The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Poet • Titan Rex • (ss)
• The Poet • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Poet • Christian Westerlund • (ss)
• The Poet Who Fell in Love with the Moon • John Gale • (pp)
• Poetic Justice • Basil Copper • (ss)
• A Poetic La Bas • James P. Roberts • (pm)
• Poetry at Eurocon 2001-Romainia (Part One) • Andrei Dorian Gheorghe • (ar)
• The Poets’ War • Bruce Boston • (ss)
• Pogy Bobs and the Hyena of Death • Hugh Cook • (ss)
• Point of Interest • Shane Ryan Staley • (ss)
• Points of Interest • Misc. • (ms)
• Poison • Kyla Ward • (ss)
• The Poison Belt • Arthur Conan Doyle • (n.)
• The Poison Master, Liz Williams • Faren Miller • (br)
• Polar Catastrophe • Jack Williamson • (is)
• The Polar Ones • Lin Carter • (pm)
• Polaroids of the Stars • Neil the Freeze-Dried Hippie • (ar)
• The Polish Boy • Orson Scott Card • (na)
• The Political Officer • Charles Coleman Finlay • (na)
• Polyphemus’ Cave • David Nickle • (nv)
• Polyphemus Moth • Mark E. Rudolph • (pm)
• Polyphony, Jay Lake, ed. • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Pomegranate Seed • Edith Wharton • (nv)
• The Pond • Bentley Little • (ss)
• The Pond in 3-D • Bruce Glassco • (ss)
• The Pool • Charles Beaumont • (ss)
• Pool • Michael Laimo • (ss)
• A Pool in the Desert • Robin McKinley • (na)
• Pool Party • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pm)
• Poor Man’s Funeral • Sean R. Friend • (pm)
• Pop Is Real Smart • Mort Castle • (vi)
• The Popcorn Vendor • Cathy Buburuz • (pm)
• Pope Jacynth • Vernon Lee • (ss)
• Poppy • Corrine De Winter • (pm)
• Poppy Z. Brite • Ramsey Campbell • (ar)
• Population Zero • Ray Naylor • (ss)
• Porcelain Feet • Yuri Buida • (ss)
• Pork Pie Hat • Peter Straub • (na)
• Portal • Christina Sng • (pm)
• Portals • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Portent • John Fisher • (ss)
• Portrait of a Sociopath • Edward Lee • (ss)
• Portrait of an Artist As a Rusty Bus • Rhys H. Hughes • (ss)
• The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, Jeffrey Ford • Nick Gevers • (br)
• The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, Jeffrey Ford • Faren Miller • (br)
• Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man • R. J. Barker • (ss)
• El Poso Del Mundo • Gary A. Braunbeck • (ss)
• Posse Comitatus • Wayne Edwards • (pm)
• The Possessed • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• Possession • Chico Kidd • (ss)
• Possible Reasons Why a Certain Famous Poet Doesn’t Like Me • Beth Ann Fennelly • (pm)
• Post Mortem of Our Love • Neil Gaiman • (sg)
• Posterity • Christopher Evans • (nv)
• The Posthumous Man • Albert E. Cowdrey • (ss)
• A Posthumous Protest • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• “Postproduction of the Human Heart”: Desire, Identification, and Virtual Embodiment in Feminist Narratives of Cyberspace • Thomas Foster • (cr)
• Postwar • Christina Sng • (pm)
• The Potato • Bentley Little • (ss)
• The Potbellied Smirkleflab • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Potemkin Division • Robert Sacchi • (ss)
• Potent • Samuel Minier • (pm)
• Potherb Gardening • Ruth Berman • (pm)
• The Potter of Bones • Eleanor Arnason • (na)
• Potter’s Grey • Joan Aiken • (ss)
• Potts Art Example • Rick Potts • (il)
• Potty Mouth • Shane Ryan Staley • (ss)
• Pour Chercher du Nouveau • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• Powder Figures • Anandi Devi • (ss)
• The Powder of Hyperborea • Clark Ashton Smith • (ss)
• The Power • Paul Melniczek • (ss)
• The Power of Eld • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• The Power of the Mind • M. L. Archer • (ss)
• Power of the Puppets • Fritz Leiber • (ss)
• The Power of the Serpent • Peter Valentine Timlett • (n.)
