The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Seraph from Its Sepulcher • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• serengeti • Peter Roberts • (pm)
• Sergeant Chip • Bradley Denton • (na)
• The Serial Murders • Kim Newman • (na)
• The Sermons of Dr. Hodnet • Reggie Oliver • (ss)
• The Serpent Was More Subtle • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• Serpent’s Dance • Jim Fusilli • (nv)
• Serpent’s Reach • C. J. Cherryh • (n.)
• Serpent’s Rock • Laura Anne Gilman • (nv)
• Serpent’s Tooth • Liz Williams • (ss)
• Servant of the Order • Gary Fry • (ss)
• Servant of the People • Frederik Pohl • (ss)
• The Servants of Bit-Yakin • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Served Cold • Lauren Halkon • (ss)
• Settler’s Song • Joanne Merriam • (pm)
• Seven Cups of Water (Jaffna, 1948: Vallipuram) • Mary Anne Mohanraj • (ss)
• Seven Drops of Blood • Robert E. Weinberg • (ss)
• Seven Feet • Christopher Fowler • (ss)
• Seven Keys to Writing Success • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • (ar)
• Seven Nights in Slumberland • George Alec Effinger • (ss)
• The Seven Pillars of the Dark Tower: An Appreciation of what makes Stephen King’s Epic a True Masterpiece • Sunny Cheong • (ar)
• Seven Sisters Mountain • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Seven Starships Waiting • Kendall Evans • (pm)
• 7:33 • Toiya Kristen Finley • (ss)
• 17 • Paul J. McAuley • (ss)
• The Seventh Daughter • Bruce McAllister • (vi)
• The Seventh Mandarin • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• Seventh Victim • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Seventy-Five Years • Michael A. Burstein • (ss)
• Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer, Jack Williamson • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Severance Pay • M. K. Hobson • (ss)
• Sex. Death. Rock N Roll. • Pitch Black • (ed)
• Sex: The Brains of Female Hyena Twins • Gwyneth Jones • (ar)
• Seymourlama • Harvey Jacobs • (ss)
• Seymour’s Last Wish • Sam Swope • (ss)
• SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • (cl)
• SF Movie Poem • Kathryn Rantala • (pm)
• SFPA Grand Master Award Winners • Misc. • (ms)
• Shadder • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• Shade • Joseph R. Grych • (ss)
• Shade and Shadow • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• Shades of the Past (The Traveling Salesman Goes Home) • C. Bruce Hunter • (ss)
• Shadow Album • James Alan Gardner • (ss)
• Shadow and Sun in the Shadow City • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Shadow at the Bottom of the World • Thomas Ligotti • (ss)
• Shadow Chaser • Simon Wood • (ss)
• A Shadow in Poughkeepsie • Reggie J. Poché • (ss)
• Shadow Man • Matt Hughes • (ss)
• Shadow Meadow • Steven E. Burt • (ss)
• Shadow of a Summer • Michael O’Connor • (ss)
• Shadow of the Giant • Stephen Jeffery • (br)
• Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• The Shadow of the Hun • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• The Shadow of the Vulture • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Shadow of Wings • Bob Shaw • (nv)
• The Shadow Out of Time • H. P. Lovecraft • (na)
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth • H. P. Lovecraft • (na)
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth (First Draught) • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• A Shadow Over the Land • Liz Williams • (ss)
• Shadow Twin • Daniel Abraham, Gardner R. Dozois & George R. R. Martin • (na)
• Shadowings • Douglas E. Winter • (br)
• Shadowman • Paul Calvin Wilson • (ss)
• Shadowmarch • Iain Emsley • (br)
• Shadowmarch, Tad Williams • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shadowplay • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• Shadows and Stars • Chris Stageman • (ss)
• Shadows in Zamboula • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Shadows of Myth, Rachel Lee • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shadows on the Road • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• Shadows on the Wall • Susie Santiago • (ss)
• The Shadows, Kith and Kin • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• The Shadowy Third • Ellen Glasgow • (nv)
• Shady Grove • Allen M. Steele • (na)
• Shaffery Among the Immortals • Frederik Pohl • (ss)
• The Shaft of Ultimate Truth • Barry J. House • (ss)
• Shagbark • A. A. Attanasio • (ss)
• Shake It to the West • Paul Di Filippo • (ss)
• “Shall Stay These Couriers...” • Nelson S. Bond • (ss)
• Shall We Have a Little Talk? • Robert Sheckley • (nv)
• Shallaballah • Mark F. Samuels • (ss)
• Shaman • Michael Lohr • (pm)
• Shaman’s Crossing • Vikki Lee • (br)
• Shaman’s Crossing, Robin Hobb • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shaman’s Crossing, Robin Hobb • Lisa Goldstein • (br)
• Shaman’s Crossing, Robin Hobb • Faren Miller • (br)
• Shambleau • C. L. Moore • (nv)
• The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• The Shandar Reefs • Donna M. Recktenwalt • (ss)
• Shanghaied • Alan James Garbers • (nv)
• Shape • Robert Sheckley • (nv)
• The Shape at the Window • John Saxton • (ss)
• The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution • H. G. Wells • (n.)
