The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Stories, Listed by Author

MELKO, PAUL J(oseph), Jr. (1968- ) (chron.)

• * Singletons in Love, (nv) Live Without a Net, ed. Lou Anders, Roc 2003

MELLICK, CARLTON, III (chron.)

• * Porno in August, (ss) Random Acts of Weirdness, ed. Brian Knight, Catalyst Press 2002
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 2003

MELLISH, TOM (chron.)

• * Your Landlord Is Evil, (ss) Thirteen Stories Mar 2003

MELLON, MARK A. (chron.)

• * The White Whale of Europa, (ss) Black Satellite Win 2003

MELNICZEK, PAUL (chron.)

• * Green Lightning, (ss) Thirteen Stories Jan 2003
• * Grim Man, (ss) Whispers from the Shattered Forum #12 2003
• * A Prick of Skin, (ss) The Blackest Death Volume I, ed. Anon., Black Death Books 2003
  • The Blackest Death Volume I, ed. Anon., KHP Industries/Black Death Books 2003
• * Shifted, (ss) Lovecraft’s Weird Mysteries #6 2003
• * Watch Out, (pm) Flesh & Blood #11 2003

MELOY, PAUL (chron.)

• * Don’t Touch the Blackouts, (ss) The Third Alternative #34 2003

MELTON, HENRY (chron.)

• * Working Alone, (ss) Analog Jun 2003

MELVILLE, CHAS. P. A. (chron.)

• * Mercy to the Cubs: A Tale of the Furkindred [Furkindred], (nv) Yarf! Jul 1995
  • Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction, ed. Fred Patten, Sofawolf Press 2003

MENDENHALL, ROBERT J. (chron.)

• * Ancient History, (ss) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI, ed. Dean Wesley Smith, John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block, Pocket 2003

MENDLESOHN, FARAH (books) (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Falling Out of Cars, Jeff Noon, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * The Iron Chain, Steve Cockayne, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * Maul, Tricia Sullivan, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * Natural History, Justina Robson, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003

MENZIES, DAVID NEIL (chron.)

• * Gus the Dragon, (pm) Astropoetica Fll 2003

MERAK, A. J.; pseudonym of John S. Glasby, (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Nightfall on Ronan, (ss) Fantasy Adventures #5, ed. Philip Harbottle, Cosmos Books 2003

MERCURE, BONNIE (1972?- ) (chron.)

• * Tell Me Your Dream, (ss) NFG #1 2003

MERRIAM, JOANNE (chron.)

• * No Words, (pm) Strange Horizons (online) Feb 3 2003
  • Strange Horizons (online) Feb 2003

MERRIL, JUDITH; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * Dead Center, (nv) F&SF Nov 1954
  • Architects of Dreams, ed. Robin Wayne Bailey, Meisha Merlin 2003
• * That Only a Mother, (ss) Astounding Jun 1948
  • Architects of Dreams, ed. Robin Wayne Bailey, Meisha Merlin 2003
• * Whoever You Are, (nv) Startling Stories Dec 1952
  • Architects of Dreams, ed. Robin Wayne Bailey, Meisha Merlin 2003

MERRIMAN, PAUL (chron.)

• * letter, (lt) Interzone May/Jun 2003

MERRITT, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (chron.)

• * The Woman of the Wood, (nv) Weird Tales Aug 1926
  • Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy, ed. Douglas A. Anderson, Ballantine Del Rey 2003

MERRITT, BYRON (chron.)

• * Father Figure, (ss) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Apr 2003
• * Interview— Brian Herbert, (iv) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #9 2003

MERRITT-PINCKARD, TERRI (chron.)

• * Introduction: From Female Pioneers to Present-Day Writers, (in) Womanthology, ed. Forrest J Ackerman & Pam Keesey, Sense of Wonder Press 2003
• * A Small Planet of Our Own, (ss) Womanthology, ed. Forrest J Ackerman & Pam Keesey, Sense of Wonder Press 2003

MESA, GABRIEL (chron.)

• * El Mal de Ciudades Fantasmales, (ms) The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, ed. Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, Night Shade Books 2003

METZ, MELINDA (chron.)

• * “Abomination,” Beauport, Brittany, France, 1320 (with Laura J. Burns), (nv) Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2, ed. Anon., Simon Pulse 2003
  • Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer, Volumes 2 & 3, ed. Anon., SFBC 2003

METZGER, LOIS (chron.)

• * The Girl in the Attic, (ss) Swan Sister, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster 2003

METZGER, ROBERT A(lan) (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Power of Rotting Plants, or How SF Solved Global Warming (with Gregory Benford & Martin I. Hoffert), (ar) Analog Oct 2003
• * What If?:
  ___ #36, (ar) Absolute Magnitude Fll 2003

MEYER, CHRISTOPH (chron.)

