The Book of Spores: A Fungal SFF Anthology

by Adrian M. Gibson (Editor), Ed Crocker (Editor), Frasier Armitage (Editor)

ACROSS DIMENSIONS, IT CREEPS AND CONSUMES.

Hidden in the vaults of a world-spanning library lie the records of a mysterious book, one made of mold and magic. Varied accounts of its existence remain scattered throughout the multiverse, but when an archivist attempts to bring its pages together, she will learn how dangerous a book—and her own ambitions—can be . . .

A mind-altering fantasy, science fiction, and horror anthology, The Book of Spores collects seventeen strange stories by authors from the FanFiAddict book blog and SFF Addicts Podcast, including M. J. Kuhn, Greta Kelly, Adrian M. Gibson, Krystle Matar, C.M. Caplan, Emma L. Adams, Ryan Kirk, Kaden Love, Adam Bassett, Tom Bookbeard, A.J. Calvin, Harry Chilcott, C.J. Daley, Tori Gross, D.B. Rook, Eleni Argyró, Frasier Armitage, and Will Swardstrom. Prepare for your imagination to be colonized by The Book of Spores.

Also features an introduction by the father of fungalpunk, Adrian M. Gibson.

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, Anthologies

ebook

Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Adrian M. Gibson is an award-winning Canadian SFF author, podcaster, illustrator, and tattoo artist. He is the creator of the SFF Addicts podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow authors M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly. The three host in-depth interviews with an array of science fiction and fantasy authors, as well as writing masterclasses. He lives in Quito, Ecuador with his family.

Mushroom Blues is his debut novel.

For the latest updates, follow Adrian on social media @adrianmgibson. You can also stream/watch new episodes of SFF Addicts every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more.

Reviews

[Adrian Gibson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to say how proud I am of everyone involved in this project: my co-editors—Frasier Armitage, Eleni Argyró and Ed Crocker—for their immense patience and hard work, the amazing authors who contributed such excellent and weird stories, and the artists—Jeff Brown, Patricia Gutierrez and Jenni Coutts—who beautified this anthology with their art. As well, to all the backers who funded the project on Kickstarter, you are THE BEST! And finally, David Walters, thank you for founding FanFiAddict and creating such a fantastic, experimental, supportive space for all of us to create.

We put our love and passion into this anthology, so we hope you enjoy having your imagination infected by these stories ❤️🍄

[Eleni Argyrò · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a labor of love *from* book lovers *for* book lovers/collectors and we’re so grateful to everyone who made it possible by backing the KS!!

Editing this along with Adrian and Frasier was a treat and getting to bring all our contributors’ stories together for the readers so much fun!

I think and hope there’s something in it for everyone be it the horror, sci-fi, or fantasy aspects. So dig in!

Thank you from the bottom of our fungal hearts🍄💙