The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Contents Lists

Roadworks [#10, Autumn 2000] ed. Trevor Denyer (Denyer, Trevor, £3.00, 113pp, A5) 2 · Editorial · Trevor Denyer · ed 4 · Competition Round-Up · Gary Couzens · ms 5 · Opening Up · Marni Scofidio Griffin · ss 16 · Us Lazy Slobs · Brad Evans · pm 17 · Foetal Attractions · James Burr · ss; illus. Andrew Brown 29 · Be Positive, Be Very Positive · Rosanne Rabinowitz · ss 37 · Life Under Water · Allen Ashley · ss 45 · Con-Nubial · Cardinal Cox · ss 51 · Bruised · Dan Coxon · ss; illus. Andrew Brown 60 · A Sad Little Wanker’s Guide to Horror · Peter Tennant · ar 61 · Lawn · Kay Fletcher · ss; illus. Russell Dickerson 67 · Imprints · Emma Lee · ss 77 · Here Today · Alec Worley · ss 83 · Rike · Ben Counter · ss 92 · Shortening the Distance between Strangers · Trevor Denyer · iv [Marni Scofidio Griffin] 99 · Marni Scofidio Griffin Bibliography · Anon. · bi [Marni Scofidio Griffin] 101 · What Must You Think Of Us? · Mark McLaughlin & Marni Scofidio Griffin · ss 113 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lt

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Sackcloth & Ashes [# 7, March 2000] ed. Andrew & Lisa Busby (Andrew & Lisa Busby, £3.00, 74pp, A5, cover by Lisa Busby) Small press horror magazine. This is the last issue. Available from Andrew & Lisa Busby, 8 Woodgreen Close, Hindley, Wigan, Lancs, WN2 3JW. 4 · Editorial · Andrew Busby · ed 6 · The Offering · Lee Jones · ss; illus. Lisa Busby 17 · Vampyres in Fusion · Seán Russell Friend · pm 18 · Law of the Jungle · Paul Finch · ss; illus. Lisa Busby 26 · Observations in Horror: Part 7 - Censorship: Friend or Foe? · Andrew & Lisa Busby · ar 29 · A Vain Exercise in Absolution · Michael Oliveri · vi; illus. Transmission 23 32 · The Dead of Winter’s Night · Lloyd Michael Lohr · pm 33 · Broken · Simon Logan · ss; illus. Simon Logan 38 · Speckles · Mark West · ss 44 · Diamonds in Shadow: Part 4 - Brian McNaughton (b. 1939) · R. J. Krijnen-Kemp · ar [Brian McNaughton] 47 · The Sackcloth & Ashes (Obscure!) Horror Quiz · R. J. Krijnen-Kemp · qz 48 · Is God the Voice of Reason? · Lau · pm 50 · Split Decision · Steve Redwood · vi 53 · Gedanken: The Art of Blanking Out the Love · jon g · ss 64 · Coppinger’s Court · Ray Clark · ss 68 · Dread · Gerte Lieber · vi 69 · Letters from the Slain · The Readers · lt 72 · Busby’s Banter · Andrew Busby · aw

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Scheherazade [#19 (2000)] ed. Elizabeth Counihan (Scheherazade, £2.50, 37pp, A5, cover by Deirdre Counihan) Small press fiction magazine specializing in fantasy, SF and gothic romance. Available from Elizabeth Counihan, 14 Queens Park Rise, Brighton, BN2 2ZF. ifc · The Sultan Replies · The Readers · lt 1 · Editorial · Elizabeth Counihan · ed 2 · The Gull Witch · Neil Williamson · ss; illus. Julia Sexton 7 · Liz Williams interviews Christopher Priest · Liz Williams · iv [Christopher Priest] 11 · Afertere’s Eyes · Marilyn Mattie Brahen · ss; illus. Gerald Gaubert 17 · King’s Daughter [Part 16 of 16] · Jane Gaskell & Deirdre Counihan, adapt. · gs 21 · Reflections of Alice · Simon Forward · ss; illus. Noel Bateman 30 · The Soul of a Poet [Part 1 of ?] · Cherry Wilder · ss Arabesques 2, ed. Susan Shwartz, Avon, 1989; illus. Deirdre Counihan 34 · FAN Mail · R. J. Frost · ss

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Scheherazade [#20 (2000)] ed. Elizabeth Counihan (Scheherazade, £2.80, 41pp, A5) 1 · Editorial · Elizabeth Counihan · ed 2 · The Soul of a Poet [Part 2 of ?] · Cherry Wilder · ss Arabesques 2, ed. Susan Shwartz, Avon, 1989; illus. Deirdre Counihan 8 · A Step in the Right Direction · Steve Dean · vi 11 · The Murder of Aelfwynn · Chris Paul · ss; illus. Deirdre Counihan 15 · The Sultan Replies · The Readers · lt 16 · Mary O’Keefe Talks to Tom Arden · Mary O’Keefe · iv [Tom Arden] 20 · The Company of Four · Elizabeth Bear · ss; illus. Gerald Gaubert 29 · A Gift from the Merlee · Katherine Roberts · ss; illus. Julia Sexton 36 · The Man in the Velvet Mask · Alexander Glass · ss; illus. Deirdre Counihan

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Sci-Fright [Issue # 6] ed. Sian Ross (Springbeach Press, £4.00, 152pp, A5, cover by Iain Maynard) 4 · The Abduction · Simon Logan · ss 9 · After the Rains · Steve Redwood · vi 11 · As Quiet as It Gets · Mark West · ss 17 · A Short Story · Roger Perrin · vi 19 · Business As Usual · Richard J. Thompson · vi 21 · Street Cred · Paul Jameson · ss 25 · Choudapt [Polity] · Neal Asher · ss 39 · Doctor Who: The Five Doctors Review · Tony Lee · ar 41 · Fairy Tail · Steve Dean · ss 47 · Fright Flick Fight · Martainn Russell · mr 49 · The Head That Wears the Crown · Peter Tennant · ss 55 · Photographs of Falling Objects Blur · Andrew Darlington · ss 62 · Pump Fiction · Robert Rowntree · ss 68 · Spacenapped · Stuart Young · ss 77 · The Road Home · Barbara A. Custer · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul ’99 87 · Two’s Company · Paul Jameson · vi 89 · Walk in the Woods · Mark Cantrell · ss 93 · Where Are You Joe? Where Are You Rose? · Paul Marshall · vi 96 · The Shadow of Waun Gron Parc · David Price · ss 106 · Symmetries · Ceri Jordan · ss 110 · Communiqué from the Holding Pods · Steve Dulson · ar 111 · June · Paul Finch · vi 113 · Dark Sweat · D. F. Lewis & Jeff Holland · nv 137 · A New Genesis · Catherine J. Gardner · vi 139 · Radio-Babe and the Liquidator · Seán Russell Friend · ss 151 · Sounding Ground · The Readers · lt

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