The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
Contents Lists
Chiron Stephen Baxter (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’93 [Nov ’96], £3.00, 12pp, ph, cover by David A. Hardy) [Xeelee] Original short story issued in a limited edition of 400 numbered copies, to coincide with Baxter’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 23.
Science Fiction Stories ed. Ulrike Becker & Claus Varrelmann (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 3-423-09308-0, Aug ’93, 224pp, pb) Anthology with English and German versions of nine SF stories.
- 6 · Star Light [“Starlight!”] · Isaac Asimov · ss Scientific American Oct ’62
- 16 · Apartment Hunting · Harvey L. & Audrey L. Bilker · ss Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973
- 38 · The Sightseers · Ben Bova · vi Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973
- 44 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52
- 78 · Missing · Peggy Kagan · vi IASFM Sep ’82
- 84 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Feb ’60
- 98 · Bad Medicine · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Jul ’56
- 146 · To See the Invisible Man · Robert Silverberg · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Apr ’63
- 178 · $CALL LINK4(CATHY) · Cherie Wilkerson · ss IASFM Apr ’83
Stars [“They Have Not Seen the Stars”] Ray Bradbury (Santa Anna, CA: Gold Stein Press, 1993, hc) Reprint poem printed as a miniature (7 x 9 cm) book in a limited edition of 95 copies signed by the author.
The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement One, July 1991-June 1993 Jack L. Chalker & Mark Owings (Mirage Press, Oct ’93, $10.00, x+164pp, tp) Non-fiction, a supplement to Chalker and Owings’ The Science-Fantasy Publishers. This is a revised and expanded version of “Supplement One, July 1991-June 1992”, published in 1992.
I Believe in Angels Fiona Cooper (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-284-X, 1993, £7.99, 146pp, tp, cover by Paula Cox) Original collection of 17 mainstream/fantasy stories (2 reprint). [Not seen]
- 1 · Aubade: The Maggots of Enlightenment · ss *
- 15 · Recession · ss *
- 24 · Kids’ Stuff · ss *
- 30 · Fugue · ss Writing Women Christmas ’90
- 38 · Off Season · ss *
- 47 · Taking Mae West on Holiday · ss *
- 52 · Early One Morning · ss *
- 56 · Hay, Hell and Booligal · ss *
- 66 · Ilsa’s War · nv *
- 94 · Brightly Shone the Moon That Night · ss, 1992; From The Plot Against Mary (The Women’s Press); details unknown.
- 100 · Oh, How I Love You · pm *
- 101 · Orchids to You, Dear · ss *
- 112 · I Believe in Angels · ss *
- 119 · Warm · ss *
- 127 · One That Got Away · ss *
- 137 · Stars · ss *
- 142 · Time After Time · ss *
Loopy Is the Inner Ear Keith Allen Daniels (Quick Glimpse Press, 1993, $5.00, 44pp, pc) SF/fantasy poetry collection.
Horrorscape ed. Gary Goshgarian (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 0-8403-8181-6, 1993, 252pp, tp) Textbook.
- v · Preface · Gary Goshgarian · pr
- · PART 1: Dark Roots
- 1 · The Cask of Amontillado [_Fortunato_] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov, 1846
- 9 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
- 17 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 23 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 31 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1842
- 37 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- · PART 2: The Horror We Do
- 47 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss New Yorker Jun 26 ’48
- 55 · Dread · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v2, Sphere, 1984
- 87 · Something About Camilla · Juleen Brantingham · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- · PART 3: Belief and The Supernatural
- 97 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
- 109 · The Roaches · Thomas Disch · ss Escapade Oct ’65
- 119 · The Boogeyman · Stephen King · ss Cavalier Mar ’73
- 131 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- · PART 4: Avenging Angels and Faustian Devils
- 147 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Aug ’43
- 157 · The Black Lake · Tony Richards · ss Realms of Darkness, ed. Mary Danby, Octopus, 1985
- 165 · The Raft · Stephen King · nv Gallery Nov ’82
- 189 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Mar ’47
- 197 · If Damon Comes · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978
- 209 · Ceremony · William F. Nolan · nv Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985
- 225 · Dark Angel · Edward Bryant · ss Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 239 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire Oct ’53
Predator Kathryn M. Griffith (Zebra 0-8217-4402-X, 1993, $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. “In Crater Lake, Oregon, when carcasses of dead animals are found—mauled and eaten—and tourists begin disappearing, the townspeople worry than a prehistoric beast has made Crater Lake his feeding ground.”
