“A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness.Deranged and gleefully weird as f*ck, this is an impressive debut from a singular literary talent.”Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Annihilation meets Manhuntinthree-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karellas debut horror novela gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic tripinto the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood.

I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face.

They call it the Kings Breakfast. One bite and you can understand the full scope of the universe; one bite and you can commune with forgotten gods beyond human comprehension. And it only grows deep in the Pamogo forest, where the trees crowd so tight that the forest floor is pitch black day and night, where rumors of disappearing hikers and strange cults that worship the divine feminine abound.

Sarah is a trans woman who makes her living growing mushrooms. When a bad harvest leaves her in a desperate fix, the lure of the Kings Breakfast has her journeying into those vast uncharted woods. But as she descends deeper, she realizes she’s not alone. Something in the forest is waking up. It’s hungryand it wants her.

As eldritch and grimy as the terrifying forest its set in. I loved this book!”Trevor Henderson, author ofScarewaves

“Weird, wild, and oh-so-wretched,Moonflowis the trans botanical horror we need in the world right now.”Drew Huff, author of The Divine Flesh

Is it legal to have this much fun reading a book? Im in awe of Karellas incredible gift for creating biting satire.I had a f*cking blast. Joe Koch, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands