Paradox/Children of the Darkness/The PoetryChamber

no single author/editor

1993

V/C

Rating: PG

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, roughly 100 pages, muchart.

Art Information: by Stephen Carlton, Joy Barton,Mary Page, Sharon Dinsdale, Matthew Camp, Natalie Smith, LynnSimpson, and Barbara Powell

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Two novellas, a shortstory, and a lot of poetry, originally published as separate zines,bound together. All are the products of members of the UK Chambers.The first novella, "Paradox "by Anne Medlock, is a tale ofParacelsus' secret brother living Below, Mouse's escapades, andKipper being kidnapped. The second novella, "Children of theDarkness," by Roseann Solnica, is a tale of children who suffer adisease that makes sunlight deadly to them and who find a refugeBelow. There's also a report on the Masques convention by StephenCarlton and a short story, "Death Shall Have No Dominion" by MarilynMastin in which Jenny Aronsen's precognitive dream makes V stay homeon the night she foresaw he was to die. The final third of the zineis "The Poetry Chamber" with work by numerous writers includingKatarina Relf, David Crowther, and Natalie Smithe.

ParallelHeroes

Avril Bowles

Date: Unknown

V/O

No ratingavailable

Size: 40 pagenovella

Art information:Unknown.

Ordering Information: U.K.£.4; Europe £.5; USA/Australia U.S. $10 (Cash only) toAvril Bowles, 20 Bearwood Gardens, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 3QU, Englandor contact the author by e-mail atavril.bowles@virgin.net.

Additional Information:From the author: "A highly original mini-zine where Vincent, at atime of great sadness, meet's Star Trek: TNG's Lt. Worf. The two arethrown together in adversity and discover they have much in common.Can The Enterprise help both men to find the women they love."Author's note: "I ask all anti-third season readers to trust me,please. Have I ever let you down before?"

Parallel Worlds Within the City

Peggy Ann Garvin

June, 1993.

V/C

Rating: R (in places) A toned-down version of theconsummation scene, punched for insertion, was available free onrequest from the author when this zine was being sold. By exchanginglove scenes and removing any adult artwork, the reader could turnthis into a PG-13 rated zine.

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 214 p, much art.

Art Information: Besides a color cover by theauthor's daughter, Michele Scott, a freelance pro graphic artist,interior artwork, printed unnumbered on colored stock, is by NealFarris, Anna Deavers-Kelley, Sue Krinard, and Holly Reidel. Note: afew pieces of art contain either side or frontal nudity.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Classic story with C/Vsighing and retreating. C has a brush with a bunch of bikers. Earlyon, there's a plot in which criminals who have killed an underworldfigure in the nightclub where Vulture Nadia works pursue her,believing her a dangerous witness. They sweep up, not only Nadia, butC and Reaper (biker leader), as well. After this trio escapes--withsome help from V--they're obliged to remain Below for a time toescape further attacks. The balance of the story is an account ofV/C's increasing involvement with the biker family. Contains anexplicit V/C "first time" section. Poetry by the author appearsbetween chapters.

Pas De Deux

Victoria Snow

April, 1992

V/C

Rating: X

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 20 p.

Art Information: no art

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Vincent and Catherineattend a Halloween party in the gypsy community, includes explicitsex.

Passages of Time

J. C. Stoddard

June, 1993

V/C/(D)

Rating: R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 95 p, no art.

Art Information: Cover art only.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: The stories range throughV's whole lifetime. Though one, "Sad Endings, New Beginnings," is 4thseason, Diana appears only briefly in a non-romantic context as Vtries to put his mourning for C behind him, and Brigid O'Donnell,reported dead, retreats for good into the tunnels. "Aftermath," whichearns this zine its R rating, takes off from the end of "TheWatcher." "Brothers" is a vignette of young Devin and picked-onlittle brother Vincent.In "Shattered Images," the reaction to theLisa incident is the focus. "Expectations" has V writing in hisjournal about his restless sense that something is about to happen,in an entry dated April 13, 1987. In "A Second Chance for Joy," SND Crecovers and rejoins V in the tunnels. Diana, again appearingbriefly, is involved in C's return. And in "Requiem," grown Jacobpronounces a eulogy at a funeral Below.

Passion!

Patricia Kehoe

March, 1994

V/C

Rating: R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 68 p + much unnumbered art,small typeset print.

