Ep 83 Confessions in the Seed Swap (A Trojan Horse of Hope) - Mono Mutante Excerpts CH 13 & 15

What happens when your novel gets outed for “tucking impossible optimism into every chapter”? In this launch-week episode for Mono Mutante—a dirt-splattered eco-satire through the monoculture Midwest—we bring you a breaking bulletin from the Bureau for Imaginative Compliance. A compostable thumb drive has been unearthed at the Decorum seed swap, carrying a handwritten confession: the author admits she wrote the book as a Trojan Horse of hope. Officials warn the manuscript could spark “direct action, vegetable planting, or worse—community.” Then, we turn to Mono Mutante itself. In today’s excerpt, corporate lobbyists Bruno and Red square off at a plant-based restaurant in St. Louis, where jackfruit masquerades as pork and pesticide-free futures are debated like high-stakes poker. Between the bites of faux barbecue, questions rise: Who really controls our food? Can slow food and land-back movements rewrite the rules? From satirical seeds to serious struggles over pesticides, power, and land, this episode blends comedy, conscience, and the messy taste of resistance. 📚 Mono Mutante is out now. Download your free copy (through 9/15) and see why some are calling it “a Trojan Horse of hope.” Links: 📖 Get Mono Mutante: https://aviskalfsbeek.com/mono-mutante 🚲 Follow my Kickstarter: https://www.aviskalfsbeek.com/kickstarter 🎵 Music: “Dalai Llama Rides a Bike” by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.  Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Kitty O’Compost Music: Thanks to Nicholas Panek on Pixaby