• * Death Ditty, (pm) Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #12 2003
• * Mirrors, (pm) Black Petals Sum 2003
• * Three Bean and Moon Salad, (ss) Electric Velocipede Fll 2003

MEYER, KENNETH W. (chron.)

• * The Horla (as it might happen to a Heinlein hero), (pm) Weird Tales Sum 2000
  • Weird Tales 317-320 (Fall 1999-Summer 2000), ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, Wildside Press 2003

MEYER, LEE (chron.)

• * Word Game, (ss) NFG #2 2003

MEYNARD, YVES (1964- ); see pseudonym Laurent McAllister (chron.)

• * In Yerusalom, (nv) Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic, ed. Claude Lalumière, Véhicule Press 2003

MEYRINK, GUSTAV; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (chron.)

• * The Master, (ss) The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy 1890-2000, ed. Mike Mitchell, Dedalus 2003; tr. by Mike Mitchell

MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Bubbleburst World, (vi) NFG #3 2003

MICHAEL, ELEANOR (chron.)

• * The Cat or the Rose?, (ss) Alien Worlds #38 2003

MICHAELS, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * The Bargain, (ss) EOTU Ezine Apr 2003

MICHALOWSKI, MARK (chron.)

• * The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe [Doctor Who], (ss) Doctor Who: Short Trips: Companions, ed. Jacqueline Rayner, Big Finish 2003

MICHAUD, AL (chron.)

• * Clem Crowder’s Catch [Clem Crowder], (nv) F&SF Jul 2003

MICHELL, CLAIRE (chron.)

• * The Rime of the Four and Twenty, (vi) ABCTales (online)
  • Lighthouse Magazine Apr 2003; winner of £50 Best Short Story competition.

MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (books) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * Buscard’s Murrain, (fa) The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, ed. Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, Night Shade Books 2003
• * Details, (ss) The Children of Cthulhu, ed. John Pelan & Benjamin Adams, Ballantine Del Rey 2002
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 2003
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 14, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2003
• * An End to Hunger, (ss) New English Library Book of Internet Stories, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, NEL 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Familiar, (ss) Conjunctions #39 2002
  • Year’s Best Fantasy 3, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2003
• * Fifty Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Socialists Should Read, (ar); first published as a handout at the Socialist Workers Party Summer School Marxism 2000.
  • Breaking Windows, ed. Luís Rodrigues, Prime Books 2003
• * Long Live the New Weird, (ed) The Third Alternative #35 2003
• * The Tain, (na) PS Publishing 2002
  • Cities, ed. Peter Crowther, Orion/Gollancz 2003

MILDER, SCOTT (chron.)

• * Lord of the Bees, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #16 2003

MILEMAN, TONY (chron.)

• * Fiend, (pm) Flesh & Blood #13 2003
• * Frightful Dreams: An Interview with Simon Clark, (iv) Here & Now Spr 2003
• * James Lovegrove Interviewed, (iv) The Third Alternative #35 2003

MILLAR, MARTIN; see pseudonym Martin Scott (books) (chron.)

MILLER, ALYN (chron.)

• * Final Vengeance, (pm) Weird Tales Sep/Oct 2003

MILLER, AMY (chron.)

• * When the Aliens Ask of Breakfast, (pm) Asimov’s Dec 2003

MILLER, ANDY (chron.)

• * Calliope, (pm) Dreams & Nightmares #65 2003
• * Four Days from Ashley’s Diary, (vi) Spellbound Spr 2003
• * Skin Diving, (pm) Star*Line v26 #4 2003
• * unstained, (vi) EOTU Ezine Feb 2003

