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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: In "Boojum", Captain Song used this as punishment for a former crew member named James Brady. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", this is the fate that Cynthia faces if she is unable to pay her oxygen tax.
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: In "Boojum", Captain Song used this as punishment for a former crew member named James Brady. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", this is the fate that Cynthia faces if she is unable to pay her [[PayingForAir oxygen tax.tax]].
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* SpacePirate: The main character of ''Boojum'' is Black Alice Bradley, a crew member of the pirate ship ''Lavinia Whateley''.
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* ThePoliticalOfficer: In "Mongoose", Colonel Sadhi Sanderson is a political officer on Kadath Station. Part of the conflict is Station Master Lee wanting Izrael to fix the tove infestation without letting Colonel Sanderson know the station had problems to begin with. Izrael Irizarry has an OhCrap moment when the political officer turns up and starts asking awkward questions, but Sanderson turns out to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who is more interested in helping Izrael do his job.
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* DeadlyLunge: Though the reanimated shuffle around deceptively slowly, they can lunge a surprising distance with frightening speed if someone gets too close. This ends up being the end of [[spoiler:Professor wandrei]].
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the Franchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos.
* EldritchStarship: Boojums are [[spoiler:enslaved]] minor Eldritch Abominations used as space ships.
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the Franchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos.
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* DeadlyLunge: Though the reanimated shuffle around deceptively slowly, they can lunge a surprising distance with frightening speed if someone gets too close. This ends up being the end of [[spoiler:Professor wandrei]].Wandrei]].
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is theFranchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos.
* EldritchStarship: Boojums are [[spoiler:enslaved]] minor Eldritch Abominations used asspace ships.spaceships.
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the
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* PetMonstrosity: The protagonist of "Mongoose" has a pet 'cheshire', a small friendly EldritchAbomination with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily used for hunting inter-dimensional horrors. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, someone speculates that a cheshire is a tamed and artificially-stunted Bandersnatch, the unstoppable EldritchAbomination that's at the top of the food chain.]]
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* PetMonstrosity: The protagonist of "Mongoose" has a pet 'cheshire', a small small, friendly EldritchAbomination with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily used for hunting inter-dimensional horrors. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, someone speculates that a cheshire is a tamed and artificially-stunted Bandersnatch, the unstoppable EldritchAbomination that's at the top of the food chain.]]
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* CanonWelding: The series is based on the Cthulhu Mythos, but the Reanimation Serum is mentioned (''Reanimator'' was written because Lovecraft needed to pay his rent that month, and his editor wanted something like Frankenstein.)
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* SpacePeople: Christian cultists (apparently cybernetically modified to function in space), and Arkhamists.
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* SpacePeople: Christian cultists (apparently cybernetically cultists, Arkhamers and gillies are mentioned, though not explained in detail. They're the subject of prejudice and distrust, and they're implied to have been driven off Earth as a result of religious or government persecution, taking on roles that enable them to be useful and therefore tolerated. Christians have modified their bodies to function be capable of working in space), and Arkhamists.space -- in "Mongoose", Izrael passes one in a corridor who has replaced her arms with four sucker-tipped tentacles. [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Arkhamers]] are practitioners of MadScience -- the [[PetMonstrosity Cheshires]] they breed are used to hunt extra-dimensional predators. 'Gillies' are FishPeople; good for extreme environments but subject to FantasticRacism.
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* SpacePeople: Christian cultists (apparently cybernetically modified to function in space), and Arkhamists.
* SpacePeople: Christian cultists (apparently cybernetically modified to function in space), and Arkhamists.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Indeed not. Christianity has mutated into a ProHumanTranshuman "cult" that resembles no contemporary denomination.
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* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the Franchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.
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* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the Franchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos.
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The Boojumverse is the setting of a number of sci-fi themed Franchise/CthulhuMythos 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.
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The Boojumverse is the setting of a number of sci-fi themed Franchise/CthulhuMythos short stories written by Elizabeth Bear Creator/ElizabethBear and Sarah Monette.Creator/SarahMonette. They have been published in a variety of places online and in short story compilations, and are also available as audio plays on Drabblecast.
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The Boojumverse is the setting of a number of sci-fi themed CthulhuMythos Franchise/CthulhuMythos 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.
