Mindy Weisberger (she/her)<p>Happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldBookDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBookDay</span></a> ! So, um, this is a special one for me because this year is the first time I HAVE BOOK. It's about real-world zombifiers—fungi (yes, like in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheLastOfUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLastOfUs</span></a>) worms, viruses and wasps—and their invertebrate victims. </p><p>OK, so it may not be the coziest of reads, but if zombies delight you perhaps this will too!</p><p>And if you buy a copy through <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HopkinsPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HopkinsPress</span></a></span> , use the code HLFE25 to get a 40% discount, good through 4/30.</p><p><a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53677/rise-zombie-bugs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">press.jhu.edu/books/title/5367</span><span class="invisible">7/rise-zombie-bugs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zombie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zombie</span></a></p>