The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Stories, Listed by Title

• Bargains • Richard Lee Byers • (nv)
• Barrier of Dread • Judith Merril • (ss)
• The Barrigudo • Arthur O. Friel • (na)
• Barry Westphall Crashes the Singularity • James Patrick Kelly • (vi)
• Basement Flats • Robert Frazier & W. Gregory Stewart • (pm)
• Baskets Full of Gods • Rio Le Moignan • (pm)
• Bastogne V.9 • Christopher East • (ss)
• Bataka and His Shadow • Paul Bates • (ss)
• Bath Night • Anthony Horowitz • (nv)
• The Battle • Robert Sheckley • (ss)
• The Battle of York • James Stoddard • (nv)
• The Baum Plan for Financial Independence • John Kessel • (ss)
• BBC Cult • Richard Horton • (br)
• Beam Us Home • James Tiptree, Jr. • (ss)
• Beaming Into a Television Near You: The Fall 2005 Sci-Fi Lineup • Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic • (cl)
• Bean There • Jack Skillstead • (ss)
• Beans • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Beans and Marbles • Floris M. Kleijne • (ss)
• The Bear Came Over the Mountain • Kenneth James Crist • (ss)
• Bear Daughter • Stephanie Burgis • (br)
• Bear Daughter, Judith Berman • Faren Miller • (br)
• The Beard of God • Michael Northrop • (ss)
• Bearing Life • Devon Monk • (nv)
• Bearing Seed • Forrest Aguirre • (vi)
• Bearing Up • Matt Hughes • (ss)
• Bearing Witness • Marguerite Reed • (sl)
• Bears Discover Fire • Terry Bisson • (ss)
• Bears Discover Smut • Michael Bishop • (ss)
• The Bearwalker • Mary Frances Zambreno • (ss)
• The Beast • Kathryn Lipsch • (ss)
• The Beast • Maureen F. McHugh • (ss)
• The Beast • Bruce Holland Rogers • (ss)
• A Beast for Every Home! • William A. Rossi • (ss)
• The Beast House • Richard Laymon • (n.)
• The Beast in the Cave • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
• The Beast Master • Andre Norton • (n.)
• Beasties • Michael A. Kechula • (vi)
• The Beasts of Love • Steven Utley • (ss)
• Beastslayer • William King • (n.)
• The Beat • Al Sarrantonio • (ss)
• Beating the Air • Velko Miloev • (ss)
• The Beau and the Beast • Esther M. Friesner • (ss)
• Beautiful Dreamer • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• The Beautiful People • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• Beautiful Sins, Burning Husks • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• Beauty • Clive Barker • (il)
• Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Beauty in the Beast • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• The Beauty of the World Has Two Edges • Iain Rowan • (ss)
• The Beauty Without • Kris Ashton • (ss)
• Becalmed • William Jones • (ss)
• Because We Hear Voices • John Bowker • (ss)
• The Beckoning Fair One • Oliver Onions • (na)
• The Beckoning Fair Ones: Some Thoughts About Muses • Elizabeth Hand • (in)
• Become a Warrior • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• Becoming Brazilian • Edwidge Danticat • (mm)
• Becoming Men • Douglas Clegg • (ss)
• The Bed by the Window • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• Bed Tings • David Lubar • (ss)
• Bedfellows • Harry Turtledove • (ss)
• The Bedtime Story • Edward Serken • (ss)
• A Bedtime Tale for the Disenchanted • Amy Beth Forbes • (ss)
• Beehave • Michael McNeil • (ss)
• Been There, Seen That • Charles Garofalo • (ss)
• Beep No More, My Lady • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• The Bees • Kelly McCullough • (pm)
• Before I Wake • Henry Kuttner • (ss)
• Before I Wake • Erik Tomblin • (ss)
• Before Lascaux • Margaret Ballif Simon • (pm)
• Before Midnight • Andy Russell • (ss)
• Before the Altar on the Feast for All Souls • Marg Gilks • (ss)
• Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope • Jonathan V. Post • (pm)
• Before the Flood • Paul J. McAuley • (ss)
• Before You Leave • Del Howison • (aw)
• The Beginning • Sherrilyn Kenyon • (nv)
• Behind Glass • Simon Strantzas • (ss)
• Behind the Masque • Jeffrey Thomas • (ss)
• Behind the Screams • D. W. Jones • (ms)
• Beholder • Stephen Dedman • (ss)
• Being • Richard Matheson • (nv)
• Being Asked to Explain Your Perfection-3000 CE • Steve Sneyd • (pm)
• Being Here • Claude Lalumière • (ss)
• Being John Lovitz • Alyssa Sturgill • (vi)
• The Being of It All • Carol Emshwiller • (ss)
• Beksinski, Zdzislaw • James Cowan • (ob)
• The Belfry • Robert M. Price • (ed)
• Belief (theme for Firewall) • Null Device • (sg)
• Believers and Heretics: An Episcopal Bull • Michael Bishop • (ar)
• The Bell-Curve Drug • Jim Kling • (vi)
• Bells of Oceana • Arthur J. Burks • (ss)
• Ben Templesmith - Breaking Moulds • Anonymous • (iv)
• Benares (a Metrophilia) • Brendan Connell • (vi)
• Beneath the Black Tower • John Shire • (ss)
• Beneath the Rug • David Lester Snell • (ss)
• Beneath You • Albie • (ss)
• Benjamin Rosenbaum: God’s Really Weird • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• Benjamin the Unbeliever • Allen M. Steele • (na)
• The Bennie and the Bonobo • Neil Williamson • (ss)
• Berlin • Charles de Lint • (na)
• Berlin, 1942 • Christopher Hivner • (pm)
• Berserk • Tim Lebbon • (ex)
• Berserker Kill • Fred Saberhagen • (n.)
• The Berserker Wars • Fred Saberhagen • (co)
• Berserker: Blue Death • Fred Saberhagen • (n.)
• Beside the Killer • Daniel C. Smith • (pm)
• The Best Christmas Ever • James Patrick Kelly • (ss)
• Best Man’s Speech • John Llewellyn Probert • (vi)
• Best New Horror • Joe Hill • (ss)
• The Best of All Probable Worlds • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, Gardner Dozois, ed. • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• Best Short Novels 2005, Jonathan Strahan, ed. • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
• The Best-Laid Plans • Jerry Oltion • (ss)
• A Bestiary: Tlaltecuhtli • Tim Pratt • (pm)
• Betcha • Joe R. Lansdale • (vi)
• Betelgeuse Bridge • William Tenn • (ss)
• Beth Meacham: The Kid on the Bicycle • Charles N. Brown • (iv)
• Betrayer of Trees • Eric James Stone • (ss)
• Better and Better • John B. Rosenman • (ss)
• The Better Boy • James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers • (nv)
• A Better Man • David G. Barnett • (ss)
• Better Than Home • Joe Hill • (nv)
• Better Than SpaceShipOne • Jonathan Ruland • (ar)
• Betting on Eureka • Geoffrey A. Landis • (ss)
• Between a Rock and God’s Place • Lazette Gifford • (ss)
• Between Now and Trine • Nels Hanson • (ss)
• Between the Covers • K. J. Bishop • (ss)
• Between the Dog and the Wolf • Jean Edmunds • (ss)
• Between the Moon and Mars • Terry D. Scheerer • (ss)
• Bev Vincent • Anonymous • (iv)
• Beware of Kitten • Alyssa Sturgill • (ss)
• Beware of the Leopard • Mike Byrne • (ar)
• Beyond Devil Reef • Linda Navroth • (ss)
• Beyond Doubt • Robert A. Heinlein & Elma Wentz • (ss)
• Beyond Ledra • Cathy Buburuz • (ss)
• Beyond Mao • Paul Di Filippo & Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• Beyond Pluto • Gregory Benford • (ss)
• Beyond the Aquila Rift • Alastair Reynolds • (nv)
• Beyond the Barbarian: History in the Works of Robert E. Howard • Patrice Louinet • (ar)
• Beyond the Black River • Robert E. Howard • (na)
• Beyond the Brazos River • Robert E. Howard • (ms)
• Beyond the Door • J. Paul Suter • (ss)
• Beyond the Flame • Forrest Aguirre • (ss)
• Beyond the Gate • David Farland • (n.)
