The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Ultimate Problem • Victor Rousseau • (ss)
• The Umbrella Man • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• Unbending Eye • Jim Grimsley • (nv)
• Unblinking • Ramsey Campbell • (na)
• The Uncanny • Chris Forbes • (pm)
• The Uncanny Valley • Nick Mamatas • (ss)
• Uncaught • Mark Rich • (pm)
• Uncle Vernon’s Lie • Patrick Samphire • (ss)
• Unconventional Cures • Russ Crossley • (ss)
• Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil • Kim Harrison • (na)
• Under Alien Observation • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Under Hell, Under Heaven • Margo Lanagan • (ss)
• Under Old Earth • Cordwainer Smith • (nv)
• Under Our Reading Lamp • Anonymous • (ar)
• Under Siege • George R. R. Martin • (nv)
• Under Summons • Tanya S. Huff • (nv)
• Under the Black Light: New Line Cinema • Jason Brannon • (ar)
• Under the Graying Sea • Jonathan Sherwood • (nv)
• Under the Hammer • David A. Drake • (ss)
• Under the House • Mark E. Deloy • (ss)
• Under the Lake • Garth Nix • (ss)
• Under the Red Sun • Ben Peek • (ss)
• Under the Scarecrows Watchful Eye • James W. Bennett • (ss)
• Under the Skin, Under the Bones • Steve Vernon • (ss)
• Underground • Paul Di Filippo • (ss)
• Underneath the Bed • Lee Clark Zumpe • (pm)
• Understanding Space and Time • Alastair Reynolds • (na)
• Undertaken • Randy Chandler • (ss)
• Undine • Catherine Krahe • (ss)
• The Undoing • Sarah Totton • (ss)
• Undone • James Patrick Kelly • (nv)
• Une Conte de Fée • Lila Garrott • (ss)
• une petite morte • Mike Allen • (pm)
• Unending • Michael Natale • (ss)
• Unexplained • Pearl Mary Wilshaw • (pm)
• Unfinished Business • Ron Shiflet • (ss)
• The Unfinished Music • Christopher Conlon • (ss)
• The Unforbidden Playground • John Grant • (ss)
• Unforgiven • Graham McNeill • (ss)
• An Unfortunate Book Tour • Will Heydt-Minor • (vi)
• The Unfortunate Misfortunes of a Man Named Lud • John Weagly • (ss)
• The Ungoverned • Vernor Vinge • (na)
• Unhand Me, Villain! • Robert E. Howard • (vi)
• Unhappy Hour at the Godforsaken Lounge • Bruce Boston & Margaret Ballif Simon • (ss)
• Unhuman • Jason Christie • (pm)
• The Unicorn and the Strumpet • Teresa Noelle Roberts • (ss)
• Unicorn Tapestry • Suzy McKee Charnas • (na)
• The Unified Field of Dreams Theory • Laurel Winter • (pm)
• The Uninvited • Kelli A. Wilkins • (ss)
• The Uninvited Guest • Christopher Anvil • (ss)
• A Union Against All Odds • David DeLee • (nv)
• Universal • John Grey • (pm)
• The Universal Soldier • Charles de Lint • (ss)
• The Universal Wife: Exploring 1970s Feminism with Lisa Tuttle’s “Wives” • Cathy Hawkins • (ar)
• The University of Death • J. G. Ballard • (ss)
• The Unknown City in the Ocean • H. P. Lovecraft • (ar)
• Unknown Invasion • Deborah P. Kolodji • (pm)
• An Unknown Past • Joel Lane • (ss)
• The Unknown Vegetable • Edward Gorey • (ct)
• The Unknown [1927] • Simon Clark • (ar)
• unlovely • Rebecca Deatsman • (pm)
• The Unnameable • Adena Graham • (ss)
• The Unnullified World • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • (nv)
• Unravelled • Maureen Wilkinson • (vi)
• An Unremarkable Man • Justina L. A. Robson • (ss)
• Unsafe at Any Speed • Mike Resnick • (sf)
• The Unseelie Tree • Mike Allen • (pm)
• The Unseen Queen • Troy Denning • (n.)
