The novella “Hottentots” by Paul Di Filippo was published for the first time in 1995 as part of “The Steampunk Trilogy” anthology.

The naturalist Louis Agassiz is forced to work with Jacob Cezar and Dottie, the daughter of the “Hottentot Venus” to find a fetiche created using her mother’s intimate parts. There are people who believe that the fetiche allows to summon ancient deities to unleash an apocalypse on Earth.