The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Stories, Listed by Author

PLATT, RUTHERFORD

• * The Great American Forest, (ar) The Great American Forest, Rutherford Platt, Simon & Schuster 1965
  • A Sound of Thunder, ed. Ian Mills, Addison-Wesley 1993

PLATT, WILLIAM C.

• * Dream, (pm) Pandora #21 1988
• * mountain, (pm) Pandora #25 1990
• * tunnel, (pm) Pandora #26 1990

PLAUGER, P(hillip) J(ames) (1944- )

• * Child of All Ages [Melissa], (ss) Analog Mar 1975
  • Immortals, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1998
• * Of the Last Kind, (vi) Analog Apr 1991
  • Aliens and UFO’s, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Smithmark 1993
• * Wergild, (n.) Analog May, Jun 1994
• * Wet Blanket [Dr. Hahnemann], (nv) Analog Feb 1974
  • Infinite Loop, ed. Larry Constantine, Miller Freeman 1993

PLAYER, STEPHEN

• * When the Bucket Stilled, (ss) Winter Chills #3 1989

PLAYFORD, JOHN

• * The Sanctuary Tree, (ss) Strange Attractors, ed. Damien Broderick, Hale & Iremonger 1985

PLAYFORD, NICHOLAS (1961- ) (books)

• * The Birth of Stone Revealed in Vapours, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Encircling the Rose Garden, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Examining the Audacious Edifice, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * The Fragmation of Tyres, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Hinges, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Orientation of the Cinder-track Horizon, (nv) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Parachuting, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Pram, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * The Skimmer Upon the Perceptual Sea, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Through a Magpie Come Words on Fears of China, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Topmost, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * The Unbidden Prism of Desire, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994
• * Whale, (ss) The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin, Australian Scholarly/Black Pepper 1994

PLEBANEK, BASIA

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• * A Tale for Hollywood, by Hanna Krall, (nv)
  • The Eagle and the Crow, ed. Teresa Halikowska & George Hyde, Serpent’s Tail 1996

PLEDGER, LYNNE

• * Gwenhwyfar, (ss) Camelot, ed. Jane Yolen, Philomel 1995

plethora, alburt

• * Venjinss, (pm) Culture City Mar 1989
  • Starfield, ed. Duncan Lunan, The Orkney Press 1989

PLIEGER, C. MARIA

• * A Cold Fragrant Air, (ss) L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VIII, ed. Algis Budrys & Dave Wolverton, Bridge 1992
• * The Wild Card, (ss) Tomorrow Jun 1995

PLIML, CLIFF

• * Titan’s First Child, (ss) Hadrosaur Tales Volume Five, ed. David L. Summers, Hadrosaur Productions 1998
• * Titan’s Last Child, (ss) Hadrosaur Tales Volume Six, ed. David L. Summers, Hadrosaur Productions 1998

PLOMER, WILLIAM (Charles Franklyn) (1903-1973)

• * The Dorking Thigh, (pm) Lilliput Oct 1945
  • The Little Book of Horrors, ed. Sebastian Wolfe, Xanadu 1992

PLOWRIGHT, TERESA (1952- ) (books)

• * Out the Other Side, (ss) Prairie Fire Sum 1994

PLUMB, VIVIENNE

• * The Black Dodo, (ss) Starsongs: Tau Whetu, ed. Jean Weber, Norsewood, New Zealand: Pegapuss Press 1993
• * Celestial Bodies, (ss)
  • Rutherford’s Dreams, ed. Warwick Bennett & Patrick Hudson, IPL 1995

PLUMBRIDGE, MARTIN

• * Country Roads, (ss) Fear! Jul 1991
• * A Cry for Help, (ss) Chills #10 1996
• * The Exhibit, (ss) Chills #7 1993
  • The Best New Horror: Volume Five, ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Raven 1994

PLUME, DEBRA WHITE

• * Mother Called It Daddy’s Junk Yard, (vi) Tribal College Student Win 1993
  • Tales from the Great Turtle, ed. Piers Anthony & Richard Gilliam, Tor 1994

PLUME, NORMAN D.

