The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Stories, Listed by Title

• Pavement Birds • Wil McCarthy • (pm)
• The Pavilion of Saint Merci • Mary Heaton Vorse • (ss)
• Pawn • Timons Esaias • (ss)
• Pawns of Tomorrow • Nelson S. Bond • (nv)
• Paws • G. O. Clark • (pm)
• “Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain...” • Keith Herber • (fw)
• Pay Per View • Jess Butcher • (ss)
• Payback • Graham McNeill • (ss)
• Paycheck • Philip K. Dick • (nv)
• Paydirt • Lance Parkin • (ss)
• Peabody Slept Here • John Sladek • (ss)
• The Peaceful Meadow • W. Paul Ganley • (pm)
• Peaceful Tomorrows • David Potorti • (ss)
• The Peacemakers • Alan James Garbers • (nv)
• The Peach-House-Potting-Shed • William Sansom • (ss)
• The Peacock Sari • L. M. Crump • (ss)
• The Peacock Throne • Charles Sheffield • (nv)
• Pearl • J. R. R. Tolkien • (pm)
• Pearlie Little • Randy D. Ashburn • (ss)
• Peep Show • Walt Hicks • (ss)
• Pein bek Longpela Telimpon • Alan Dean Foster • (ss)
• Peking Man • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• The “Pelican” • John Sladek • (pm)
• The Pen and the Dark • Colin Kapp • (nv)
• Penance • Gary Every • (ss)
• Penance • Scott Nicholson • (ss)
• Penis Envy • Paul Rencher • (vi)
• Penny Dreadful • Stephen Grasso • (ss)
• Penny Lombard and the Heart Ken Found • Alan Rodgers • (nv)
• Penumbra (Death’s Daughter) • Kathleen Ward • (ss)
• The People • G. W. Thomas • (ss)
• People Stuff • Greg van Eekhout • (ss)
• Perceptual Set • James Van Pelt • (nv)
• Perceptualistics, art by Jael, text by John Grant • Karen Haber • (br)
• Perchance to Dream • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • (nv)
• Percival • Ursula Dubosarsky • (ss)
• Peredur, Son of Evrawc • Charlotte Guest • (nv)
• Perennial Mosley • Martin Taulbut • (ss)
• Perfect • Lawrence Barker • (ss)
• A Perfect Day in Valdemar • Larry Dixon • (nv)
• The Perfect Form • Pat Salah • (ss)
• A Perfect Love • Brian W. Keen • (ss)
• A Perfect Setting • John Nixon • (mr)
• Perfidy • James Viscosi • (ss)
• Performance • Charlee Jacob • (ss)
• Perihesperon • Greg Bear • (ss)
• Perimeter Team • Wolfgang Gregory Zeuner • (ss)
• Periodical Table of Science Fiction:
  ___ Antimony • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Arsenic • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Barium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Bromine • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Cadmium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Cerium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Cesium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Copper • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Dysprosium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Erbium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Europium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Gadolinium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Gallium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Germanium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Hafnium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Holmium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Indium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Iodine • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Krypton • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Lanthanum • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Lutetium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Molybdenum • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Niobium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Osmium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Palladium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Promethium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Rhenium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Rhodium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Rubidium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Ruthenium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Samarium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Selenium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Silver • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Strontium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Tantalum • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Technetium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Tellurium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Terbium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Thulium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Tin • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Xenon • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Ytterbium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Yttrium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Zinc • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Zirconium • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
• Peripheral Movement in the Leaves Under an Orange Tree • Robert Hood • (ss)
• Permafrost • Roger Zelazny • (nv)
• Permanence, Karl Schroeder • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Permanence, Karl Schroeder • Faren Miller • (br)
• Permissions • Misc. • (ms)
• Perpetual Motion • Julie Travis • (ss)
• Persephone Lost • W. Paul Ganley • (pm)
• Persian Eyes • Tanith Lee • (nv)
• The Persistence of Dalí • Paul Kane • (ss)
• The Persistence of Dreams • Monica J. O’Rourke • (ss)
• Personal Mythology • Mark McLaughlin • (ss)
• Personal Thing • Neil Gaiman • (sg)
• Personality Problem • Joe R. Lansdale • (vi)
• Perspective • Stanley Schmidt • (ed)
• Perspectives • Brian W. Aldiss • (pm)
• Petals • Christina Sng • (pm)
• Pete Atkins • Ramsey Campbell • (in)
• Pete Johnson • Peter Haining • (aw)
• Peter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe • Misc. • (bg)
• Peter Straub • Ramsey Campbell • (fw)
• Pete’s Other Column • Peter Tennant • (cl)
• Petey • Shane Ryan Staley • (ss)
• Petite Guignol (for a change) • Vincent W. Sakowski • (pm)
• Petition: To Tsathoggua • Richard L. Tierney • (pm)
• Petra • Greg Bear • (nv)
• Pets • James S. Dorr • (ss)
• Petting the Time Shark • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Phallicide • Charles Sheffield • (nv)
• Phantasm • Dayna Winters • (ss)
• The Phantom Coach • Amelia B. Edwards • (ss)
• The Phantom Farmhouse • Seabury Quinn • (nv)
• The Phantom Lover • Shirley Jackson • (ss)
• A Phantom Lover • Vernon Lee • (na)
• Phantom Night • Wendy Rathbone • (pm)
• The Phantom of Dunwell Cove • Charles Sheffield • (nv)
• The Phantom of Yremy • Brian Craig • (nv)
• The Phantom Tolbukhin • Harry Turtledove • (ss)
• Phase Space, Stephen Baxter • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Phase Space, Stephen Baxter • Jonathan Strahan • (br)
• Phasing Out • Jamie Rosen • (vi)
• Phillip Pullman • Peter Haining • (aw)
• The Philosopher of the Court of Calipha • Stuart Richards • (ss)
• Philtre of Love from the Land of the Damned • Christopher Fulbright • (ss)
• Phlegm • Shelley Jackson • (nv)
• Phocas • Remy de Gourmont • (ss)
• Phoenix • Steven Brust • (n.)
