The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Poet • Chris Forbes • (pm)
• Poet and Artist Biographies • Misc. • (bg)
• The Poet of The Integral Spirituality • Guido Eekhaut • (ss)
• Poet Warrior • Paul Woodlin • (ss)
• The Poetry of Science Fiction • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Poetry Red-Shifted in the Eyes of a Dragon • Kendall Evans • (pm)
• Poga • John Barnes • (ss)
• The Point of Roses • Margo Lanagan • (nv)
• Points of Departure • Jennifer B. Crow • (ss)
• Poison • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• The Poison and Hospitality • Stanley Schmidt • (ed)
• The Poison Cup • Anna K. Conti • (pm)
• The Poison Diaries • The Duchess of Northumberland • (na)
• The Poisoned Chalice • Brian M. Stableford • (nv)
• Poivre • Poppy Z. Brite • (ss)
• Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) • Geoff Ryman • (nv)
• The Policeman’s Daughter • Wil McCarthy • (na)
• Polished Off • Chris Sumberg • (ss)
• Pollock and the Porroh Man • H. G. Wells • (ss)
• Pollution, Solutions, Elution, and Nanotechnology • Stephen L. Gillett • (ar)
• Poltergeisting • Heather Wood • (ss)
• The Ponderer • Eric Frank Russell • (ss)
• The Pool of the Black One • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Poor Dead Fool • Eric Frank Russell • (ss)
• Poor Guy • Michael Kandel • (ss)
• Pop Squad • Paolo Bacigalupi • (nv)
• Poppet • Elspeth Potter • (ss)
• Poppy’s Coin • Mary Blayney • (na)
• Pornograms and Supercomputers • Philip José Farmer • (br)
• Portrait of Ari • Mary Robinette Kowal • (ss)
• Portrait, with Flames • Kage Baker • (ss)
• Portraits of His Children • George R. R. Martin • (nv)
• Possibly Grief • Joshua Rountree • (ss)
• Post Mortem • Sharon Birch • (ss)
• Post-Colonial Literature of the Elves • Jo Walton • (pm)
• Postage Due • Eric Flint • (ss)
• Postal • C. Allen Reed • (ss)
• Postal Card to E. Hoffmann Price, 3-Jun-1936 • Robert E. Howard • (lt)
• Postcards from the Province of Hyphens • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• Postcards from Tony • Trevor Denyer • (iv)
• Postcards Home • James Hollaman • (ss)
• The Postman • David Brin • (na)
• Postsingular • Rudy Rucker • (nv)
• Potato pilots • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• Potboiler, Told in a Spanish Key • Steve Vernon • (ss)
• The Potter’s Daughter • Martha Wells • (nv)
• A Pound of Flesh • Richard A. Lovett, Ph.D. • (na)
• Power Complex • Joe W. Haldeman • (nv)
• Power Couple, or Love Never Sleeps • Charlie Anders • (ss)
• The Power of Illusion • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• Powerguns • David A. Drake • (ms)
• Prague: A City of Ghosts • Rachel Kendall • (ar)
• The Prank at Dragon Mountain • Eric Joel Bresin • (ss)
• PRAVI • Rebecca Maines • (ss)
• Pray for Us, St. Dymphna • Bryan Lindsey • (ss)
• Prayer Causes Stars • Greg Beatty • (pm)
• Predators • Brandon R. Massey • (ss)
• Predictability • Jason Christie • (pm)
• Preemption • Charlie Rosenkranz • (ss)
• Preface • William S. Burroughs • (pr)
• Preface • Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois • (pr)
• Preface • Charles Dickens • (pr)
• Preface • David A. Drake & Eric Flint • (pr)
• Preface • Eric Flint • (pr)
• Preface • Mary Kirk • (pr)
• Preface • Mark Leslie • (pr)
• Preface • Garth Nix • (pr)
• Preface • Sebastian Peake • (pr)
• Preface • John C. Pelan • (pr)
• “Prefutural Tension”: Gwyneth Jones’s Gradual Apocalypse • Veronica Hollinger • (ar)
• Preponderance of the Small • Rebecca Marjesdatter • (pm)
• The Presence of Merlin on Glastonbury Tor • Teresa Noelle Roberts • (pm)
• Present • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• Preserver • M. A. Foster • (n.)
