The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Stories, Listed by Title

• A Princess of Roumania, Paul Park • Nick Gevers • (br)
• A Princess of Roumania, Paul Park • Faren Miller • (br)
• A Princess of Roumania, Paul Park • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Principles of Animal Eugenetics • Yves Meynard • (nv)
• The Prison of Your Skin • Joseph V. Danoski • (pm)
• The Prison Planet • Frank Andreotti • (ss)
• Prisoner of Ironsea Tower • Sandy Auden • (br)
• Private Eye • Henry Kuttner • (nv)
• Private Eye • Joe R. Lansdale • (vi)
• The Private Lives of Lizards • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pp)
• Private Voices • Vincent R. Vurchio • (ss)
• The Prize of Peril • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Pro Patria Mori • Lavie Tidhar • (ss)
• Probability Zero:
  ___ Copernican Principle • Robert Scherrer • (vi)
  ___ The Genetics Lecture • Harry Turtledove • (vi)
  ___ July Fourth, 2213 • Peter L. Manly • (vi)
  ___ Keeping Track • Richard Foss • (vi)
  ___ Much Ado About Newton • Carl Frederick • (vi)
• Probable Cause • Stephen Dedman • (ss)
• Problem Child • Brian Lumley • (ss)
• The Problem of Susan • Neil Gaiman • (ss)
• Proboscis • Laird Barron • (nv)
• The Prodigal Troll, Charles Coleman Finlay • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Professor Anthony Magistrale • Anonymous • (iv)
• Project Nightmare • Robert A. Heinlein • (nv)
• Project Nursemaid • Judith Merril • (na)
• Project: Earth • Philip K. Dick • (nv)
• Prologue • Steele. Allen • (nv)
• Prologue • Koji Suzuki • (ss)
• Prologue: The Oracle Alone • Catherynne M. Valente • (pr)
• Prometheus Unbound, at Last • Kim Stanley Robinson • (vi)
• Promise • Ilona Hegedûs • (pm)
• The Promise • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• The Promised Land • Antonio Ruffini • (ss)
• Promised Land • Steven Utley • (ss)
• Promises Made • David DeLee • (ss)
• Prophesy • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• A Prophet Without Honour • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Prophetic Method • Andy Eliason • (nv)
• Prospector’s Special • Robert Sheckley • (nv)
• Prospectus for a Novel of Human Prehistory, or The Origins of No Enemy But Time • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• Prosthetic Wings • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• Protagonist • Amanda Turek • (pm)
• Protective Custody • Steve Sneyd • (pm)
• The Protector’s War • Jim Steel • (br)
• Proteus Tells • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• The Prototype • Ron Shiflet • (ss)
• Protractor Men • D. Harlan Wilson • (ss)
• The Proud Robot • Henry Kuttner • (nv)
• Provender Gleed, James Lovegrove • Nick Gevers • (br)
• The Proverb Mail • Bruce Taylor • (ss)
• Provocateurs of Sense • Matthew Cheney • (cl)
• Prowl Unceasing • Chris Roberson • (nv)
• Prozac Crusade • Brendan D. Carson • (ss)
• Pseudofolliculitis City • D. Harlan Wilson • (ss)
• Psyche • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• Pterygotus • Steven Utley • (pm)
• Public Service Announcement #27 • Kurt MacPhearson • (pm)
• Public Service Announcement #8 • Kurt MacPhearson • (pm)
• Publication Acknowledgements • Misc. • (ms)
• Publisher’s Foreword • David Pitchford • (fw)
• Publisher’s Note • Anonymous • (pr)
• The Publishing Industry—from the Reader’s Perspective • Deborah L. Notkin • (cl)
• Pulp Alibis • Paul Di Filippo • (ss)
• Pulp Cover • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• The Pulse of the Sea • Philip Edward Kaldon • (ss)
• Punch • Robert Coover • (ss)
• The Pure Ones • Scottland Jacobson • (ss)
• The Pure Ones • Junk Circuit • (sg)
• The Pure Product • John Kessel • (nv)
• Pure Vision • Robert Reed • (ss)
• Purity • Thomas Ligotti • (ss)
• The Purloined Prose • Patricia Lee Macomber & David Niall Wilson • (sl)
• The Purple Cloud • M. P. Shiel • (n.)
• Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon • Leigh Brackett • (ss)
• Pursued by a Bear • Hannah Wolf Bowen • (ss)
• The Pursuit of Artemisia Guile • Scott Geiger • (ss)
• Pushing Down the Tombstones • Ralph Robert Moore • (ss)
• Pushing Ice, Alastair Reynolds • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Put Your Hands Together • George Alec Effinger • (ss)
• Puttin Off ’Til Tomorrow • C. L. Russo • (ss)
• Puzzle • Misc. • (pz)
• Puzzle Page: Chicago Cryptogram • Robert Coover • (pz)
• Puzzle Page: Riddle • Robert Coover • (pz)
• Puzzle Page: Suburban Jigsaw • Robert Coover • (pz)
• The Pyre and Others • David J. Schow • (ss)
• Q&A: Ian R. MacLeod • Rick Kleffel • (iv)
• Q&A: Sarah Ash • Sandy Auden • (iv)
• Q&A:
  ___ Gregory Benford • Anonymous • (iv)
  ___ Eoin Colfer • Anonymous • (iv)
  ___ Lucius Shepard • Misc. • (iv)
• Quake • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Quantum Before Christmas • Henry Gee • (vi)
• A Quantum Bit Exists In Two States Simultaneously: Off • David Gerrold • (ss)
• A Quantum Bit Exists In Two States Simultaneously: On • David Gerrold • (ss)
• Quarks & Strings / Editorial • Margaret Ballif Simon • (ed)
• Quarks & Strings: Editorial • Margaret Ballif Simon • (ed)
• Quarks at Appomattox • Charles L. Harness • (ss)
• Quarry • Peter S. Beagle • (nv)
• The Quartered Man • Jeff Lyman • (ss)
• The Queen & I • Steven Utley • (ss)
• The Queen in the Hill • Kage Baker • (ss)
• The Queen of Erewhon • Lucy Sussex • (nv)
• The Queen of Hearts • Catherynne M. Valente • (pm)
• Queen of the Balts • R. García y Robertson • (nv)
• Queen of the Martian Catacombs • Leigh Brackett • (na)
• Queen of the Metal Men • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• Queen Phoebe • Forrest Aguirre • (ss)
• The Queen’s Wood • Joshua Rountree • (ss)
• Quercus Hobbs • Leonard Cline • (ss)
• The Quest for Gilchrist • Mark Valentine • (ar)
• The Questions of Doves: A Brackard’s Point Story • Geoff Cooper • (ss)
• The Qui-Shing • Chris Forbes • (ss)
• The Quiet Ones • Al Sarrantonio • (ss)
• Quietly Stealing the Sun • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• Quilt Cirq • Susan Urbanek Linville • (ss)
• A Quotation • Thomas Donaldson • (ms)
• Rabbit • Jenn Reese • (vi)
• The Rabbit Hole • James E. Gunn • (nv)
• Rabid Transit: Menagerie, Barth Anderson, Chris Barzak, Alan DeNiro, & Kristin Livdahl, eds. • Richard Horton • (br)
• Radiance • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • (ss)
• Radio Daze • Rick Kennett • (ar)
• Radley Birchcroft’s Decapitation • Scott Thomas • (ss)
• The Rag and Bone Man’s Story • Colin Brake • (ss)
• Rag Dolls • Donna Taylor Burgess • (pm)
• Rag Monster • Bruce Holland Rogers • (vi)
• ...Rage... • David Bain • (pm)
• Ragnarök • Jorge Luís Borges • (vi)
• Ragnarok • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Rain Check • Judith Merril • (nv)
• The Rain God • Way Jeng • (ss)
• The Rain Queen • Barbara Davis • (ss)
• Rainmaker on the Run • Jetse de Vries • (ss)
• Rainmakers • Ruth Nestvold • (ss)
• The Rainy Season • Joanne Merriam • (pm)
• RAM Shift Phase 2 • Greg Bear • (vi)
• Rami Temporalis • Gary A. Braunbeck • (nv)
• Ramsey Campbell, Probably:
  ___ It Isn’t Horror • Ramsey Campbell • (cl)
  ___ Restyling for Our Time • Ramsey Campbell • (cl)
  ___ The Missing Bits • Ramsey Campbell • (cl)
• Randy and the Rockets • Kevin Etheridge • (ss)
• The Ransome Women • John Farris • (na)
• The Rape of a Mind • Bram Holzapfel • (ss)
• Rapunzel Dreams of Knives • Beth Adele Long • (ss)
• The Rapunzel Field • Mark Patrick Lynch • (ss)
