Shoggoths in Bloom

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"Shoggoths in Bloom"
Author Elizabeth Bear
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction/Horror (Cthulhu Mythos) novelette
Published in Asimov's Science Fiction
Publication type Magazine
Publication date March 2008

"Shoggoths in Bloom" is a science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction. It was the winner of the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[1]

Plot summary

In 1938, Paul Harding is a black college professor who has come to a coastal Maine village to study the wild shoggoths. As news reports of Kristallnacht appear in the background, Harding discovers the unexpected truth about shoggoths, and is faced with a difficult decision.

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