The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Stories, Listed by Title

• Off on a Starship • William Barton • (na)
• Off the Beaten Track: An Introduction • Peter Crowther • (in)
• Offenders • Mat Coward • (ss)
• Office Castaway: A Reverse Ballardian Ballad • Rhys H. Hughes • (ss)
• Office Politics • Bryan Bullock • (ss)
• Office Politics • Toby Young • (ss)
• Ogren Crossing • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Ogre’s Wife: Fairy Tales for Grownups, Richard Parks • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Oh, Darkness • John Binns • (ss)
• Oh, Glorious Sight • Tanya S. Huff • (nv)
• Oil of Dog • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• Oil Painting • Colin Cross • (pm)
• Oilcan Sam • Scott Hopkins • (ss)
• Okra, Sorghum, Yam • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• Old Acquaintance • John Collier • (ss)
• Old Ahab’s Friend, and Friend to Noah, Speaks His Piece • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• Old Boilers and Old Men • Nick Mamatas • (ar)
• The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars • Ian McDonald • (nv)
• Old Devlins Was A-Waiting • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• Old Earth Is the Museum of Genetic Art • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pm)
• A Old English Baron: A Gothic Story • Clara Reeve • (n.)
• Old Four-Eyes • Chad Oliver • (nv)
• Old Hokey • Howard Wandrei • (ss)
• Old Hollywood: Two Poems by Ray Bradbury—The Beast & The Tiger • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• the old house • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• Old Lady Ironshoes • Jeffrey Turner • (ss)
• The Old Lover • Giovanni Malito • (pm)
• Old Magic in a New Age • Kay Green • (ss)
• The Old Man and the Sun • Adam Browne • (ss)
• The Old Man in the Mirror • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Old Man’s Final Visit • James Robert Smith • (vi)
• Old Maps of Hell: On Re-Reading Kingsley Amis’s New Maps of Hell • Ian R. MacLeod • (ar)
• Old Mars, Then Be a Hearth to Us • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• Old Masters • Lavie Tidhar • (pm)
• Old Nick and the Magician of Moscow: Mikhail Bulgakov and the Re-enchantment of Literature • Andrew Hedgecock • (ar)
• Old Photographs • Susan Casper • (ss)
• Old Robots Calculate Their Options • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Old Rugged Cross • Terry Bisson • (nv)
• Old Story • Tim Myers • (pm)
• Old Tin Sorrows • Glen Cook • (n.)
• Old Trend • Michelle D. James • (vi)
• Old Virginia • Laird Barron • (nv)
• De Ole River Ox • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• Oliver’s Twist • Paul Kane • (vi)
• Öm • Anna Tambour • (ss)
• The Omega Expedition, Brian Stableford • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Omega Time • Russell Davis • (ss)
• Omega, Jack McDevitt • Russell Letson • (br)
• Omegahelm • Samuel R. Delany • (ss)
• The Omelet • Mark Joseph Kiewlak • (ss)
• Omni: Best Science Fiction Three • John Clute • (br)
• Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium: A Postscript • Simon Clark • (aw)
• On “Sing” • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (is)
• On a Ruined Bust of Marble • José-Maria de Heredia • (pm)
• On Being Asked the Meaning of the Last Line • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• On Blue’s Waters • John Clute • (br)
• On Books • Paul Di Filippo • (br)
• On Books • Peter J. Heck • (br)
• On Books:
  ___ Content, Consciousness, Style • Norman Spinrad • (br)
  ___ Economic Determinism • Norman Spinrad • (br)
• On Chestnut Hill • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• On Discovery of a Habitable World • Mike Allen • (pm)
• On Doomsday • Randy Lee Eickhoff • (uw)
• On Einstein • Francis A. Cartier • (pm)
• On Grandmother’s Farm • Cezarija Abartis • (ss)
• On Insane Monks • Christopher Kugler • (ar)
• On Messenger Mountain • Gordon R. Dickson • (na)
• On Mournful Wings • Simon Spurrier • (ss)
• On Not Writing (An Afterword) • Michael Marshall Smith • (aw)
• On or Out • Scott Baker • (vi)
• On Saint Hubert’s Thing • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • (nv)