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* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.
* FishPeople: There is a human subspecies called "gillies", disliked by ordinary humans but valued because they are capable of surviving extreme conditions. They're the Boojumverse equivalent of the Deep Ones from the CthulhuMythos, complete with occasional reference to their "cold fishy gods".
* FishPeople: There is a human subspecies called "gillies", disliked by ordinary humans but valued because they are capable of surviving extreme conditions. They're the Boojumverse equivalent of the Deep Ones from the CthulhuMythos, complete with occasional reference to their "cold fishy gods".
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* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the CthulhuMythos; Franchise/CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.
* FishPeople: There is a human subspecies called "gillies", disliked by ordinary humans but valued because they are capable of surviving extreme conditions. They're the Boojumverse equivalent of the Deep Ones from theCthulhuMythos, Franchise/CthulhuMythos, complete with occasional reference to their "cold fishy gods".
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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 fungal aliens from Yuggoth, SpacePirates in {{Living Ship}}s, feuding between various ideological sects and cults, and the warped creations of their own eldritch science turning against them.
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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 fungal aliens from Yuggoth, aliens, SpacePirates in {{Living Ship}}s, feuding between various ideological sects and cults, and the warped creations of their own eldritch science turning against them.
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* BrainInAJar: The Mi-Go extract living human brains and store them in canisters, for reasons known only to themselves. In "Boojum", a crew of SpacePirates steal a cargo of brain cannisters and decide to try selling them back to the Mi-Go. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", Cynthia tried tinkering with a Mi-Go cannister, leading to her being fired for practicing "forbidden science".
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* BrainInAJar: The Mi-Go extract living human brains and store them in canisters, for reasons known only to themselves. In "Boojum", a crew of SpacePirates steal a cargo of brain cannisters canisters and decide to try selling them back to the Mi-Go. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", Cynthia tried tinkering with a Mi-Go cannister, leading to her being fired for practicing "forbidden science".
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* LovecraftLite: Human starships and space stations are in constand danger from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s -- but human ingenuity has produced technology capable of fighting them, and the stories tend to end with the protagonist prevailing.
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* LovecraftLite: Human starships and space stations are in constand constant danger from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s -- but human ingenuity has produced technology capable of fighting them, and the stories tend to end with the protagonist prevailing.
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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 fungal aliens from Yuggoth, SpacePirates in {{Living Ship}}s, 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:
* "Mongoose" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2010/07/03/drabblecast-170-mongoose-part-i-by-sarah-monette-and-elizabeth-bear-drabble-the-monkeys-by-chris-munroe/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2010/07/10/drabblecast-171-mongoose-part-ii-by-sarah-monette-and-elizabeth-bear/ part 2]])
* "Boojum" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2011/04/08/drabblecast-202-boojum-part-i-by-elizabeth-bear-and-sarah-monette/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2011/04/18/drabblecast-203-boojum-part-ii-by-elizabeth-bear-and-sarah-monette/ part 2]])
* "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2012/08/31/drabblecast-254-the-wreck-of-the-charles-dexter-ward-pt-1/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2012/09/06/drabblecast-255-the-wreck-of-the-charles-dexter-ward-pt-2/ part 2]])
!!Tropes in this series include:
* AndIMustScream: Victims of the Mi-Go, who become undying brains in cylinders that inevitably go insane. Potentially the reanimated as well: Cynthia wonders whether the serum will eventually wear off, or whether the reanimated are doomed to continue suffering in their undead state for all eternity.
* ArtificialZombie: The reanimated. And not just humans: the ''Charles Dexter Ward'' is a zombie LivingShip.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Breeding raths are extremely heavily armored; the only vulnerable point on their body is the ovipositor on their underbelly.
* AwkwardlyPlacedBathtub: Captain Song of the ''Lavinia Whateley'' has a bathtub on the bridge.
* BioAugmentation: A {{Transhuman}}ist religious sect called the Christian Cultists have modified their bodies to be capable of working in extreme environments. In "Mongoose", Izrael passes one in a corridor who has replaced her arms with four sucker-tipped tentacles.
