The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Stories, Listed by Title

• A Perfect Murder • Michele R. Bardsley • (ss)
• The Perfect One • Greg Wharton • (vi)
• The Perfect Varnish • Thomas Wagner • (ss)
• Perfectible • Geoffrey A. Landis • (vi)
• The Perfecting of the Chopin Valse No. 14 in E Minor • Sena Jeter Naslund • (ss)
• Perfectionism • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Perfidy of Henry Midgley • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (ss)
• Performance in a Cemetery • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pm)
• Perhaps the Snail • James A. Maxey • (ss)
• PeriAndry’s Quest • Stephen M. Baxter • (nv)
• A Perilous Warm Embrace • Michael Manis • (ss)
• The Perils of Clichés in Intergalactic Travel • Lynne den Hartog • (pm)
• Permissions • Misc. • (ms)
• Perpetua • Kit Reed • (ss)
• The Persecutor’s Tale • John M. Ford • (ss)
• The Persian Spell • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Persistance of Blondes • Christian Correra • (pm)
• The Persistence of Time • Michael M. Pendragon • (pm)
• The Persistence of Vision • John Varley • (na)
• Personal Space • Christopher Fowler • (ss)
• A Personal Touch • Kurt Busiek • (ss)
• Personality Problem • Joe R. Lansdale • (vi)
• Pervert • Charles Coleman Finlay • (ss)
• Pests • Brian Rosenberger • (pm)
• Pete and Earl • Richard Butner • (ss)
• Peter and Wendy • James M. Barrie • (n.)
• Peter Crowther: Tales of Wonder • Adam Roberts • (in)
• Peter Pan • James M. Barrie • (n.)
• Peter Pan in Kensington • James M. Barrie • (ex)
• Peter Pan: Reviewed • Kelly Adey • (mr)
• Peter Skilling • Alexander C. Irvine • (ss)
• Peter T. Garratt: 1949-2004 • David Pringle • (ob)
• Peter Tennant: Publishing History 2000 to 2003 • Anonymous • (bi)
• Peter Weston: Cigars, Doorknobs, and Fandom • Victor Gonzalez • (ar)
• Petra • Greg Bear • (nv)
• A Petroleum Producer’s Thank You (to the Boys in the Front Lines) • Judd Hampton • (vi)
• Petty Pewter Gods • Glen Cook • (n.)
• Phantom Limbs • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Phantom Menace of the Screen • Arthur T. Jolliffe • (na)
• Phantom Mitch • Mark Leslie • (ss)
• The Phantom of Kansas • John Varley • (nv)
• Phantom of the Paradise • James Lowder • (mr)
• Phantoms • James McCormick • (ss)
• Pharaoh Meets a Friend • John Dixon • (ss)
• The Phases of Robert Silverberg • Dorman T. Shindler • (ar)
• Phases of the Moon, Robert Silverberg • Tim Pratt • (br)
• Philip Klass: A Bibliography • Phil Stephensen-Payne • (bi)
• Philip Klass: Wit with a Flair for the Incredible • Anonymous • (ar)
• The Philosophy of Composition • Edgar Allan Poe • (ar)
• Phoenix and Ashes, Mercedes Lackey • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Phoenix Exultant • John C. Wright • (n.)
