Song of the Unsung Mushroom by Sarah Clarke Stuart

 

Coming January 2026 -- a new novel from Connected Editions! Song of the Unsung Mushroom by Sarah Clarke Stuart!After a hurricane strikes a small Florida town, young Claire is never the same. Years later, her brother, Gunther, is still haunted by the suspicion that she was taken and replaced by something not quite human. Set in the wild landscapes of northern Florida and Western Appalachia, this eco-fiction (cli-fi) story is a lyrical, genre-blurring novel about loss, identity, and the hidden intelligence that pulses beneath our feet. Nature and technology dissolve into one, reshaping what it means to be human.About Sarah: Sarah Clarke Stuart is a Professor of Communication at Florida State College at Jacksonville where she teaches literature, film, composition, and emerging technologies. Author of Literary Lost: Viewing Television Through the Lens of Literature (Bloomsbury) and Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Worlds of Fringe (ECW Press), her nonfiction work explores the intersection of narrative, culture, and media. Song of the Unsung Mushroom is her debut novel; her previous fiction includes short stories such as “Immaculate,” which received Editor's Choice Award in the literary journal Fiction Fix. She contributed for many years to First Coast Magazine and Flamingo Magazine with articles grounded in a curious appreciation for the natural landscapes and stories of the region. Both Sarah’s fiction and current research are rooted in ecological interests and a deep sense of place and physical embodiment. Sarah is the creator and host of two podcasts: Lifeyness, which examines embodied mental health through storytelling, and AI Goes to College, a series about artificial intelligence and the evolving nature of education. "I See Trees Differently" by ‪ Dahlia Dumont (aka The Blue Dalia) from La tradition americaine, 2018.Pre-sale on Amazon of Song of the Unsung Mushroom by Sarah Clarke Stuart coming soon!

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