Sporelight

“Burn if you must,” it whispered. “But you’ll only seed the ash.”

When Tessa Morrell returns from the depths of the earth, she carries something with her—something ancient, patient, and alive. The town of Ashford Bend seems untouched: blue skies, smiling neighbors, freshly painted porches. But beneath the surface, something hums.

The cornfield breathes. The houses pulse. The mirrors reflect more than they should.

As Tessa unravels the strange transformation of her once-familiar hometown, she uncovers the truth about the Bloom—a vast, fungal intelligence thriving beneath their feet. It doesn’t just remember. It becomes.

Sporelight is a chilling, slow-blooming eco-horror novel about community, grief, identity, and surrender. A story of spores and soil, where memory roots deep and forgetting is the first stage of becoming something else.

If the town doesn’t claim you, the roots will.