Science fiction
The Mycelial Invasion
By Paul Haedo
Retail worker Vincent Frieso’s familiar world is disrupted when an asteroid reaches the southern Pacific. The alien life it carries begins to transform Earth, drawing ordinary people into a crisis far beyond their daily lives.
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Choose this standalone for the meeting of ordinary working life and a disruption with planetary reach. The premise begins in a recognizable world before the arrival changes its conditions.
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Vincent Frieso works in retail. An asteroid reaches the southern Pacific carrying alien life.
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The worst part of any workday is waking up.
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Emily Reed And The Humans
A shared reading question connects these books. Three entry points into Aliens And Humans — Choose among three standalone premises without treating the collection as a single continuous story.
Future's Guardian
Another option in a related genre. Work, routine and institutions in fiction — Read a working day as a way into a fictional society rather than as incidental background.
Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume One
Another option in a related genre.