• The Unsolvable Deathtrap • Jack Mangan • (ss)
• An Unsolved Mystery • E. Owens Blackburne • (nf)
• Unsound Variations • George R. R. Martin • (nv)
• Unspeakable Occurrences: Lovecraft in Culture • P. H. Cannon • (cl)
• Untainted • Katherine Woodbury • (ss)
• Unthinking Justice • Andras Millward • (nv)
• Until Death We Do Part • Sherrilyn Kenyon • (na)
• Until Proven Guilty • Jane Gwaltney • (il)
• Untitled (“The wind from the Mediterranean…”) • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• untitled and unfinished fragment • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• untitled draft • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• untitled fragment • Robert E. Howard • (uw)
• Untitled Interview with Diana Gabaldon • Anonymous • (iv)
• untitled Old Scratch poem, featuring River • Sheree R. Thomas • (pm)
• Untitled Robot Poem: Natural Disasters • Jason Christie • (pm)
• untitled story (previously published as “Exile of Atlantis”) • Robert E. Howard • (ss)
• Untitled [Extracts from the notebook in which Gaiman wrote Anansi Boys] • Neil Gaiman • (ms)
• Unto the Last Generation • Steve Redwood • (ss)
• Unusual Stories • Anonymous • (ms)
• Unwelcome Guests • Teresa Holmes • (vi)
• Unwilling Bride of the Mummy • William Christopher • (ss)
• Unwrapping • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • (ss)
• Up and About • Donald R. Burleson • (ss)
• Up from the Bottomless Pit • Philip José Farmer • (sl)
• Up in a Cottonwood • Ursula K. Le Guin • (pm)
• Up in the Boneyard • Keith Minnion • (ss)
• Upcoming Events • Anthony R. Lewis • (ms)
• Upload Your Life Now • Mark L. Van Name • (ar)
• Uproar in Acheron • Philip José Farmer • (ss)
• Uproar in Acheron: Introduction • Philip José Farmer • (is)
• Upstairs • Tananarive Due • (ss)
• Upstream • Bruce Durham • (ss)
• Urban night refugees • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
• Urban Renewal • Juliet E. McKenna • (vi)
• Urban Renewal • Tom Pendergrass • (ss)
• Urchins, While Swimming • Catherynne M. Valente • (ss)
• The Use of the Ellipse the Catalog the Meter & Vibrating Plane • Rudy Rucker • (ss)
• Useful Addresses • Misc. • (ms)
• User-Centric • Bruce Sterling • (ss)
• The Usurper Memos • Josepha Sherman • (ss)
• The Uterus Garden • Alexander C. Irvine • (nv)
• Utnapishtim on Friday After Dessert • Danny Adams • (pm)
• Utopia • Darren Sellars • (ss)
• Vacation • Daniel Wallace • (ss)
• The Vale of Lost Women • Robert E. Howard • (ss)
• Valediction • Unknown • (ar)
• A Valentine for Krakie • Ursula K. Le Guin • (pm)
• The Valet Mystery • Tom Pomplun & Rafael Sabatini • (gs)
• The Valet Mystery • Rafael Sabatini • (gs)
• The Valhalla Job • Sandra McDonald • (ss)
• The Valiant/Allison Incident • Brooks Peck • (ss)
• Valkyrie • Jack McDevitt • (ss)
• The Valley of Dried Bones • Justin J. Sherman • (ss)
• The Valley of the Worm • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• Valor’s Choice • Tanya S. Huff • (n.)
• Value for O • Jennifer Stevenson • (ss)
• The Vampire • Théophile Gautier • (nv)
• Vampire from the Void • Eric Frank Russell • (nv)
• The Vampire Hunters • Sue Kelly • (ss)
• A Vampire in Vegas • M. J. Williamz • (ss)
• The Vampire Who Doted On His Chicken • Ken Rand • (ss)
• Vampires • Albin Grau • (ar)
• Vampires from Outer Space • Robert Silverberg • (nv)
• Vampires vs. Werewolves • John Condenzio • (ss)
• Vampireslayer • William King • (n.)
• The Vampyre (An Internet Romance) • Gwyneth Jones • (vi)
• The Vampyre: A Tale • John William Polidori • (ss)
• Vanguard of Science • Jack Williamson • (ed)
• Vanilla Slice Tuesdays • Marie Faye Prior • (ss)
• The Vanishing Diamonds • Sylvie Miller & Philippe Ward • (ss)
• Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood • James Malcolm Rymer • (n.)
