![]() ![]() Nick Mamatas makes an appearance with a compelling story of revenge, titled 'The Shaft Through the Middle of It." When I read an anthonology, I certainly don't anticipate loving every story, but it would be nice to enjoy more than a handful. There's also the delightful ""Wild Mushrooms" from Jane Herenstein and the clever "Letters To a Fungus" by Polenth Blake. "Tubby McMungus, Fat from Fungus', a wonderful, fairy-tale type of story involving cats, rats and of course fungus. ![]() There a few familiar names in this anthology and plenty of relative newcomers.One of my favorite stories is written by Molly Tanzer and Jesse Bullington. Some of the stories are truly Lovecraftian and then there are stories that just have a fungi theme. There's a fungus western, pychedelic mushrooms. ![]() After that the stories get more and more out there, including a land of mushrooms, a tale where every character is named for a type of mushroom. There were some I loved, some I was lukewarm about and others that I just didn't care for at all.The anthology starts with "Hyphae" a tale from John Langan. He does a very nice job of capturing the spirit of what lies between the covers of this anthology.As I read the 27 stories in this collection I found my response to be as varied as the stories themselves. First let me compliment the brilliant cover art from Oliver Wetter. ![]() Fungi is a new anthology from Innsmouth Press edited by Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. ![]()
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