Fruiting Bodies by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
ebook, 16 pages, publication: January 26th 2022 by Tor Books
“An alien fungal infection has ravaged a faraway planet, turning all but six of the colonists into ravenous arinkiris. Inyama, a mycologist, is her species’ last hope. But it’s not expertise her fellow survivors want from her.“
Blurb from tor.com
SciFi-horror. When I read the title, I immediately had to think of fungi and of the zombie ant fungi. Maybe I am watching too many nature documentaries. Anyway, space ship crashing on foreign body, settlers not doing too well on the inhospitable planet and… fungi.
I liked it. Well written, tightly plotted. Very short, but with a nice plot bunny at the end. Can be read for free here.
And have a look at what probably inspired this short story. It‘s actually a lot creepier than the story…
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