* BrainInAJar: The Mi-Go extract living human brains and store them in canisters, for reasons known only to themselves. In "Boojum", a crew of SpacePirates steal a cargo of brain cannisters and decide to try selling them back to the Mi-Go. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", Cynthia tried tinkering with a Mi-Go cannister, leading to her being fired for practicing "forbidden science".
* BrownNote: You can't look directly at a rath for more than a couple of seconds without getting a migraine headache.
* CuteMonster: Cheshires, little eldritch beasties which are treated a lot like cats. They're useful for hunting extradimensional Cthuloid vermin like Toves, and are intelligent and loyal towards their owners. [[spoiler:They are actually young Hounds of Tindalos; and if their growth wasn't stunted to prevent them from maturing, they would become members of the race of unstoppable monsters called Bandersnatches]].
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Christian Cultists are known for being eager to speak well of everyone. Thus, when the only praise they can give Station Master Lee is to say that she doesn't actively persecute them, Izrael knows that Lee must be a very terrible Station Master indeed.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Captain Edwards of the ''Henry Ford'' once tried to double-cross Captain Song of the ''Lavinia Whateley''. Captain Song now keeps Captain Edwards's head in a jar on her bridge as a warning to others.
* DeadlyLunge: Though the reanimated shuffle around deceptively slowly, they can lunge a surprising distance with frightening speed if someone gets too close. This ends up being the end of [[spoiler:Professor wandrei]].
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.
* FishPeople: There is a human subspecies called "gillies", disliked by ordinary humans but valued because they are capable of surviving extreme conditions. They're the Boojumverse equivalent of the Deep Ones from the CthulhuMythos, complete with occasional reference to their "cold fishy gods".
* HighVoltageDeath: Boojums can only be killed in two manners: chopping them into tiny pieces, or with a powerful electric shock to the central nervous system. Since the ''Charles Dexter Ward'' is still in one piece, Cynthia and Hester conclude it must have been killed in the second fashion. [[spoiler:They use the same method to re-kill the zombie ship, as well as the reanimated Dr. Fiorenzo]].
* {{Intangibility}}: Cheshires and Bandersnatches are capable of shifting out of phase with this dimension, becoming invisible and intangible to physical beings.
* KillItWithFire: Toves are capable of surviving in vacuum, so Izrael Irizarry advises killing them with fire.
* LivingShip: Boojums are fish-like living ships that bend space-time, before for fast travel and as protection against gibbering horrors from beyond the veil that might otherwise try to eat them.
* LovecraftLite: Human starships and space stations are in constand danger from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s -- but human ingenuity has produced technology capable of fighting them, and the stories tend to end with the protagonist prevailing.
* MirrorMonster: Doppelkinder are monsters which hunt in mirrors and eat their victims' eyes. They are incapable of harming Cheshires or Boojums, which don't recognize two-dimensional images like reflections in mirrors because they think three-dimensionally.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Cynthia witnesses ghostly apparitions which the Arkhamers call "pseudoghosts". They are visions of people from the past or future, visible through time due to the spacial warping caused by Boojums.
* PirateGirl: In "Boojum", Captain Song is the female leader of a crew of SpacePirates. The story's protagonist, Black Alice Bradley, is a member of her crew.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: In "Mongoose", Colonel Sadhi Sanderson is a political officer on Kadath Station. Part of the conflict is Station Master Lee wanting Izrael to fix the tove infestation without letting Colonel Sanderson know the station had problems to begin with.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr. Julia Fiorenzo from "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" injects herself with her own reanimation serum.
* RayGun: Battery-powered ray guns are common sidearms, used by Colonel Sanderson in "Mongoose" and Black Alice in "Boojum".
* RestrainingBolt: The living ship ''Lavinia Whateley'' has a control node that prevents it from leaving the solar system like it wants, forcing it to instead continue to serve its crew.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: The previous doctor on the ''Jarmulowicz Astronomica'' was a genius in pioneering cutting-edge research, but not so good on the fundamentals; while pushing the boundaries of knowledge, she overlooked that most of the crew were suffering from basic malnutrition.
* SapientShip: The living ships called Boojums are allegedly only about as smart as monkeys, capable of being trained but not truly intelligent. In "Boojum", however, Black Alice's interaction with the ''Lavinia Wheatley'' suggests that they are actually sentient; just so alien that humans have difficulty understanding them.
