Of Mycelium and Men – William C. Tracy 


 

Lida was their last chance for an uncolonized planet. But a world-spanning fungus had colonized it first.
Agetha and her husband have spent their whole lives in the fleet’s zero-G. Now all is turmoil as the fleet lands, discovering they are surrounded by a single fungal biomass spanning the entire planet. To build a new home, the fleet must confront a dangerous organism, and Agetha must decide if she can raise a family in this inhospitable landscape.

Jane Brighton holds tenuous command over the colony and its administrators. She and the other gene-modded leaders emerged from their four-hundred-year suspended animation to find a crew much different from the one that departed Old Earth. Jane must direct the colony’s fragile growth and defend it against being overrun by the fast-growing biomass.

But there is something none of the colonists know. The massive organism that spans the planet is not simply a fungal mass, nor even a chimerical combination of species that once roamed the planet. The biomass has desires and goals, and one is to know these strange beings carving out a home in its midst.

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SPSFC Year 2023

Subgenres: Adventure, Alien Invasion, 1, Cosmic Horror, Dying Earth, First Contact, Galactic Empire / Colonization, Genetic Engineering, Hard SF, Horror, LGBTQIA+, Space Exploration, Weird

Date first published:  September 20, 2022

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Author Information

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wctracy

Website: https://spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/

Biography: William C. Tracy writes and publishes queer science fiction and fantasy through his indie press Space Wizard Science Fantasy (spacewizardsciencefantasy.com). His largest work is the Dissolutionverse: a space opera with music-based magic, including ten books and an RPG. He also has a standalone epic fantasy with seasonal fruit-based magic through a LGBTQ+ small press. He is currently working on a hard sci-fi trilogy with a generational colony ship and a planet covered by a fungal entity. William is an NC native and a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. He has a master’s in mechanical engineering, and has both designed and operated heavy construction machinery. He has also trained in Wado-Ryu karate since 2003 and runs his own dojo in Raleigh NC. He is an avid video and board gamer, a beekeeper, a reader, and of course, a writer.

Other information

Cover artist name: Moorbooks

Cover artist website: https://www.moorbooksdesign.com/

Editor/Formatter’s name: Heather Tracy

Editor/Formatter’s website: https://spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/copy-editing/