The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Stories, Listed by Title

• Seven Wives • Bryn Sparks • (ss)
• Seven Years • Megan Crewe • (ss)
• The Seven-Headed Beast • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• 17 April 2003 • John Berbrich • (ar)
• Seventeen Syllables • James Lovegrove • (ss)
• The Seventh Boon • Mitchel Scanlon • (ss)
• The Seventh Daughter • Bruce McAllister • (vi)
• The Seventh Dwarf • Eoin Colfer • (na)
• Seventieth Birthday • Mark Twain • (ex)
• Severance • Simon Bestwick • (ss)
• The Sewing Circle • Gorg Huff • (ss)
• Sex and the Single Vampire, Katie MacAlister • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Sex and the Single Xanthrocite • Antony Mann • (ss)
• Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid • David Langford • (ss)
• Sex. Death. Rock N Roll. • Pitch Black • (ed)
• Sexuality in Unreality • Adrienne Jones • (ar)
• Sexy Beast • Anonymous • (ss)
• Sexy Beast • Tony Mileman • (ss)
• SF • John Kovalic • (ss)
• SF Clichés I: Galactic Empires • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés II: Psionics • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés III: Time Machines • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés IV: Space Mercenaries • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés V: The Alien • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés VI: Immortality • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés VII: The Big Computer • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés VIII: Starports • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés IX: Alternate Worlds • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés X: The City of Tomorrow • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés XI: Starships • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Clichés XII: The End • John M. Ford • (pm)
• SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • (cl)
• The SF of Ursula K. LeGuin • James Schellenberg • (br)
• The SF Story Doctor, or JPK’s Song • Robert Frazier • (pm)
• SFX • Jeff Gardiner • (vi)
• The Shackles of Freedom • Tobias S. Buckell & Mike Resnick • (nv)
• Shadamehr and the Old Wive’s Tale • Don Perrin & Margaret Weis • (ss)
• The Shades of New Geneva • Darren Speegle • (ss)
• Shadow • Jack Fisher • (ss)
• Shadow Bones by David Memmott • Jeff VanderMeer • (br)
• Shadow Girl • Anthony Beal • (ss)
• Shadow Hunter • J. C. Wilder • (na)
• The Shadow Kingdom • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Shadow Light • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Shadow of Flesh • Scott Thomas • (ss)
• The Shadow of the Vulture • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• The Shadow of the Wind • Dorman T. Shindler • (br)
• Shadow of the Wolf • Steven Carlton • (ss)
• The Shadow Out of Time • H. P. Lovecraft • (na)
• A Shadow Passing • John Dotson • (pm)
• Shadow Rider • Michael M. Pendragon • (pm)
• The Shadow Roads, Sean Russell • Faren Miller • (br)
• Shadow Twin • Daniel Abraham, Gardner R. Dozois & George R. R. Martin • (na)
• A Shadow Under the Sea • Mary R. Gentle • (ss)
• Shadow, A Perspective • Scott E. Green • (pm)
• Shadow-else • Sharon Black • (pm)
• Shadow-Land • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Shadow-Love • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Shadow: A Parable • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Shadowboxer • Paul Di Filippo • (ss)
• Shadowings • Douglas E. Winter • (br)
• Shadowkill • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• Shadowmancer, G.P. Taylor • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shadows • Alice Brown • (pm)
• Shadows • James C. Glass • (ss)
• Shadows • Michael M. Pendragon • (pm)
• Shadows at Echo Lake • Tim Curran • (ss)
• The Shadow’s Funeral • Duane Ackerson • (pm)
• Shadows in Green • Richard E. Dansky • (ss)
