The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Stories, Listed by Title

• Special Service • J. Michael Straczynski • (sa)
• Special Surprise Appearance By... • Carole Nelson Douglas • (ss)
• The Specialist • Lauren P. Burka • (nv)
• A Specialist in Souls • Tim Lees • (ss)
• The Specialist’s Hat • Kelly Link • (ss)
• The Speckled Band • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• The Spectre of Barrochan • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• Speed Dating • Marissa K. Lingen • (ss)
• Speir-Bhan • Tanith Lee • (ss)
• The Spell • David Gerrold • (ss)
• A Spell for Jonathan • Thomas F. Monteleone • (ss)
• The Spell of the Magician’s Daughter • Evelyn Sharp • (ss)
• Spell of the Sparrow • Jim C. Hines • (ss)
• Spellbooks Are Not Our Friends • Joshua J. Scott & Kyle Vorwerk • (ss)
• Spenser’s a Fan, Too • Robert B. Parker • (ss)
• The Sphinx • Samuel Loveman • (pl)
• The Spicy Sound of Success • Jim Harmon • (ss)
• Spider in the Bath • Brian Lumley • (vi)
• Spider Robinson: Laugh When It Hurts • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• The Spider Strain • Johnston McCulley • (na)
• Spider-Man: Revenge of The Sinister Six • Adam-Troy Castro • (n.)
• Spider-Man: Secret of The Sinister Six • Adam-Troy Castro • (n.)
• The Spider’s Amazement • Bruce Sterling • (ss)
• The Spider’s Dream • David Lunde • (pm)
• The Spiderweb Tree, by Mark McLaughlin • Ann K. Schwader • (br)
• Spillage • Nancy Kress • (ss)
• Spinach • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• The Spine of the World • R. A. Salvatore • (n.)
• Spiral • Rick Kleffel • (br)
• Spirit Brother • Pamela Sargent • (ss)
• A Spirit of Place • Robert Sheckley • (nv)
• The Spirit of Rock and Roll • David Price • (ss)
• The Spirit that Fled from Julian’s Tent • Darrell Schweitzer • (pm)
• Spirits of Sea and Sky • Jennifer Rachel Baumer • (ss)
• Spirits of the Dead • Edgar Allan Poe • (pm)
• A Spiritual Rebirth • Anthony Bartley • (ss)
• The Splendid Holiday • Arthur Machen • (nf)
• Splinters • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Splodge • Guy N. Smith • (ss)
• Spock’s World • Diane Duane • (n.)
• Spondulix: A Romance of Hoboken, Paul Di Filippo • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Spook Men • William B. Simmons • (ss)
• Spooks.com • Karen May • (cl)
• The Spoon-Bender • Steven E. Burt • (ss)
• Spotlight on Publishing: Earthling Publications • Joseph Nassie • (cl)
• Spotlight on Publishing: Haffner Press • Ed Gorman • (cl)
• Spotlight on Publishing: Marietta Publishing • Robert Morrish • (ar)
• Spotlight on Publishing: Prime Books • Ivy Fehervari • (cl)
• The Spray • Jonathan Lethem • (ss)
• Spreading the Word • Stanley Schmidt • (ed)
• Spring at El Retiro • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Spring Conditions • Eileen Gunn • (ss)
• Spring Morning After the Last Snow Has Melted • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Spring Song • Robert Louis Stevenson • (pm)
• Springheeled Jack: Gunfighter • Kevin Noel Olson • (sl)
• Spud Wrangler • Kent Patterson • (ss)
• The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction • Jonathan Lethem • (ar)
• The Square Root of Pythagoras • Paul Di Filippo & Rudy Rucker • (ss)
• Squeezed • Jon Wesick • (pm)
• Squish • Mark Lukens • (ss)
• St. Ailbe’s Hall • Naomi Kritzer • (sl)
• St. Andrews Day Horror Tale • John Edward Lawson • (si)
• Stabbing for Dummies • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• Stable Strategies and Others, Eileen Gunn • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Stable Strategies for Middle Management • Eileen Gunn • (ss)
• Stacked Actors • Peter A. Worthy • (nv)
• Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms, Suzy McKee Charnas • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Stained Glass Heart • Catherine Asaro • (na)
• The Stains — Robert Aickman’s Swansong • Christopher Barker • (ar)
• Stairs • Paul G. Tremblay • (pm)
• The Stake • Villiers de l’Isle-Adam • (ss)
• A Stake of Holly • Lillian Stewart Carl • (nv)
• Stakeout • John Maclay • (ss)
• Stalingrad ’42 • Patrick James • (pm)
• The Stalker • Diane Morris • (pm)
• The Stalker from the Stars • Chris Forbes • (pm)
• Stalking the Leopard • Tanith Lee • (ss)
• Stamping Butterflies, Jon Courtenay Grimwood • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Stand Still and Die • Harlan Ellison • (ss)
• Stand-By • Philip K. Dick • (ss)
• Standard Delving Procedure • Lisa Smedman • (ss)
• Standing Rules • Misc. • (ms)
• The Stanley Cup Caper • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• [Stanzas] • Edgar Allan Poe • (pm)
• The Star • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• The Star Beast • Robert A. Heinlein • (n.)