• The Shapes in The Dark • Chris Forbes • (ss)
• Shapeshifter’s Quest, Dena Landon • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Shaping the Fog • David Lubar • (ss)
• Shard of Glass • Alaya Dawn Johnson • (sl)
• Shards from the House of Glass • Mark Howard Jones • (ss)
• Shards of Faith • Heather Lee Fleming • (na)
• Shark • Sophie Masson • (ss)
• The Sharks of the St. Elmo • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• Sharp • Richard Pitchforth • (ss)
• Sharp’s Gun Serenade • Robert E. Howard • (ss)
• Shattered Dreams • Rebecca York • (na)
• She • Caroline Aubrey • (ss)
• She Called Me Baby • Vylar Kaftan • (ss)
• She Came in the Night • Stephen Lee Cummings • (ss)
• She Never Gives Up Her Dead • Bill Smee • (ss)
• She Saw a Young Man • Peter Straub • (pp)
• She Sees My Monsters Now • Robert Reed • (ss)
• She Undoes • Greer Ilene Gilman • (pm)
• She Watches the Man • Charles Tuomi • (ss)
• She Who Controls the Wind • Kenneth C. Goldman • (vi)
• She Who Remembers • Dianna Rodgers • (ss)
• She Who Wears a Jade Skirt • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Shed Skin • Robert J. Sawyer • (ss)
• Sheila • Lauren McLaughlin • (ss)
• Shell Games: An Interview with Richard S. Prather • Graham Andrews • (iv)
• Shepherd • Michael A. Stackpole • (ss)
• Sheridan Le Fanu • E. F. Benson • (ar)
• Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time • Ralph E. Vaughan • (na)
• Sherrel • Whit Burnett • (ss)
• She’s Elektrifying • Resa Nelson • (ar)
• She’s Such a Nasty Morsel • Julie E. Czerneda • (nv)
• SHH • Peter Dabbene • (pm)
• Shields of Mars • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
• Shift Out of Control • Daniel M. Hoyt • (nv)
• The Shimmering • Sarah Lister • (ss)
• Shimmery Staff • Misc. • (bg)
• Shin-Gi-Tai • Robin Wayne Bailey • (nv)
• Shiny Things • Patricia Russo • (ss)
• The Ship • M. J. Skidmore • (ss)
• Ships • Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick • (nv)
• Ships in the Night • Jack McDevitt • (nv)
• Shipwrecked on Destiny Five • Andrew Joron • (pm)
• Shirat Hayam • Sonya Taaffe • (pm)
• Shirley’s Ghost • John S. Glasby • (ss)
• Shitbaby • Anthony Cain • (ss)
• Shiva in Shadow • Nancy Kress • (na)
• The Shiva Option • David M. Weber & Steve White • (n.)