Art Information: Printed on lilac-colored paper(except the art). Erotic art by Inez Brown, including the cover and anotable foldout page at the end. Graphics by Rosemarie Hauer andShirley Leonard.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information:This adult novella tellshow, after recovering Catherine and Jacob in an alternative 3rdSeason scenario, V's troubles aren't over. He's tried on threeoccasions to make love to C, but his body betrayed him each time byclimaxing too soon. He's also having terrible nightmares that he'sunable to talk about and which have a definite eroticcomponent.

Passionplay

ed. by S.E.Seliger

1991?

V/C

Rating: X

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 108p.

Art information: Hasart.

Ordering Information:Unknown.

Additional Information:Bawdy stories include "Lady Chatelaine" and "Prince Disarming" byS.E. Seliger, and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by C.V. Lee.Poem by Lisa Wildman.

Passion, Verse II: Soulof My Soul

Patricia Kehoe

1996

V/C

Rating: X

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 92 p,typewritten in small type on lilac paper.

Art information: Fivedrawings, one of which involves frontal nudity (Vincent), by InezBrown, who also did the laminated b&w cover.

Ordering Information: Sendself-addressed stamped envelope for information on availability to P.Kehoe, 101 Prospect St. #102, Waltham, MA 02154 or e-mail her atTKehoe1952@aol.com.

Additional Information: Atthe start of this second volume of Passion, Catherine has beengone for some days, taking care of Nancy Tucker's kids while Nancy isin the hospital. Vincent writes in his journal and otherwise occupieshimself, impatiently awaiting her return. When she does return,Vincent and Catherine have a series of passionate encounters.Explicit sex.

Pegasus

Spring, 2001

Rating: G

Size: 155 pages

Art Information: art by SandyShelton.

Ordering Information: UK£7.50Europe £8.50 USA $23 Australia $25. Sylvia Brookfield, 14Wincham Road, Sale, Cheshire. England. M33 4PL. Payment: USA andAustralia: Dollars only as checques cannot be cashed in the U.K.Overseas prices are quoted on Surface Mail only estimated delivery 6- 8 weeks. For Airmail please add an extra $5 per fanzine. UK andEurope: Checkques/PO/ and Eurocheques in BG Poundsmade payable to Sylvia Brookfield. No cash please except US Dollarsfrom Europe if preferred. UK & Europe please allow 28 days fordelivery. As of May 2001, Currentlyonly available on floppy disk and are produced without art. Eachfloppy disk however is priced completely half of the fanzine pricequoted.

Additional Information: "Cat andMouse" by Wendy Tunnard, "Bonding"by Beth Gualda,"Rumble" by BeeDrew, "A Christmas Present for Vincent" by Marit Rasmussen,"Christmas Cards" by Marit Rasmussen, "The Twelfth of Never" by WendyDebyVeryard, "Trains" by Marit Rasmussen, "Mouse Trap" by WendyTunnard, "Memories of Summer" by Marit Rasmussen, "Pegasus" by WendyDe-Veryard,"The Twelfth of January" by Marit Rasmussen,"If You LoveHim" by Marit Rasmussen, "Valentine" by Wendy Tunnard,"Jacob "byMarit Rasmussen, "Joacob Goes Missing" by Marit Rasmussen, "TheDarkside" by Marit Rasmussen

Perchance to Dream

DreamSeekers

ed. by Adele Turner

June, 1993

V/C

Rating: a range from PG-R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 237+ p, much unnumberedart.

Art Information: Color cover--silhouettes, withV/C photos added in, by Lynette Combs. Interior art (one-sided;unnumbered) by Combs, Terri Milliman, Mickey Sayles, and PamTuck.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Mostly Continued Classic.The longest tale is a sequence by Betty Mills: "And All Winters End"and "One Love--Parts One and Two." In this series, the first partserves as a brief prologue introducing V/C and their family of threeyoung children, including Joseph, the youngest, who resembles V. Inthe later narrative, "One Love," Joseph, grown to mid adolescence, isin love. Lynette Combs' "Stone Soup" continues the adventures Belowof moppet Naomi, featured in Combs' zines Promises to Keep1-2. Adele Turner's "To Serve in Heaven" is a unique look atParacelsus' last days. Sandra Platt's "A Love to Transcend Time"tells of the romantic encounter between Egyptian god Vckenere anddestined princess Kahfrenei. Cindy Van Houten's "My Sister's Keeper"recounts how Devin, again with a traveling circus, finds himself thesurrogate father of orphaned freak Eva, who's like V, only withspotted fur, white hair, and a more obviously feline way of laughing.In Helen Commodore's "The Real Tomorrow," the narrator is disgustedwith the zines she uncritically accumulated in the first rush ofenthusiasm for the series. Appalled, she drags the box of offendingzines to be collected with the trash. The box is delightedlycollected by young Charles and younger Jacob, (the sons ofyou-know-who). Vignettes by Adele Turner, Kimberly Jo Raymond, HelenCommodore, and Laurie Wittenberg. A poem by Turner celebratesVincent's "Passionate Kisses," and Combs contributes severalcartoons.