Mystery and Wonder Margaret Iveson & Samuel Robinson (Prentice Hall Canada, Inc., 1993, 137pp, tp) Textbook.
- 1 · The Jade Peony · Wayson Choy · ss
- 12 · Southern Mansion · Arna Bontemps · pm
- 13 · Was It Murder? · Cheryl MacDonald · ar
- 26 · Trifles · Susan Glaspell · pl, 1920
- 46 · A Wish Named Arnold · Charles de Lint · ss Spaceships & Spells, ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987
- 55 · The Yellow Ball · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986
- 69 · The Dream · Anon. · vi; Arabian fable.
- 71 · Story from Bear Country · Leslie Marmon Silko · pm
- 74 · Upside Down · Ronald Keon · pm
- 75 · Landscape · Eve Merriam · pm
- 75 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Faber, 1939
- 77 · The Bat · Theodore Roethke · pm
- 77 · Poem · Southwest Tribes · pm
- 78 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm
- 79 · Dream Dust · Langston Hughes · pm
- 79 · End · Langston Hughes · pm Selected Poems of Langston Hughes, 1947
- 80 · User Friendly · T. Ernesto Bethancourt · ss Connections: Short Stories, ed. Ronald R. Gallo, Delacorte, 1989
- 94 · The Fog Horn [“The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’51
- 105 · Apparitions · Edwin Varney · pm
- 106 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 113 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- 127 · Manerathiak’s Song · Inuit chants · ms
- 127 · The Wind Has Wings · Inuit chants · ms
- 128 · Witchcraft was hung, in History · Emily Dickinson · pm
- 128 · Something Is There · Lilian Moore · pm
- 129 · Thirty Below · Elizabeth Brewster · pm
- 130 · Visit to the “Twilight Zone” Truck Stop · Phyllis Griffiths · ar Mysterious Encounters, ed. John Robert Colombo, Hounslow Press, 1990
- 134 · About the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
By the Gun Richard Matheson (M. Evans 0-87131-747-8, 1993, $18.95, 171pp, hc) Associational collection of six Western stories, two apparently original.
- · Boy in the Rocks · nv Western Magazine Dec ’55
- · Go West, Young Man [“The Conqueror”] · ss
- · Gunsight [“They Don’t Make ’em Tougher”] · ss Dime Western Magazine Oct ’51
- · Little Jack Cornered · ss
- · Of Death and Thirty Minutes · ss
- · Too Proud to Lose · ss Fifteen Western Tales Feb ’55
By the Gun Richard Matheson (Berkley 0-425-14099-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.50, 179pp, pb) Reprint (M. Evans 1993) associational collection of six Western stories, two apparently original.
A Sound of Thunder ed. Ian Mills (Addison-Wesley 0-201-60217-2, 1993, 152pp, tp) Textbook.
