The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Stories, Listed by Title

• Octavia Is Lost in the Hall of Masks • Theodora Goss • (pm)
• The October Girls • Scott Nicholson • (ss)
• The October Society • Mark Rigney • (ss)
• The Oculist Builds Glass Eyes to Refocus His Grief • David Memmott • (pm)
• Oculus • Jack McDevitt • (ss)
• An Odd Day in I-Forgot • Athena Workman • (ss)
• Odds • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• Ode to Multiple Universes • Terry Pratchett • (pm)
• Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs • Adam-Troy Castro • (nv)
• Of Doubts and Dreams • Samuel R. Delany • (ar)
• Of Kings, Queens, and Angels • Rajnar Vajra • (nv)
• Of Love and Blood • Gregory Bernard Banks • (ss)
• Of Silence and the Man at Arms • Charles Coleman Finlay • (nv)
• Of Soil & Climate • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• Of Spies and Survivors • Kevin Dilmore • (ar)
• Of Tangible Ghosts • L. E. Modesitt, Jr. • (n.)
• Of Vanity & the Vein • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
• Of Warfare and The War of the Worlds • Ian Watson • (ar)
• Of Wings I Speak • Nancy Bennett • (pm)
• Off • Aimee Bender • (ss)
• Off the Hook • Michael Vance • (ss)
• Office Job • Alyssa Sturgill • (ss)
• The Officers’ Club • Heather Jarman • (na)
• Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, Lydia Millet • Damien Broderick, Matthew Cheney, Lisa Goldstein, Richard Horton & Tim Pratt • (br)
• Oh, God, Here Come the Elves • Jane Yolen • (sp)
• Oh, How Lovely Is the Evening • Morgan Songi • (ss)
• Oh, to Be a Blobel! • Philip K. Dick • (ss)
• Oh, to Be a Blurber! • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” • M. R. James • (nv)
• The Oily Door • Allyson Bird • (vi)
• O’Keeffe’s Bones • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Okra, Sorghum, Yam • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• Old as Books • Mike Shultz • (ss)
• The Old Country • Mordicai Gerstein • (na)
• The Old Cure • Timothy C. Hobbs • (ss)
• Old Earthen Ways • Dr. Liese Sherwood-Fabre • (ss)
• The Old Equations • Matthew Cheney • (cl)
• The Old Family Djinn • A. William Pett • (ss)
• An Old Friend • Gregory Bernard Banks • (ss)
• Old Garfield’s Heart • Robert E. Howard • (ss)
• Old Gods, New Rules • Heather Shaw • (pm)
• Old Golly • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• Old Groves • Tim Johnson • (ss)
• Old Haunts • Richard Matheson • (ss)
• The Old House in Vauxhall Walk • J. H. Riddell, Mrs. • (nv)
• Old Hundredth • Brian W. Aldiss • (ss)
• Old Light • Tim Lebbon • (ss)
• The Old Made New Again • David Lee Summers • (ed)
• The Old Man and the Moon • G. O. Clark • (ss)
• Old Man’s War • Rick Kleffel • (br)
• Old Man’s War, John Scalzi • Russell Letson • (br)
• Old Order • Michael Longcor • (nv)
• The Old Rugged Cross • Terry Bisson • (nv)
• Old School Horror • Misc. • (ms)
• Old Soldiers • Kit Reed • (ss)
• Old Soldiers Never Die • Chris Forbes • (ss)
• Old Spice • Skian McGuire • (ss)
• Old Storm Shadow • Lila Garrott • (pm)
• The Old Switcheroo • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• The Old Switcheroo: A Study in Neil Gaiman’s Use of Character Reversal • Jason Erik Lundberg • (ar)
• The Old Tailor & the Gaunt Man • Brian J. Showers • (ss)
• Old Twentieth • Graham Sleight • (br)
• Old Twentieth, Joe Haldeman • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Old, Unimproved Model • James P. Hogan • (ar)
• Olympos, Dan Simmons • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Olympos, Dan Simmons • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• OM+ • Jim C. Hines & Catherine Haluska Shaffer • (ss)
• Omegalpha • Frank Roger • (ss)
• Ominous Messages • Readers • (lt)
• Omnivores • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Omphalos • Pat Forde • (ss)
• Omphalosphere: New York 2057 • Jack Cohen • (vi)
• On a Planet Similar To Ours, The Virgin Mary Says No • John W. Sexton • (vi)
• On Any Given Midnight • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
• On Books • Paul Di Filippo • (br)
• On Books • Peter J. Heck • (br)
• On Books • Dorman T. Shindler • (br)
• On Books:
  ___ No Surrender? • Norman Spinrad • (br)
  ___ The New Weird • Norman Spinrad • (br)
• On Crooked River • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• On Elven Grammar II • Gillian Polack • (ar)
• On Her Time • Stephen R. Stanley • (ss)
• On Other Paths • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• On Our Street... • Donald Barthelme • (ss)
• On Pure Storytelling • Samuel R. Delany • (sp)
• On Reviewing and Being Reviewed • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• On Robot Field • Robert N. Stephenson • (ss)
• On Spec Winter 04/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• On Spoiling the Plot • Deborah L. Notkin • (cl)
• On Suivi Point • Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald • (nv)
• On the Brane • Gregory Benford • (nv)
• On the Bridge • William Hope Hodgson • (vi)
• On the Brink of that Bright New World • Robert Reed • (ss)
• On the King • Misc. • (ms)
• On the Net:
  ___ Afraid of the Darknet • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Breathing the Blogosphere • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Bring on the Digital Hugos! • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Mastery • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ SETI and Such • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
• On the Pier at Midnight • Tim Foley • (vi)
• On the Ramjet • David Lee Summers • (ss)
• On the Reasons for Language • Terrie Leigh Relf • (pm)
• On the Run with Logan • William F. Nolan • (in)
• On the Slopes of Vesuvius • Robert A. Heinlein • (ss)
• On the Speed of Sight • Raymond DiZazzo • (pm)
• On the Way to the Front • China Miéville • (cs)
• On Vacation • Aurelio Rico Lopez, III • (pm)