• Power Shake • Raymond A. Valent • (ss)
• Powered by Water • Mia Molvray, Ph.D. • (ss)
• Poyekhali 3201 • Stephen M. Baxter • (ss)
• Practical Joke • John Sladek • (ss)
• Practicing the (Almost) Lost Art • Stephen King • (in)
• Prague 47 • Joel Best • (ss)
• The Prank • Kenneth James Crist • (ss)
• Pranks • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• Pratfall • John Maclay • (vi)
• The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams • Russell Letson • (br)
• The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams • Faren Miller • (br)
• A Prayer for Captain La Hire • Patrice E. Sarath • (ss)
• The Prayer of Yzduggor the Apostate • Richard L. Tierney • (pm)
• Prayer to Lord Yok-Zothoth • Richard L. Tierney • (pm)
• The Prayers of Dead Things • Weston Ochse • (ss)
• Prayers to the Void • Eddie M. Angerhuber • (ss)
• Praying Mantis • Mark E. Rudolph • (pm)
• Precious Artifact • Philip K. Dick • (ss)
• The Precipice, in Moonlight • Gerard Daniel Houarner • (ss)
• Precognitive Myopia • Forrest Aguirre • (ss)
• Predator • Raven B. Kaldera • (ss)
• Predestiny • Christopher East • (ss)
• Predicting the Future • Douglas Adams • (ar)
• Preface • Mike Ashley • (pr)
• Preface • Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois • (pr)
• Preface • Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling • (pr)
• Preface • Bob Leman • (pr)
• Preface • Charlotte F. Otten • (pr)
• Preface • Michele B. Slung • (pr)
• Preface • Chet Williamson • (pr)
• Preface • Jane Yolen • (pr)
• Preface to Al-Azif • L. Sprague de Camp • (pr)
• The Preface to the 1922 Edition of The Coming of the Fairies • Arthur Conan Doyle • (pr)
• Preface: The Beat Goes On • Karen Haber • (pr)
• The Prehistory of the Mind • Brian W. Aldiss • (pm)
• Prejudice and Pride • Carol Emshwiller • (ss)
• Prelude • Paul E. Pinn • (ss)
• Prelude • Allen M. Steele • (lk)
• Premonitions of the West • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
• Preposterous But True! • Amy Beth Forbes • (ar)
• Presence • Maureen F. McHugh • (nv)
• Presence of Mind • Edward M. Lerner • (na)
• Present • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• Present Tense • L. A. Graf • (n.)
• Presentiments of Dawn • Brian W. Aldiss • (pm)
• The Pressures of Being a Single Parent • Forrest Aguirre • (ss)
• Pretend Vampire • Kendall Evans • (pm)
• Pretending • Ray Vukcevich • (ss)
• Pretty • Simon Logan • (ss)
• Pretty Boy Crossover • Pat Cadigan • (ss)
• Prey • Noelle DeMarest • (ss)
• Prey • Raven B. Kaldera • (ss)
• Prey • Paul Kane • (ss)
• Prey • Richard Matheson • (ss)
• Prey to Darkness • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• The Price • Nancy Bennett • (pm)
• The Price • Paul Ryan • (ss)
• The Price of Redemption • Gary Allen • (ss)
• Pride, Prejudice and Paranoia • Michael Spence • (nv)
• A Priestess’ Tale • Mary Jane Beaufrand • (ss)
• Primary Ignition: The End of the Century • Allen M. Steele • (cl)
• Primevil • Gary West • (pm)
• Primitive Thinking • Jeff Dundas • (ss)
• Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady • Vernon Lee • (na)
• Prince Alcouz and the Magician • Clark Ashton Smith • (vi)
• A Prince in Another Place • Philippa Pearce • (ss)
• The Prince of Annwn • Evangeline Walton • (n.)
• Prince of Fire and Ashes, Katya Reimann • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Prince of Mercenaries • Jerry E. Pournelle • (n.)
• The Prince of Mules • Carol Emshwiller • (ss)
• Prince of Sparta • Jerry E. Pournelle & S. M. Stirling • (n.)
