The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Stories, Listed by Title

• Shot • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• Shot in Lorelai • Paul Haines • (ss)
• Should They Return • William P. Simmons • (pm)
• Shouting Down the Moon • Myke Cole • (ss)
• The Show • M. Christian • (ss)
• Show • David Lawrence • (pm)
• Showdown • Tom Piccirilli • (pm)
• Shrapnel Over Chicago: August, 1989 • Tamara Kaye Sellman • (ss)
• Shrimp Kabobs and Screaming Sleep • Toiya Kristen Finley • (ss)
• Shrine of Stars • John Clute • (br)
• The Shrine on Suicide Hill • Jonathan Sweet • (ss)
• The Shroudling and the Guisel • Roger Zelazny • (ss)
• Shrunken Monkey Heads • Christina Sng • (pm)
• The Shunned House • H. P. Lovecraft • (nv)
• Shutdown/Retrovival • Aaron A. Reed • (ss)
• Shy Light • Elizabeth Barrette • (pm)
• Shy Moon • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• Si Cwan: Turning Point • Josepha Sherman • (ss)
• Siafu • Tony Richards • (ss)
• The Sibylline Books • Howard Andrew Jones • (ss)
• Sic Transit...?, A Shaggy Hairless-Dog Story • Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop • (ss)
• Sick • James Cain • (pm)
• Sick Little Man • Thomas Lee Joseph Smith • (ss)
• The Sickness • Alison L. R. Davies • (ss)
• Side Effects • Jack Wodhams • (ss)
• Sidekick • Rita Popp • (ss)
• Sidhe Tigers • Sarah Monette • (vi)
• The Siege of Humanity • Sean McLachlan • (nv)
• The Siege of Praag • Ralph Horsley • (pi)
• Sight • M. Christian • (ss)
• Sightseeing, 2179 • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Sigmund Freud & the Feral Freeway • Martin J. Livings • (nv)
• A Sign • Charles A. Payne • (pm)
• The Signalman • Charles Dickens • (ss)
• Signor Scurri or Herr von Yb’s Strange Voyage to the Seaside • Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando • (ss)
• Signs and Portents • Sherry Ramsay • (ss)
• Signs of Life • John Clute • (br)
• Silence • Christina Sng • (pm)
• The Silence of the Asonu • Ursula K. Le Guin • (ss)
• The Silence of the Falling Stars • Mike O’Driscoll • (nv)
• Silence: A Fable • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Silent • Elizabeth Donald • (ss)
• A Silky Touch to No Man • Robert J. Defendi • (na)
• Silva’s Dream Date • P. N. Elrod • (nv)
• The Silver Box • Jacques Futrelle • (ss)
• The Silver Gryphon, Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, eds. • Nick Gevers • (br)
• The Silver Jug • Eric Shanower • (na)
• The Silver Mask • Hugh Walpole • (ss)
• Silver Nails • Neil Jones • (br)
• The Silver Spike • Glen Cook • (n.)
• Silverhead • Peter White • (ss)
• Simple Pleasures • Guy Gavriel Kay • (pm)
• Simply Dead • Andrew Humphrey • (nv)
• Simply Indispensible • Michael Bishop • (nv)
• Simply Irresistible, Kristine Grayson • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Sinai Tapestry, Edward Whittemore • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• The Sincerest Form of Flattery • Kate Eltham • (ss)
• Sing • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• Sing a Last Song of Valdese • Karl Edward Wagner • (ss)
• The Singer • Laura R. Jacobsen • (pm)
• The Singing in the Swamp • Jeannie Ebner • (ss)
• A Single Shadow • Stephen Dedman • (ss)
• A Single Tear #1 • Steve Lines • (pm)
• A Single Tear #2 • Steve Lines • (pm)
• Single Vision • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• Singles • rubberchickenboy • (vi)
• Singleton • Greg Egan • (nv)
• Singletons in Love • Paul J. Melko, Jr. • (nv)
• Singular Devotion • Shyama Perera • (ss)
• The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater • Deborah Biancotti • (ss)
• Singularity Skies • Ken MacLeod • (ar)
• Singularity Sky, Charles Stross • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Singularity Sky, Charles Stross • Russell Letson • (br)
• Sin’s Doorway • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• Siope. A Fable • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Sir Dominick’s Bargain • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu • (ss)
• The Siren of Ocean City • Tobias Seamon • (ss)
• Siren of the Silent Sea • Richard Bennett, John B. Ford & Steve Lines • (ss)
• The Siren Stone • Derwin Mak • (nv)
• Sirens • Anonymous • (ss)
• Sirens • Brendan Connell • (ss)
• Sirens • Steve Rasnic Tem • (vi)
• Sister Alice • Robert Reed • (na)
• Sister Alice, Robert Reed • Russell Letson • (br)
• Sisters • Greg Bear • (nv)
• Sisters • John S. Glasby • (ss)
• Sita Dulip’s Method • Ursula K. Le Guin • (ss)
• The Sitting • Rik Hunik • (ss)
• Six Gun Loner of the High Butte #6 • Jeffrey Ford • (vi)
• Six Minutes • Tom Alexander • (ss)
• Six Moon Dance • John Clute • (br)
• Six of Swords • William W. Connors • (ss)
• Six: A Taste of Tuf • George R. R. Martin • (si)
• Sixarve’s Servant Maid and “di sma” (Gotland) • Dancing Bear • (vi)
• A Sixpence for Sophie • Geoffrey Maloney • (ss)
• The Sixth Dog • Jane Rice • (nv)
• Sixty Million Trillion Combinations • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• 69 Degrees Below Hell • Rhomas Stone • (vi)
• Skavenslayer • William King • (n.)