MILLER, FAREN (Carol) (1950- ) (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Abhorsen, Garth Nix, (br) Locus v50:1 No.504 Jan 2003
• * Any Man So Daring, Sarah A. Hoyt, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * The Battle of Evernight, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * The Binder’s Road, Terry McGarry, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * Blood and Souls, John Davey, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories, Michael Bishop, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * The Buzzing, Jim Knipfel, (br) Locus v50:1 No.504 Jan 2003
• * A Choir of Ill Children, Tom Piccirilli, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists, Peter Straub, ed., (br) Locus v50:2 No.505 Feb 2003
• * Crawlers, John Shirley, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * The Crystal City, Orson Scott Card, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, Sheree R. Thomas, ed., (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * The Devil You Know, Poppy Z. Brite, (br) Locus v50:3 No.506 Mar 2003
• * The Druid King, Norman Spinrad, (br) Locus v51:2 No.511 Aug 2003
• * Everyone in Silico, Jim Munroe, (br) Locus v50:2 No.505 Feb 2003
• * Extremes, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (br) Locus v51:1 No.510 Jul 2003
• * The Facts of Life, Graham Joyce, (br) Locus v50:3 No.506 Mar 2003
• * Fat White Vampire Blues, Andrew Fox, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * Fitcher’s Brides, Gregory Frost, (br) Locus v50:1 No.504 Jan 2003
• * Fudoki, Kij Johnson, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * The Glass Mountain, Jessica Rydill, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * Impossible Odds, Dave Duncan, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * IN & OZ, Steve Tomasula, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * In Springdale Town, Robert Freeman Wexler, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * In the Forest of Serre, Patricia A. McKillip, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * Kalpa Imperial, Angélica Gorodischer, (br) Locus v51:1 No.510 Jul 2003
• * The Knight, Gene Wolfe, (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * Kushiel’s Avatar, Jacqueline Carey, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * Legends II, Robert Silverberg, ed., (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * Letters from Hades, Jeffrey Thomas, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * The Light Ages, Ian R. MacLeod, (br) Locus v50:6 No.509 Jun 2003
• * The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius: Stories of the Comic Apocalypse, Michael Moorcock, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * lost boy, lost girl, Peter Straub, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * Louisiana Breakdown, Lucius Shepard, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * Lust, Geoff Ryman, (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * The Merlin Conspiracy, Diana Wynne Jones, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * Mojo: Conjure Stories, Nalo Hopkinson, ed., (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * Monstrocity, Jeffrey Thomas, (br) Locus v51:1 No.510 Jul 2003
• * Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett, (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * Mortal Suns, Tanith Lee, (br) Locus v51:2 No.511 Aug 2003
• * Nine Layers of Sky, Liz Williams, (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold, (br) Locus v51:2 No.511 Aug 2003
• * Paper Mage, Leah R. Cutter, (br) Locus v50:3 No.506 Mar 2003
• * A Place So Foreign and Eight More, Cory Doctorow, (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * The Resurrection Man’s Legacy and Other Stories, Dale Bailey, (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * Roma Eterna, Robert Silverberg, (br) Locus v51:1 No.510 Jul 2003
• * A Shortcut in Time, Charles Dickinson, (br) Locus v50:1 No.504 Jan 2003
• * The Skrayling Tree, Michael Moorcock, (br) Locus v50:2 No.505 Feb 2003
• * Snare, Katharine Kerr, (br) Locus v50:3 No.506 Mar 2003
• * Snowball’s Chance, John Reed, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * The Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon, (br) Locus v50:1 No.504 Jan 2003
• * A Stir of Bones, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (br) Locus v51:2 No.511 Aug 2003
• * Sunshine, Robin McKinley, (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, “Dr."s Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, eds., (br) Locus v51:3 No.512 Sep 2003
• * The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * Time Travelers, Ghosts, and Other Visions, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (br) Locus v51:1 No.510 Jul 2003
• * Trampoline, Kelly Link, ed., (br) Locus v51:2 No.511 Aug 2003
• * Trial of Fire, Kate Jacoby, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003
• * Turning the Storm, Naomi Kritzer, (br) Locus v50:2 No.505 Feb 2003
• * The Two Sams, Glen Hirshberg, (br) Locus v51:6 No.515 Dec 2003
• * Unintended Consequences, Alex Irvine, (br) Locus v51:4 No.513 Oct 2003
• * Veniss Underground, Jeff VanderMeer, (br) Locus v50:3 No.506 Mar 2003
• * Venus Preserved, Tanith Lee, (br) Locus v51:5 No.514 Nov 2003
• * Wasteland of Flint, Thomas Harlan, (br) Locus v50:5 No.508 May 2003
• * Zulu Heart, Steven Barnes, (br) Locus v50:4 No.507 Apr 2003

MILLER, KENRA J. (chron.)

• * World Without End, (ss) CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. II, ed. Anon., CrossTIME 2003

MILLER, KEVIN JAMES (chron.)

• * Sex Killer for God, (ss) Scared Naked Magazine #4 2003

MILLER, MONICA (chron.)

• * letter, (lt) Interzone May/Jun 2003

MILLER, STEVE(n R.) (1950- ) (books) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * The Cat’s Job, (ss) Chariot to the Stars, SRM Publisher 1997
  • The Cat’s Job, SRM Publisher 2002
• * Heirloom (with Sharon Lee) [*Liaden], (nv) Shadows and Shades, SRM Publisher 2002
• * Introduction (with Sharon Lee), (in)
  • Low Port, ed. Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Meisha Merlin 2003