• Phone Maze • Don Kerr • (ss)
• Phrenological Chart • Orson S. Fowler • (il)
• Phrenological Love • Michael A. Arnzen • (ss)
• Piano Without Strings • Joel Lane • (ss)
• Pianogeist • Angelo Norman • (pm)
• Picnic • Kevin Anderson • (ss)
• Picnic on Nearside • John Varley • (nv)
• The Picture • Brian M. Stableford • (vi)
• Pictures of Old Earth • Cherith Baldry • (ss)
• Pictures on a Cafe Wall • Damian Kilby • (ss)
• Piece • Iain Banks • (ss)
• Piece of Flesh • Adam Stemple • (nv)
• Piece of Mind • Jennifer Roberson • (ss)
• A Piece of the Sun • Stella Evans • (ss)
• The Pied Piper of Hammersmith • Nicholas Royle • (ss)
• The Pied Piper of Plagues • Tim Curran • (ss)
• Pierced • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Pigeons • John Maclay • (ss)
• Pigeons from Hell • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Pile of Trouble • Henry Kuttner • (ss)
• Pilling the Cat • Kelley Jean White • (pm)
• Pillow Talk • Alasdair Gray • (ss)
• Pilots • Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry • (ss)
• Pink Fuzzy Bunny Slippers • Dave Clapper • (ms)
• The Pink Ribbon • Antonia S. Byatt • (nv)
• Pinkland • Graham Joyce • (ss)
• Pioneer Plus • Philip E. High • (ss)
• Pipe Dreams • Shariann Lewitt • (ss)
• The Piper of Culloden • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• The Pipes of Pan • Brian M. Stableford • (nv)
• The Pirate of the Round Pond • Lord Dunsany • (nv)
• The Pit and the Pendulum • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Pit Crew • Tim Curran • (ss)
• Pit of Madness • E. Hoffmann Price • (ss)
• The Pits Beneath the World • Mary R. Gentle • (ss)
• Pitt’s World • James Sallis • (ss)
• Pityriasis Park • D. Harlan Wilson • (ss)
• Pixelated Heroes • Resa Nelson • (ar)
• Pizza Night • Laurie Chamber • (ss)
• Pizza Paradiso • Kendall Evans • (ss)
• A Place to Stay • Michael Marshall Smith • (nv)
• The Place Where Chicago Was • Jim Harmon • (nv)
• Place Your Bets • Raymond A. Valent • (ss)
• The Places We Have Exceeded • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Plagiarists of the Thunder • Villiers de l’Isle-Adam • (ss)
• The Plague • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Plague Bearers • Loren W. Cooper • (ss)
• The Plague Demon • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• Plague of Fire • Lee Clark Zumpe • (ss)
• A Plague of Life • Robert Reed • (nv)
• The Plague of Peacocks • Diana Wynne Jones • (ss)
• A Plague of Ruins • Joe Schembrie • (nv)
• Plague Ship • Jim Alexander • (ss)
• Plain Burger, Small Fries • Frances Evlin • (ss)
• The Plaint of Bygone Loves • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Planet Big Zero • Jonathan Lethem • (ss)
• Planet Run • Gordon R. Dickson & Keith Laumer • (n.)
• The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley • (n.)
• Planetary Public Relations • Deborah P. Kolodji • (pm)
• The Plant Sitter • James S. Dorr • (ss)
• Planted • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Planting • Bentley Little • (ss)
• The Plastic Soul of a Note • William T. Katz • (nv)
• A Plate of Mojo • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers • (ss)
• Platform • Adriana Capozzi • (vi)
• Plato’s Menagerie • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Plattner Story • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• Play Things • R. H. Stavis • (sl)
• Playful Ones • Paul Melniczek • (ss)
• Playing with Fire • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• Playing with Fire • Lazette Gifford • (nv)
• Playing with Madness • John Michael Osborne • (ss)
• Plaything • Terence Taylor • (ss)
• The Pleasantness of serpents • Eric Moorman • (pm)
• Please Stand By • Thomas F. Monteleone • (ss)
• The Pleasures of a Futuroscope • Mike Ashley • (br)
• Pleiades • Richard Denner • (pm)
• Plight of the Narcissist: Diary of the Damned • Canaan Frank • (sl)
• The Plot Against America, Philip Roth • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Plowshares • Rebecca Maines • (ss)
• Plumage from Pegasus:
  ___ The Final Shush! • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re Adorable • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ The Slan Corps Wants You! • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
• Pnakotic Manuscripts • Misc. • (ms)
• “Pobson” • Horace Newte • (ss)
• Pocket Poltergeist • Ruth Berman • (pm)
