Michael Zerna was born in the Orwell Year of 1984 and has been dedicated to computers, the web, and their infinite possibilities since the 1990s. As founder and CEO of a tech company, he is driven by a passion for complex philosophical science fiction and stories that explore the intricate dynamics of society and human nature.

Thanks to the opportunities of recent years, he is now able to give form to the wild ideas that have lived in his head for decades. Ideas that, due to his past struggles and inner conflicts, could never before be brought to life. His work explores the intersection of consciousness, technology, and the fundamental questions of what it means to be human in an increasingly complex universe.

*Beneath The Spores* is his debut novella, born from a simple question: What if the next step in human evolution isn't technological, but biological? What if consciousness itself is far stranger and more interconnected than we ever imagined?