Phoenix 1

ed. by Nan Dibble

May, 1992

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 187 p, some art, typeset inmedium or columned smallish but readable print.

Art Information: Jane Freeman, Jan Durr, LenaWood, and Anna Kelley.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Mostly V/D stories (onefocuses on Elliot; another on the Other) taking off from the wholeseries. Occasional C sightings, but no SND. Lucy Green's "EndlessNight" focuses on V's life being in jeopardy after he's bitten by arabid stray dog. In Nan Dibble's "Recessional," V re-experiences thephysical traumas of 3rd season. Maxine Mayer's "This MassiveDarkness" is told entirely by V. He is trying to comply with D'srequest that he write his view of their first year together. Otherfiction by Mayer, Dibble, Rhonda Collins, Lena Wood, ToniLichtenstein Bogolub, Roxanne Shearer Koogler, Anna/Wayne Kelley,Jena Snyder, Michele Hawley. Poetry by Mayer and SandieDapoz.

Phoenix 2

ed. by Nan Dibble

December, 1992

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 194 p, much art, mostly mediumtype with some columned smallish but readable print.

Art Information: Art by Lena Wood, Jan Durr, KrissFarver, Phyllis Berwick, Vickey Brickle-Macky, Nan Dibble, JaneFreeman, Sandy Tew.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Compried of thirteenstories. Highlights: Maxine Mayer's "Journey to a Nameless River"(V/D trek there and discover a special closeness) and Nan Dibble'sHelios (V finds he's too fond of basking in the sunlight on D's roof:there's a price). Lucy Green's "Shadows," a tender story which sendsC's spirit on a quest to help heal those she left behind. The zineconcludes with Part I of Inez Paskal's novel "Where Man Meets Beast."Concluded in P-3. Also fiction by Rhonda Collins, Jena Snyder, LeslieWarstler, Lena Wood. Poetry by Sandie Dapoz, Maxine Mayer, MelissaCook, Roxanne Koogler, Pat Farrar, Gloria Jones, RozLevinson.

Phoenix 3

ed. by Nan Dibble

July, 1993

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 176 p, much art.

Art Information: Jan Durr, Pat Farrar, KrissFarver, Rosemarie Hauer, Jackie Kapke, Inez Paskal, SandyTew.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Contains Janet Kilbourne'sstory, "Always Possibilities" in which D forces V to face whatprotecting those he loves has cost him. Jacquelyn Kapke's novelette,"Another Life," recounts V/D's courtship and marriage. In theconclusion of Inez Paskal's novel Where Man Meets Beast, V searchesfor missing Jacob...and his peace of mind, lost in part 1 (publishedin P-2). Other fiction by Maxine Mayer, and Gloria Jones. Poetry bySandie Dapoz, Roxanne Shearer Koogler, Dibble, and Mayer, GloriaJones and Pat Farrar.

Phoenix 4

ed. by Nan Dibble

July, 1993

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 190 p, much art.

Art Information: Rosemarie Hauer (cover andillos); Jan Durr, Kriss Farver, Sandy Tew, Lena Wood, and MarshaYoung

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Contains Toni LichtensteinBogolub's "A Distant Inner Galaxy" in which tortured telepath Cassie(who first appeared in Bogolub's SND novelette "Ad Astra"), onceJoe's beloved foster sister, tries to help Diana and Joe identify andcapture a cop-killer. Rhonda Collins' "The Power of Night" dramatizesthe uneasiness of empaths V/D about coming to know each other toowell. The zine concludes with the Mayer/Dibble novella "DustbowlCafe" in which, in an alternate timeline, Diana, owner of an isolatedArizona cafe, is puzzled by the mystery of amnesiac/handyman Vincent,whom she rescued from a wrecked van. Also fiction by Ron Holla,Michelle Wilson, Lena Wood, and Mayer. Poems by Melissa Cook Baird,Dibble, Mayer, Gloria Jones, and Roxanne Shearer Koogler.