• Prince Zaleski • Brian M. Stableford • (in)
• Princes and Priscilla • Ruth Nestvold • (ss)
• The Princess and the Accountant • Robert E. Rogoff • (ss)
• The Princess and the Pea • Hans Christian Andersen • (vi)
• Princess Aria • R. García y Robertson • (na)
• The Princess at the Sabbat • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• The Princess au miroirs • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• Princess Disenchanted • Darla Cady • (pm)
• The Princess of All Lands • Russell Kirk • (ss)
• A Princess of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs • (n.)
• The Princess of the Red Lilies • Jean Lorrain • (ss)
• Principles of Long Term Investing • Gary Hernandez • (ss)
• Priorities • Raymond M. Coulombe • (ed)
• Prism • Julie E. Czerneda • (nv)
• Prism: The Mechanisation and Deconstruction of Beauty • Simon Logan • (ss)
• A Prison of Clouds • Tim Susman • (nv)
• Prison of Shadow • Stenger White • (ss)
• The Prisoner in the Jewel • Diana L. Paxson • (nv)
• The Prisoner of Chillon • James Patrick Kelly • (nv)
• The Private Life of Genghis Khan • Douglas Adams • (ss)
• Private Line to Tomorrow • Nelson S. Bond • (ss)
• Prix Aurora Awards • Misc. • (ms)
• The Prize • David Barr Kirtley • (ss)
• Probability Space, Nancy Kress • Russell Letson • (br)
• Probability Zero:
  ___ Alternate Marketing • Alan L. Lickiss • (vi)
  ___ Bumper Cars • Grey Rollins • (vi)
  ___ By the Lake • Jeff Hecht • (vi)
  ___ Ego Boost • Ian Randal Strock • (vi)
  ___ Hot Tip • Billy Bruce Winkles • (vi)
  ___ You Gotta See This! • Ian Randal Strock • (vi)
  ___ Zero Tolerance • Kevin Levites • (vi)
• Probable Cause • Stephen Dedman • (ss)
• The Problem of Pain • Poul Anderson • (nv)
• The Problem with Mermaids • Ken Rand • (ss)
• The Procyon Plate • Richard Harland • (ss)
• The Producer • Steve Mohn • (ss)
• Proem • John Grant • (ss)
• Profession of Science Fiction, 29: Kids! Read Books In Your Spare Time! • John Sladek • (ar)
• The Progenitor • Brian Evenson • (ss)
• The Progress That Lies Beneath • Ian Randal Strock • (ed)
• The Project • Carol Emshwiller • (ss)
• Project Horizon and LUNEX: Cold War Plans for Military Bases on the Moon • John G. Hemry • (ar)
• The Projectionist’s Nightmare • Kurt Newton • (ss)
• Prologue • Anonymous • (pr)
• Prologue • Stephen M. Baxter • (lk)
• Prologue • Alessandro Boffa • (pr)
• Prologue • Gordon R. Dickson • (lk)
• Prologue • Christopher Heath • (pr)
• Prologue • Nicholas Wroe • (bg)
• Prologue: The Illustrated Man • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• Prometheus’ Daughter • Horace Dusendschon • (ss)
• Prometheus’ Declaration of Love for the Vulture • Alan Rodgers • (pm)
• Prometheus’s Ghost • Chet Williamson • (nv)
• The Promise • Emily Cumming • (ss)
• The Promise • Walter de la Mare • (ss)
• The Promise • Ray Wallace • (ss)
• Promise Me • Andrew Humphrey • (ss)
• A Promise to Keep • Barbara A. Custer • (ss)
• Promised Land • Brian M. Stableford • (n.)
• Pronises • Stephen Leigh • (na)
• Proof of the Existence of God • James Patrick Kelly • (ss)
• Proof of the Pudding • Nelson S. Bond • (ss)
• The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum • James Patrick Kelly • (ss)
• Proper Names • Ian Creasey • (ss)
• Prophecy • W. Paul Ganley • (pm)
• A Prophecy Failed • Christopher Heath • (nv)
• The Prophet • Stanley Schmidt • (nv)
• The Prophet Speaks • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• The Prospect Cards • Don Tumasonis • (nv)
• Prospero’s Children • Jan Siegel • (n.)
• Prosthesis • Barbara Rosen • (ss)
• Protection • Robert Sheckley • (ss)