“A fascinating merging of oppressive imperialism and disconcerting alienation.” —Adrian Tchaikovsky, award-winning author of Children of Time , Alien Clay & Shards of Earth SPFBO X 2nd place. Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. Winner of the FanFiAddict Award for Best Indie Debut, the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Blade Runner , True Detective , and District 9 meld with the weird worlds of Jeff VanderMeer, Philip K. Dick, and China Miéville in Adrian M. Gibson’s award-winning fungalpunk noir debut, now with a foreword from acclaimed author Nicholas Eames and six pieces of original interior artwork. Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces. Its fungal citizens are in dire straits, wracked by food shortages, poverty, and an influx of war refugees. Even worse, the corrupt occupiers exploit their power, hounding the native population. As a winter storm looms over the metropolis, NKPD homicide detective Henrietta Hofmann begrudgingly partners up with mushroom-headed patrol officer Koji Nameko to investigate the mysterious murders of fungal and half-breed children. Their investigation drags them deep into the seedy underbelly of a war-torn city, one brimming with colonizers, criminal gangs, racial division, and moral decay. In order to solve the case and unravel the truth, Hofmann must challenge her past and embrace fungal ways. What she and Nameko uncover in the midst of this frigid wasteland will chill them to the core, but will they make it through the storm alive? “I enjoyed Mushroom Blues a lot, and the sense of place and culture and the strangeness of the fungi are all very well done. Go read this book.” —Mark Lawrence, bestselling author of Prince of Thorns , Red Sister & The Book That Wouldn't Burn “This is like nothing I’ve read before. Its premise is cool, creepy, and incredibly unique, bolstered by prose as savvy and knife-sharp as the detectives of the NKPD.” —Nicholas Eames, award-winning author of Kings of the Wyld & Bloody Rose “A hard-boiled and vividly imagined world with all the complexity you could want. Mushroom Blues delivers cyberpunk with a uniquely fungal twist.” —Timothy Hickson, author of On Writing and Worldbuilding Volumes I-III and creator of the Hello Future Me YouTube channel “This is more than a full-throttle, mushroom-and-blood-drenched adventure. At its heart, Gibson's story is one of acceptance: of hard truths, of others, and, perhaps most critically, of oneself.” —M. J. Kuhn, internationally bestselling author of Among Thieves & Thick as Thieves “Dark, dank, and deeply fungal. Gibson tackles the hard topics of xenophobia, oppression, and heinous crimes against society’s most vulnerable with unflinching prose.” —Julia Vee, co-author of The Phoenix Hoard t rilogy “ Mushroom Blues is a brilliant debut that encapsulates all I love about the noir mystery genre.” —R.R. Virdi, bestselling author of The First Binding & The Doors of Midnight “The imagination on display in Mushroom Blues is immense. Prepare to enter a fantasy world unlike anything you've ever seen, one that surprises, delights, and grosses the fuck out.” —Moses Ose Utomi, award-winning author of The Forever Desert trilogy PRAISE FOR MUSHROOM BLUES "Adrian M. Gibson completely breaks the mold of conventional storytelling in Mushroom Blues , a wonderfully weird, darkly disturbing and freakishly fungal sci-fantasy noir debut that is more dangerously addictive than any drug imaginable." —Esmay Rosalyne, Grimdark Magazine "With Mushroom Blues , Gibson has pulled off some of the best worldbuilding you'll find in a debut... Come for the fungal growth, stay for the character growth: the only thing more impressive than Gibson's colossal imagination is the size of his heart." —Ed Crocker, FanFiAddict "[A] fast-paced narrative that brought this new, psychedelic, and gritty world to life. Mushroom Blues excelled at hitting many of the iconic beats of noir, while also turning many on their head." —Eleni Argyró, Before We Go Blog "Detective Hoffman takes your hand and without asking takes you on a journey through a spore and mold filled world. I for one am all for the mushroom takeover." —The Empty Bookshelf "A police procedural story that is not afraid to go deep and, as a result, we have an excellent debut novel; Adrian M. Gibson has created something unique that I can't recommend enough." —JamReads "Overall, this was a really neat book and I'm glad I took the time to read it. I'm certainly not forgetting it any time soon." —Esme Weatherwax, The Weatherwax Report " Mushroom Blues is a tightly written trip through the criminal underbelly of a pulpy cyberpunk inspired city. Themes of colonialism, trauma and addiction deepen the central narrative a