• The Prestige: Christopher Priest Interviewed • Gary Dalkin • (iv)
• Presumed Dead • Brandon R. Massey • (ss)
• Pretending • Vivian Vande Velde • (ss)
• Pretty Much Damn Near Perfect • Alison J. Littlewood • (ss)
• Prevenge • Kevin J. Anderson & Mike Resnick • (ss)
• Preview & Ordering Information • Misc. • (ms)
• Prey • Samantha Henderson • (pm)
• Prey • Richard Matheson • (ss)
• The Price • J. T. Langdon • (ss)
• The Price of Shoes • Jeffrey A. Stadt • (pm)
• Prima Belladonna • J. G. Ballard • (ss)
• Primates • David D. Levine • (ss)
• Prime Mover • Daniel C. Smith • (ss)
• The Prime Movers • Tom Sykes • (ss)
• Primitive Hunt, Day Three • Monte Davis • (ss)
• Primordial Chili • Tom Gerencer • (ss)
• Prince Charming • Helena Bell • (pm)
• Prince Koindrindra Escapes • Jayme Lynn Blaschke • (ss)
• The Prince of Byzantium • Seneca Mayfair • (ss)
• The Prince of Space • Jack Williamson • (na)
• The Princess and Her Assailants • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• Princess Margaret’s Facelift • J. G. Ballard • (ss)
• A Princess of Earth • Mike Resnick • (ss)
• The Princess of Terra • Charlotte Corday-Marat • (fa)
• Printcrime • Cory Doctorow • (vi)
• Prism of Light • Bobbi Sinha-Morey • (pm)
• Prison Ships • Joel Lane • (ss)
• The Prisoner • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• Prisoner of the Coral Deep • J. G. Ballard • (ss)
• The Prisoner of the Moon • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• Prisoner of Time • Caroline B. Cooney • (n.)
• The Prisoner of Zenda • Anthony Hope • (n.)
• Prisons • Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason • (ss)
• Pristine • Tevis Clyde Smith • (pm)
• Private Magrath of the A.E.F. • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• Private Nightmare • Paul Finch • (ss)
• The Private War of Private Jacob • Joe W. Haldeman • (ss)
• The Privilege of the Sword • Ellen Kushner • (n.)
• Probability One:
  ___ Probably Murder • Michael F. Flynn • (vi)
• Probability Zero:
  ___ The Emancipation of the Knowledge Robots • Carl Frederick • (vi)
  ___ SETI Triumphant • Richard F. Thieme & Aaron Ximm • (vi)
  ___ Upgrade • Eric James Stone • (vi)
• Probably… • Paul E. Martens • (vi)
• Problem, Child • Lisa Batya Feld • (ss)
• Proboscis • Laird Barron • (nv)
• Proctors • Neal L. Asher • (ss)
• Prodigal Reunion • Bruce Boston • (vi)
• Product Development • Nancy Kress • (vi)
• Profit and Proficiency • Jason Christie • (pm)
• The Program • G. Bonhomme • (nv)
• Prologue • Linda L. Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala & Dusty Rainbolt • (pr)
• Prologue • Koji Suzuki • (ss)
• Prologue to the Endeavor: Luck Be a Lady Tonight • Harlan Ellison • (vi)
• Prologue: How to Remember the Past • Heidi Lampietti • (pr)
• Promise Them Aught • Marlissa Campbell • (ss)
• Promised Land • Paul Kincaid • (br)
• The Proof • Shariann Lewitt • (ss)
• A Proper Farewell • Bradley H. Sinor • (ss)
• The Prophecies at Newfane Asylum • Don Webb • (ss)
• Prophecy of the Blind • Harold A. Lamb • (ss)
• Prophet’s Dilemma • Shalom Auslander • (ss)
• Proserpina’s Curse • Lisa Jensen • (ss)
• Protection Money • Wen Spencer • (ss)
• The Protectors of Zendor • John Morressy • (nv)
• Protégé • Tim Waggoner • (n.)
