From Stelliform Press: Paul Simard’s life is a mess. When his mother dies, and his boyfriend moves out, the only thing Paul has left is his hoarder house cleaning business, and that’s not exactly a recipe for dating success. But after Paul gets a call to clean out the home of some elderly biologist, nothing will ever be the same. You see, 928 Avirosa isn’t just your normal cleanout. Something in the house is…alive. It’s not just the fungal carpet or the mushrooms growing over every surface, or even the disturbing smell. It’s the woman’s voice he hears inside his head. The creeping sense he’s been invaded. The powerful connections to memories and people he’s never seen. Yes. Something in that house is alive. And it wants to speak to him. Before long, Paul understands the house hoards more than just secrets—and Paul’s life depends upon uncovering its answers.
I preordered this book in the summer of 2024 and received it on October 22. I read the novella that day, and was instantly in love with this author’s writing. Somehow she managed to make me laugh and get teary. This is fungi fiction at its most beautiful and horrible. Like I related to the Rewilding Our Stories Discord, “It’s not every day you’ll read such a life-affirming book that includes fungi growing out the main character’s, ahem, nether regions.”
You Will Speak For the Dead by R.A. Busby
Published: Jan 01, 2025 by Invisible Publishing
ISBN: 9781738316595
Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback / softback | Trade paperback (US)
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