* ShootOutTheLock: Black Alice uses a ray gun to shoot out the lock of sealed cargo hold. It's actually the only time in the story she uses her gun, since she admittedly has absolutely terrible aim.
* SpacePirate: The main character of ''Boojum'' is Black Alice Bradley, a crew member of the pirate ship ''Lavinia Whateley''.
* SpaceshipGirl: In "Boojum", [[spoiler:Black Alice ends up merging with the ''Lavinia Whateley'' to become a spaceship girl]].
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Cynthia dabbled in forbidden science in the past, but encountering the reanimated convinces her that there are indeed certain areas of knowledge that man was never meant to meddle in.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: In "Boojum", Captain Song used this as punishment for a former crew member named James Brady. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", this is the fate that Cynthia faces if she is unable to pay her oxygen tax.
* ZombieGait: The reanimated are described as moving in this fashion, seemingly slow but capable of lunging from a surprising distance.
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 fungal aliens from Yuggoth, SpacePirates in {{Living Ship}}s, 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:
* "Mongoose" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2010/07/03/drabblecast-170-mongoose-part-i-by-sarah-monette-and-elizabeth-bear-drabble-the-monkeys-by-chris-munroe/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2010/07/10/drabblecast-171-mongoose-part-ii-by-sarah-monette-and-elizabeth-bear/ part 2]])
* "Boojum" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2011/04/08/drabblecast-202-boojum-part-i-by-elizabeth-bear-and-sarah-monette/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2011/04/18/drabblecast-203-boojum-part-ii-by-elizabeth-bear-and-sarah-monette/ part 2]])
* "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" ([[http://www.drabblecast.org/2012/08/31/drabblecast-254-the-wreck-of-the-charles-dexter-ward-pt-1/ part 1]], [[http://www.drabblecast.org/2012/09/06/drabblecast-255-the-wreck-of-the-charles-dexter-ward-pt-2/ part 2]])
!!Tropes in this series include:
* AndIMustScream: Victims of the Mi-Go, who become undying brains in cylinders that inevitably go insane. Potentially the reanimated as well: Cynthia wonders whether the serum will eventually wear off, or whether the reanimated are doomed to continue suffering in their undead state for all eternity.
* ArtificialZombie: The reanimated. And not just humans: the ''Charles Dexter Ward'' is a zombie LivingShip.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Breeding raths are extremely heavily armored; the only vulnerable point on their body is the ovipositor on their underbelly.
* AwkwardlyPlacedBathtub: Captain Song of the ''Lavinia Whateley'' has a bathtub on the bridge.
* BioAugmentation: A {{Transhuman}}ist religious sect called the Christian Cultists have modified their bodies to be capable of working in extreme environments. In "Mongoose", Izrael passes one in a corridor who has replaced her arms with four sucker-tipped tentacles.
* BrainInAJar: The Mi-Go extract living human brains and store them in canisters, for reasons known only to themselves. In "Boojum", a crew of SpacePirates steal a cargo of brain cannisters and decide to try selling them back to the Mi-Go. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", Cynthia tried tinkering with a Mi-Go cannister, leading to her being fired for practicing "forbidden science".
* BrownNote: You can't look directly at a rath for more than a couple of seconds without getting a migraine headache.
* CuteMonster: Cheshires, little eldritch beasties which are treated a lot like cats. They're useful for hunting extradimensional Cthuloid vermin like Toves, and are intelligent and loyal towards their owners. [[spoiler:They are actually young Hounds of Tindalos; and if their growth wasn't stunted to prevent them from maturing, they would become members of the race of unstoppable monsters called Bandersnatches]].
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Christian Cultists are known for being eager to speak well of everyone. Thus, when the only praise they can give Station Master Lee is to say that she doesn't actively persecute them, Izrael knows that Lee must be a very terrible Station Master indeed.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Captain Edwards of the ''Henry Ford'' once tried to double-cross Captain Song of the ''Lavinia Whateley''. Captain Song now keeps Captain Edwards's head in a jar on her bridge as a warning to others.
* DeadlyLunge: Though the reanimated shuffle around deceptively slowly, they can lunge a surprising distance with frightening speed if someone gets too close. This ends up being the end of [[spoiler:Professor wandrei]].