• Shadows in the Darkness • John C. Bunnell • (br)
• Shadows in the Darkness, Elaine Cunningham • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shadows in the Wood • Jennifer Roberson • (nv)
• Shadows in Zamboula • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Shadows Make the Ground More Real • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Shadows on the Snow • Phil Locascio • (ss)
• The Shadow’s Shadow: The Motif of the Double in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” • Liahna Armstrong • (ar)
• Shady Grove • Allen M. Steele • (na)
• The Shaggy House • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• The Shah’s Messenger • Clark Ashton Smith • (ss)
• Shakespeare MCMLXXXV • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• The Shaman • Louise Webster • (pm)
• Shaman Born • M. E. Palmer • (vi)
• Shambleau • C. L. Moore • (nv)
• The Shamer’s Daughter, Lene Kaaberbol • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shape-Shifter • Catherine MacLeod • (vi)
• Shapes in the Sunset • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• A Shard from the Devil’s Mirror • Michael Chislett • (ss)
• Sharecropper • Liz Williams • (ss)
• A Shared Conclusion • Steve Sneyd • (pm)
• Shared World • John M. Ford • (pm)
• Shark • Jean-Claude Dunyach • (ss)
• Shark God Versus Octopus God • Jeff VanderMeer • (ss)
• Sharp Pieces of a Broken Heart • Mark Justice • (ss)
• Shattering Angels • Jay Lake • (ss)
• Shaun of the Dead • Paul Hughes • (mr)
• Shawn’s Sword • Milton A. Rothman • (ss)
• Shayna Maidel • Laura Antoniou • (nv)
• She • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• She Herded Him Around • E. Hoffmann Price • (ss)
• She Is a Picture in Black • Frank Chigas • (ss)
• She Leaps Out of the Water • Elaine N. Howard • (pm)
• She Stuffs to Conquer; or, An Army Marches on Its Stomach • Yvonne Coats • (ss)
• She Tried to Teach Me Poetry • Karina Sumner-Smith • (ar)
• She Walks on Dry Land • R. Chetwynd-Hayes • (ss)
• The She-Wolf Shimmered • Paul Finch • (ss)
• Shed Skin • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• Sheep • John Grant • (ss)
• Sheer Delight • Terry Pratchett • (ob)
• “Sheik, the Sock-Puppet Owl, Speaks,” by Susannah Huckaby, Age 12 • Michael Bishop • (pm)
• Shell Shock • Ian Watson • (ss)
• Shellshocked • Tim Johnson • (ss)
• Shelter from the Storm • John M. Ford • (na)
• Shen’s Daughter • Mary Soon Lee • (ss)
• The Shepherds • Alice Brown • (pm)
• Shepherd’s Boy • Richard Middleton • (vi)
• She’s Dead Isn’t She? • Tony Campbell • (ss)
• She’s Eve: A Walking Poem • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• She’s Got Legs • Bill Wilson • (ss)
• She’s the Business • William Gibson • (fw)
• The Shield of Little Italy • Alex Kolker • (ss)
• The Shifting of the Sands • John Connolly • (ss)
• The Shining Hand • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• The Ship Avenged • S. M. Stirling • (n.)
• Ship of Dreams • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• A Ship of Monstrous Fortune • Adrian Cole • (nv)
• The Ships of Air, Martha Wells • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Ships of Iron and Wills of Steel • Wade G. Dudley • (nv)
• Shipwoman • Roxanne Hutton • (nv)
• Shiva in Shadow • Nancy Kress • (na)
• “Shock, the Sock-Puppet Owl, Also has her Say,” by Susannah Huckaby, Age 12 • Michael Bishop • (pm)
• Shocking Lucy • Suzanne Forster • (ss)
• Shoddy Workmanship • Barry J. House • (vi)
• Shoes • Tim Lebbon & Brett Alexander Savory • (ss)
• The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole • Bill Congreve • (nv)
• A Shop in Go-by Street • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Shopping Mall 2: An Interplanetary Colony Simulation • Karl Johanson • (cl)
• Shore of Night, Shore of Day • Katrien Rutten • (ss)
• A Short Essay on Teaching Creative Writing • Jeff VanderMeer • (ar)
• Short Haul • James R. Cain • (ss)
