The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Stories, Listed by Title

• Beatnik Bayou • John Varley • (nv)
• Beauregard 12 • Noah W. Copley, Jr. • (ss)
• La Beaute • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• The Beautiful Dead • Peter Tennant • (ss)
• The Beautiful Machine • Steven Katz • (pm)
• The Beautiful Quail (Sri Lanka) • Anonymous • (ss)
• Beautiful Stuff • Susan Palwick • (ss)
• Beauty and the Opéra or the Phantom Beast • Suzy McKee Charnas • (nv)
• Beauty Distilled • Jeremy Ewing • (pm)
• Beauty in the Night • Robert Silverberg • (nv)
• Becalmed • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Because He Needed Pain • Terry Gates-Grimwood • (ss)
• Becoming October • William B. Simmons • (ss)
• Becoming the Abominable Snowman • Apryl Fox • (pm)
• A Bed of Earth • Tanith Lee • (n.)
• Bedfordshire • Peter Crowther • (nv)
• Bedouin Song • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• The Bedroom Light • Mark Lukens • (ss)
• Bee Stung • Mike Philbin • (ss)
• The Bee-Man of Orn • P. J. Lynch & Frank R. Stockton • (ss)
• Beer with a Fat Dragon • Don Bassingthwaite • (ss)
• Beer with a Hampster Chaser • Devon Monk • (ss)
• The Bees • Dan Chaon • (ss)
• Beethoven’s response to the hanging gardens of neglect • Ron Butlin • (ss)
• Before Experimenting on Certain Animals It Is Always Advisable to Disable Their Vocal Chords • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Before the Board of Directors • D. Harlan Wilson • (ss)
• Before the Filter • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• A Beggar in Shadow • Holly Phillips • (ss)
• The Beggars at Night • Aloysius Bertrand • (pp)
• Beggars on the Shore • Bruce Clark • (ss)
• Beggar’s Relief • Allen Ashley • (vi)
• The Beginning Was the End • John Everson • (ss)
• Beginnings • Jeff D. Jacques • (ss)
• The Beguiling • Sandy Mitchell • (ss)
• Behind the Curtain • Francis Stevens • (ss)
• Behind the Glass • Aurelio Rico Lopez, III • (pm)
• Behind the Music • Craig Shaw Gardner • (ss)
• Behind the Screams • William H. Pratt • (ms)
• Behind the Screams • Misc. • (bg)
• Behind the Screams: Creepy Tales: Girl’s Night Out • Misc. • (bg)
• Behind the Stumps • Russell Kirk • (ss)
• Behold Now Behemoth • Stephen M. Baxter • (ss)
• Beholden • Joe Sutliff Sanders • (ss)
• Being Content with Who You Are • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Being Lord Ruthven • Mélesville & Eugène Scribe • (pl)
• Being Taken for Granite • Ursula K. Le Guin • (ar)
• Being with Jimmy • Aaron Schutz • (ss)
• Belaboring the Obvious • Jeff Berkwits • (rr)
• Belated Love • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• The Belfries • Paul Finch • (nv)
• The Bell • M. A. Peart • (ss)
• The Bell of Doom • J. E. Muddock • (ss)
• Bell of the Clan • Mark A. Mellon • (ss)
• Belladonna • Michele Cashmore • (ss)
• The Bellarmine Jars • Noel Boston • (ss)
• The Bellman • John Varley • (nv)
• The Bells • Rafael Nieves & Edgar Allan Poe • (gs)
• The Bells • Edgar Allan Poe • (pm)
• Beloved • A. D. R. Forte • (ss)
• Belshazzar • Samuel Loveman • (pl)
• Ben De Casseres in Camden • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Benares • Clark Ashton Smith • (pm)
• Beneath the Cat’s Eye Moon • Greg Bauder • (vi)
• Beneath the Foam • Jonathan William Hodges • (ss)
• Beneath the Hood • Paul Shaw • (ss)
• Beneath the Orange Sky • Peter Jekel • (ar)
• Beneath the Streets • Steven E. Burt • (ss)
• Beneath the Sun • Simon Bestwick • (ss)
• Benedice Te • Jay Lake • (ss)
• Benign Encounter • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Bereavement Photographer • Steve Rasnic Tem • (ss)
• Berenice • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Bernardo’s House • James Patrick Kelly • (nv)
• Berserker Man • Fred Saberhagen • (n.)