• Pocketsful of Diamonds • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• A Poem for Erin’s First Christmas • Orson Scott Card • (pm)
• A Poem Reminding Schoolchildren of the Wonders of Astronomy • Timons Esaias • (pm)
• Poems • C. R. Thompson • (si)
• A Poet • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Poetry & Discipline • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Poetry and Books: Robert Pomeran, David Stone, and The Vampire Slayer’s Field Guide to the Undead • Misc. • (br)
• Poetryfest • Gerald R. Wheeler • (pm)
• The Poet’s Allegory • Richard Middleton • (ss)
• Poet’s World • Pamela Constantine • (ar)
• Pohl Positions • Therese Littleton • (ar)
• Point Despair • H. B. Marriott Watson • (ss)
• Point Most West • Orson Scott Card • (pm)
• The Point of (No) Return • Frank Roger • (vi)
• Point of Etiquette • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Point of the Knife • Don Bassingthwaite • (nv)
• Point of View • Robert J. Sawyer • (ar)
• The Pointed Beard • Aloysius Bertrand • (pp)
• Poison in the Darkness • Rita Oakes • (nv)
• The Poison Well • Judith Berman • (nv)
• Poisoned • Stephen Gallagher • (ss)
• Poker • Brandi Bell • (ss)
• Polaris • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• Polaris, Jack McDevitt • Russell Letson • (br)
• The Policeman’s Prophecy • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Polly • Charles L. Harness • (na)
• Poltergeist • E. A. Williams • (ss)
• Polyhymnia • Sarah Groenewegen • (ss)
• Polyphony 4 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Polyphony 3, Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, eds. • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Polyphony 3, Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, eds. • Richard Horton • (br)
• Polyphony 4, Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, eds. • Richard Horton • (br)
• Polystom • William Thompson • (br)
• The Pond • Paul G. Tremblay • (vi)
• The Pond on a Day Without Wind • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Pool • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• The Pool Guy • Jay Russell • (na)
• A Pool of Ants • Christine Goudy • (ss)
• Pop-Up Killer • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• The Pope of the Chimps • Robert Silverberg • (nv)
• Poppies • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Popular Fiction: Blackwood’s and the Sensational Tale • C. R. Thompson • (si)
• Porn Again • Iain Triffitt • (ss)
• Pornzilla • Hugh A. D. Spencer • (ss)
• The Port Orford Meteorite • J. D. Adams • (ar)
• Porta Nigra • Darren Speegle • (ss)
• Portrait of a Horror Writer • Tim Waggoner • (ss)
• Portrait of a Strong Man • Eleanor Smith • (ss)
• Portrait of a Suburb • S. William Snider • (ss)
• Portrait of an Unidentified Angel • Wendy A. Shaffer • (ss)
• A Portrait of the Artist • Vandana Singh • (pm)
• Portraits • Eric Flint • (ss)
• Portti 86 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Poseidon • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Poseidon Aphasia • Lisa M. Bradley • (pm)
• Position Vacant: Santa Claus • Valerie Y. L. Toh • (ss)
• Possession • Sarah Brown Weitzman • (pm)
• A Post-Modern Way to Die • Sebastian Daez • (pm)
• Postcard from Boston • Zara Baxter • (ar)
• Postcards • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Postern Gate of the Louvre • Aloysius Bertrand • (pp)
• Postscripts Spring ’04 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Potion for Immortality • Orson Scott Card • (pm)
• Pots • C. J. Cherryh • (nv)
• Potter’s Field • Kevin L. Donihe • (pm)
• Poul Anderson • William Tenn • (ob)
• The Power • Linda D. Addison • (ss)
• Power • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Power of Love • Janine Cross • (ss)
• The Power of Myth • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Power of Waking • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • (ss)
• The Power of Words • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Power Plant • Milton A. Rothman • (ss)
• Power Sources • Julia H. West • (ss)
• Powers of Detection, Dana Stabenow, ed. • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy • Dorman T. Shindler • (br)
• The Prairie Whales Are All Extinct • Nicholas C. Ozment • (pm)
• The Prank • Gregory Maguire • (nv)
• The Prayer • Violet Hunt • (nv)