The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Stories, Listed by Author

PONTING, COLIN J.

• * Dance of the Murran-Ji, (ss) Aurealis #22 1998

POOK, MATTHEW

• * A Sprinkle of Dream Dust: Neil Gaiman, (ar) Skeleton Crew Jul 1990

POOLE, JOSEPHINE; pseudonym of Jane Penelope Josephine Helyar, (1933- ) (books)

• * The Bargain, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Château Laurier, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Fanatic, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Hell-Fire Jack, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Incognito, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * The Masterpiece, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * The Powers That Be, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Scared to Death, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994
• * Something Personal for Lucy, (ss) Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories, Hutchinson 1994

POP, IGGY

• * Fleas, (pm) The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams, ed. J. O’Barr & Ed Kramer, Ballantine Del Rey 1998

POPE, ALEXANDER (1688-1744)

• * Epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton, (pm) ca. 1732
  • Worlds in Small, ed. John Robert Colombo, Cacanadadada Press 1992

POPE, DANIEL

• * The Package, (ss) Orion #2 1992
• * The United States of Lawyers, (ss) Orion #4 1994

POPE, LESTER N.

• * The Only Cure, (ss) Eldritch Tales #18 1989

POPE, ROBERT (F., Jr.) (1946- )

• * The African Roses, A Tragic Tale of Madness and Mania, (ss) Magic Realism Sum 1993

POPKES, STEVEN (Earl) (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Color Winter, (ss) IASFM Aug 1988
• * Conqueror Moment, (nv) Tomorrow Aug 1995
• * Deathwitch, (ss) IASFM Feb 1985
• * Doctor Couney’s Island, (ss) Asimov’s Dec 1994
  • Isaac Asimov’s Camelot, ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, Ace 1998
• * The Driving of the Year Nail, (ss) Twilight Zone Apr 1986
• * The Egg, (nv) IASFM Jan 1989
  • The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1990
• * Hellcatcher, (ss) Night Cry Spr 1986
• * Not for Broadcast, (ss) Future Boston, ed. David Alexander Smith, Tor 1994
• * The Parade, (ss) Future Boston, ed. David Alexander Smith, Tor 1994
• * Playing Chess with the Bishop (with David Alexander Smith), (ss) Future Boston, ed. David Alexander Smith, Tor 1994
• * Rain, Steam and Speed, (ss) Full Spectrum 2, ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation 1989
• * The Rose Garden, (ss) IASFM Aug 1987
  • Isaac Asimov’s Aliens, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1991
• * Slow Lightning, (n.) The Longest Voyage/Slow Lightning, ed. Anon., Tor 1991
• * So You want to Meet the Bishop?, (ss) Future Boston, ed. David Alexander Smith, Tor 1994
• * Stovelighter, (nv) IASFM mid-Dec 1987
• * Survivors, (ss) Science Fiction Age Mar 1994
• * The Test, (nv) Future Boston, ed. David Alexander Smith, Tor 1994
• * Tip of the Scorpion, (ss) Twilight Zone Jul/Aug 1985
• * Whistle in the Dark, (nv) Asimov’s Jun 1994

POPPITT, ALAN

• * In Man’s Image, (vi) The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications 1988

PORGES, ARTHUR (1915-2006) (chron.)

• * Bank Night, (ss) Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine Jan 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 6, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, London: Coronet 1987
• * The Devil and Simon Flagg, (ss) F&SF Aug 1954
  • 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * $1.98, (ss) F&SF May 1954
  • 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday 1984
  • The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Octopus 1985
• * The Fly, (ss) F&SF Sep 1952
  • Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural, ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, A&W/Galahad 1985
• * The Mirror, (ss) F&SF Oct 1966
  • Starhunters Vol. III: Bluebloods, ed. David Drake, Baen 1990
• * Mop-Up, (ss) F&SF Jul 1953
  • Back from the Dead, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, DAW 1991
• * Mystery and Magic on the Steppe, (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
• * The Oddmedod, (ss) F&SF Jun 1987
• * Priceless Possession, (ss) Galaxy Jun 1966
  • Men Hunting Things, ed. David Drake, Baen 1988
• * Puddle, (ss) AHMM Jun 1972
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * The Rescuer, (ss) Analog Jul 1962
  • 101 Science Fiction Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh & Jenny-Lynn Waugh, Avenel 1986
• * The Ruum [Ruum], (ss) F&SF Oct 1953
  • Things Hunting Men, ed. David Drake, Baen 1988
• * Turning Point, (ss) F&SF Sep 1965
  • 101 Science Fiction Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh & Jenny-Lynn Waugh, Avenel 1986

PORRETT, SUSAN

• * Beyond the Tree, (bg) A Is for Brian, ed. Frank Hatherley, Margaret Aldiss & Malcolm Edwards, Avernus 1990

PORRETTO, FRANCIS W.