Phoenix 5

ed. by Nan Dibble

July, 1994

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size; 8 1/2 x 11, 156 p of smallish typeset type,mostly in columns, + much unnumbered art.

Art Information: Art by Sandy Chandler Shelton,Marsha Young, Jan Durr, Dragon, Sandy Tew, Rita Klemp, and RosemarieHauer. Also a color plate frontispiece by VictoriaBrickle-Macky.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: This volume in this fourthseason series contains a broad spectrum of storylines. British writerJanet Kilbourne offers two stories. "All That I Have" tells of Dianahelping Vincent recover from his overwhelming grief about Catherine'sdeath Kilbourne's "Promises to Keep" has D virtually shanghai-ing V,by motorcycle, for a weekend in an isolated cabin in CT. In Dibble's"Veritas," during a moment of insight, D realizes why V lost his bondwith C. Rhonda Collins' story "Tyger, Tyger," an expanded retellingof the episode "In the Forests of the Night," offers insights intowhat V and Rolley felt during that difficult time. In the ContinuedClassic "Tunnel Rat" by Ann R. Brown, young Jacob befriends andbrings Below a hostile, initially unappealing crippled street waif.Jackie Kapke's "Lisa's Back" tells of jealousy and conflict set offby the dancer's return to the tunnels, causing a rift between Vincentand Diana whose reconciliation leans heavily on the upper limit ofPG-13. Ron Holla's "The Beast Within" tells of D's battle with herown "beast" when her sister is attacked by a serial rapist/murder.The zine concludes with "Kindred Spirits," a novelette by Dibble andMaxine Mayer, based on the assumption that Snow and Gabriel arevampires. Also a section from Jena Snyder's sort-of B&B novel"Kilkenny Cats" (D's become investigator Megan Rourke, and Vincent isTomas, a normal-appearing man hunted by the IRA and the police).Poetry by Dibble, Melissa Cook Baird, Sandie Dapoz, and RoxanneShearer Koogler.

Phoenix 6

ed. by Nan Dibble

June 1995

V/D

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 145 p (mostly in columns), muchart. Despite the page count, this is a big zine, with ten stories,two novelettes, and considerable poetry and artwork. Smallish butlegible typeset type in columns, through most of it, serves to keepthe zine compact.

Art information: Art by Rosemarie Hauer, Jan Durr,and Klemp.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Fiction by the usualPhoenix writers, with the addition of Lydia Bower, who wrote"Similarities" and "Rightfully Mine." In the former story, Vincentand Diana confront his claws...with a pair of clippers. In thelatter, after explosive reluctance Vincent finally admits to himself(and Diana) his true and long-denied feelings about Catherine, thebond, and their chaste relationship. In Jackie Kapke's "A Parent'sPassing," Father is stricken by a stroke and speaks comfortingly tonearly everyone Below who dreads being without him. In "The Crusade,"Melissa Baird and Marsha Young theorize about what might havehappened if Vincent continued to feel closest to Catherine in the actof killing...even after she was dead. In Jackie Kapke's "DistantThunder," Vincent and Diana have a romantic interlude on her rooftop.Gloria Jones' "Whither Thou Goest" is a continuation of a previousstory, Jackie Kapke's "Another Life" (from Phoenix 3), inwhich amnesiac Catherine, encountered Vincent in Central Park. Thispresent story tells how she believes this shadowed figure holds thekey to her forgotten past. Lena Wood presents "Copycat," in whichDiana sets out to stop a murderer threatening to strike at someone inthe cast of a rock musical about the legendary monsters of history.Rhonda Collins' "Journey's End" is a continuation of the storyline ofher first Vincent/Diana series, in which married V/D are trying tocome to terms with his having been forced to kill Modred, a son henever knew he had. Nan Dibble contributes two stories and anovelette. "Legacy" tells how severely wounded Elliot drags himselfBelow and Vincent sets out to heal the man's corrosive grief. In"Thoughts Beyond Imagining," Diana finds herself forced to speculateon the meaning of the fact that Catherine never revealed herpregnancy to Peter Alcott, the one person she could have safelyconfided in. And in the novelette "Sebastian," Diana takes in a straycat who, health and confidence renewed, sets out on a campaign tooust rival Vincent from Diana's loft. Poetry by Maxine Mayer, Dibble,Rita Klemp, Baird.

