Shoggoths in Bloom

"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, and subsequently republished in Bear's 2012 collection "Shoggoths in Bloom".

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.

"Shoggoths" was the winner of the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.Tor.com called it a "stand-out".

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