• Beyond the Reaches of Dawn • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Beyond the River • Joel Lane • (ss)
• Beyond Ultraviolet • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• Bibles for Little Blue • Megan James • (ss)
• Bibliographical Note • Misc. • (bi)
• A Bibliography - Tim Lebbon • Kevin Etheridge • (bi)
• Bibliophile - a discussion on Dark is the Sun • Paul Spiteri • (ar)
• Bibliophile - a discussion on Inside Outside • Paul Spiteri • (ar)
• A Big Bang • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Big Blow • Joe R. Lansdale • (na)
• Big Brother • Gary Fry • (ss)
• Big Brother Inc: Surveillance, Security and the US Citizen • Laura M. Kelley • (ar)
• The Big Cheat • R. Michael Burns • (ss)
• The Big Downtown • Jack McDevitt • (na)
• The Big Fish • Kim Newman • (nv)
• Big Little Epic • Dave Gross • (ar)
• The Big Night • Henry Kuttner • (nv)
• The Big Picture • Susan Marie Groppi • (ed)
• Big Sister/Little Sister • Jennifer Pelland • (ss)
• The Big Thaw • Steven Cutts • (ss)
• The ’bility • Eric Bryan • (ss)
• The Bill • David G. Barnett • (ss)
• Bill Bowers • Mike Resnick • (ob)
• Bill for Delivery • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• Billy and the Ants • Terry Bisson • (ss)
• Billy Tackett • Anonymous • (iv)
• Billy the Fetus • Al Sarrantonio • (ss)
• Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War • Robert E. Howard • (ms)
• Billy Was Silent • Clement Lau • (ss)
• Billy-Don’t-Do-It • D. W. Cropper • (nv)
• Binky • Sèphera Girón • (ss)
• Biographical Note • Patrick Parrinder • (bg)
• Biographies • Gary Lachman • (bg)
• Biographies • Misc. • (bg)
• Biolog:
  ___ Carl Frederick • Jay Kay Klein • (bg)
• The Bird of Time • Jane Yolen • (ss)
• Bird Songs at Eventide • Nina Allan • (ss)
• The Birds of Isla Mujeres • Steven Popkes • (ss)
• Birds of the Bushes and Scrubs • Geoffrey Maloney • (ss)
• A Birth • Carrie Richerson • (ss)
• Birth Creature • Paul Calvin Wilson • (ss)
• Birth of a Writer • Octavia E. Butler • (ar)
• The Birth of A.I. • Cynthia Ward • (ss)
• The Birth of Artificial Intelligence • Cynthia Ward • (ss)
• Birth Ritual • Kristine Ong Muslim • (pm)
• Birth Scars • Thomas Donaldson • (ss)
• The Birthday Rooms • William Alexander • (ss)
• Birthplace of Creation • Edmond Hamilton • (nv)
• The Birthplace Singularity • Paul Grant • (ss)
• A Bit of Counter-Espionage • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Bite of the Tawse • John Burke • (ss)
• Bite, Anonymous, ed. • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
• Biting in Plain Sight • MaryJanice Davidson • (na)
• The Bitter Watches • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pm)
• The Black Adder • Dorothy Quick • (ss)
• Black Amazon of Mars • Leigh Brackett • (na)
• black and green and gold • David Herter • (nv)
• Black Armbands • Brenda Cooper • (ss)
• Black Blossom, Boban Knezevic • Faren Miller • (br)
• The Black Brain • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• The Black Brat of Dunwich • Stanley C. Sargent • (ss)
• Black Brillion • Rick Kleffel • (br)
• The Black Butterflies • Lisa Parker • (ss)
• Black Canaan • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Black Chant Imperial • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• A Black Clock Interview • Steve Erickson • (iv)
• Black Country • Charles Beaumont • (ss)
• Black Deer • Claudia O’Keefe • (ss)
• Black Dog Times • Jane Yolen • (pm)
• Black Egg • William Malmborg • (ss)
• Black Gate Fall ’04 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• Black Gate Summer ’05 • Nick Gevers • (br)
• The Black Goat • Ron Shiflet • (ss)
• Black Gondolier Book Review • Misc. • (br)
• Black Jade • Iain Emsley • (br)