Pick Me Up1

Margaret A.Basta

March 1992

V/C

Rating: R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 39 p,3-hole punched and bound with copper clips.

Art information: Cover byGerda Eackelaert, no interior art.

Ordering Information:Unknown.

Additional Information:Sort of a digest zine, but full-paged. This Classic zine mainlyconsists of a long story, "The Stainless Steele Tunnel Brat Saves theWorld," a B&B/Remington Steele crossover story continuing eventsdramatized in "The Stainless Steele Tunnel Brat" in 'Neath theSidewalks of New York 1 (which see). Attempts continue to involveCatherine in responsibility for Steven Bass' death. Catherine isbeing framed. Laura, Remington and the rest of the RS crew arefeatured, as are Vincent and Catherine. Various characters make it tobed. In addition, there are two offerings by A. Nanny Mouse: a story,"King Size," describing Catherine's travails with uneasy sleeperVincent; and a poem, "Poesis Est Vinum Daemonum," "(Poetry is theDevil's wine") - limericks, some mildly risque, about peopleBelow.

Pictures in the DarkSee: Images

Pieces ofEternity

Kay Simon

1988

V/C

Rating: G

Size: digest, 43p.

Art information: Cover art(by Nancy Cramer) only.

Ordering Information: Outof print.

Additional Information:Poetry zine from the author of Memories Borne of the White Rose(which see).

Poems toTreasure

1997

Ordering Information: U.K.£3.50, overseas U.S. $10 (dollars only, no checks), add $2 perorder to cover bank costs and conversion to U.K. Sterling. Send toGwen Lord, 6 Meadow Lane, Leasingham,Sleaford, Lincs NG34 8LL, England.

Additional Information: From the flier: "Acollection of your favourite poems taken from the best of our zines."Limited issue

Possibilities 1--Only Angels HaveWings

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope.

April, 1990.

V/C.

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 68 p, no art, teenyprint.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Involves alternate 3rdseason when, after death, C is given the chance to return to the caveand try to make things come out differently. Examines the splitbetween the bright and dark sides of V.

Possibilities 2--Spirit

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope

July, 1990

V/C

Rated; PG-13

Size; 8 1/2 x 11, 84 p, no art, teenyprint.

Art Information: Barb Gipson cover

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Two stories. In the first,"When Fortune Smiles" by Terri Blough, V/C bathe in her tub, thenspend a quiet evening in her apartment. In the title story, byProsser/Swope, V/C meet an older Holly Golightly (from Capote's"Breakfast at Tiffany's") still feisty and independent.

Possibilities 3--Wormwood

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope

July, 1990

V/C

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 62 p, teeny print.

Art Information: Barb Gipson cover

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Fantasy novelette in whichthe Other (Dark Vincent) runs afoul of a sorceress, seeks Catherine'slegal advice and help.

Possibilities 4--When the MusicStopped

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope

February, 1992

V/C

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 74 p, no art, teenyprint.

Art Information: Barb Gipson cover and sparseinterior art.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: This Classic novelettecovers the aftermath of "Arabesque," focusing on the problems Lisaboth caused and revealed about V's inhibitions about love. As in theother volumes of the series, V attempts to come to terms with hisDark Side. Subplots and other developments include V's writing toDevin for advice about sex; V's stripping to discover if C will berepelled; C learning to weave to make herself useful, Below; V'sthoughts (an epilogue) about Jacob.

Possibilities 5: A Beast onBroadway

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope

September, 1993

V/C

Size: about 80 pages

Art Information: Unknown

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: A few short stories, oneof which deals with a reporter who, a la Prof. Hughes, gets goodphotos, this time of C/V together, from a helicopter.

Possibilities 6--Tombstone (Arizona) and theBeast or Who's a Pretty Kitty

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope.

March? 1994

V/C

Rating: PG

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 73 p of smallish typeset printin columns, no art.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: In this zine, V is dartedand trucked off to a private wildlife park near Tombstone,AZ.

Possibilities 7: Circus, Circus

Kim Prosser & Lisa Swope

December 1994

V/C

Rating: PG

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 69 p of smallish typeset printin columns.