- · The House of Life
- 1 · Who Am I? · Felice Holman · pm At the Top of My Voice and Other Poems, Grosset & Dunlap, 1970
- 2 · The Laws of Nature · T. C. McLuhan · ar Touch the Earth, T. C. McLuhan, Viking Penguin, 1971
- 5 · Autobiography of a Lungworm · Roy Fuller · pm
- 7 · The Bird and the Snake · Loren Eiseley · ar The Firmament of Time, Loren Eiseley, Atheneum, 1960
- 10 · The Snake · D. H. Lawrence · pm, 1923
- 13 · The Great American Forest · Rutherford Platt · ar The Great American Forest, Rutherford Platt, Simon & Schuster, 1965
- 14 · Walimai [1989] · Isabel Allende · ss The Stories of Eva Luna, Antheneum, 1991
- 21 · The Peace of Wild Things · Wendell Berry · pm Openings, Wendell Berry, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1968
- · Unintended Consequences
- 23 · Moss-Gathering · Theodore Roethke · pm, 1946
- 24 · The House of Life · Robert M. Hazen & James Trefil · ar Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, Robert M. Hazen & James Trefil, Doubleday, 1991
- 26 · Fable for Tomorrow · Rachel Carson · vi Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, Houghton Mifflin, 1962
- 28 · Report on the Earth-Air Addicts · Robert Priest · pm The Man Who Broke Out of the Letter X, Coach House, 1984
- 29 · Still LIfe · Ralph Gustafson · pm Landscape with Rain, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart
- 30 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun ’61
- 42 · The Scars of Umlungu · Sindiwe Magona · ar New Internationalist Apr ’92
- 47 · The Wound · Howard Fast · ss The General Zapped an Angel, Morrow, 1970
- 59 · Requiem for a River · Kim Williams · pm The Living Wilderness
- 60 · Talking Garbage · Lasanda Kurukulasuriya · ar New Internationalist Apr ’92
- 63 · The Fable of the Dodo · David Day · ar Noah’s Choice, Viking, 1990
- 69 · Forgive My Guilt · Robert P. Tristram Coffin · pm Atlantic Monthly
- 70 · Coyote Pup Meets the Crazy People in Kootenay National Park · Dale Zieroth · pm Midriver, Ontario: Stoddard Publishing Co.
- 72 · A Sunrise on the Veld · Doris Lessing · ss African Stories, London: Michael Joseph, 1964
- 81 · Wings of a Wild Goose · Chrystos · pm Not Vanishing, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1988
- 83 · The Dark Ones · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Twilight Zone Jun ’82
- 85 · The Dreams of Fishkind · Kit Garbett · ss New Internationalist Jan ’92
- 88 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52
- 101 · Hard Questions · Margaret Tsuda · pm The Living Wilderness
- · Just One Thing
- 103 · The Lake Isle of Innisfree · William Butler Yeats · pm
- 104 · Why We Care · Cal Fussman · ar Life May ’90
- 111 · The Man Who Planted Trees · Jean Giono · ss The Man Who Planted Trees, Post Mills, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1985
- 120 · The Thrill of the Grass · W. P. Kinsella · ss The Thrill of the Grass, Penguin Canada, 1984
- 129 · Little Paradise · Zena Collier · ss Buffalo Spree Spr ’78
- 139 · My Collection · Dinyar Godrej · pm New Internationalist Apr ’92
- 141 · The System and the Ecosystem · David Suzuki · ar Inventing the Future, Don Mills, Ont.: Stoddard Publishung Co.
- 144 · The Children in the Woods · Barry Lopez · ar Pacific Northwest Apr ’82
- 147 · Healing the Planet · Helen Caldicott · ar If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth, W. W. Norton & Co., 1992
- 150 · The Breathing · Denise Levertov · pm O Taste and See, 1963
Best of the Midwest’s Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Volume II ed. Brian Smart (ESA Books 0-9628684-1-8, 1993, tp) Anthology of 28 stories, mostly original, from authors predominant in the small press field. Initial printing was withdrawn because of problems over the cover varnish.
- · Introduction · Brian Smart · in
- 1 · Web SW6-1RU · Gary L. Daum · ss *
- 15 · With the Pieces · Sean Doolittle · ss *
- 19 · Far from the Sound of the Sea · John D. Strickland · ss *
- 29 · Payment · Mark Rich · ss *
- 39 · Wave of Destruction · David J. Adams · ss *
- 53 · The Hunger from the Depths · Greg Beatty · ss *
- 67 · The Way of Gods · William Marden · ss *
- 85 · Portals · Stephen M. Rainey · ss *
- 103 · Birches · Gordon A. & Russell D. Graves · ss *
- 109 · ’Til Death Do Us Part · Lisa Y. Drexel · ss *
- 127 · Hearts and Minds · William John Watkins · ss *
- 137 · A Game of Cards · Michael C. Johnson · ss *
- 151 · World Enough, and Time · John B. Rosenman · ss *
- 167 · Full Moon at Green Fair Saloon · P. Andrew Miller · ss *
- 173 · Power Play · Mary Sass · ss *
- 183 · Scarecrow’s Dream · Brian A. Hopkins · ss *
- 195 · Time’s a Peddler Deals in Dust · Jay Speyerer · ss *
- 209 · The Graveyard Beetles · Bobby G. Warner · ss *
- 217 · The Wayfarer’s Talisman · Rima Saret · ss *
- 243 · The Resurrection Man · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss *
- 253 · Pulser · Octavio Ramos, Jr. · ss *
- 265 · Pandora’s Closet · Rand Soellner · nv *
- 285 · Goldberg Lil · Beverly Heinze · ss *
- 301 · Beyond the Wall · Deidra Cox · ss *
- 313 · Nightmare at Brookgreen Gardens · S. Darnbrook Colson · ss *
- 327 · Child of Great Wolf · Kathleen Notestine · ss *
- 339 · Kelso and Price · Marie Williams · ss *
- 353 · Bumps in the Night · Diswell Crinkle · ss *
Antepenult: The Selected Poetry of W. Gregory Stewart W. Gregory Stewart (Concord, CA: Dark Regions Press, 1993, $3.95, 35pp, ph, cover by Helen Shoenfeld) Collection of 20 poems with illustrations by Helen Shoenfeld, edited by Bobbi Sinha.