• Short Line Loco • Stephen L. Burns • (nv)
• Short Stories • Keith Stevenson • (ar)
• Short Straw • Steven E. Burt • (ss)
• A Short Tragic History of Road Mishap Mystery • Don Tumasonis • (ss)
• Short-Lived Creatures • Orson Scott Card • (pm)
• Shot in Australia: Written Just About Everywhere • Sean McMullen • (ar)
• Shotgun Al’s Last Picnic • Hugh Cook • (ss)
• The Shoulders of Giants • Robert J. Sawyer • (nv)
• The Show Goes On • Ramsey Campbell • (ss)
• Show, Don’t Tell • Robert J. Sawyer • (ar)
• Show, Not Tell • Robert J. Sawyer • (ar)
• Shower Scene • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• The Showman • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Showtime • Antony Mann • (ss)
• Shriek • D. Harlan Wilson • (vi)
• The Shrine • Pamela Sargent • (ss)
• Shrinker • Pamela Sargent • (nv)
• Shroud of Sand • Andy Miller • (pm)
• The Shunned House • H. P. Lovecraft • (nv)
• Siberia • Allen Ashley • (ss)
• Sic Gloria Transit • Marshall Moore • (ss)
• The Sick Man and the Fireman • Roger Langridge & Robert Louis Stevenson • (gs)
• The Sick Man and the Fireman • Robert Louis Stevenson • (gs)
• Side Effect • Hayford Peirce • (ss)
• Sidekicked • Jim C. Hines • (ss)
• Sideshow • Thomas F. Monteleone • (ss)
• Sideshow • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• Sideshow Slayer • Greg Cox • (ss)
• Sideways Sister • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• Sid’s Death • Steven Hampton • (pm)
• Siege • Lynne Jamneck • (pm)
• The Siege and Investiture of the Athens BilMart • Mark W. Tiedemann • (nv)
• The Siege of Fadiman • Adam Roberts • (ss)
• The Sigil • Robin Lochlann Spriggs • (ss)
• The Sign • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Sign at Vera’s Restaurant • T. M. Wright • (pm)
• Signal to Noise • Gerard Daniel Houarner • (ss)
• Signs Are Hazy, Ask Again Later • Fiona Patton • (nv)
• Signs You Could Be a Clone • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Signs Your Domestic Robot Needs a Tune-Up • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Silence • Stephen King • (pm)
• The Silence Between Us • Louise Webster • (pm)
• The Silence of the Falling Stars • Mike O’Driscoll • (nv)
• Silence: A Fable • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Silence: Deathmasques VI • A. C. Evans • (pp)
• The Silent Blade • R. A. Salvatore • (n.)
• Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell • Jeff VanderMeer • (br)
• Silent Echoes • Albert E. Cowdrey • (nv)
• Silent Leonardo • Kage Baker • (ss)
• Silent Letter • Melanie Tem • (pm)
• The Silent Man • Richard Lee Byers • (nv)
• Silent Night • Shaun Hutson • (ss)
• Silent Pine • Matt J. Drake • (ss)
• Silent Screams: A Note from the Author • Mark Leslie • (pr)
• The Silent War • Ben Bova • (n.)
• Silk • Lee Battersby • (ss)
• The Silken Shroud, ElizaBeth Gilligan • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Silken Threads • Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis • (na)
• Silver • Erin McCole-Cupp • (ss)
• Silver Age Sentinels • Rob Lightner • (br)
• Silver and Bone • Ray Garton • (ss)
• The Silver Dragon • Elizabeth A. Lynn • (ss)
• The Silver Gryphon • Nigel Brown • (br)
• The Silver Hatchet • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Silver Key • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• The Silver Mirror • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Silver Rain • Stephanie Stigers • (ss)
• Simeon Solomon • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Simikus Giff • Jim Johnson • (nv)
• Simple Tastes • Jordan Granger • (ss)
• Sing Me Songs (or The Spacer’s Blues) • M. Leigh Martin • (pm)
• Singer for the Dead • Jeff Grubb • (nv)
• The Singer in the Mist • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• Singing Innocence & Experience • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• A Single Shadow Make • Gemma Files • (ss)