“Shoggoths in Bloom” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear. It is about a college professor who is researching a dangerous and ancient sea creature off the coast of Maine.

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As I look over the short story reviews I’ve done in the past year and a half, I realize that many of them are connected by some very strange themes. I thought it would be fun to point out some of these bizarrely connected stories… beginning today with Five Great Science Fiction Stories that Contain [...]

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“The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Jason Sanford. It is about a weather forecaster who discovers an amazing secret about her small, mud-packed world.

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A few days ago I received an email from Jonathan Howard alerting me to his web site, www.theyear2400.com, which plays host to his serialized science fiction story “The Year 2400″. I took a look at it and read the first episode. I found it to be a little bit rough around the edges, but the [...]

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“Lostronaut” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Jonathan Lethem. It is about the crew of a space station who are trapped in orbit by a floating mine field.

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“They Twinkled Like Jewels” is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip José Farmer. It is about a transient man who is taken to a government camp where he meets a strange fellow from his past.

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