- 7 · W. Gregory Stewart: The Poetry of Play and Wonder · Denise Dumars · in
- 9 · Between Test Patterns · pm Poetry/LA Jan ’90
- 11 · The Belt · pm SPWAO Newsletter Sep/Oct ’89
- 12 · Infrared and Residue · pm Dreams & Nightmares #27 ’89
- 13 · Cocooning · pm Dreams & Nightmares #33 ’91
- 15 · Alone, Aloft · pm *
- 17 · The Elements · pm Orphic Lute Win ’88/’89
- 19 · The Warthog · pm SPSM&H (Amelia) v2 #4 ’88
- 20 · Beast · pm Star*Line Jan/Feb ’88
- 21 · Cherubim: An Oil Plaint · pm Star*Line Mar/Apr ’87
- 22 · The Ghost of Andy Warhol · pm Amazing Jan ’90
- 23 · Greenbuddy · pm Star*Line Sep/Dec ’89
- 25 · Antepenult · pm Dark Starr Jun ’88
- 26 · The Trick · pm Poets. Painters. Composers Jul ’91
- 28 · Inside the Bone · pm SPWAO Newsletter Jul/Aug ’87
- 28 · Messages Out · pm Thin Ice #11 ’92
- 29 · Bones · pm Star*Line Sep/Oct ’86
- 30 · She Wears Ivory · pm The Plowman Nov ’90
- 31 · Who Ordered That? · pm Light Year, 1988-’89
- 33 · Reception for the Artist · pm *
- 25 · Uncertainty · pm *
Starsongs: Tau Whetu ed. Jean Weber (Norsewood, New Zealand: Pegapuss Press 0-473-01798-9, 1993 [Jun ’93], 88pp, octavo)
- 1 · The Price of Peace · Joan Sowter · vi *
- 3 · The Black Dodo · Vivienne Plumb · ss *
- 7 · In Dungeon Deep · Dan McCarthy · ss *
- 11 · Time and Again · Alyson Cresswell Moorcock · ss *
- 15 · Old Genes, New Face · Murray MacLachlan · vi *
- 17 · Outfoxed! · Lyn McConchie · ss *
- 21 · An Old Fashioned Story · Phillip Mann · ss Interzone #29 ’89
- 29 · Maria and the Tree · Tim Jones · ss *
- 35 · Change of Heart · Maryk Lewis · ss *
- 43 · Three Is a Cloud · Lee Dowrick · ss *
- 48 · TThe Healing · Cynthia Harper · vi *
- 51 · Elizabeth Coppin’s House Guests · Bronwyn Civil · ss *
- 59 · Norma and the Miracle Man · Neroli Cottam · ss *
- 67 · Solace · Ellen Butland · ss *
- 74 · Midsummer Magic · Karen Peterson Butterworth · vi *
- 77 · Beyond Earth’s Curve, There Is a Light · Jan Bishop · ss *
- 83 · Notes on Contributors · Misc. Material · bg
- 87 · Afterword · Jean Weber · aw
Ghost Stories ed. Robert Westall (Kingfisher 1-85697-884-2, 1993, $6.95, 253pp, hc) Young adult ghost anthology. First American edition (Kingfisher 1988).
