The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Stories, Listed by Author

VERNON, STEVE

• * Basket Case, (vi) The Horror Show Win 1988
• * Beat Well, (vi) Terror Time Again #2 1989
  • Alpha Gallery, ed. Joy Oestreicher, Mark Rich, David Memmott & Charmaine Parsons, SPWAO 1990
• * Deathdreams, (ss) Not One of Us Jun 1992
• * Hooney Jew, Hooney Jew, (ss) Not One of Us Oct 1991
• * Midnight Snow, (vi) After Hours Sum 1990
• * Mongrel, (ss) Cemetery Dance Spr 1990
  • The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XIX, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1991
  • The Best of Cemetery Dance, ed. Richard Chizmar, Cemetery Dance 1998
• * Prufrock and the Spiders, (ss) The Haunted Sun Jan 1991
• * Yonderman, (ss) Edge Detector #2 1989

_____, [ref.]

• * Steve Vernon, (iv) Cemetery Dance Spr 1990

VERNON, WILLIAM J.

• * Another Mythology Lost, (pm) Midnight Zoo v3 #11 1993
• * A Good Day in March, a Bearded Man, (pm) Ice River #1 1987

VERONA, JEFF

• * Holdfast, (ss) Adventures of Sword & Sorcery #4 1997
• * Mahu, (nv) Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, ed. Nicola Griffith & Steve Pagel, White Wolf 1997

VERRAL, CHARLES SPAIN (1904-1990)

_____, [ref.]

• * Obituary: Verral, Charles Spain, (ob) Locus v24:6 No.353 Jun 1990

VERRAN, JAMES

• * The Dive, (nv) L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future v6, ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge 1990

VERRILL, A(lpheus) HYATT (1871-1954)

• * The Exterminator, (ss) Amazing Feb 1931
  • 101 Science Fiction Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh & Jenny-Lynn Waugh, Avenel 1986
  • 100 Amazing Little Alien Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * The Flying Head, (ss) Strange Stories Jun 1939
  • The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1988

VERSANDI, BOB

• * The Grandpa Urn, (ss) Doom City, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor 1987

VERTHO, JON

• * If Dreams Came True, (pm) SPWAO Showcase #5 1985

VERYZER, GUY SUMMERTREE

• * Dolls, (pm) The Armless Maiden, ed. Terri Windling, Tor 1995

VESITY, ART

• * The First Day, (ss) IASFM Sep 1982
  • Tales from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, ed. Sheila Williams & Cynthia Manson, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986

VESS, CHARLES (1951- ) (books)

• * A Short Tale of a Young Man Who Would Have Been a Priest, (ss) Words Without Pictures, ed. Steve Niles, Eclipse 1990

_____, [ref.]

• * “Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess’s Stardust, 1 of 4, Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess” by Jonathan Strahan, (br) Locus v39:6 No.443 Dec 1997
• * “Stardust, Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess” by Carolyn Cushman, (br) Locus v40:5 No.448 May 1998

VESS, LAURA

• * Hunting, (pm) Once Upon a World #5 1993

VEST, AARON

_____, reviews:

• * Grave Reviews, (fr) Into the Darkness #4 1995

VESTAL, AMY

• * The Dave Collection, (ss) Aberrations #35 1995

VESTDIJK, SIMON (1898-1971)

• * The Stone Face, (ss) The Dedalus Book of Dutch Fantasy, ed. Richard Huijing, Dedalus 1993; “Het Stenen Gezicht”, De Dood Betrapt, 1935.; tr. by Richard Huijing

VESTER, HENRY J., III

• * The Bells of R’lyeh, (pm) Tekeli-li! #4 1992
• * Dream-Life, (pm) Tales of Lovecraftian Horror #3 1989
  • Fungi Spr 1997
• * Hymn to Atlach-Nacha, (vi) Fungi Sum 1998
• * Innsmouth Gold, (ss) Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex #2 1986
  • The Innsmouth Cycle, ed. Robert M. Price, Chaosium 1998

VESTER, JOHN

• * Jesus Wept, (pm) Midnight Zoo v1 #6 1991
• * A Replant Day Carol, (ss) Analog Dec 1996
• * Wrong-Handed, (nv) Analog Jun 1996

VESTER, LEE

• * Pawn Promotion, (nv) Isaac Asimov’s Tomorrow’s Voices, ed. editors of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Dial 1984

VESTEY, MICHAEL (1945- )

• * An Apple for Miss Stevenson, (ss) The After Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, London: Hutchinson 1980
  • The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press 1994

VEVERKA, JOSEPH

• * Jupiter’s World: A Colossal Realm, (ar) The Planets, ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam 1985

VEVLE, H. LEE

• * Tire Marks in the Snow, (pm) Midnight Zoo v3 #10 1993

VEVLE, HARRY L.

• * Karen’s Eyes, (pm) Deathrealm Fll/Win 1992

VEY, P. C.