• The Protocols of Candour? • Severian • (cl)
• Provender Gleed • David Mathew • (br)
• The Prying Investigations of Edwin M. Lillibridge • Robert M. Price • (ss)
• Psyche in a Dress • Francesca Lia Block • (na)
• Psyche’s Pool • R. Andrew Heidel • (pm)
• The Psychic Above Burritoville • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Psycho Physics • Donald J. Bingle • (ss)
• Psychospace Singularity • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Pterodactyl • Philip José Farmer • (pm)
• Publication History • Misc. • (bi)
• Publications and Awards • John Clute • (ar)
• Publishing Spotlight Featuring Elder Signs Press • Peter Enfantino • (cl)
• Pulse • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Puncher’s Chance • Kathy Ferguson & James Grayson • (na)
• A Punctuated Romance • Mary A. Turzillo • (ss)
• Punishment • Markku Paasonen • (vi)
• The Punishment Fits the Crime • David Berreby • (vi)
• Pupil’s Pet • Jane Fell • (vi)
• The Purloined Prose • Patricia Lee Macomber & David Niall Wilson • (sl)
• Purloining of an Agenda: or...A Spectre Is Haunting John Clute • Andrew M. Butler • (ar)
• The Purple Distance: A Foreword • Philip José Farmer • (ar)
• The Purple Hippopotamus Wading Pool • Joanne Merriam • (ss)
• The Purring of Cats • David Hoing • (ss)
• Purslane the Witch • Helen Grant • (ss)
• Pushing Ice • Paul Kincaid • (br)
• The Puzzle • Zoran Zivkovic • (ss)
• The Puzzle of the Peregrinating Coach • George Phillies • (ss)
• Pyewacket and Vinegar Tom: The Story of the Witchfinder General • Terry Grimwood • (ar)
• Pygmalion’s Marriage • Larry Hammer • (pm)
• Pygmies • Ian Derbyshire • (ss)
• Pygmies of Tanzania • Ian Derbyshire • (ss)
• The Pyre and Others • David J. Schow • (ss)
• Quag Keep • Andre Norton • (n.)
• Quantum Cryptography • Jason Christie • (pm)
• Quarry • Peter S. Beagle • (nv)
• Quartet • Peter Hynes • (ss)
• Quatrains • Ursula K. Le Guin • (gp)
• Queen of Engines • Dev Agarwal • (ss)
• Queen of Stars • Bryn Sparks • (ss)
• Queen of the Black Coast • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Queen of the Deep • Philip José Farmer • (ss)
• The Queen of Velcro • Lorraine Schein • (pm)
• The Queen’s Notice • Margo Lanagan • (ss)
• Questing Beast • Andrew Gordon & Ilona Gordon • (ss)
• A Question of Identity • Christopher Anvil • (nv)
• A Question of Re-Entry • J. G. Ballard • (nv)
• The Questioning of the Azathothian Priest • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Questions for Reading Groups • Michael Gerber • (fa)
• A Quick and Dirty Treatise on Historical Fencing • Enrico M. Toro • (ar)
• The Quiet • Bill DeArmond • (pm)
• The Quiet Hours • Joel Lane • (ss)
• Quietly Horrifying: An Interview with L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims • Tony Mileman • (iv)
• Quill • Carol Emshwiller • (nv)
• Quitting Dreams • Matthew Cheney & Jeffrey Ford • (ss)
• Quiver • Alan DeNiro • (nv)
• Quoth the Screaming Chicken • David F. Bischoff • (ss)
• R.U.R. Pamphlet (From Archive) • Jason Christie • (pm)
• Rabbit • Jenn Reese • (vi)
• The Race for Heaven • Jenn Reese • (in)
• Rachel • Steven D. Mohan, Jr. • (ss)
• Rachel in Love • Pat Murphy • (nv)
• Radial, Spiritual Change • Lee Clark Zumpe • (ss)
• Radiant Doors • Michael Swanwick • (ss)
• Radiation Magnets • Richard Pitaniello • (ss)
• Radio Days • Neil Gardner • (ms)
• Radiozone • Maureen Kincaid Speller • (cl)
• Radley’s Comet • Todd Outcalt • (ss)
• Ragazzo • Bruce McAllister • (ss)
• Rain • Holly Phillips • (pm)
• Rain Whispers • Kenneth James Crist & Fred Leary • (ss)
• Rainbow’s End • Paul Raven • (br)
• Raising the Dead • Patricia S. Bowne • (nv)
• Ralph Robert Moore Bibliography • Anonymous • (bi)
• Ralph Robert Moore Interviewed • Trevor Denyer • (iv)
• The Ram Rebellion • Virginia Easley DeMarce & Eric Flint • (n.)