chambers, Rick Claypool, Randee Dawn, Teel James Glenn, Maxwell Ian Gold, Timothy Granville, Rob Grimoire, Carol Gyzander, John Hartness, Pedro Iniguez, Jo Kaplan, Nicholas Kaufmann, Ariana Khaim, Gwendolyn Kiste, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Jamie Lackey, Gordon Linzner, M. Lopes da Silva, Lee Murray, Victoria Nations, Candace Nola, Gregory Norris, Tonia Ransom, Daniel Roop, Jef Rouner, Rebecca Rowland, Sumiko Saulson, Shannon Scott, Angela Yuriko Smith, Sara Tantlinger, Elizabeth Twist, and L. Marie Wood.With a special foreword by Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters: A Novel.Cover: Lynne Hansen, LynneHansenArt.com