The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Stories, Listed by Title

• Hitch-hiker • Robert Westall • (na)
• Hitmen—See Murderers • Timothy Zahn • (ss)
• Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown • Matthew S. Rotundo • (nv)
• Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown, Orson Scott Card, Keith Olexa, & Christian O’Toole, eds. • Richard Horton • (br)
• The Hobbyist • Lee Battersby • (ss)
• Hog • Lawrence Barker • (ss)
• Hold Back the Night • Colleen Anderson • (ss)
• Hold Me Forever • Joey Froehlich • (pm)
• Holder of Lightning, S.L. Farrell • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Holding Cell • Jack Ketchum • (ss)
• Holding Onto Ghosts • Kameron Hurley • (ss)
• Hole in Space • James P. Blaylock • (ss)
• The Hole in the Night • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Hole in the Wall • Zoran Zivkovic • (ss)
• The Holes through which the Scarabs Come • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pm)
• Holiday • Richard Christian Matheson • (ss)
• Holiday Data Glitch • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• Holiday Dinner • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• Holiday Gifts • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• Holiday, Holinight • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• Holidays on Other Planets • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• Hollow Bones • D. Christine Benders • (vi)
• The Hollow Lands • Michael Moorcock • (n.)
• The Hollowing • John Clute • (br)
• Hollows • Kim Antieau • (vi)
• A Hollywood Tradition • Brian M. Thomsen • (ss)
• The Holy Man • Larry E. Neagle • (ss)
• The Holy Things • Arthur Machen • (ss)
• Home • Cindy Main • (pm)
• Home Again, Home Again • Cory Doctorow • (nv)
• Home and Security • Gavin J. Grant • (ar)
• Home Before Dark • James P. Blaylock • (ss)
• Home Burial • Dale Bailey • (ss)
• Home Is Where the Heart Is • Anne Sheldon • (pm)
• Home on the Range • Pat York • (ss)
• Home Recordings • Matthew Derby • (ss)
• Home Visitor • Ann K. Schwader • (ss)
• Home, Sweet, Home • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• Homecoming • Robin Hobb • (na)
• Homecoming • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (nv)
• Homelands • Lucien Soulban • (ss)
• Homemade • Elizabeth A. Dunham • (ss)
• Homily • C. Robbins Clark • (ms)
• Honey • T. M. Gray • (ss)
• Honey Honey • Steve Lines • (pm)
• The Honey in the Wall • Oliver Onions • (ss)
• Honeydark • Liz Williams • (ss)
• A Honeymoon to Remember • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Honorable Mentions: 2002 • Misc. • (bi)
• Hoover’s Men • Howard Waldrop • (ss)
• Hooyoo Love • Fred Chappell • (ss)
• Hope • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• A Hope and a Prayer • Gavin Salisbury • (pm)
• Hope Chest • Garth Nix • (nv)
• Hopper Painting • Diane Duane • (ss)
• Hopscotch • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• Horizons • Colleen Anderson • (ss)
• The Horla (as it might happen to a Heinlein hero) • Kenneth W. Meyer • (pm)
• Horologium • Tim Jones • (pm)
• The Horror at Red Hook • H. P. Lovecraft • (nv)
• Horror House of Thumb • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• The Horror of the Many Faces • Tim Lebbon • (nv)
• Horror Seared My Brain!: An Interview with Hugh B. Cave • Tim Dill • (iv)
• The Horror Writer • William F. Nolan • (pm)
• The Horror Writers Association: The Bram Stoker Award Winners • Misc. • (ms)
• A Horror Writer’s Head • Thomas Zimmerman • (pm)
• Horrors by Waters • Jeffrey Ford • (vi)
• The Horsemen and the Morning Star • Barbara Hambly • (ss)
• Horsepower • Judy McCrosky • (ss)
• Horsepower • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• Horses Can See in the Dark • Marietta Ball • (ss)
• The Hortlak • Kelly Link • (nv)
• Hortorum Deus::