• Skeleton Bitch • Gemma Files • (ss)
• The Skeleton Key • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • (na)
• Skeleton Man • Joseph Bruchac • (na)
• The Skeleton Screams • O’Casey Holt • (ss)
• Skeletons • Greg Donahue • (nv)
• The Skills of Xanadu • Theodore Sturgeon • (nv)
• Skimming Stones • Bradley H. Sinor • (ss)
• Skin and Bone • Christina Sng • (pm)
• The Skin and Knife Game • Lee Barwood & Charles de Lint • (nv)
• Skin Beneath the Skin • Christian Avery Bryant • (ss)
• Skin City • Gemma Files • (ss)
• Skin Deep • Cindy Main • (pm)
• Skin Deep • Tracy S. Morris • (ss)
• Skin Diving • Andy Miller • (pm)
• The Skin Trade • George R. R. Martin • (na)
• Skin-Effect • M. Christian • (ss)
• Skincatchers • Mary SanGiovanni • (nv)
• Skinned • Jimm Gordon • (ss)
• The Skinned • Jarla Tangh • (ss)
• Skinned Alive • Brian M. Stableford • (ss)
• Skinnin’ Bones • A. P. McQuiddy • (cl)
• Skins • Tim Lebbon • (ss)
• The Skins You Love to Touch • Janet Fox • (ss)
• Skinwalker, Nunzio DeFilippas, Christina Weir, Brian Hurtt, & Arthur Dela Cruz • Charles de Lint • (br)
• Skit-Tree Planet • Murray Leinster • (ss)
• The Skrayling Tree • William Thompson • (br)
• The Skrayling Tree, Michael Moorcock • Faren Miller • (br)
• The Skull • Eddie M. Angerhuber • (ss)
• The Skull • Stefen Styrsky • (ss)
• The Skull of Eugene Weiderhorn • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Sky Harvest • Matthew Derby • (ss)
• Sky Merchants • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Sky-Blue Ball • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• Skyberia • Russell Kirk • (ss)
• Skyfisher • Loren MacLeod • (vi)
• Skylark Duquesne • Edward E. Smith • (n.)
• The Skylark of Space • Edward E. Smith • (n.)
• Skylark of Valeron • Edward E. Smith • (n.)
• Skylark Three • Edward E. Smith • (n.)
• Slain • Darcie DeAngelo • (pm)
• Slattery’s Woman • Peter Valentine Timlett • (ss)
• Slaughter • P. N. Elrod • (nv)
• Slaughtering Children • William Thompson • (br)
• The Slave-Princess • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• The Slayer King • Matt Ralphs • (iv)
• The Sleep of Reason:
  ___ Afterword: The Age of Goya, the Age of Swanwick • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Apotheosis of Elena • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Capitalism for Dummies • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ A Close Shave • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Commedia dell’Arte • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Dark Night of the Soul • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Dein Kampf • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Donkey Method • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Elena the Libertarian • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Elena’s Little Secret • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Elena’s Playful Side • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Empress Herself • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The End of the Witches • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Grace and Nightmares • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Grace at the Gallows • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Grace in the Madhouse • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Grace’s Final Irony • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Great Wheel of the World • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Grooming Your Nightmares • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Haute Couture • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ How the Witches Love to Pluck • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Lions of the Law • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Morning After • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Nightmares and Witches • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Nightmares Awaken • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Parrot with a Golden Beak • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Poor Little Girls • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Prick Among the Demons • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Prick and Posterity • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Prick the Physician • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Prick the Warrior • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Rookie • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ The Stone of Folly • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Tall Tales • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Veterans of Heroic Wars • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Worshipping the Scarecrow • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
  ___ Your Family in a Nutshell • Michael Swanwick • (vi)
• The Sleep of the Dead • Darius Hinks • (ss)
• Sleep Softly • Bram Holzapfel • (ss)
• Sleep That Burns • Jerry Sykes • (ss)
• Sleep Well of Nights • Avram Davidson • (na)
• The Sleeper • Howard Wandrei • (vi)
• The Sleeper and the Flame • Chris Dolley • (ss)
• The Sleepers • Russell Davis • (ss)
• The Sleeping Beauty • Anonymous • (vi)
• Sleeping Beauty • John Collier • (ss)
• Sleeping Beauty • Alex Eisenstein & Phyllis Eisenstein • (ss)
• The Sleeping Beauty • Tom Williams • (vi)
• Sleeping Beauty, Mahlon Craft, illustrated by K.Y. Craft • Karen Haber • (br)
• Sleeping with Bears • Theodora Goss • (ss)
• Sleepless Nights • Stephen Volk • (ss)
• Sleepwalker • Cindy Main • (pm)
• Sleepwork • Laura Anne Gilman • (ss)
• The Sleepy Tree • Steve Lines • (pm)
• The Sleepy Tree (sleepy version) • Steve Lines • (pm)
• Sleight of Wit • Gordon R. Dickson • (nv)
• Sliab Callann • Randy Lee Eickhoff • (uw)
• A Slice of Bacon from Queenie, the Dancing Pig • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Slice of Life • Paul Haines • (ss)
• The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World • Philip José Farmer • (ss)
• Slide • James Cain • (pm)
• The Slide • David Lubar • (ss)
• Sliding Doors, Secret Doors • C. C. Parker • (ss)
• Slightly Off Center • John Clute • (br)
• Slightly Pudgy Writer Seeks Foreign Entanglement • Tyree Campbell • (ss)
• Slip Me a Fiver • Jack M. Dann • (ar)
• The Slithering Shadow • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Slouching in Bethlehem • Brian Keene • (ss)
• Slouching Toward Bethlehem • Bennie Grezlik • (ss)
• Slow • Ramsey Campbell • (ss)
• A Slow Day at the Gallery • A. M. Dellamonica • (ss)