• Phoenix Rising • Arrianna Jaben-Pruitt • (ss)
• A Phone Conversation • Emily Martha Clark • (ss)
• The Phonebook Man • Bentley Little • (ss)
• Phoney Meteor • John Beynon • (nv)
• Photographer • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• The Photographer • Andersen Prunty • (ss)
• Phylogenesis • Paul Di Filippo • (nv)
• Phylogenesis • Alan Dean Foster • (n.)
• Picking Up Courtney • Tim Waggoner • (ss)
• Pickman’s Modem • Lawrence Watt-Evans • (ss)
• Picnics in the Park • Jeremy Sauer • (ss)
• Picoverse, Robert A. Metzger • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Pie and Coffee in Hollywood, Ray Garton • Edward Bryant • (br)
• The Piebald Man • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (ss)
• A Piece of Cleopatra • Brian W. Aldiss • (pm)
• Pieces of the Game • G. Durant Haire • (ss)
• The Pig • Edward Lee • (na)
• The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. • Bob Leman • (nv)
• The Pillory • Charlee Jacob • (pm)
• Pillow Talk • Bentley Little • (ss)
• The Pilots • L. E. Modesitt, Jr. • (ss)
• Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Gris Grimly • Karen Haber • (br)
• Pipeline to Paradise • Nelson S. Bond • (ss)
• The Piper • Charlee Jacob • (nv)
• Piper in the Night, Dave Smeds • Faren Miller • (br)
• Pirithouse: MCMLXVI (for L.A.M.) • W. Paul Ganley • (pm)
• Pisces • Alison Lawson • (ss)
• The Pit • Kurt Newton • (ss)
• Pits of Doom™ • Michael Davidson • (ss)
• Pixel Pixies • Charles de Lint • (nv)
• A Place for the Dead • Robert Hood • (ss)
• A Place of Everything • R. Innes • (ss)
• A Place to Begin • Richard Parks • (ss)
• A Place Where a Head Would Rest • Chet Williamson • (bg)
• A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens • Claude Lalumière • (ss)
• Plague and Tyrants • Douglas R. Empringham • (ss)
• The Plague Demon • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• A Plague of Conscience • Greg Bear • (na)
• Plague on Kryder II • Murray Leinster • (na)
• The Plague Species • Charlee Jacob • (ss)
• Planck’s Invisible Friend • Cheryl Snell • (pm)
• Planet Clones: Mars • Ruth Berman • (pm)
• The Planet Eater • Hertzan Chimera • (vi)
• The Planet of Youth • Jack Williamson • (ss)
• The Planet Wreckers • Keith Laumer • (nv)
• The Planter • Lauren Halkon • (ss)
• Planting Yggdrasil • Georgette Perry • (pm)
• The Plastic Smile • J. F. Gonzalez • (ss)
• The Plastitone • John Sladek • (cs)
• Plato and The Matrix: Odeals, Forms, and True Fiction • Ethan Sproat • (ar)
• Play It Forever Sam • John B. Rosenman • (ss)
• The Playground • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• The Playground • Christian Westerlund • (ss)
• Playing Catch • Todd Moore • (pm)
• Playing the Classics: Role Playing Your Favorite Novels • Kyla Ward • (ar)
• Playing the Game • J. F. Gonzalez • (ss)
• Please Don’t Hurt Me • F. Paul Wilson • (ss)
• Please Don’t Tear Down St Jerome • Hunter Seitz • (ss)
• The pleasure surgeons • Ian Watson • (pm)
• Pleasures of the Shore • Lenora K. Rogers • (vi)
• Plenty • Christopher Barzak • (ss)
• The Plot — Mordred’s story • Allan Baillie • (ss)
• Plot Twist • David J. Schow • (ss)
• Plotting for Perfection • Tim Prasil • (ss)
• Plumage from Pegasus:
  ___ Games Writers Play • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ Kiss of the Spider Critic • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ My Life—and Welcome to Fifteen Percent of It • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ Press One for Literature • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
  ___ The Unkindest Cuts • Paul Di Filippo • (cl)
• Plush • Robert Swartwood • (pm)
• Pock • Jack Owens • (ss)
• Pod • Cat Sparks • (ss)
• A Poem and a Bunch of Roses • Charles Birkin • (ss)
• A Poem by Maurice Gruntfuttock • John Wilson • (pm)
• Poem for David Lean Waiting Before Dawn, Before Sunset, for the Golden Light of Light • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• Poem for Roland • Patrick McKinnon • (pm)
• Poem from Life in the West • Brian W. Aldiss • (pm)
• Poem Noir • Claudia Carlson • (pm)
• A Poem of Adrian Grey • David Niall Wilson • (pm)
• Poem Without Words #3 • Mark Bilokur • (pi)
• The Poet • Michael Carman • (pm)