The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Stories, Listed by Author

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (books) (chron.)

• * Dr. Trifulgas [“Frritt-Flacc”], (ss) The Strand Jul 1892; Le Figaro Illustre December 1884.
  • Enigmatic Tales Spr 1999
• * Frritt-Flacc, (ss) The Strand Jul 1892; also as “Doctor Trifulgas§Dr. Trifulgas”.
• * The Sphinx of the Ice Fields, (ex) 1975; “Le Sphinx des glaces”, 1897.
  • The Antarktos Cycle, ed. Robert M. Price, Chaosium 1999; tr. by Harold Beaver

VERNON, WILLIAM J. (chron.)

• * The Impulse to Create, (pm) Songs of Innocence #1 1999
• * In the Stable, (pm) Songs of Innocence #1 1999

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

• * The Ultra-Elixir of Youth, (nv) Amazing Aug 1927
  • New Horizons, ed. August Derleth, Arkham House 1999

VERTLIEB, STEVE (chron.)

• * Transformation, (pm) Outer Darkness #18 1999

VICENTE, ALONSO ZAMORA (chron.)

• * A Poor Man, (ss) The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy, ed. Margaret Jull Costa & Annella McDermott, Dedalus 1999; tr. by Margaret Jull Costa

VIERLING, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Man in the Moon, (ss) Millennium Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine v2 #2 1999

VIGLIONE, TAMELA (chron.)

• * In the Real, (ss) Once Upon a World #9 1999

VILA-MATAS, ENRIQUE (chron.)

• * In Search of the Electrifying Double Act, (ss) The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy, ed. Margaret Jull Costa & Annella McDermott, Dedalus 1999; tr. by Margaret Jull Costa

VINGE, VERNOR (Steffen) (1944- ) (books) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * The Blabber, (na) Threats...And Other Promises, Baen 1988
  • The Good Stuff, ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC 1999
  • The Good New Stuff, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

VINK, RENÉE (1954- ) (chron.)

• * A Frail Young Life, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

VIRTES, SCOTT C. (chron.)

• * Another Inferno, (vi) Not One of Us Sep 1999

VISCOSI, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Last Vacancy, (ss) The Earwig Flesh Factory Dec 1999
• * Rush Hour, (vi) Mindmares Spr 1999
• * Singletrack, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #4 1999
• * Sky Pearls, (ss) Challenging Destiny Nov 1999
• * Suicide Corners, (ss) Crossroads #22/23 1999

VOLK, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * The Anamorph of Hans Baldung Grien, (ss) All Hallows #21 1999

VOLTAIRE; pseudonym of François Marie Arouet, (1694-1778) (chron.)

• * Eldorado [from Candide, or Optimism], (ex) London: Penguin 1947
  • The Faber Book of Utopias, ed. John Carey, Faber and Faber 1999; tr. by John Butt

VON BOURLAND (chron.)

• * Mother Earth’s Warning, (ss) The Roswell Incident Alternate Theory Anthology 1999

VONARBURG, ÉLISABETH (Ferron-Wehrlin Morché) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Home by the Sea, (ss) Tesseracts, ed. Judith Merril, Victoria: Press Porcepic 1985; “La maison au bord de la mer”, Dix Nouvelles de science-fiction, ed. André Carpentier, Montréal, Québec: Les Quinze, 1985.
  • Women of Other Worlds, ed. Helen Merrick & Tess Williams, University of Western Australia Press 1999; tr. by Jane Brierley
• * The Knot, (ss) Amazing Mar 1993; L’Œil de la nuit, Longueuil, Québec: Le Préambule 1980.
  • Tesseracts 7, ed. Paula Johanson & Jean-Louis Trudel, Edmonton: Tesseract Books 1998; tr. by Aliocha Kondratiev

VON BRAUN, [Dr.] WERNHER (1912-1977) (chron.)

• * The Conquest of Space [“Life on Mars”], (nv) This Week Apr 24 1960 (+2)
  • Vintage Science Fiction, ed. Peter Haining, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Life on Mars, (nv) This Week Apr 24 1960 (+2); also as “The Conquest of Space”.

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922-2007) (books) (chron.)

• * 2 B R 0 2 B, (ss) If Jan 1962
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Ambitious Sophomore, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 1 1954
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Any Reasonable Offer, (ss) Colliers Jan 19 1952
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Der Arme Dolmetscher, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1955
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Bagombo Snuff Box, (ss) Cosmopolitan Oct 1954
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * The Boy Who Hated Girls, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1956
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999; revised
• * Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals, (aw) 1999
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * The Cruise of The Jolly Roger, (ss) Cape Cod Compass
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Custom-Made Bride, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 27 1954
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Find Me a Dream, (ss) Cosmopolitan Feb 1961
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jun 1957
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999; revised
• * Harrison Bergeron, (ss) F&SF Oct 1961
  • Read into the Millennium: Tales of the Future, ed. Editors of Read Magazine, The Millbrook Press 1999
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Lovers Anonymous, (ss) Redbook Oct 1963
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Men or Machines? [from Player Piano], (ex) New York & London: Macmillan 1953
  • The Faber Book of Utopias, ed. John Carey, Faber and Faber 1999
• * Mnemonics, (ss) Colliers Apr 28 1951
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * A Night for Love, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 23 1957
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * The No-Talent Kid, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 25 1952
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * The Package, (ss) Colliers Jul 26 1952
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Poor Little Rich Town, (ss) Colliers Oct 25 1952
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * The Powder-Blue Dragon, (ss) Cosmopolitan Nov 1954
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999; revised
• * A Present for Big Nick, (ss) Argosy Oct 1954; also as “A Present for Big Saint Nick”.
• * A Present for Big Saint Nick [“A Present for Big Nick”], (ss) Argosy Oct 1954
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Runaways, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 15 1961
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Souvenir, (ss) Argosy Dec 1952
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Thanasphere, (ss) Colliers Sep 2 1950
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * This Son of Mine, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18 1956
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999
• * Unpaid Consultant, (ss) Cosmopolitan Mar 1955
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, Putnam 1999

von TROJAN, KURT (Oscar Eugene) (1937-2006) (chron.)

• * Aliens Are Equal, (vi) Harbringer #1 1999
• * Breaking Writer’s Block, (ar) Altair #3 1999
• * Face of Evil, (ss) Harbringer #2 1999

VORNHOLT, JOHN (Blair, Jr.) (1951- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Book 1: Voices [Babylon 5], (n.) New York: Dell 1995; subtitled in the UK as The Voice.
  • Babylon 5: Omnibus 1, ed. Anon., Boxtree 1999
• * Book 3: Blood Oath [Babylon 5], (n.) New York: Dell 1995
  • Babylon 5: Omnibus 1, ed. Anon., Boxtree 1999
• * The Dominion War, Book Three: Tunnel Through the Stars [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Dominion War], (ex) New York: Pocket Books 1998
  • Star Trek: Adventures in Time and Space, ed. Mary P. Taylor, Pocket 1999
• * Mind Meld [Star Trek], (ex) New York: Pocket Books 1977
  • Star Trek: Adventures in Time and Space, ed. Mary P. Taylor, Pocket 1999

VOSK, D. M.; pseudonym of David M. Skov, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Consummare, (pm) Grue #19 1999
• * Fruitions, (pm) Grue #19 1999

VOSS, CHRISTINA (chron.)

• * Fin De Ciècle, (pm) Sackcloth & Ashes #4 1999
• * Fin De Ciècle (Reprise), (pm) Sackcloth & Ashes #4 1999

VUKCEVICH, RAY (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Beastly Heat, (ss) Quantum Speculative Fiction, ed. Kurt Roth, Obscura Press 1999
• * By the Time We Get to Uranus, (ss) Imagination Fully Dilated, ed. Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, CD Publications 1998
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999
• * The Finger, (ss) F&SF Apr 1995
  • The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, ed. Edward L. Ferman & Gordon Van Gelder, Tor 1999
• * Rejoice, (ss) F&SF Jan 1999

WADDLING, ROBIN (chron.)

• * Editorial (with Lesley Milner), (ed) Noesis #4, #5 1999

WADE, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Proem to Confuseus, (pm) Roadworks #3 1999

WADE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Ivory Bones, (ss) Silver Birch, Blood Moon, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 1999

WADHOLM, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Green Tea [Orlando Coria], (nv) Asimov’s Oct/Nov 1999
• * The Ice Forest, (nv) Asimov’s Jan 1999

WAGGONER, TIM (chron.)