• The Star Called Wormwood • Elizabeth Counihan • (ss)
• Star Garden • Brenda Cooper • (ss)
• A Star Is Born • Jerry Oltion • (ss)
• A Star is Reborn • Richard Salter • (ss)
• Star Light, Star Bright • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• Star of War, Star of Peace • David Lee Summers • (in)
• Star on the Beach • John Everson • (ss)
• Star Power • Kate Evans • (pm)
• Star Trek: Sarek • A. C. Crispin • (n.)
• Star Wars Comes Home • Daniel Wallace • (mr)
• Star Wars: Medstar 1: Battle Surgeons • Steve Perry & J. Michael Reaves • (n.)
• Star Wars: Medstar II: Jedi Healer • Steve Perry & J. Michael Reaves • (n.)
• Starblood • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• Starburst Sentinels • Jim Dunlap • (pm)
• Stardust Road • Christopher D. J. C. Racknor • (ss)
• The Stare • John Wyndham • (ss)
• Starfall: Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun • Michael Cadnum • (na)
• Stargasso • K. Mark Hoover • (pm)
• Stark • L. A. Story Houry • (pm)
• Starlight, Moonlight, Hope to See a Ghost Tonight • Marcia A. Borell & James C. Wardlaw • (ss)
• Starman Jones • Robert A. Heinlein • (n.)
• Stars • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• Stars • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• Stars in the Sky • Jay Lake • (vi)
• Starship Troopers 2 • Ray Winninger • (mr)
• Start the Clock • Benjamin Rosenbaum • (ss)
• State • M. Christian • (ss)
• State Change • Ken Liu • (ss)
• State of the Ark • Allen Ashley • (ss)
• The State of the Art • Iain Banks • (na)
• State of the Art • Vincent Di Fate • (ar)
• Statement to the Draft Board • Howard Schoenfeld • (ms)
• Station of the Lamb • Jean-Claude Dunyach • (ss)
• Station Spaces • Gregory Benford • (nv)
• Station to Station • David Hudson • (ss)
• Stationary Acceleration • Adam Roberts • (ss)
• Stationary Bike • Stephen King • (nv)
• Statues Stood in Silence • Steve Conway • (pm)
• Stay Tooned, Folks! • Gary K. Wolf • (ss)
• The Stayed-Behind • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
• Staying Dead, Laura Anne Gilman • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Steak Knife (with fingerprints) • Richard William Pearce • (ss)
• Stealing God • Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald • (nv)
• Steam Detectives • James Lowder • (mr)
• Steel Rods Stab the Ground • Steve Conway • (pm)
• Steelmask Meets the Zombie Master • Jim Harmon • (ss)
• Steener Haakonson Dances • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Steep Silence • Lena DeTar • (ss)
• Stella’s Transformation • Kim Westwood • (ss)
• Step by Step • Catherine Soto • (ss)
• Step to the Stars • Philip E. High • (ss)
• The Stepford Wives • Christopher Fowler • (mr)
• Stephen Baxter: The Cusp of Transcendence • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• Stephen King News: From the Dead Zone • Bev Vincent • (cl)
• Stephen King’s Super-Duper Magical Negroes • Nnedima Okorafor-Mbachu • (ar)
• Stephen R. Donaldson: Coming Back to Covenant • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• Stepping Away from the Stone • James Sallis • (ss)
• A Sterkarm Kiss, Susan Price • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Steward’s Story • Mark Michalowski • (ss)
• Stick House • Catherine MacLeod • (ss)
• Stick with Your Own Kind: A Convention Primer • Holly Newstein • (ar)
• The Stiff and the Stile • Stepan Chapman • (vi)