• * Nightfall of a Master, a tribute to Isaac Asimov, (ar) Vision #14 1992
• * Progress in Robotics, (cl) Vision #14, #15 1992, #16, #17 1993, #18 1994
• * Signs of the Time, (vi) Vision #15 1992
• * Your Turn, (vi) Vision #17 1993

PLUNKETT, SUSAN (Irene Fassender) (1945- )

• * Christmas Promises, (na) Silent Night, ed. Anon., Jove 1998

PLYMPTON, B.

• * cartoon, (ct) Twilight Zone Apr 1986

PNEWSKI, DAVID

• * Hurly Burly, (ss) Rosebud Win 1998

POBO, KENNETH

• * Date Uncertain, (pm) The Silver Web #14 1997
• * The Roomful of Brains, (pm) Velocities #4 1984
• * Utensil Adventure, (pm) The Silver Web #14 1997

PODOLSKY, ROBIN

• * The Twelve Dancing Princesses, (ss) Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women, ed. Michael Ford, Richard Kasak UK 1996

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of One Hans Pfaall [“The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall”], (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Jun 1835
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
• * Alone, (pm) 1829
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • Creepy Classics, ed. Mary Hill, Random House 1994
• * The Angel of the Odd, (ss) Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Oct 1844
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
• * Annabel Lee, (pm) Tribune Oct 9 1849
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * The Assignation [“The Visionary”], (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Jul 1835
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
• * The Balloon-Hoax, (ss) The Sun Apr 13 1844
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
• * The Bargain Lost, (ss) Baltimore Saturday Courier Dec 1 1832; also as “Bon-Bon”.
• * The Bells, (pm) Union Magazine Oct 1849
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
• * Berenice, (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Mar 1835
  • Chamber of Horrors, ed. Anon., Octopus 1984
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Lovers & Other Monsters, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 1992
  • The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus 1992
  • 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories, ed. Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • 100 Wild Little Weird Tales, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1997
  • Dread #2 1998
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * The Black Cat, (ss) Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19 1843
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
  • Weird Tales Jan 1924
  • The Fall of the House of Usher, Target 1986
  • Charles Keeping’s Book of Classic Ghost Stories, ed. Charles Keeping, Bedrick & Blackie 1986
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • The Best Horror Stories, ed. Anon., BDD/Mallard Press 1990
  • Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1990
  • Tales of Mystery and Terror, Penguin/Puffin 1990
  • Skeleton Crew Oct 1990
  • The Gold-Bug and Other Tales, Dover 1991
  • Great Tales of the Supernatural, ed. Stephanie Dowrick, Everyman’s Library 1992
  • Horrorscape, ed. Gary Goshgarian, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1993
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, ed. Anon., Bracken Books 1994
  • Thrillers, ed. Anon., Bracken Books 1994
  • Wolf’s Complete Book of Terror, ed. Leonard Wolf, Newmarket Press 1994
  • American Gothic Tales, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Penguin/Plume 1996
  • Creepy Classics II, ed. Doris Stuart, Lowell House Juvenile 1997
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * Bon-Bon [“The Bargain Lost”], (ss) Baltimore Saturday Courier Dec 1 1832
  • Devilish Doings, ed. Frank J. Finamore, Random House/Gramercy 1997
• * The Case of M. Valdemar [“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”], (ss) American Whig Review Dec 1845
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
  • The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers, ed. Tim Haydock, Robinson 1986
• * The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato], (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846
  • The Book of the Dead, ed. Alan K. Russell, New Orchard 1986
  • The Fall of the House of Usher, Target 1986
  • The Book of Fantasy, ed. Jorge Luís Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares & Silvina Ocampo, Viking 1989
  • The Gold-Bug and Other Tales, Dover 1991
  • Horrorscape, ed. Gary Goshgarian, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1993
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Horror Stories, ed. Susan Price, Kingfisher 1995
  • Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al, ed. Alan Maitland, Viking Penguin Canada 1996
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue & other stories, Pulp Fictions UK 1998
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
• * The City in the Sea [revised from “The Doomed City”, 1831], (pm) 1845
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
• * The Colloquy of Monos and Una, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Aug 1841
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
• * The Conqueror Worm, (pm) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Jan 1843
  • The Monster Book of Monsters, ed. Michael O’Shaughnessy, Xanadu 1988
  • The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus 1992
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Dec 1839
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Beaufort 1984
• * A Descent into the Maelström, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