* EldritchAbomination: Toves, raths, and bandersnatches are extradimensional beings which enter reality through cracks in space-time. Though their names come from Creator/LewisCarroll, their inspiration is the CthulhuMythos; bandersnatches, for instance, are explicitly equated to the Hounds of Tindalos.
* FishPeople: There is a human subspecies called "gillies", disliked by ordinary humans but valued because they are capable of surviving extreme conditions. They're the Boojumverse equivalent of the Deep Ones from the CthulhuMythos, complete with occasional reference to their "cold fishy gods".
* HighVoltageDeath: Boojums can only be killed in two manners: chopping them into tiny pieces, or with a powerful electric shock to the central nervous system. Since the ''Charles Dexter Ward'' is still in one piece, Cynthia and Hester conclude it must have been killed in the second fashion. [[spoiler:They use the same method to re-kill the zombie ship, as well as the reanimated Dr. Fiorenzo]].
* {{Intangibility}}: Cheshires and Bandersnatches are capable of shifting out of phase with this dimension, becoming invisible and intangible to physical beings.
* KillItWithFire: Toves are capable of surviving in vacuum, so Izrael Irizarry advises killing them with fire.
* LivingShip: Boojums are fish-like living ships that bend space-time, before for fast travel and as protection against gibbering horrors from beyond the veil that might otherwise try to eat them.
* LovecraftLite: Human starships and space stations are in constand danger from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s -- but human ingenuity has produced technology capable of fighting them, and the stories tend to end with the protagonist prevailing.
* MirrorMonster: Doppelkinder are monsters which hunt in mirrors and eat their victims' eyes. They are incapable of harming Cheshires or Boojums, which don't recognize two-dimensional images like reflections in mirrors because they think three-dimensionally.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Cynthia witnesses ghostly apparitions which the Arkhamers call "pseudoghosts". They are visions of people from the past or future, visible through time due to the spacial warping caused by Boojums.
* PirateGirl: In "Boojum", Captain Song is the female leader of a crew of SpacePirates. The story's protagonist, Black Alice Bradley, is a member of her crew.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: In "Mongoose", Colonel Sadhi Sanderson is a political officer on Kadath Station. Part of the conflict is Station Master Lee wanting Izrael to fix the tove infestation without letting Colonel Sanderson know the station had problems to begin with.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr. Julia Fiorenzo from "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" injects herself with her own reanimation serum.
* RayGun: Battery-powered ray guns are common sidearms, used by Colonel Sanderson in "Mongoose" and Black Alice in "Boojum".
* RestrainingBolt: The living ship ''Lavinia Whateley'' has a control node that prevents it from leaving the solar system like it wants, forcing it to instead continue to serve its crew.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: The previous doctor on the ''Jarmulowicz Astronomica'' was a genius in pioneering cutting-edge research, but not so good on the fundamentals; while pushing the boundaries of knowledge, she overlooked that most of the crew were suffering from basic malnutrition.
* SapientShip: The living ships called Boojums are allegedly only about as smart as monkeys, capable of being trained but not truly intelligent. In "Boojum", however, Black Alice's interaction with the ''Lavinia Wheatley'' suggests that they are actually sentient; just so alien that humans have difficulty understanding them.
* ShootOutTheLock: Black Alice uses a ray gun to shoot out the lock of sealed cargo hold. It's actually the only time in the story she uses her gun, since she admittedly has absolutely terrible aim.
* SpacePirate: The main character of ''Boojum'' is Black Alice Bradley, a crew member of the pirate ship ''Lavinia Whateley''.
* SpaceshipGirl: In "Boojum", [[spoiler:Black Alice ends up merging with the ''Lavinia Whateley'' to become a spaceship girl]].
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Cynthia dabbled in forbidden science in the past, but encountering the reanimated convinces her that there are indeed certain areas of knowledge that man was never meant to meddle in.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: In "Boojum", Captain Song used this as punishment for a former crew member named James Brady. In "The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''", this is the fate that Cynthia faces if she is unable to pay her oxygen tax.
* ZombieGait: The reanimated are described as moving in this fashion, seemingly slow but capable of lunging from a surprising distance.