• The Berserker Throne • Fred Saberhagen • (n.)
• Berserker’s Planet • Fred Saberhagen • (n.)
• Bertrand, Dijon and Gaspard: An Introduction • Donald Sidney-Fryer • (in)
• The Best • Margaret Weis • (ss)
• The Best Christmas Ever • James Patrick Kelly • (ss)
• The Best Fireworks Display You’ve Ever Seen • Peter Wild • (iv)
• Best Friends • Robert D. San Souci • (ss)
• Best in Show • Ian Creasey • (ss)
• The Best of Analog, Stanley Schmidt, ed., read by Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, and cast • John Joseph Adams • (br)
• The Best of Asimov’s, Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, eds., read by Stefan Rudnicki, Scott Brick, and Gabrielle de Cuir • John Joseph Adams • (br)
• The Best of British • Paul McAvoy • (ms)
• Bestsellers Guaranteed • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• The Bet • Kevin Anderson • (ss)
• bethel, new york, august 16, 1969 • Jack Ketchum • (pm)
• The Better Half • Melanie Tem • (ss)
• The Better Life • Ezra Pines • (ss)
• The Better Love • Villiers de l’Isle-Adam • (ss)
• The Better Mousetrap • Hayford Peirce • (ss)
• A Better Place • Ray Garton • (ss)
• Between Classes • Michael Bishop • (pm)
• Between Planets • Robert A. Heinlein • (n.)
• Between Progress and Extinction • Lee Clark Zumpe • (ss)
• Between Quadrants • John Grey • (pm)
• Between the Rock and Nothing • K. G. McAbee • (ss)
• Between Two Worlds • Mary Lutyens • (ss)
• Between Worlds • Stephen M. Baxter • (na)
• Between Worlds, Robert Silverberg, ed. • Richard Horton • (br)
• Beware the Kraken • Eolake Stobblehouse • (ss)
• Beyond • Tom Kerry • (pm)
• Beyond a Hundred Years • Christina Sng • (pm)
• Beyond Any Measure • Karl Edward Wagner • (nv)
• Beyond Infinity • Therese Littleton • (br)
• Beyond Infinity, Gregory Benford • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Beyond Personal Introspection: Classroom Response to Sherri Tepper’s “The Gate to Women’s Country” • Tamara Wilson • (ar)
• Beyond the Black River • Robert E. Howard • (na)
• Beyond The Fens • Christopher Barker • (ss)
• Beyond the River • Joel Lane • (ss)
• Beyond the Veil • M. P. Dare • (ex)
• Beyond the Window • Peter Crowther • (pm)
• Beyond Undead • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• Bibliographical Note • Misc. • (bi)
• Bibliographical Notes • Misc. • (bg)
• Bibliography • Anonymous • (bi)
• BIBLIOGRAPHY • Misc. • (bi)
• Bibliography • Misc. • (bi)
• Bibliomancy • Paul Brazier • (br)
• The Bibliophile • Aloysius Bertrand • (pp)
• Bide a Wee • Anthony Keetch • (ss)
• Big Chill on Chanpi • K. Mark Hoover • (ss)
• Big Fish • Kenneth Hite • (mr)
• The Big Green Grin • Gahan Wilson • (ss)
• Big Idea • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Big Is Beautiful • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Big Jim • Bernie Hafeli • (ss)
• The Big News • Aurelio Rico Lopez, III • (pm)
• Big Pockets with Buttoned Flaps • Alasdair Gray • (ss)
• Big Roots • Pamela Sargent • (nv)
• The Big Shot • Susan Fry • (ss)
• The Big Store • Terry Pratchett • (ar)
• Big Two-Sided River • Jerry Oltion • (ss)
• The Big, Tall Wish • Rod Serling • (pl)
• Bigfoot • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Bill, the Little Steam Shovel • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Billie Sue • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• A Billion Big Brothers • Stanley Schmidt • (ed)
• The Binary • John Cooley • (ss)
• Binge • Kurt MacPhearson • (pm)
• Bingo Heaven • James C. Glass • (ss)
