[Boojumverse 01] • Boojum

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© 2008 Elizabeth Bear Sarah Monette.

Originally published in Fast Ships, Black Sails,

edited by Ann Jeff VanderMeer.

Reprinted by permission of the authors.

The Boojumverse is the setting of a number of sci-fi themed Cthulhu Mythos short stories written by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. They have been published in a variety of places online and in short story compilations, and are also available as audio plays on Drabblecast.

In the future, humanity has established space stations throughout the solar system using a combination of mechanical and organic technology. Life is a constant struggle: danger comes not only from competition over limited resources and the remorseless vacuum of space, but also inter-dimensional predators, brain-stealing aliens, Space Pirates in Living Ships, feuding between various ideological sects and cults, and the warped creations of their own eldritch science turning against them.

Each story is stand-alone, featuring a different protagonist and containing only passing reference to the others. There are three stories in the Boojumverse so far:

- "Boojum"

- "Mongoose"

- "The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward"