The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Stories, Listed by Title

• The “Conventions” of Science Fiction and Fantasy • David Lee Summers • (in)
• Conversation with a Mechanical Horse • Floris M. Kleijne • (nv)
• A Conversation with David B. Silva • Ivy Fehervari • (iv)
• A Conversation with David J. Schow • Rick Kleffel • (iv)
• A Conversation with David Morrell • Henry W. Wagner • (iv)
• A Conversation with Edo van Belkom • Nathan Tyler • (iv)
• A Conversation with Elizabeth Massie • Darrell Schweitzer • (iv)
• A Conversation with Genevieve Jollifee • Michael Marano • (iv)
• A Conversation with Joe Bob Briggs • Stacey Cochran • (iv)
• A Conversation with Lynn Flewelling • Bill Congreve • (iv)
• A Conversation with Mick Garris • Bev Vincent • (iv)
• A Conversation with Mike Mignola • Henry W. Wagner • (iv)
• A Conversation with Nancy Holder • Henry W. Wagner • (iv)
• A Conversation with Richard Matheson • William P. Simmons • (iv)
• A Conversation with Stephen King • Anthony S. Magistrale • (iv)
• A Conversation with Stephen Zachman • Bev Vincent • (iv)
• A Conversation with Stewart O’Nan • Tom Piccirilli • (iv)
• Conversations at Ma Maia Metron • Robert G. Meadley • (ss)
• Convictions • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• The Cookie Monster • Vernor Vinge • (na)
• Cookies • Charlie Anders • (ss)
• Cookin’ Now • Linda D. Addison • (pm)
• Cooking for the Heart • Paul Haines • (ss)
• The Copper Bell • Frank Chigas • (nv)
• Copper, Rebecca Lisle • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Copperhead • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• Cops & Bodybuilders • D. Harlan Wilson • (vi)
• Corn Is the Soil Song • Orson Scott Card • (pm)
• Cornbread • Randy Brown • (ss)
• The Corner House • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• Corona • Samuel R. Delany • (ss)
• The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• A Corpse Can Hate • Harlan Ellison • (ss)
• Corpse Mouth and Spore Nose • Jeff VanderMeer • (ss)
• Corpse of My Life • Karl El-Koura • (ss)
• Corpus Christi • Dirk Flinthart • (ss)
• The Correct Kit • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Correct Response • Manfred Gabriel • (ss)
• The Correspondence • Allison Lovelock • (ss)
• Corrosion • Michael Cobley • (ss)
• Corstophine • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• Cory Harding interviews D.F. Lewis • Cory Harding • (iv)
• Cory Harding interviews Peter Tennant • Cory Harding • (iv)
• Cosmic Brain • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Cosmic Circle of Wonder and Imagination • Jeremy Lassen • (in)
• Cosmic Eyes • Dan Mitrut • (pm)
• Cosmic Requiem • Sandra J. Lindow • (pm)
• Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System, T.K.F. Weisskopf, ed. • Richard Horton • (br)
• Cosmic Volts • Jim Dunlap • (pm)
• Cosmology: A User’s Manual • John M. Ford • (pm)
• Costa de Mala Muerte • Christopher Stires • (ss)
• The Costumers • William P. Simmons • (ss)
• The Cosy Room • Arthur Machen • (ss)
• A Cottage by the Sea • Mark West • (ss)
• Countdown • Russell Davis • (ss)
• Counter Clock • Patrick Mullarkey • (ss)
• Counting the Shapes • Yoon Ha Lee • (nv)
• Counting Zeppelins • Eric Marin • (ss)
• A Country Grave • Louise Webster • (pm)
• Country Life • Karen D. Fishler • (ss)
• Country Life • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• The Country of the Blind • H. G. Wells • (nv)
• Country People • Richard Hall • (ss)
• Courier • Kurt MacPhearson • (pm)
• The Course of the Heart, M. John Harrison • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• The Court of the Midnight King • Freda Warrington • (ex)
• The Courtship of Kate O’Farrissey • John Morressy • (nv)
• Le Couvercle • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• cover • Sandra DeLuca • (cv)
• Cover • John Picacio • (cv)
• Cover Letters and SASEs • Robert J. Sawyer • (ar)
• Cover Me • Nancy Holder • (nv)
• Cover Your ASCII • Robert J. Sawyer • (ar)
• The Cow Cafe • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• The Cow-Men of Coburn • Will Murray • (ss)
• Cowboy • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Cowboys & Indians • John E. Smelcer • (pm)
• Cowl, Neal Asher • Russell Letson • (br)
• Coyote at the End of History • Michael Swanwick • (ss)
• The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust • Faren Miller • (br)
• The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust • Jonathan Strahan • (br)
• The Coyotl • Trent M. Walters • (pm)
• The Crab Nebula • Luminita Suze • (pm)
• A Crack in the Line, Michael Lawrence • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Cracked Wall • Scott Thomas • (vi)
• Crane Song • Nancy Bennett • (pm)
• Cranial Sacral • Diane Ackerman • (pm)
• Craven • Destiny West • (ss)
• Cravings, Anonymous, ed. • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Crawler from the Grave • Donald F. Glut • (ss)
• The Crawling Chaos • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• The Crawling Curse • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Crazy Annaoj • Fritz Leiber • (ss)
• Crazy Little Thing • Stuart Barrow • (ss)
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love • John C. Pelan • (ss)
• Crazy Rain • Piper Selden • (ss)
• A Crazy Tasty Love Story • Mark Shepherd • (ss)
• The Crazy Years: Reflections of a Science Fiction Original, Spider Robinson • Damien Broderick • (br)
• Creation Myth • G. O. Clark • (pm)
• The Creative Inner Child • Megan Kauffman • (ed)
• Creature • Carol Emshwiller • (ss)
• Creature Feature • Al J. Vermette • (cl)
• Creature Feature: Bugs • Al J. Vermette • (cl)
• Creature Feature: T-Rex • Al J. Vermette • (cl)
• Creature Feature: The Creeper • Al J. Vermette • (cl)
• A Creature of Accident • Thomas F. Monteleone • (ss)
• Credits • Misc. • (ms)
• Creek Man • Anonymous • (ss)
• Creek Man • Jamie Rosen • (ss)
• The Creeper • Alexis Child • (ss)
• Crescendo • Julie Shiel • (pm)
• Crete • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• A Cricket Problem • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Crime of the Rue Auber • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• The Crimes of Domini Duvall • Eric Brown • (ss)
• Crimes of Our Youth • Christina Sng • (pm)
• Crimson Night • James Swallow • (ss)
• The Crimson Weaver • R. Murray Gilchrist • (ss)
• The Crimson Wizard • Richard A. Lupoff • (ss)
• Crisis on Doona • Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye • (n.)
• Critical Eye • Anonymous • (ar)
• Critical View • Paul Levinson • (ss)
• Criticism • C. R. Thompson • (si)
• Critics Have Sharp Teeth • Jon Hartless • (ss)
• Cronos • J. K. Radomski • (mr)
• The Croquet Player • H. G. Wells • (na)
• The Cross Talk • Rick Kennett • (ss)
• Cross-Pollination • Karen L. Newman • (pm)
• The Cross-Time Engineer • Leo A. Frankowski • (n.)
• Crossed Paths • Vincent R. Vurchio • (ss)
• Crossing Borders • Tom Doyle • (ss)
• Crossing the Line, Karen Traviss • Russell Letson • (br)
• Crossroads • Don Tumasonis • (nv)
• Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic, F. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, eds. • Richard Horton • (br)
• A Crow Among the Starlings • John Dodds • (ss)
• The Crow Is Dismantled in Flight • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• A Crowd of Shadows • Charles L. Grant • (ss)
• Crowley’s Villa • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• The Crows • Simon Bestwick • (ss)
• Crucible, Nancy Kress • Russell Letson • (br)
• The Crucified Buddha • John McKernan • (pm)
• Crucifixation • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• Cruelty the Human Heart • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Cruising the Infinite: Strategies for Human Interstellar Travel • Paul Lucas • (ar)
• The Crumb Brothers on Treasure Island • Maxon Crumb • (ar)
• Crusade • David M. Weber & Steve White • (n.)
