The Fillmore Shoggoth

"The Fillmore Shoggoth" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Harry Turtledove. It was published in the S. T. Joshi-edited anthology The Madness of Cthulhu by Titan Books in October 2014.
==Synopsis==
Spring 1968: in a world in which humankind awkwardly coexists with the Elder Ones following the discoveries of the Pabodie expedition, a drifting iceberg originating from the Antarctic beaches on the coast beside San Francisco zoo. Near the heart of the city, psychedelic rock band HPL bear witness to the murderous rampage of the Shoggoths which hid aboard the berg. Although destroyed with fire and napalm, their actions result in the annihilation of everything which has come into contact with the Elder Ones- including two of the alien creatures themselves, San Francisco zoo's entire population of albino penguins, and one Howard Phillips, a scholar who had spent his life documenting the Antarctic discoveries.
==Trivia==
*In the story, Howard Phillips is accompanied by his wife, whose name is given as Sonia. This is a clear nod to Sonia H. Greene, an amateur writer and publisher who was married to H. P. Lovecraft for two years during the 1920s, although, due to a clerical error, their divorce was never legally finalised.
== External Links ==
* "The Fillmore Shoggoth" at the Harry Turtledove wiki.
Category:Harry Turtledove works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works