• Bio • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Biographical Notes to “A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum • Benjamin Rosenbaum • (nv)
• Biographies • Misc. • (bg)
• The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror! • Ysabeau S. Wilce • (ss)
• The Biography of a Superman • Richard Middleton • (ss)
• Bioluminescence / Night Surfing • Robert Frazier • (pm)
• Bird Brains • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• The Bird in the Garden • Richard Middleton • (ss)
• Bird People • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• A Bird That Whistles • Emma Bull • (ss)
• The Bird Who Sang Like a Warthog (Matabeleland) • Anonymous • (ss)
• The Birds • Mario Milosevic • (pm)
• Birds of a Feather • H. Turnip Smith • (ss)
• Birdsong • Gene Fehler • (ss)
• The Birth • Lisa Parker • (vi)
• Birth Day • Robert Reed • (ss)
• Birth Days • Geoff Ryman • (ss)
• The Birth of Fear • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• The Birth of Poesy • Samuel Loveman • (pm)
• Birthday Jitters • Julie E. Czerneda • (nv)
• Birthday: 64 • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Birthright • Keith Gouveia • (ss)
• The Bistro of Alternate Realities • Kevin J. Anderson • (ss)
• A Bit for Mrs Halloran • Jim Harmon • (ss)
• A Bit of the Dark World • Fritz Leiber • (nv)
• Bitch • M. Christian • (ss)
• Bite • Mark McLaughlin • (pm)
• Bitter Almonds • A. B. Cox • (ss)
• Bitter Bird • John Grover • (ss)
• Bitter Grounds • Neil Gaiman • (nv)
• Bitter Kiss • J. Spencer Schumacher • (pm)
• Bitter Pudding • Dominick Cancilla • (ms)
• Bitter Pudding: A Recipe for Women • Dominick Cancilla • (vi)
• The Bitter Wife • Michael A. Arnzen • (vi)
• “Bitter-Sweet” • Gindy Elizabeth Houston & Mark Sonnenfeld • (pm)
• Black • Gary Kemble • (ss)
• The Black ’59 • Peter David & Bill Mumy • (ss)
• Black Bone Road • Graham McNeill • (cs)
• Black Brillion, Matthew Hughes • Nick Gevers • (br)
• The Black Cat • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander, read by James Langton • John Joseph Adams • (br)
• Black Destroyer • A. E. van Vogt • (nv)
• Black Diamonds • Louise Webster • (pm)
• Black Dog at Work • Steven D. Mohan, Jr. • (ss)
• Black Duke Blues • Jeff VanderMeer • (ss)
• Black Dust • Graham Joyce • (ss)
• Black Fish • Janet J. E. Chui • (ss)
• Black Gate Fall ’03 • Richard Horton • (br)
• Black Helecopter • Steven L. Shrewsbury • (vi)
• Black Hole Shootout • L. B. Sedlacek • (pm)
• Black Hole Station • Jack Williamson • (ss)
• Black Houses • M. John Harrison • (ss)
• The Black Hunter • Laura J. Underwood • (n.)
• Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair • Alice Hoffman • (ss)
• Black Lace • Ursula Pflug • (ss)
• Black Madonna • Mary Rudbeck Stanko • (pm)
• The Black Mamba • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Black Mare Midnight • Frances Oliver • (ss)
• The Black Massif • Stanley C. Sargent • (ss)
• The Black Phone • Joe Hill • (ss)
• Black Roses • Marc Maurus • (pm)
• Black Sheep Blues • Brian Hodge • (pm)
• Black Static • Paul Meloy • (ss)
• Black Stockings • John Maclay • (ss)
• The Black Throne • Dennis L. McKiernan • (nv)
• Black Umbrellas • Jeffrey Valka • (vi)
• Black Vulmea’s Vengeance • Robert E. Howard • (na)
• The Black Wallpaper • Kim Antieau • (ss)
• Blackhouse: Stephen King News • Misc. • (cl)
• BLACKout • Jill Robinson • (ss)
• Blackpool Ascensions • Lucius Shepard • (ss)
• Blacktop • Harry Shannon • (ss)
• Blades and Broken Bottles • Andrew Hedgecock • (iv)
• Blagdaross • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Blanket • William I. Lengeman, III • (vi)