SHROOM AND DOOM. Small towns always guard their secrets, and the quaint Pennsylvania tourist town of Lynchburg is no exception. When members of a Pittsburgh gang retreat to the outskirts of the town in an ill-fated bid to hide from the authorities, they-along with a trio of industrial spies, a would-be celebrity chef, and a happy-go-lucky band of unwary festivalgoers-find themselves set upon by the dark forces behind the town's 50th annual Fungus Festival. Set deep in the forests and hills of Pennsylvania, THE CURSED EARTH hurls readers headlong into the heart of a cosmic folk horror nightmare in a town ruled by the enigmatic La Signora Grigia-the psychedelic Grey Lady-where gangsters, partygoers, investigators, and sinister cultists clash in the midst of the wild festival atmosphere. Who is the Grey Lady, and can outsiders ever hope to survive for long in Lynchburg?