• Stigmata • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• Still Healthy • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Still Man • William R. Eakin • (ss)
• Still There (On the Moon) • Andy Miller • (pm)
• Still Warm • Scott Thomas • (ss)
• Still-Life with a Cat • Tamara Wiandt • (pm)
• Stillbirth • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• Stilled Heart • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Stink Lines • Paul Di Filippo • (nv)
• Stinky Girl • Hiromi Goto • (ss)
• A Stirring • Mark West • (ss)
• Stock • David Hudson • (vi)
• Stoker’s Craft • Walter Cambra • (ar)
• The Stolen Body • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• The Stolen Child • Michelle Sagara West • (nv)
• Stomachine • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• The Stone and the Hand That Touched It • Frank Chigas • (ss)
• The Stone Chamber • H. B. Marriott Watson • (nv)
• Stone Cold Truths • Peter David • (ss)
• The Stone Dragon • R. Murray Gilchrist • (ss)
• Stone Ghosts • Lucien Soulban • (nv)
• Stone Gift • Robert N. Stephenson • (ss)
• The Stone of the Stars, Alison Baird • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Stone Tower • Janni Lee Simner • (ss)
• A Stone Woman • Antonia S. Byatt • (na)
• The Stonecutter • Gary Every • (ss)
• Stoned on Dandelion Wine • Cathy Buburuz • (pm)
• Stones of Destiny • Linda Bleser • (ss)
• Stopping Near Pluto in a Snowy Season • Greg Beatty • (pm)
• Storm at Hailer • Teresa Howard • (ss)
• Storm Drain • David J. Schow • (ss)
• Storm Front • Larry Niven • (ss)
• Storm Gods of the Connecticut River Valley • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• A Storm Rising • Nick Kyme • (ss)
• Stormsong • Ed Greenwood • (nv)
• Story Notes • Peter Crowther • (ms)
• Story Notes • Brian Keene • (ms)
• The Story of a Book • Richard Middleton • (ss)
• The Story of a Ghost • Violet Hunt • (nv)
• The Story of a Hanged Man • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• The Story of the Brazilian Cat • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of the Brown Hand • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of the Grey House • E. Heron & H. Heron • (ss)
• The Story of the Last Trump • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• The Story of the Sealed Room • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of Winnie-the-Poe • William J. Laughlin • (ss)
• The Story That Tasslehoff Promised He Would Never, Ever, Ever Tell • Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis • (na)
• The Story Thus Far • Robert E. Howard • (ms)
• Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler • John Farris • (ss)
• Story Time, Edward Bloor • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Storyteller, Amy Thomson • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Storyteller’s Story • Gavin J. Grant • (ss)
• The Storyteller’s Tale • Brian M. Stableford • (ss)
• The Storyteller’s Thanksgiving • Linda Bleser • (ss)
• Storytime with the Bluefield Strangler • John Farris • (ss)
• Storyville • Amber Van Dyk • (ss)
• Stragella • Hugh B. Cave • (nv)
• The Straight Silver • Dan Abnett • (n.)
• Straight to Hell • Paul J. McAuley • (ss)
• Strange Cargo • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Tom Pomplun & Robert Louis Stevenson • (gs)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Robert Louis Stevenson • (gs)
• The Strange Case of No. 7 • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)