  • Haunted Travellers, ed. Denys Val Baker, London: William Kimber 1985
  • The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers, ed. Tim Haydock, Robinson 1986
  • Tales of Mystery and Terror, Penguin/Puffin 1990
  • Sea-Cursed, ed. T. Liam McDonald, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Ascent of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 1994
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • The SF Collection, ed. Edel Brosnan, Chancellor Press 1994
  • Creepy Stories, ed. Anon., Bracken Books 1994
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
• * Diddling [“Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences”], (ar) Broadway Journal v2 #10
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
• * Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences, (ar) Broadway Journal v2 #10; also as “Diddling”.
• * The Domain of Arnheim, (ss) Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Mar 1847; expanded from “The Landscape Garden” (1842).
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
• * A Dream within a Dream, (pm) The Flag of Our Union Mar 31 1839
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
• * The Duc De L’Omelette, (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Feb 1836
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
• * Eleonora, (ss) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1842, an, 1841 1841
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, (ss) American Whig Review Dec 1845; also as “The Case of M. Valdemar”.
  • Amazing Apr 1926
  • Black Water, ed. Alberto Manguel, Picador 1983
  • The Penguin Book of Horror Stories, ed. J. A. Cuddon, Penguin 1984
  • The Best Ghost Stories, ed. Anon., BDD/Mallard Press 1990
  • Great Vampires & Other Horrors, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1992
  • 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories, ed. Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Horrorscape, ed. Gary Goshgarian, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1993
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of Zombies, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 1993
  • Campfire Thrillers, ed. Rebecca K. Rizzo, The Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, Inc. 1994
  • Creepy Classics, ed. Mary Hill, Random House 1994
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, ed. Anon., Bracken Books 1994
• * The Fall of the House of Usher, (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep 1839; this revised version from Tales of Edgar A. Poe, Wiley & Putnam 1845.
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
  • Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories, ed. Lincoln Child, St. Martin’s 1984
  • The Fall of the House of Usher, Target 1986
  • The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers, ed. Tim Haydock, Robinson 1986
  • Tales of the Dark, ed. Lincoln Child, St. Martin’s 1987
  • Charles Keeping’s Classic Tales of the Macabre, ed. Charles Keeping, Blackie 1987
  • The Dark Descent, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1987
  • Visions of Poe, Simon Marsden & Edgar Allan Poe, Knopf 1988
  • Tales of Mystery and Terror, Penguin/Puffin 1990
  • The Dark Descent: The Medusa in the Shield, ed. David G. Hartwell, Grafton 1990
  • The Horror Hall of Fame, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • The Gold-Bug and Other Tales, Dover 1991
  • The Dark Descent #2: The Medusa in the Shield, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1991
  • The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales, ed. Chris Baldick, Oxford University Press 1992
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & Dave Carson, Robinson 1994
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Thrillers, ed. Anon., Bracken Books 1994
  • The Fall of the House of Usher, Books of Wonder 1997
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue & other stories, Pulp Fictions UK 1998
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, Penguin/Signet Classic 1998
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * For Annie, (pm) The Flag of Our Union Apr 28 1849
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
• * The Gold-Bug, (nv) Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28 1843
  • Tales, Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz 1905
  • Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, A&W/Galahad 1985
  • The Gold-Bug and Other Tales, Dover 1991
  • Selected Tales, Penguin/Godfrey Cave 1994
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue & other stories, Pulp Fictions UK 1998
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Hans Pfaall—A Tale [“The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall”], (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Jun 1835
  • Futurist #1 1996
  • Futurist #2 1996
  • Futurist #3 1996
• * The Haunted Palace, (pm) Baltimore Museum Apr 1839
  • The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw, ed. Anon., Random House/Modern Library 1998
• * Hop-Frog, (ss) The Flag of Our Union Mar 17 1849
  • Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural, ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, A&W/Galahad 1985
  • Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 1985
  • Tales of Mystery and Terror, Penguin/Puffin 1990
  • Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 1993
  • Three Tales of Horror, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce & Robert Louis Stevenson, Penguin 1995
  • Selected Tales, Oxford University Press 1998