  ___ I. Don’t come near! Get away! Pass at a distance, Stranger! • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
  ___ IV. Enter then. My supports have been recently plastered • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
  ___ II. Respect, oh Traveller, if you do fear my wrath • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
  ___ III. Stop, you damn kids! Beware the noose, the trap, the dog! • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
  ___ V. What cold! the frost is bright on the last green vine-branches • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
• The Hospital for Sick Robots • Hugh A. D. Spencer • (ss)
• The Hostel of Da Choca • Randy Lee Eickhoff • (ss)
• A Hot and Copper Sky • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Hot Planet • Hal Clement • (nv)
• Hot Sky at Midnight • John Clute • (br)
• Hot Summoning, Tanya Huff • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Hotel • Susan Maljan • (pi)
• The Hotel • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (ss)
• The Hotel at Harlan’s Landing • Kage Baker • (ss)
• Hotel Diablo • Randy Chandler • (ss)
• Hotel Terminus • Geoffrey Maloney • (ss)
• Hounds in Scarlet • Howard Wandrei • (nv)
• The Hounds of the Hearth • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (ss)
• The Hounds of Tindalos • Steve Lines • (pm)
• The Hounds of Tindalos • Frank Belknap Long • (ss)
• The Hour Before Sundown • John S. Glasby • (ss)
• House • Jeremy Daw • (ss)
• The House • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• The House • Jane Rice • (nv)
• House for Sale • Mollie L. Burleson • (ss)
• House Hunting • Hugh Cook • (ss)
• The House in the Oaks • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• The House Inside • Norman Partridge • (ss)
• The House Inside, Norman Partridge • Edward Bryant • (br)
• House of Chains • William Thompson • (br)
• The House of Doctor Dee • John Clute • (br)
• The House of Dust • Elizabeth E. Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone • (ss)
• House of Horrors • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• The House of Judgement • Oscar Wilde • (vi)
• House of Omens • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (pm)
• A House of Pomegranates • Oscar Wilde • (co)
• The House of Solemn Children (A Broken Story) • Michael Cisco • (ss)
• House of the Hanged Man • Roger Zelazny • (vi)
• The House of the Hidden Light • Arthur Machen & Arthur E. Waite • (ar)
• The House of the Idol-Carvers • Lord Dunsany • (vi)
• The House of the King and High King • Randy Lee Eickhoff • (ss)
• The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• “House of the Vampire,” London, England, 1897 • J. Michael Reaves • (nv)
• House of Zeor • Jacqueline Lichtenberg • (n.)
• The House on the Borderland • Steve Lines • (pm)
• The House on the Cliff • James R. Cain • (ss)
• The House That James Built • Carol Weekes • (ss)
• The House that Knew No Hate • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (nv)
• The House Where Night Never Ends • Paul Dee Fecteau • (ss)
• Household Words, or, The Powers-That-Be • Howard Waldrop • (ss)
• How a Werewolf Chooses an Agent • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• How Beautiful with Banners • James Blish • (ss)
• How Blind Is Justice? • Tony Ruggiero • (ss)
• How Brother and Sister Goose Grew Wise • Ruth Plumly Thompson • (pm)
• How Can You Use Your Computer More Effectively? • David M. Switzer • (ed)
• How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman • Elmore Leonard • (ss)
• How Dead Is That Doggie in the Window? • Patricia Lee Macomber • (ss)
• How Freedom Comes • William John Watkins • (pm)
• How George Miles Almost Saved the World • Watts Martin • (ss)
• How Hope Came Back • Chico Kidd • (nv)
• How I Became a Socialist • Jack London • (ar)
• How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• How I Got Away • Leslie What • (ss)
• How I Spent My Halloween • Misc. • (ms)
• How I Will Outwit the Time Thieves • Mike Allen • (pm)
• How It Ended • Darrell Schweitzer • (ss)
• How Long • Ruth Plumly Thompson • (pm)