• On Saving Books, or Hard Questions: How I Learned to Stop Worrying, Love the Small Press and Write Poetry • John Kenny • (iv)
• On Seeing Bellini’s Opera The Capulets and Montagues... • Eleanor Arnason • (pm)
• On Spec Fall ’02 • Richard Horton • (br)
• On the Balcony • Guy Gavriel Kay • (pm)
• On the Collection of Humans • Mark Rich • (vi)
• On the Edge • Gregory Benford • (ss)
• On the Hills and Everywhere • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• On the Last Night of the Festival of the Dead • Darrell Schweitzer • (ss)
• On the Nature of Time • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (vi)
• On the Net:
  ___ Bots • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Cover Art • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Frequent Filers • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Laughs • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ The Next Wave • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
  ___ Slipstream • James Patrick Kelly • (cl)
• On the Orient, North • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• On the Other Side • Mercedes R. Lackey • (ss)
• On the Planet Mars • Nilo María Fabra • (ss)
• On the Road • Jack Kerouac • (ex)
• On the Road • David Lubar • (ss)
• On the Road to Ruin • Greg Guerin • (ss)
• On the Road with Fiamong’s Rule • Sherry D. Ramsey • (nv)
• On the Rocks at Slab’s • John Gregory Betancourt • (ss)
• On the Scent at Slab’s • John Gregory Betancourt • (nv)
• On the Set of “Creepy Tales—Girl’s Night Out” • Misc. • (ms)
• On the Surface • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• On the Up Line • John S. Glasby • (ss)
• On the Way to London • Barbara Erskine • (pm)
• On the Words of Ancients • J. Alan Erwine • (ss)
• On Werewolves • Randy Lee Eickhoff • (uw)
• On Writing the Ghost Story • Jack Cady • (ar)
• The Once and Future Kane • Karl Edward Wagner • (ar)
• Once Awakened • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Once Bitten • Adrian Fry • (pm)
• Once I Stood in the Rain • Justin Stanchfield • (pm)
• Once More, Legato • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• Once the Years Were Numerous and the Funerals Few • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• “Once There Was a Man with No Name” • Charles de Lint • (in)
• Once Upon a Darker, More Enchanted Time • Anna Brock • (ss)
• Once Upon a Time • Maureen Braithwaite • (pm)
• Once, There Were Wolves • Kameron Hurley • (ss)
• One • Matthew J. Hewitt • (vi)
• One Bad ’Hood • Michael R. Gist • (ss)
• One Brown Mouse • Gary A. Braunbeck • (na)
• One Dark September Night • Tim Curran • (na)
• One Day In The Life of the Landfords • Tammy Jo Eckhart • (nv)
• One Early Morning • Ferrell Rosser • (ss)
• One Fine Day • Kevin L. Donihe • (pm)
• One for His Lordship, and One for the Road! • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• One for Sorrow • Tanith Lee • (nv)
• One For Sorrow, Two For Joy • Stuart Young • (ss)
• One For the Ferry Man • T. M. Gray • (ss)
• One for the Worm • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• One Green Candle • Karen E. Taylor • (ss)
• One Horse Town • Leigh Kennedy & Howard Waldrop • (nv)
• One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. • Alyx Dellamonica • (br)
• One Last Adventure • Mark Allen & Charity Zegers • (ss)
• One Night at the Mall • Ferrell Rosser • (vi)
• One Night Stand • Alison L. R. Davies • (ss)
• One of a Kind: Dirk Strasser interviews Peter McNamara • Dirk Strasser • (iv)
• One of Our Finest • William Thompson • (br)
• One Other • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• One Point Is Many Points in Time • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• One Rainy Sunday in a Circus Far Away • Craig Cormick • (ss)
• One Summer Evening • Catherine Mintz • (vi)
• One Summer Night • Ambrose Bierce • (gs)
• The One That Didn’t Miss • Kenneth James Crist • (pm)
• The One That Got Away • Chad Oliver • (ss)
• One Thing About the Night • Terry Dowling • (nv)
• One Thousand Words About Frank Wu • Lori Ann White • (in)
• One to Die For • Michael Garrett • (nv)
• one touch of Venus • Scott C. Virtes • (pm)
• One Tree Hill • Russell Davis • (ss)
• One War for Wunderland • Hal Colebatch • (n.)