• * Anubis Has Left the Building, (ss) More Monsters from Memphis, ed. Beecher Smith, Zapizdat Publications 1998
• * The Castle and Jack, (ss) Twice Upon a Time, ed. Denise Little & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1999
• * The Man of Her Dreams, (ss) Dangerous Magic, ed. Denise Little & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1999
• * Meeting Dad, (ss) Prom Night, ed. Nancy Springer 1999
• * One Morning at the Stone, (ss) Merlin, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1999

WAGNER, HANK; see under Wagner, Henry W. (chron.)

WAGNER, HENRY W. (chron.)

• * Answered Cries, (ar) Cemetery Dance #31 1999
• * A Conversation with F. Paul Wilson, (iv) Cemetery Dance #32 1999

WAGNER, JOYCE (chron.)

• * Newtime Cowboy, (ss) Night Shade, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Seal Press 1999

WAGNER, KARL EDWARD (1945-1994) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * Gremlin, (ss) Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1 1995
  • 100 Hilarious Little Howlers, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999

WAGNER, ROLAND C. (chron.)

• * H.P.L. (1890-1991), (ss) Crypt of Cthulhu #103 1999

WAITE, JUDY (chron.)

• * Ready for Tomorrow, (ss) Phenomenal Future Stories, ed. Tony Boardman, Corgi 1999

WAKEFIELD, H(erbert) RUSSELL (1888-1964) (books) (chron.)

• * The Animals in the Case, (ss) Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1962
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Appointment with Fire, (ss) Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1971
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Caretaker, (ss) Strayers from Sheol, Arkham House 1961
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Death of a Bumblebee, (nv) Travellers By Night, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1967
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * “Four Eyes”, (ss) Strayers from Sheol, Arkham House 1961
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Ghost Hunt, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1948
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Gorge of the Churels, (ss) F&SF Oct 1951
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * “Immortal Bird”, (ss)
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Introduction: Farewell to All Those!, (in)
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * A Kink in Space-Time, (ss) Arkham Sampler Sum 1948
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends, (nv) Over the Edge, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1964
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Messrs. Turkes and Talbot, (ss) Arkham Sampler Win 1948
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Middle Drawer, (ss)
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Monstrous Regiment, (nv) Strayers from Sheol, Arkham House 1961
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Mr. Ash’s Studio, (ss) Ghost Stories, London: Cape 1932
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Sepulchre of Jasper Sarasen, (ss) Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep 1953
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Third Shadow, (ss) Weird Tales Nov 1950
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * The Triumph of Death, (ss) Arkham Sampler Fll 1949
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999
• * Used Car, (ss) Ghost Stories, London: Cape 1932
  • Death on Wheels, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1999
• * Woe Water, (ss) Weird Tales Jul 1950
  • Strayers from Sheol, H. R. Wakefield, Ash-Tree Press 1999

WALDRON, DANIEL (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • My Brain Escapes Me, Robert Steven Rhine, Sun Dog 1999

WALDROP, HOWARD (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Dynasters, Vol. I, On the Downs, (ss) F&SF Oct/Nov 1999
• * The Ugly Chickens, (nv) Universe 10, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1980
  • My Favorite Science Fiction Story, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1999
• * “US”, (ss) Event Horizon Online Oct 14 1998
  • The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999
• * “...The World As We Know’t”, (ss) Shayol #6 1982
  • Armageddons, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1999

WALKER, MARGARET (chron.)

• * Monster in the Dunny, (ss) Dead Things Magazine #2 1999

WALKER, ROD (chron.)

• * Darker Owl, (pm) The Ultimate Unknown Sum 1999

WALKER, SAGE (chron.)

• * Hunting Mother, (nv) Not of Woman Born, ed. Constance Ash, Roc 1999

WALL, ALAN (books) (chron.)

• * A to Z, (na); SF. Previously as a limited edition from Colophon Press.
  • Richard Dadd in Bedlam and other stories, Secker & Warburg 1999
• * A Compass in the Dark, (ss) Richard Dadd in Bedlam and other stories, Secker & Warburg 1999
• * Cult, (ss) Richard Dadd in Bedlam and other stories, Secker & Warburg 1999