Ghostly Tales ed. Kevin Troop (Stamford, Lincs: K.T. Publications KT29, Dec ’93, £1.50, 40pp, ph) Collection of prize-winning and commended stories and poems from a competition held by the small-press Third Half magazine.
- 3 · Reaching Out · Rosemary Young · ss *
- 8 · Ghosts · Peter Craig · pm *
- 9 · The Other Side · John Bennet · ss *
- 14 · My Dark Angel · Nikki Wilson · ss *
- 19 · The Visitor · Mair Edwards · pm *
- 20 · The Room · Michael Newman · pm Dream #18 ’88
- 21 · Haunted · Kevin Cowdall · pm *
- 22 · Spirit of Truth · Patricia Howe · pm *
- 23 · Was That a Message or a Movement? · D. F. Lewis · vi *
- 26 · Reunited · Shirley E. Peckham · pm *
- 26 · As Seen at Night · Shirley E. Peckham · pm *
- 27 · Lady in Red · Sally Angell · ss *
- 31 · The Ray of Light · George Hauton · ss *
- 35 · The Spectre of Uxington Grange · Michael Noonan · ss *
Aberations [# 8, 1993] ed. Jon L. Herron (Experiences Unlimited; Walnut Creek, CA, $3.50, 64pp+, octavo, cover by Mike Ehinger)
- 1 · Aberrant Behavior · Jon L. Herron · ed
- 1 · Bitch, Bitch, Bitch · Jon L. Herron · cl
- 3 · Telesport · David R. Addleman · ss
- 8 · Sick · David Annandale · ss
- 13 · The Quest · Wade Robertson · pm
- 14 · Payment in Arrears · Don D’Ammassa · ss
- 17 · Scarecrow · Darren Goode · pm
- 22 · Her Eyes · Jennifer E. Balogh · pm
- 22 · Hangnail · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · pm
- 23 · A Waste · James L. D’Beaupre · vi
- 26 · Honey, You Make My Brain Bleed · Joseph M. DeStefano · vi
- 28 · Videodeath · Ken Goldman · ss
- 34 · Blustering · Jacie Ragan · pm
- 35 · Thanks Honey · Gary D. Omohundro · ss
- 40 · Vincent’s Christmas Gift · Arthur St. Germaine · pm
- 41 · Bodies · Scott C. Owyen · ss
- 49 · Cages · Lucy Taylor · ss
- 60 · Don’t Eat the Chili · Kimberly Wade · vi
- 64 · Last Rites · Richard Blair · ar
Aberations [# 9, 1993] ed. Jon L. Herron (Experiences Unlimited; Walnut Creek, CA, $3.50, 64pp+, octavo, cover by Michael Kucharski) Numbers 10-12 were not printed.
- 1 · Aberrant Behavior · Jon L. Herron · ed
- 1 · Bitch, Bitch, Bitch · Jon L. Herron · cl
- 3 · When the Bough Breaks · Calvin C. Clawson · vi
- 6 · The Promotion · Steve Cooke · ss
- 12 · End of the Road · Dennis DeRyke · vi
- 15 · The Razor Child · Michael T. Doyle · ss
- 23 · Committed · Ercole Joseph Gaudioso · ss
- 29 · Road-Kills · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · vi
- 30 · Opal’s Deep-Dish Pie For Well-Wishers #96 “Just Desserts” · Rochelle Lynn Holt · pm
- 32 · Over the Candlestick · John Mattera · ss
- 37 · My Last · Michael Rigg · pm
- 38 · Bert · Charmaine Mosteller · vi
- 41 · Sea Shell · Mandy Higa · pm
- 42 · Papa Bob’s · Thomas Potter · vi
- 45 · The Solicitor · P. W. Shields · vi
- 46 · Mortal Remains · Chad Hensley · pm
- 47 · Plant Life · James Van Pelt · ss
- 56 · I Think I Am · Stevie Washington · ss
- 59 · Sybillic is the Rain · Patrick Daum · pm
- 60 · I’ve Got Something for You · Vincent White · vi
- 61 · The Revenger’s Bizaar · Herb Kauderer · pm
- 64 · Last Rites · Richard Blair · ar