• One Wish • Valerie Frankel • (ss)
• 1-800-WICKED1 • Lisa Mantchev • (ss)
• One: A Four-Color Fanboy • George R. R. Martin • (si)
• Oneiromancy • Donald Sidney-Fryer • (pm)
• The Ones Who Stay Home • Larry Niven • (ss)
• Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark • George R. R. Martin • (ss)
• The Only Known Jump Across Time • Eugene Mirabelli • (ss)
• Only Partly Here • Lucius Shepard • (nv)
• Only The Lonely • Andrew Hook • (ss)
• Only What’s on the Menu • Kenneth C. Goldman • (ss)
• Onto the Next Dead Planet • John Grey • (pm)
• Opaque • Eric Myford • (pm)
• The Open Arms of Bellamy • Lenora K. Rogers • (ss)
• An Open Door • David V. Barrett • (nv)
• Open Doors • Michael Marshall Smith • (ss)
• Open House • Krista Dietrich • (ss)
• An Open Prison • Karen Traviss • (ss)
• Open the Box • Andrew Humphrey • (ss)
• The Open-Ended Science Fiction Story: A Challenge to New Colleagues • David Brin • (is)
• Opening Day • Steven Palukaitis • (ss)
• Operator • Tony Ruggiero • (vi)
• Ophelia • John Llewellyn Probert • (ss)
• Opiate of the Masses • Lee Thomas • (ss)
• Opinion Waiting • Brian Krahling • (vi)
• Optional Music for Voice and Piano • Poppy Z. Brite • (ss)
• Ora Pro Nobis • Jon Manchip White • (ss)
• The Oracle • Julie Shiel • (pm)
• The Oracle and the Mountains • Stephen King • (nv)
• Orangefield, Al Sarrantonio • Edward Bryant • (br)
• The Orb of Opportunity • Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin • (nv)
• Orbiter, Warren Ellis & Colleen Doran • Charles de Lint • (br)
• Orbiter, Warren Ellis & Colleen Doran • Tim Pratt • (br)
• Orbs • Christina Sng • (pm)
• Orca • Steven Brust • (n.)
• The Orchidologist • John Glass • (ss)
• Orcs and Holes • Steve Dean • (ss)
• The Ordeal of Belief • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• Orgy in Orbit • Y. R. Uhere • (n.)
• Origami Rockets • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Origin of “Ender’s Game” • Orson Scott Card • (is)
• Origin of the Species • James Van Pelt • (ss)
• Orion • Scott E. Green • (pm)
• Orion’s Womb • Carol Ryles • (ss)
• Ornaments in Jade • Arthur Machen • (co)
• Orphans • M. Christian • (ss)
• Orphans of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix • Russell Letson • (br)
• Orpheus Among the Cabbages • Tim Pratt • (pm)
• Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• The Ossibus • Mary SanGiovanni • (nv)
• Other • Donna Maree Hanson • (ss)
• The Other Celia • Theodore Sturgeon • (ss)
• The Other Dandy Washington • Justina L. A. Robson • (ss)
• The Other Man • Theodore Sturgeon • (na)
• The Other Me • Ray Bradbury • (pm)
• The Other One • Karl Edward Wagner • (ss)
• Other Science Fiction & Fantasy Oriented Female Works (Novels) • Misc. • (bi)
• The Other Side • James P. Blaylock • (nv)
• The Other Side • Christina Sng • (pm)
• The Other Side of the Hill • David Brin • (ss)
• The Other Way Around • Howard L. Myers • (nv)
• The Other Wind • John Clute • (br)
• Other Women, And You • Guy Gavriel Kay • (pm)
• Other Worlds • Cathy Buburuz & Randy Nakoneshny • (ar)
• Otheric • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• Otherland • Robert Silverberg • (is)