• * Cartoon, (ct) Twilight Zone Feb 1989

VEZINA, RAOUL

_____, [ref.]

• * Obituary: Vezina, Raoul, (ob) Locus v17:1 No.276 Jan 1984

VIAN, BORIS (1920-1959)

• * The Dead Fish [1955], (ss) 13 French Science-Fiction Stories, ed. Damon Knight, Bantam 1965
  • The World Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, Little Brown 1989; tr. by Damon Knight
  • Black Water 2, ed. Alberto Manguel, Random House/Clarkson & Potter 1991; tr. by Damon Knight
  • The Road to Science Fiction Volume 6: Around the World, ed. James Gunn, White Wolf 1998; tr. by Damon Knight

VICK, EDD

• * Defender [Magic: The Gathering], (ss) Distant Planes, ed. Kathy Ice, HarperPrism 1996

VICK, ROD R.

• * The Jupiter Stone, (ss) Forbidden Lines #12 1992
• * The Purifiers, (ss) Haunts #16 1989

VICKERS, C(harles) E(dward) (1873-1908)

• * The Trenches, (ss) Blackwood’s Jan 1907
  • The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914, I. F. Clarke, Liverpool University Press 1995
  • The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914, ed. I. F. Clarke, Liverpool University Press 1995

VICKERS, EARL

• * A Dollar for Your Soul, (ss) MZBFM Fll 1990
• * The Vision Vine, (ss) Whole Earth Review Win 1991

VICKERS, ROY; pseudonym of William Edward Vickers, (1889-1965)

• * The Eighth Lamp, (ss) The Novel Magazine Jul 1916
  • Macabre Railway Stories, ed. Ronald Holmes, Star 1986

VICKERS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1889-1965); see pseudonym Roy Vickers

VICKERY, DAVID

• * Calling Driver #6, (ss) Orion #2 1992
• * Duplicator, (ss) Threads #12 1996
• * The Fifth Horseman, (ss) Threads #6 1995
• * No Way Home, (ss) Threads #9 1995
• * “Now is the Seventh Winter Since Troy Fell...”, (ss) Threads #1 1993
• * Phase Shift, (ss) Auguries #18 1994
• * Serious Games, (ss) Mind’s Eye #1 1990
• * Strychnine for Beginners, (vi) Works #7 1990

VICTOIRE, MAM’SELLE

• * Taking Flight: The Secret of the Swan Maiden, (ss) Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women, ed. Michael Ford, Richard Kasak UK 1996

VICTOR, PAT

• * An Arm and a Leg, (ss) Wetbones Fll 1997

VIDAL, GORE; [i.e., Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.] (1925- ) (books)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Gore Vidal: A Biographic Appreciation” by D. H. Olson, (bg) Tales of the Unanticipated #14 1995
• * “An Interview with Gore Vidal” by D. H. Olson, (iv) Tales of the Unanticipated #14 1995
• * “Live from Golgotha, Gore Vidal” by Gary K. Wolfe, (br) Locus v30:1 No.384 Jan 1993
• * “Live from Golgotha, Gore Vidal” by Scott Winnett, (br) Locus v29:5 No.382 Nov 1992

VIDRINE, D. M.

• * Lifer, (ss) Analog Jan 1990

VIDSTON, ANNA

• * Rocket Man, (pm) Midnight Zoo v3 #2 1993

VIERECK, GEORGE SYLVESTER (1884-1962)

• * The Buried City, (pm)
  • Fantasy and Terror #13 1992
• * Queen Lilith, (pm)
  • Fantasy and Terror #13 1992

_____, [ref.]

• * “Yesterday’s Bestsellers, 20: My First Two Thousand Years by George Viereck & Paul Eldridge” by Brian Stableford, (ar) Interzone Aug 1994

VIERECK, PETER (Robert) (1916-2006)

• * Rogue, (pm) The Poetry Review Sep 1985
  • Rhysling Anthology 1986, ed. Anon., SF Poetry Assc. 1986

VIERLING, DAVID

• * Armor/Amore, (ss) Chicks in Chainmail, ed. Esther Friesner, Baen 1995
• * Hello Dolly, (vi) Odyssey #4 1998
• * Loch Ness Monster Found—In the Bermuda Triangle!, (ss) Alien Pregnant by Elvis, ed. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1994

VIGIL-STORM, JUNE E.