• Shivering, We Dance • Sherry Decker • (ss)
• The Shoal • Liz Williams • (ss)
• Shock • Henry Kuttner • (ss)
• Shock and Awe • Harry Turtledove • (ss)
• Shoes • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar • Neil Gaiman • (ss)
• The Shooting of Dan McGrew • Robert W. Service • (pm)
• The Shop of Little Horrors • Kit Reed • (ss)
• The Shoppers • Michael Matthews • (ss)
• Shopping • Scott Seller-Mason • (vi)
• Shopping at the Mall • James Alan Gardner • (ss)
• A Short Note About Poets • Susan Marie Groppi • (ed)
• The Short, Happy Death of Mack Francis • Jay Lake • (ss)
• The Shortcut • Aurelio Rico Lopez, III • (pm)
• The Shortcut • David Lubar • (ss)
• Should I Miss Her Now in Winter? • Russell Bittner • (pm)
• Showdown at Hell’s Canyon • Robert E. Howard • (ss)
• Shriek: An Afterword • Jeff VanderMeer • (ex)
• The Shrine of Temptation • Judith Merril • (ss)
• The Shunned House • H. P. Lovecraft • (nv)
• Shut In • Donna Taylor Burgess • (pm)
• The Shuttered Room • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• The Sibyl of Tamarish • Darja Malcolm-Clarke • (ss)
• Sick Day • Patrick Thomas • (ss)
• Sickhouse • C. L. Werner • (ss)
• Sickhouse Hospitality • Terry Lamsley • (nv)
• The Sidewise Award Winners: A Retrospective • Greg Beatty • (ar)
• Sidhe • Steven Utley • (ss)
• Siege • Lynne Jamneck • (pm)
• The Sieve • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• A Sight for Sore Eyes • Roberta Lannes • (ar)
• The Sign in the Window • Vandana Singh • (ss)
• A Signal from Earth • Stephen M. Baxter • (ss)
• Signals and Noise • Empire State Human • (sg)
• Signals and Noise • Jill Ziegler • (ss)
• Signs of Life • M. John Harrison • (n.)
• Signs You Could Be a Clone • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Signs You Could Be Living in a Virtual Reality • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Signs Your Domestic Robot Needs a Tune-Up • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Signs Your Parents Are Being Replaced by Automatons • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Silence • Dave McDougle • (pm)
• The Silence Between the Screams • Lucy Taylor • (ss)
• The Silence of the Lambs • Frank M. Robinson • (ar)
• Silence of the Sea • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Silence, Before the Horn • Marie Brennan • (ss)
• The Silences of Home, Caitlin Sweet • Faren Miller • (br)
• Silent Bianca • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• Silent Screams • Terry D. Scheerer • (pm)
• The Silent Ship • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• Silhouette • David Price • (ss)
• Silicon Gods • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• silk • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• The Silver Age of Pulp Reprints? • Michael Chomko • (ar)
• The Silver Connection • Frank C. Gunderloy, Jr. • (nv)
• The Silver Dragon • Elizabeth A. Lynn • (ss)
• The Silver Menace • Murray Leinster • (na)
• The Silver Monster • Vera Searles • (ss)
• The Silverfish • Richard Lee Byers • (ss)
• Silverware People • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Silv’ry Moon • Steven Utley • (ss)
• Simon Clark: A brief biographical introduction from the 1970s to 2005 • Tony Mileman • (in)
• Simon Clark: Bibliography of Short Fiction, 1972-2005 • Tony Mileman • (bi)
• The Simoqin Prophecies, Samit Basu • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• A Simple Request • Brad Smith • (ss)
• Sims, Book Four: Zero • F. Paul Wilson • (na)
• Sing a Song of Sixpence a Bottle Full of Rye • Robert Loy • (ss)
• Singer in the Snow, Louise Marley • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• The Singer of Seeds • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• Singer of Souls, Adam Stemple • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Singer of Souls, Adam Stemple • Faren Miller • (br)
• The Singing • Dan Rubin • (ss)
• Singing Innocence & Experience • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• Singing Innocence and Experience, Sonya Taaffe • Damien Broderick, Matthew Cheney, Lisa Goldstein, Richard Horton & Tim Pratt • (br)
• Singing My Sister Down • Margo Lanagan • (ss)