• How Much Do You Want to Know • Andrew Humphrey • (ss)
• How My Town Became Famous • Elizabeth Counihan • (vi)
• How Robert Asprin and I came to be writing new Myth-Adventures • Jody Lynn Nye • (in)
• How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar • Bret Harte • (ss)
• How She Became Beautiful • Corie Ralston • (pm)
• How Sukie Cross de Big Wata • Sheree R. Thomas • (ss)
• How the Cat Swallowed Thunder • Lloyd Alexander • (ss)
• How the Highland People Came to Be • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• How the West Was Won II • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
• How to Be Abducted by Aliens • Jamie Wasserman • (pm)
• How to Deal With a Witch • Nicole R. Murphy • (nv)
• How to Get to Sleep Before a Holiday • Dean R. Koontz • (pm)
• How to Kill an Immortal • Michelle Sagara West • (nv)
• How to Make a Martini • Richard Butner • (ar)
• How to Make It Through a Friday Night Without Biting Your Tongue in Two • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• How to Make Unicorn Pie • Esther M. Friesner • (nv)
• How to Perform Heart Surgery with Someone Else’s Gaze • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• How to Rid the World of Good • Nick Mamatas • (ar)
• How to Save Civilization and Save a Little Money • Larry Niven • (ar)
• How to Write a Poem • Lawrence Schimel • (pm)
• Howard Waldrop: Fly Fishing for Stories • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• Howler • Robert Hood • (ss)
• Hsing’s Spontaneous Self-Flaying Sarcoma • Liz Williams • (ms)
• The Hubris Effect • Loren W. Cooper • (ss)
• Hugh Seymour (A Prologue) • Hugh Walpole • (ss)
• Hugo Award Anecdotes • Larry Niven • (ar)
• Human DNA • John Rubins • (pm)
• The Human Dress • David Alexander • (nv)
• Human Factor • Russ Crossley • (ss)
• The Human Front • Ken MacLeod • (na)
• Human Nature • Tony Ruggiero • (ss)
• Human Rites • Elise Moser • (ss)
• The Human Snail • Stephen L. Sennitt • (vi)
• Humans • Nigel Brown • (br)
• Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall • Frank Belknap Long • (ss)
• The Hunch • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• Hunger • Emil Petaja • (ss)
• Hunger • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Hunger • Michelle Sagara West • (ss)
• Hunger: A Confession • Dale Bailey • (ss)
• The Hungering Lass; A Little Legend of the Rhine • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • (vi)
• The Hungover Ruba’iyat • Rhys H. Hughes • (pm)
• The Hungry Ghost • Emil Petaja • (ss)
• The Hungry Ones • Joe Rattigan • (nv)
• The Hunt • Erin Donahoe • (pm)
• The Hunt • Jaylyn Jensen • (ss)
• Hunt the Heavens • Chris Bunch • (n.)
• Hunted • Lavie Tidhar • (ss)
• The Hunter and the Hunted • Elizabeth Barrette • (pm)
• Hunter Lake • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• Hunter of Worlds • C. J. Cherryh • (n.)
• Hunter Quatermain’s Story • H. Rider Haggard • (ss)
• Hunter/Prey • Andy Hoare • (ss)
• A Hunter’s Ode to His Bait • Carrie Vaughn • (ss)
• Hunting a Unicorn • Vered Tochterman • (vi)
• Hunting Ground • Sean Williams • (ss)
• The Hyborian Age • Robert E. Howard • (ar)
• Hyborian Age Maps • Robert E. Howard • (il)
• Hyborian Genesis: Notes on the Creation of the Conan Stories • Patrice Louinet • (ms)
• Hyborian Names • L. Sprague de Camp • (ms)
• Hyborian Names and Countries • Robert E. Howard • (ms)
• Hydra Eyebrows • Rhys H. Hughes • (pm)
• The Hydrogen Wall • Gregory Benford • (nv)
• Hydrus • Dan Mitrut • (pm)
• A Hymn to Merrily • John Whitbourn • (ar)
• Hyperscoop • André Oosterman • (ss)
• The Hypnotist • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• Hypothetical Materfamilias • Adèle Olivia Gladwell • (ss)
• I Ain’t Drunk, I’m Just Drinkin’ • Mat Coward • (ss)
• I Am Bound to a Rock & Birds Are Eating My Liver • Kendall Evans • (pm)
• I Am God’s Greatest Basking Hound • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• “I Am No Longer Human in the Rain” • Alan Catlin • (pm)