I love getting cookbooks and exploring new recipes. So, with my fungal chef crime thriller A Murder Most Fungal out in a few days, I wanted to recommend some of my favorite cookbooks (and books about food) to the home chefs out there. Itβs time to get cooking! πͺπ³
π 3 DAYS UNTIL LAUNCH π£
I canβt believe it, but my new standalone novel A MURDER MOST FUNGAL is out in just a few days!!! Are you ready for this mushroom-infused, Michelin-star crime thriller?
A Murder Most Fungal releases on June 16 in paperback, hardcover and eBook.
Tonight, Iβve got a LIVE INTERVIEW as part of the A Murder Most Fungal virtual book tour! Iβll be hanging out with the brilliant @plstuartwrites, so come join us on his YouTube channel as we chat food and fungi ππ£
Watch LIVE on June 13 at 8:30pm EST:
youtube.com/watch?v=kRMKx8Fiβ¦
Some amazing praise for A MURDER MOST FUNGAL ahead of launch! Thank you to @esmayrosalyne from @Grimdark_Mag and @FrasierArmitage for the wonderful words (and cooking puns!) about my fungal chef crime thriller πͺπ
A Murder Most Fungal releases on June 16 (Preorder π in π§΅)
My second episode on @AuthorAdjacent as part of the A Murder Most Fungal book tour is live!!! In this episode, @Michael_Vadney and I dive into book design, discussing everything from covers and typography to interior design and formatting.
Watch here: youtu.be/Vu8WKKmkIv8?si=2iTGβ¦
Host @adrianmgibson was recently joined on the podcast by author/musician @PeterOrullian, where they chatted about his new novel Songs for the Dead (which he co-wrote with @BrandSanderson), music in SFF and more. Stay tuned this Sunday for info on our first episode with Peter.
Fortune's Wake by @C_L_Clark cover reveal! I am so pumped to show you Rene Aigner (art) and @adrianmgibson 's (design) beautiful cover for our second novella of 2026. A a failed monster hunter returns home to find her mother gone and her people being dragged into the sea.
We are delighted to take part in the cover reveal for Fortuneβs Wake by C.L. Clark, a standalone novella set in a new dark fantasy world featuring a failed monster hunter. π₯π₯
Cover Art by Rene Aigner
Cover Design by Adrian M. Gibson
Pre-order now from @Grimdark_Mag π
π COVER REVEAL βοΈ
Weβre so excited to reveal the cover for @Grimdark_Magβs second novella of 2026: FORTUNEβS WAKE by @C_L_Clark, a standalone fantasy about a failed monster hunter returning home. Releasing on August 24!
Cover art by Rene Aigner. Cover design by @adrianmgibson.
π 250 PREORDERS π for A Murder Most Fungal?!?! Youβre all amazing. Thank you so much for supporting this crazy crime thriller about a fungal chef π
Now, can we hit 300 preorders before launch on June 16th?
π JUST 1 WEEK TO GO π£ until my new Fungalverse novel A MURDER MOST FUNGAL launches!!! The knives are out, and this kitchen is about to get messy. Are you ready for the Michelin-star tragedy of fungal chef Pocho Jiro? πͺ
A Murder Most Fungal releases on June 16 (π in π§΅)
As part of the A Murder Most Fungal book tour, I penned this essay on food in fiction for @BeforeWeGoBlog, delving into the role of cooking and cuisine in the human experience and how it can be incorporated into the stories we tell π³π½οΈ
Read it HERE: beforewegoblog.com/guest-posβ¦
I canβt believe it, but itβs the penultimate week of the A Murder Most Fungal VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR! This week is a mix of things, with a guest post on @BeforeWeGoBlog, a second episode on Author Adjacent, as well as two live interviews with @monteroauthor and @plstuartwrites π£πͺ
A video chat with my friend @FrasierArmitage to round out this weekβs A Murder Most Fungal tour events! We delved into various aspects of AMMF (spoiler-free!), cooking, crime thrillers, Martin Scorsese, Ratatouille and more ππ£
Watch the interview HERE: youtu.be/lSDLQWfsEjc?si=hBnHβ¦
My upcoming standalone Fungalverse novel A MURDER MOST FUNGAL (out on June 16th) is a tragic tale about a fungal chef, Pocho Jiro, and every chapter of this mushroom-infused SFF crime thriller starts with an entry from Pochoβs diary. Hereβs the first one, to give you a taste ππ£