• * 20% Discount, (ss) Galactic Citizen #15 1997

PORTE, BARBARA ANN

• * Grandmother’s Ghost, the Gilded Bathroom, and Other Home Improvements, (ss) Don’t Give Up the Ghost, ed. David Gale, Delacorte 1993

PORTEOUS, SKIPP (1944- )

• * The Tupelo Ayatollah [from Jesus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore—From Fundamentalist to Freedom Writer, Prometheus Books], (ex) Gauntlet #3 1992

PORTER, ANDREW (Ian) (1946- )

• * The World of Andrew I. Porter [four editorials from Science Fiction Chronicle], (ms)
  • Confiction Souvenir Book, ed. Johan-Martijn Flaton, Confiction 1990

PORTER, CHRISTOPHER

• * A Map of Sesqua Valley, (ms) Fungi Spr 1997

PORTER, CURT

• * The Alloy, (ss) Beyond #20 1991

PORTER, DOROTHY (Featherstone) (1954-2008)

• * The Arrows, (ss) My Look’s Caress, Local Consumption Publications 1990
  • Strange Fruit, ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia 1995

PORTER, KAREN R. (chron.)

• * Apocalypse, (pm) Stygian Articles #11 1997
• * The Artist, (pm) Mindmares Win 1998
• * Control Freak, (pm) Stygian Articles Spr 1997
• * Divinity, (pm) Not One of Us Sep 1998
• * Dreaming in Color, (pm) Penny Dreadful #7 1998
• * Eyes, (pm) Stygian Articles #11 1997
• * Inside the Looking Glass, (pm) Penny Dreadful #5 1997
• * Life in Red, (pm) Dreams of Decadence Spr 1997
• * Liquid Man, (pm) Mindmares Spr 1998
• * Lunacy, (pm) Penny Dreadful #5 1997
• * Midnight Snack, (pm) Mindmares Fll 1998
• * Mystery, (pm) Dreams of Decadence Fll/Win 1997
• * Relationship, (pm) Penny Dreadful #5 1997
• * The Return, (pm) Not One of Us Feb 1997
• * Sea Ghosts, (pm) Star*Line v21 #2 1998
• * Stars, (pm) Penny Dreadful #7 1998
• * Target, (pm) Mindmares Spr 1998
• * Trees, (pm) Penny Dreadful #4 1997
• * Vampire Suicide, (pm) Dreams of Decadence Spr 1997
• * Vampyre’s Curse, (pm) Dreams of Decadence Fll/Win 1997
• * The Vampyre’s Garden, (pm) Dreams of Decadence Spr 1997
• * Wastrel Lords, (pm) Not One of Us Mar 1998

PORTER, MAUREEN

• * Editorial, (ed) The Gate #1 1989

PORTER, PETER (1929- )

• * from Hudibrastics in a Hurry, (pm) Printer’s Devil, ed. Sean O’Brien, Stephen Plaice & Eva Salzman, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• * Verse Versus Politics, (ar) Printer’s Devil, ed. Sean O’Brien, Stephen Plaice & Eva Salzman, Serpent’s Tail 1994

PORTER, SYDNEY; see under Porter, William Sydney (chron.)

PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY (1862-1910); see pseudonym O. Henry (chron.)

PORTERFIELD, KAY MARIE

• * Ninfea, (ss) When the Black Lotus Blooms, ed. Elizabeth A. Saunders, Unnameable Press 1990

PORTMAN, LORD

• * The Woman in White, (nf) Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book, Lord Halifax, London: Geoffrey Bles 1936
  • The Ghost Book of Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax, ed. Charles Lindley, Carroll & Graf 1994

PORUSH, DAVID (Hillel) (1952- )

• * Cyberpunk Forum/Symposium: What is Cyberpunk?, (ar) Mississippi Review #47/48 1988
• * Frothing the Synaptic Bath, (ar) Storming the Reality Studio, ed. Larry McCaffery, Duke University Press 1991
• * Induction, (pl) Mississippi Review #47/48 1988

POSELL, ADAM DONALDSON

• * Nighthawk, (pm) Weirdbook Encores #12 1992

POSEY, ERNEST (books)

• * Dream Studs of Kama Loka, (na) Hormone Pirates of Xenobia and Dream Studs of Kama Loka, Alyson 1996
• * Hormone Pirates of Xenobia, (na) Hormone Pirates of Xenobia and Dream Studs of Kama Loka, Alyson 1996

POSS, CHARLES LEE

• * The Awakening, (ss) Twisted Magazine Spr 1996

POSSONY, STEFAN T. (1913?-1995)