• On Wings of Song • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• On Wings That So Darkly Beat... • Simon Clark • (ss)
• On Zombies— and Hunger • Norman Partridge • (ar)
• Once a Year • E. F. Benson • (ar)
• The Once and Future Andy Duncan • Michael Bishop • (in)
• Once Giants Roamed the Earth • Rosaleen Love • (ss)
• Once More, with Feeling • Steven Utley • (nv)
• Once Seen (H.P. Lovecraft) • Conrad Williams • (ss)
• Once They Were Monarchs • James Van Pelt • (ss)
• Once Upon a Night Back Then • Joseph R. Grych • (pm)
• Once Upon a Time, She Said • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Once Upon a Time… • Peter Crowther • (ed)
• Once Upon a Tribble • Annie Reed • (ss)
• One • George Alec Effinger • (ss)
• One Comes, Unheralded, to Zirta • Ed Greenwood • (ss)
• One Day at a Time • Charles Black • (vi)
• One Day at Glastnost • Bruce Taylor • (ss)
• One Day, in the Middle of the Night • James Van Pelt • (ss)
• One Death • Terry D. Scheerer • (pm)
• One Final Firecracker, Gregory Maguire • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• One for the Books • Richard Matheson • (ss)
• One for the Record • Esther M. Friesner • (ss)
• One for the Road • Stephen King • (ss)
• One Gutless Turkey • Holly Dyess • (ss)
• One Hot Day • Stephen W. Gabriel • (ss)
• 104 Really Cool Works of Twentieth-Century Fiction in English • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• The 120 Hours of Sodom • Jim Grimsley • (nv)
• One Last Game • Robert Reed • (nv)
• One Long Hot Summer • Heidi Cyr • (ss)
• One Man Show (Pulp, with a Nod of the Head to William Hope Hodgson) • Simon Clark • (ss)
• One Man’s Poison • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• The One Millionth Smile • Neil Williamson • (ss)
• One Night at Mercy • Christa Faust • (na)
• One of the Hungry Ones • Holly Phillips • (ss)
• One Rainy Afternoon Spent in the Company of Dr. Thulask • James Ambuehl • (ss)
• One Step Forward • Mark Joseph Kiewlak • (ss)
• One Summer’s Evening • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The One That Got Away • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• One Thing After Another • Bruce Holland Rogers • (vi)
• One Way Conversation • Brian M. Sammons • (ss)
• One Wednesday Afternoon • Alison Jacobs • (ss)
• The One Who Conquers • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• One with Shakespeare • Martha Foley • (ss)
• One Word Answer • Charlaine Harris • (nv)
• Oni • Ren Holton • (vi)
• Onion • Caitlín R. Kiernan • (nv)
• The Only • Al Sarrantonio • (ss)
• The Only Courage • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Only in America • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• Only in New Orleans • Elyn Selu • (ss)
• Only Partly Here • Lucius Shepard • (nv)
• The Only Sane Man in the Universe • Marguerite Krause • (ar)
• Opal Ball • Robert Reed • (ss)
• An Open Letter to Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Dean Koontz • Mara Leveritt • (ar)
• Open Season • Tim Curran • (ss)
• Openclose • Terry Bisson • (ss)
• Opening Doors • Josepha Sherman • (ss)
• Opening Her Door • Alexander B. Potter • (ss)
• Opening the Door • Arthur Machen • (ss)
• Opera Adaptations, Vol. 3, P. Craig Russell • Karen Haber • (br)
• Operation Balsam; or Touch-Me-Not • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Operation Macbeth • Duane Ackerson • (pm)
• The Operator • Christopher Anvil • (nv)
• Or Else • Henry Kuttner • (ss)
• Or the Tiger • Geoffrey Thorne • (nv)
• Oracle • Greg Egan • (na)
• The Oracle Alone • Catherynne M. Valente • (pp)
• The Oracle at Amarillo • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Anchorage • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Boston • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Cayucos (CA) • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Chinatown • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Detroit • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Kilauea (HI) • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Las Vegas • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Los Angeles • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Manhattan • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Miami • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Monterey • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at New Haven • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at New Orleans • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at San Diego • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Savannah • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Seattle • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle at Taos • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• The Oracle in Motion • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• Oranges, Lemons, and Thou Beside Me • Eugie Foster • (ss)
• The Orchard in Rain • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• The Order of Nature • Edward Lee • (ss)
• The Order of the Days • Ruth Berman • (pm)
• The Order of Things • Adam Roberts • (nv)
• Orders • Jon Hansen • (vi)
• Ordinary People, Eleanor Arnason • Richard Horton • (br)
• Ordinary People, Eleanor Arnason • Russell Letson • (br)
• O’Reta, Snapshot Memories • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Organ Donors • Kim Newman • (nv)
• Organs R Us • Ryck Neube • (ss)
• Oriental Mist • James S. Dorr • (ss)
• Origin of Evil • Edward A. Holsclaw, II • (ss)
• Origin Story • Eleanor Arnason • (ss)
• The Original Dr. Shade • Kim Newman • (nv)
• The Orion Man • Doug Goodman • (ss)
• Orkney Lament • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Orphan Asylum • D. W. Cropper • (nv)
• The Orphan the Moth and the Magic • Harvey Jacobs • (nv)
• Orphans of Chaos, John C. Wright • Damien Broderick, Lisa Goldstein & Richard Horton • (br)