• * June’s Page, (ed) After Hours Win 1995

VIJAYAN, O(ttupulakkal) V(elukutty) (books)

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Saga of Dharmapuri, O. V. Vijayan” by Scott Winnett, (br) Locus v24:6 No.353 Jun 1990

VIKÖREN, KoANN

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Infinite Loop, ed. Larry Constantine, Miller Freeman 1993

VILE, KURT; pseudonym of Alan Moore, (1953- )

• * The Nativity on Ice (with Bryan Talbot), (cs) Kimota #3 1995

VILLEGAS, RUBEN SOSA

• * Being Party to Lovecraft’s Other Horrors, (ed) The Blood Review Apr 1990
• * Clive Barker Interview, (iv) The Blood Review Apr 1990
• * Flowers, Foods, and Fun with the Dead, (ed) The Blood Review Oct 1990
• * Women and Horror (with Sheila Merritt), (ar) The Blood Review Jan 1990

VILLENEUVE, GABRIELLE-SUZANNE de (1695-1755)

• * The Story of Beauty and the Beast, (nv); in Las contes marins, 1740.
  • Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales, ed. Jack Zipes, NAL 1989

VILLESVIK, JOHN

• * Carolin Mo, (ss) Thin Ice #10 1991
• * Nantucket Sleigh Ride, (ss) Pandora #24 1989
• * Timecops, (ss) Once Upon a World #2 1989

VILLIERS de l’ISLE-ADAM, (Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, Comte de) (1838-1889)

• * The Astonishing Moutonnet Couple, (ss) The Dedalus Book of French Horror: the 19th Century, ed. Terry Hale, Dedalus 1998; tr. by Terry Hale
• * The Desire to Be a Man, (ss) Contes Cruels, Calmann Levy 1883
  • The Book of Fantasy, ed. Jorge Luís Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares & Silvina Ocampo, Viking 1989
• * The Future Eve, (n.); L’Eve future, originally serialised in La vie moderne, 1884.
  • The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siecle France, ed. Asti Hustvedt, MIT Press/Zone 1998
• * The Future Eve (with Florence Crewe-Jones) [L’Eve future, 1886], (n.) Argosy All-Story Weekly Dec 18 1926-Jan 22 ’27; originally serialised in La vie moderne, 1884.
  • The Frankenstein Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1994; this translation is heavily edited and abridged.
• * Occult Memories, (ss) Contes Cruels, Calmann Levy 1883
  • The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus 1992
• * The Sign [1867-1868], (ss)
  • Demons of the Night, ed. Joan C. Kessler, University of Chicago 1995; tr. by Robert Baldick
• * A Torture by Hope [from Contes Cruels, 1883], (ss) The Strand Jun 1891
  • Strange Tales from the Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
  • Horror by Lamplight, ed. Anon., Chancellor Press 1993
  • 100 Tiny Tales of Terror, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * The Torture of Hope [from Contes Cruels, 1883], (ss) The Strand Jun 1891
  • Magazine of Horror Aug 1965
  • The Best Horror Stories, ed. Anon., BDD/Mallard Press 1990
• * Véra [1876], (ss)
  • Demons of the Night, ed. Joan C. Kessler, University of Chicago 1995; tr. by Robert Baldick
• * The Very Image, (vi) Contes Cruels, Calmann Levy 1883; “A S’y Méprende!”.
  • Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday, ed. Italo Calvino, Random House/Pantheon 1997

VILOTT, RHONDI; [i.e., Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz] (1949- ); see pseudonyms Elizabeth Forrest & Charles Ingrid (books)

VILOTT-SALSITZ, RHONDI A.; see under Vilott, Rhondi (books)

VINAL, HAROLD

• * Dark Lady, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #13 1992
• * Satan in Profile, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #13 1992
• * She Was Not Flesh, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #13 1992
• * World of Dream, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #13 1992

VINCE, NICHOLAS (1958- )

• * The Beast in Beauty, (ss) Skeleton Crew Aug 1990
• * Look, See..., (ss) Fear! Jul 1989
• * Luggage in the Crypt: Charles L. Grant, (iv) Skeleton Crew Apr 1991
• * Luggage in the Crypt: Dave McKean, (iv) Skeleton Crew Mar 1991
• * Luggage in the Crypt: Kim Newman, (iv) Skeleton Crew Feb 1991
• * The Luggage in the Crypt: Neil Gaiman, (iv) Skeleton Crew Nov 1990
• * The Luggage in the Crypt: Ramsey Campbell, (iv) Skeleton Crew Oct 1990
• * Luggage in the Crypt: Steve Gallagher, (iv) Skeleton Crew Jan 1991
• * The Wit and Wisdom of Joe R. Lansdale, (iv) Skeleton Crew Dec 1990

VINCE, SEBASTIAN

• * A Midsmummer Night’s Scream, (ss) Bad Dreams, ed. Wendy Cooling, Dolphin 1997

VINCENT, ESTHER

• * Have Mercy Will Travel, (vi) Edge Detector #1 1988

VINCENT, HARL; pseudonym of Harold Vincent Schoepflin, (1893-1968)

• * Red Twilight, (n.) Argosy Sep 13 1931 (+2)
  • Red Twilight/World’s End, ed. Anon., Starmont House 1991
• * Rex, (ss) Astounding Jun 1934
  • Machines That Think, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick, Holt Rinehart & Winston 1984
  • The Monster Book of Monsters, ed. Michael O’Shaughnessy, Xanadu 1988