• Rapunzel, Rapunzella • Kendall Evans • (pm)
• Rare Creatures of Westermead • Scott Thomas • (vi)
• A Rash Remark • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Rat • Jenn Reese • (vi)
• The Rat Catcher • Martin Austwick • (ss)
• Rat Dogs of the Apocalypse • Pete Butler • (ss)
• Rat Patrol • Kevin Cockle • (ss)
• Ratatouille • James S. Dorr • (pm)
• The Rats in the Walls • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• Rats of the System • Paul J. McAuley • (ss)
• Rattlebox • Mike Allen & David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• Rattler • Brian Hodges & Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• Raven Linguistics • John Calvin Rezmerski • (pm)
• Raven Sings a Medicine Way, Coyote Steals the Pollen • Charles de Lint • (ss)
• RAW • Daniel Grotta-Kurska • (nv)
• Razorblades and Lipstick • Justin Josephnek Klör • (pm)
• Reaching for the Dawn • Marc B. Adin • (pm)
• Reaching Rose • James Purdy • (ss)
• Read First! • Mad Marv • (in)
• Reader, I Hate You! • Henry Kuttner • (ss)
• Reader’s Choice Awards • Susan Marie Groppi • (ed)
• Readers’ Poll • Martin McGrath • (ms)
• Reading Clouds • Eric Marin • (pm)
• The Real and the Counterfeit • Louisa Baldwin • (ss)
• The Real Deal • Peter Friend • (ss)
• Real Horror • G. Allen Wilbanks • (ss)
• Real Men Stay Fat • H. Turnip Smith • (ss)
• The Real Thing: ‘S.O.S.’ • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• The Real VanderMeer: An Introduction • Michael Moorcock • (in)
• Real Virtuality • Jetse de Vries • (ss)
• The Real World • Steven Utley • (ss)
• Reality Check • Tee Morris • (ss)
• Reality Goes on Here More or Less • Kat Meads • (ss)
• The Reality Mechanic • Sarah Dobbs • (ss)
• Reality, Interrupted • Jason Erik Lundberg • (ss)
• Realms of Fantasy 12/04 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 12/04 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 2/05 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 2/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 4/05 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 4/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 6/05 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 6/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 8/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 10/05 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Realms of Fantasy 10/05 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Reanimated • Darrell Schweitzer • (pm)
• Reaper • James Alan Gardner • (ss)
• The Reason Why • Steven Utley • (vi)
• Reasons the Druids Did Not Survive • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Rebel with a Clue • Michael Lohr • (iv)
• Reboot • Annie Reed • (nv)
• Reborn Again • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Receiving Minos • Ed Cox • (ss)
• The Recent ’Witch-Burning at Clonmel’ • E. F. Benson • (ar)
• Recipe for Disaster #1 • Mad Marv • (ar)
• Recipe for Disaster #2 • Mad Marv • (ar)
• Recipe for Disaster #3 • Mad Marv • (ar)
• Recipe for Disaster #4 • Mad Marv • (ar)
• Recipes for Warm Keep • Scott Thomas • (vi)
• Reciprocating Wind • Uncle River • (ss)
• The Reckoning of Gifts • James Alan Gardner • (nv)
• Reclining Years • Elizabeth Engstrom • (ss)
• Recommended Books • David Lee Summers & Kumie Wise • (br)
• Recording Angel • Paul J. McAuley • (nv)
• Recreation • Damien G. Walter • (ss)
• The Red Bird • Douglas Smith • (ss)
• Red Blades of Black Cathay • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Red by Any Other Name • Kathleen Bradean • (ss)
• Red City • Janeen Webb • (nv)