• Crusty Old Age • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• Crux, Albert E. Cowdrey • Damien Broderick • (br)
• A Cry in the Night • Alan Yee • (ss)
• Cry of the Soul • David Memmott • (ss)
• Crybaby • Harry Turtledove • (ss)
• Cryo Dreams • Lisa M. Bradley • (pm)
• The Crypt - Mail Vault • Readers • (lt)
• Crystal Ball • Allen Ashley • (vi)
• Crystal Balls • Susie Hawes • (ss)
• The Crystal City, Orson Scott Card, read by Stefan Rudnicki, M.E. Willis, and cast • John Joseph Adams • (br)
• Crystal Clues • E. Hoffmann Price • (ss)
• The Crystal Egg • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• The Cthulhu Mythos: Wondrous and Terrible • Fritz Leiber • (ar)
• Cthulwhat? • Joshua Rupp • (ss)
• Cube Root • David Langford • (ss)
• The Cuckoo of Hammerbildt • James Peaty • (ss)
• Cuckoo’s Egg • Jody Lynn Nye • (nv)
• Cue the Circus Music Fantastic • Frank Markopolos • (ss)
• Cult Classic • Terry Pratchett • (ar)
• The Cult of the White Ape • Hugh B. Cave • (nv)
• Cultural Clashes in Cádiz • Jetse de Vries • (na)
• Cultural Divide • Sarah Benkin • (ss)
• Cum Onn, It’z Lovely Whether • Anthony Beal • (ss)
• A Cup of Blood • Joel Lane • (ss)
• The Curandeiro • Thomas F. Monteleone • (nv)
• Curbside Wise Man • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Curio and Relic • Tom Van Natta • (ss)
• Curiosities:
  ___ Adventures to Come, edited by J. Berg Esenwein (1937) • Bud Webster • (cl)
  ___ Book of the Three Dragons, by Kenneth Morris (1930) • David Kangford • (cl)
• Curiosities:
  ___ Cloud Chamber, by Howard Myers (1977) • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
• Curiosities:
  ___ The Divine Comedy of Ariadne and Jupiter, by Shere Hite (1994), and Tetrarch, by Alex Comfort (1980) • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ The Gods Hate Kansas, by Joseph Millard (1941) • Bud Webster • (cl)
• Curiosities:
  ___ Great Mischief, by Josephine Pinckney (1948) • Jason Van Hollander • (cl)
• Curiosities:
  ___ The Late Great Creature, by Brock Brower (1971) • Bill Sheehan • (cl)
  ___ Legal Daisy Spacing, by Chris Winn (1985) • Bud Webster • (cl)
  ___ March of the Robots, by “Leo Brett” (1961) • David Langford • (cl)
  ___ The Rolling Pin, by Charles Williams (1955) • F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre • (cl)
  ___ Tom’s A-Cold, by John Collier (1933) • John Kessel • (cl)
• Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond • Nugent Barker • (ss)
• A Curious Pleasure Excursion • William L. Brown & Mark Twain • (gs)
• A Curious Pleasure Excursion • Mark Twain • (gs)
• Curl Me, Sculpt Me... • Phillip A. Ellis • (pm)
• ...currents are hot... ...does not shun light.... • Scott E. Green • (pm)
• The Curse of Fat Face • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• Curse of the Dryad’s Husband • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Curse of the Itch • Bill McKay • (ss)
• The Curse of the Witch • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Cursed Temple • Lawrence Barker • (pm)
• Curve of Her Claw • Margaret McGaffey Fisk • (ss)
• The Customer is Always Right • Michael Edward McHone • (ss)
• The Cut • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Cut • Megan Lindholm • (ss)
• The Cut of My Jib • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• The Cutting Fringe • Paul C. Chafe • (na)
• Cyberfruit Swamp • Raven B. Kaldera • (ss)
• Cybergeist • Carrie S. Masek • (ss)
• The Cycle • Kevin Dyer • (ss)
• Cycle of Metaporphosis • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• A Cyclops Never Forgets • William Jones • (ss)
• The Cypher • Quentin S. Crisp • (ss)
• Cyprian Overbeck Wells • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• Cyprian’s Room • Frances Oliver • (ss)
• Dacryphilia • Deirdre Cowan • (ss)
• Dad • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)