| Shoggoths in Bloom | |
| Author: | Elizabeth Bear |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction/Horror (Cthulhu Mythos) |
| Published In: | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| Publication Type: | Magazine |
| Pub Date: | March 2008 |
| Media Type: | Print novelette |
| Country: | United States |
| Pages: | 14 |
"Shoggoths in Bloom" is a science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of the American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, and subsequently republished in Bear's 2012 collection Shoggoths in Bloom.[1]
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.[2] Tor.com called it a "stand-out".[3]