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City of Spores Paperback – February 15, 2024

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4.4 out of 5 stars (25)
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There’s something wrong with this city.

Welcome to Madripol, city of artists and madmen, city of mushrooms.

There’s something wrong with this city.

When a strange plague infects Old Town, Johanna Kolibrik thinks the graffiti messages scrawled all over the city might be right. Kolibrik’s got her own problems, though—like paying the bills and keeping her PI business afloat—so when a well-dressed man from New Town offers to double her fee to find his missing wife, she ignores her gut and takes the case.

There’s something wrong with this city.

But when she stumbles across a manuscript that shouldn’t exist, Kolibrik finds herself caught up in a vast web of conspiracy that will challenge everything she believes—a conspiracy that could shake the city of Madripol to its very foundations.

There’s something wrong with this city.

Because in Madripol, everything is connected …

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Madness Heart Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 15, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1955745633
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1955745635
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.4 x 8 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,252,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (25)

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Austin Shirey writes strange and fantastic fiction. He is the author of the novella CITY OF SPORES, and his stories have appeared in several publications and anthologies including The Saturday Evening Post, MetaStellar, and The Dread Machine. When he’s not writing (or pretending to moonlight as an IT systems analyst), he’s probably reading, watching movies, listening to music, or playing guitar. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, their daughters, and two cats.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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  • Author Elizabeth Suggs
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great description
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2025
    Format: Audiobook
    Really enjoyed the description! Can’t wait to see what more this author has to offer! I love the narrator too!
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  • sara Novak
    4.0 out of 5 stars A sporetacular thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2025
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I was in the mood for something short and thrilling, so City of Spores was the perfect go-to on my tbr. I liked the fungal city atmosphere that Shirley created because it was grim yet the colorful fungal bursts at times somehow unsettled me. You'll know what I mean when you read it.

    I loved that I could make parallels between this city and living currently in a city myself. City life isn't always glamorous, or clean, or friendly. But there is resilience underneath the grit and the systems that try to take people down, use them, or neglect them.

    There were also parallels to make in the current state of the world: fighting for human rights, resisting against extremism, and adaptation/survivalism.

    Give it a read if you're in the mood for a fungus thriller with a little gloom, a touch of humor, and smart-mouth female MC.
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  • Carina_inkdrinker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Plague
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2025
    Format: Kindle
    This is a short urban fantasy book with 133 perfect pages with joyful reading. Filled with a city plagued with a mushroom infection and a detective woman in the middle of everything.

    Without spoiling to much I found the plague part with the fungus and spores really interesting and fun to read about. And every thing that Austin showed us was fantastic and I could not get enough of it.

    You follow only one character, but even with the short time you have you will only find fantastic characters in this book.

    I'm sad but happy it's a short book, because even if I'm sad it's over I think the size of it with the story is the perfect length.

    If you are fan of the Last of Us, you are gonna love this!
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  • Erin Jay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Noir Fantasy/Cosmic Horror
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025
    Format: Kindle
    I really loved this unique and entertaining fantasy/cosmic horror story. I listened to the audiobook and it was a quick listen that I finished on a 5 mile hike. I loved the fungi elements of it. Even though it was set in a city, I still think it was a great read for a long hike because it mixes very natural elements in an urban setting. It had quite a noir feel to it. Even though it's tagged as fantasy and mystery, I feel there were horror themes and culty vibes. The author did a really good job of creating an enchanting atmosphere. There was even a bit of humor in it. I'm also a sucker for books about books. I would recommend this for fans of T.Kingfisher and Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home.
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  • RobbKong
    5.0 out of 5 stars May Mycelium Truly Reclaim the Broken City
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024
    Format: Paperback
    City of Spores is labeled as "mushroom noir," affectionately so by the author. This carved niche within the noir/crime genre is so apt. It's as morally skewered as traditional noir, but with the added idea of a humongous fungus among us! Austin Shirey has crafted a novella that is equal parts gritty and glorious, ambitious and absolute.

    In this modern noir fantasy, we follow Johanna Kolibrik. After some events in a different town, she has relocated to Old Town and set up shop as a private investigator, which works well against her disdain of traditional police procedures. One morning, a man comes to her, pleading with her to find his missing wife (who may or may not have fallen back into a drug abuse cycle she had seemingly broken before). Something doesn't quite sit right with the investigator, but she begrudgingly accepts the doubled fee and sets out for answers. Little does Johanna know that there are some loose ends that are as pervasive as tendrils from an invasive species and the mystery goes beyond a missing persons case. She finds herself mired in the depths of political espionage, a lost manuscript, betrayal, censorship of art/lifestyles and even ecological genocide. These spores shoot out from the biggest legume in the story: the idea that there is something wrong with this city.

    Austin Shirey is definitely a talent worth feeding. He deftly keeps us immersed in a world that shouldn't exist, a setting equally horrifying and fantastical. What may seem whimsical on the surface can actually be malignant and corrosive underneath. Mimics hide everywhere and we are left with a story that would sit comfortably amongst the collected tales of Sam Spade, Mike Hammer and even Matthew Scudder. And unlike some noir that leaves us hollow and begrudgingly accepting of the results, this one has an extremely satisfying ending that is well worth the journey!
    Let us all hope we are treated to more stories of spores and suspense with Johanna Kolibrik as our unwitting guide.

    I'm giving City of Spores by Austin Shirey a much deserved 🍄x5!!!
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  • breanne johnson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Short but sweet
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2025
    Format: Paperback
    I came into City of Spores without really knowing much about it and was quickly enamored with the story. I finished the whole thing in less than a day and wanted more. My only complaint was how short it was, I wish there was some more description of things and that the story drug out a little more. Other than that this book was an awesome quick read!
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