• * Defense in a N-Dimensional World, (ar) There Will Be War v5, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1986
• * The Defense of Europe, (ar) Blood and Iron, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Tor 1984
• * The Prevention of War (with Francis X. Kane & Jerry E. Pournelle) [substantially revised, first appeared in The Strategy of Technology, 1970], (ar) There Will Be War v5, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1986
• * Psyops, (sp) Defense ’83 Conference in Las Vegas 1983
  • There Will Be War v4, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1985
• * Surprise (with Francis X. Kane & Jerry E. Pournelle) [substantially revised, first appeared in The Strategy of Technology, 1970], (ar) There Will Be War v6, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1987
• * The Technological War (with Jerry E. Pournelle) [substantially revised, first appeared in The Strategy of Technology, 1970], (ar) Men of War, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1984
• * Who’s in Charge Here?, (ar) Defense and Foreign Affairs Dec 1986
  • There Will Be War v7, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1988
• * Wizard Weapons (with Francis X. Kane & Jerry E. Pournelle), (ar) There Will Be War v7, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor 1988

POST, CHRISTINE; also as Christine Carmichael

• * I’m Coming Home (with Jonathan V. Post) [“I’m Going Home”], (pm) Amazing May 1988
  • Rhysling Anthology 1989, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1989
• * I’m Going Home (with Jonathan V. Post), (pm) Amazing May 1988; also as “I’m Coming Home”.

POST, DENNIS

• * A House Occupied, (ss) Fantasy Macabre #13 1990

POST, JAMES NATHAN

• * Master of the Gnomes, (ss) Beyond #21 1991

POST, JONATHAN V(os) (chron.)

• * Advice to the Life-Lorn, (ss) Eldritch Tales #20 1989
• * Atlantis Falls, (pm) The Tome #4 1990
• * Axis Mundi, (pm) The Tome #4 1990
• * Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope, (pm) Star*Line Nov 1986
  • Analog Jan 1987
  • Rhysling Anthology 1987, ed. Anon., SF Poetry Assc. 1987
  • Nebula Awards 23, ed. Michael Bishop, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989
• * Catalyst, (pm) Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books 1989
• * The Density of Death, (pm) Once Upon a Midnight, ed. Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, Unnameable Press 1995
• * Dialog Before the Earth-Goddess Eloped with the Star-God, (pm) Amazing Jul 1989
• * Dragons, (pm) Fantasy Book Aug 1983
• * Eclipse, (pm) The Tome #4 1990
• * Elements of Love, (pm) Space & Time #84 1994
  • The 1995 Rhysling Anthology, ed. Anon., Figment Press 1995
• * The Fall of the City, (pm) Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books 1989
• * Future Fashion Flashes, (pm) Hardware #2 1990
• * I’m Coming Home (with Christine Post) [“I’m Going Home”], (pm) Amazing May 1988
  • Rhysling Anthology 1989, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1989
• * I’m Going Home (with Christine Post), (pm) Amazing May 1988; also as “I’m Coming Home”.
• * King of the Jinns, (ss) Gaslight Apr 1994
• * The Kiss: Wounds in the Mouth, (pm) Once Upon a Midnight, ed. Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, Unnameable Press 1995
• * Mnemosyne’s Entrenchment, (pm) Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books 1989
• * The Neurophysiologist, (pm) Velocities 1983
  • Burning with a Vision, ed. Robert Frazier, Owlswick 1984
• * Periodic Table of Ailments (with Christine Carmichael), (hu) Analog Oct 1992
• * Prayer War, (vi) The New Satirist 1981
  • 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday 1984
• * The Problem of Pain, (pm) Poetry Chapbook #1 1984
  • The 1985 Rhysling Anthology, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1985
• * Quatrains from The Martian Chronicles (with Ray Bradbury), (pm) Space & Time #81 1993
  • The 1994 Rhysling Anthology, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1994
• * A Rebel Technology Comes Alive (with Chauncey Uphoff), (ar) Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke, NAL/Roc 1990
• * Science (with David Brin, Robert L. Forward & Geoffrey A. Landis), (ar) Science Fiction Age Mar 1995
• * Science Fiction and the Search for Transcendence, (pm) Space & Time #82 1993; erroneously given as by Ray Bradbury and Jonathan V. Post.
  • The 1994 Rhysling Anthology, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1994
• * SF/F/H Poets: A Geography Lesson, (ar) Star*Line v17 #2 1994
• * Special Relativity, (pm) Space & Time #83 1994
• * Stop-It-Now, (ss) Tomorrow Jun 1995
• * Strange New Planet, (pm) The Tome #4 1990
• * Sweet Radium, (pm) Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books 1989
• * Take Me Back..., (pm) The Tome #4 1990
• * Thanatogensis, (pm) Weirdbook #21 1985
• * To Sail Beyond the Sun (A Luminous Collage) (with Ray Bradbury), (pm) Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke, NAL/Roc 1990
  • Rhysling Anthology 1991, ed. Anon., Science Fiction Poetry Association 1991