• Vaughn’s Diary • Robert Vaughn • (ss)
• The Veil • Steve Vertlieb • (pm)
• The Veiled Charge • David A. Page • (nv)
• Veil’s Visit • Joe R. Lansdale & Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• The Velvet Dark • Stewart Sheargold • (ss)
• Venefica • Sonya Taaffe • (ss)
• Vengeance Is Mine Inc. • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• The Vengeful Spirit of Lake Nepeakea • Tanya S. Huff • (nv)
• Venice-Rome-Direttissma • Charles L. Harness • (ss)
• Venting • Alan Dean Foster • (ss)
• The Venus Hunters • J. G. Ballard • (nv)
• Venus Smiles • J. G. Ballard • (nv)
• The Veridian Tree • Lisa Parker • (ss)
• Vermont—A First Impression • H. P. Lovecraft • (ar)
• Ver’s Desert Island Picks • Ver Curtiss • (br)
• Verse Advice • Edward Gorey • (ct)
• Verse Index • Glenn Lord • (ix)
• Version iii • Frank Burton • (ss)
• The Very Big House Up on Waterstone Street • Skadi meic Beorg • (pm)
• The Very Last Picture Show • Andrew Collins • (ss)
• A Very Little Madness Goes a Long Way • M. Rickert • (ss)
• Very Lynn Sings for the Boys • Mikal Trimm • (ss)
• Vestiges of Blessed Rot • Steven L. Shrewsbury • (ss)
• The Veteran • Conrad Williams • (ss)
• Veteran of the Last War • Mikal Trimm • (pm)
• Vicious Circle • Stephanie Burgis • (br)
• Victim • Kenneth B. Chiacchia • (ss)
• Victims • Mervyn Peake • (pm)
• Victor • Colin Martin • (ss)
• Videodrome [1983] • Paul J. McAuley • (ar)
• The Vile Vineyard • Cathy Buburuz • (ed)
• The Villa Désirée • May Sinclair • (ss)
• The Village of Sug Tupu • Ursula K. Le Guin • (pm)
• Village of the Mermaids: A Painting by Paul Delvaux • Cythera • (pm)
• The Vine God • Gary Every • (pm)
• Vintage • Alasdair Stuart • (ar)
• Vintage Year • Joel Lane • (pm)
• Violet Blue on the Ordo Templi Orientis • David A. Lindschmidt • (iv)
• The Violin-Maker • Zoran Zivkovic • (ss)
• The Violinist • Zoran Zivkovic • (ss)
• Virgin Ear • Donna George Storey • (ss)
• The Virgins • Ursula K. Le Guin • (pm)
• Virgo H121 • Deborah P. Kolodji • (pm)
• Virtual Library • Zoran Zivkovic • (ss)
• A Virtually Perfect Life • Raymond A. Valent • (ss)
• Visanna • Charles M. Saplak • (ss)
• The Visible Men • Michael Moorcock • (vi)
• Vision Quest™ • Alexander Polkki • (ss)
• Visionary in Residence • Iain Emsley • (br)
• Visions and Re-Visions • Paul Kincaid • (br)
• Visions of Darkness: Film Commentary • Ian McDowell • (mr)
• Visions of Space • K. S. Hardy • (pm)
• Visions of the Blue Clone • Bruce Boston • (pm)
• Visions of the Metanovel • Rudy Rucker • (ss)
• Visitant • Catherine Graham • (pm)
• The Visitor • Jim Chaplin • (ss)
• The Visitor • Roald Dahl • (nv)
• The Visitor • Jack Ketchum • (ss)
• The Visitor • Karen R. Porter • (pm)
• Viva Las Vampires • Jennifer Ashley • (na)
• The Vlkolak • Jacqueline West • (ss)
• Vocal, Bass • Joel Lane • (ss)
• The Voice • R. Andrew Heidel • (vi)
• The Voice in the Night • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• Voice of Ages • G. David Nordley • (ss)
• The Voices in My Head • Daniel C. Smith • (pm)
• Voices of the Gods • Monica Eiland • (ss)
• The Voices of the Snakes • Karina Sumner-Smith • (vi)
• The Voices of Time • J. G. Ballard • (nv)
• The Voices Waken Memory • Robert E. Howard • (pm)
• Void-Egg Verses • Yoon Ha Lee • (pm)
• The Volcano Dances • J. G. Ballard • (ss)
• Volcanoes of the Heart • Cathy Buburuz • (pm)
• The Voluntary State • Christopher Rowe • (nv)
• Volunteers • Alexander C. Irvine • (ss)
• The Vows • Paul Calvin Wilson • (pm)
• The Voyage of Night Shining White • Chris Roberson • (na)