Art information: no art.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Unlike the rest of thePossibilities series, this zine isn't about Vincent's "Other" side.Instead, this Classic novel confronts Vincent's animality in adifferent way: by having it exposed to a full media "circus" afterVincent's injured rescuing people from a fire.

PrimalSymphonies

ed. by S.E.Seliger

October 1991

V/C

Rating: X

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 100 p,double spaced paragraphs

Art information: Much art,erotic but not explicit, some side nudity; art by Mary Ellen Nicosia(including cover), Phyllis Berwick, Inez Brown, ShirleyLeonard.

Ordering Information:Unknown.

Additional Information:This adult V/C zine is organized around music and musical themes.Most are SND (in one, Diana is mentioned; in another, Jacob),assuming V/C are married, but she's usually still living Above. Inthese stories, by Seliger, Linda Mooney, and Kate Andrews, Vincentand Catherine make love. Explicit sex. Poetry by LisaWildman.

A Prince Among Men

ed. by Lorraine Cirelli and RoseannBuonadies

May 1995

V/C

Rating: PG-13/R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 152 p + much unnumbered art,typeset, color cover (Sally Perkins).

Art information: Art by Jan Durr, Jackie Kapke,Sally Perkins, Sandra Tew, Pam Tuck

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Anthology zine. Occasionalstories are sexually explicit. In Dove Hodge's "Guardian Angel,"16-year-old Isabella comes to the tunnels and meets Vincent, whomakes a strong first impression. Sally Stanton's "To Dream of theFuture" has Vincent, after his first Winterfest with Catherine,recall the first Winterfest he can remember. Stanton also offers"Courage for the Most Strange," in which Ron Perlman has a series ofunsettling close encounters with Vincent. Virtually all the rest ofthe fiction is by Cirelli and Buonadies. "The Devil's Initiation" isa story in which Catherine investigates, then is taken captive by, asecret society whose initiation rites include rape and murder.Cirelli's first-person vignette "'Till I Hold You Again" has lonelyVincent peeking longingly at a party Catherine is attending until shediscovers him. In the team's "Alliance," in which Vincent challengesa lion in the zoo. In Cirelli's "Night Music," Vincent and Catherineshare a sensual interlude. In "More Than You Know," by Cirelli andBuonadies, Lena intends to renew her seduction of Vincent. Jamie andVincent are the focus the team's "What Friends Are For," in whichJamie, who has left the tunnels for what's developed into an abusivemarriage, needs Vincent's aid. Devin features in the story "Rite ofPassage" when, as a restaurant proprietor, he falls in love withspunky waitress Leila. In "The Roar of Lions, the Sacrifice ofLambs," V/C son leonine Zane is in love with tunnel girl Rowena.Cirelli's story, "A Prince Among Men," is a fairy-tale setting of thestory, with Princess Catherine lonely because the palace is built ona mountain of ice no one can scale.

The Princess and theBeast

Chris Dolan

Date: none available(pre-92)

No other informationavailable.

Private Candles

ed by Teresa Salas & Camille Eatman

1990

V/C

Rating: mild R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11; 162 p.

Art Information: Front cover by Jan Eastwood, backcover by Nick Salas; interior art by Jan Eastwood.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Stories by Teresa Salas,Courtney Maxwell, Stephanie K. Kana, Barb Trumble. Also includesclassic poetry by Shelly, Teasdale, etc.

ThePromise

A.V. Wilde

May 1989

V/C

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 118 p,very large print ,very wide margins.

Art information:Unknown.

Ordering Information:Unknown.

Additional Information:Fantasy alternative story.

A Promise of Eternity

Heather Peters & Lynne Arthur

Date unavailable

V/C

Rating: strong R

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 110 p

Art Information: Susan Perry Lewis & InezBrown

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Alternate universenovel/love story written with a romantic touch.

Promises to KeepSee: Castles in the Air 2

Promises to Keep--a Children'sStory

Lynette Combs

April, 1990

V/C

Rating: PG

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 263 p, typescript, much author'sart.

Art Information: drawings and silhouetteart.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Account of theintervention of Vincent and Catherine--particularly Vincent--in thelife of Naomi, an abused street waif aged about five. There are someromantic V/C moments but the novel's main focus is on Vincent andNaomi, whose adjustment to the tunnel world is anything but smooth.Note: don't confuse this zine with Castles in the Air 2: Promisesto Keep

Promises to Keep 2: PromisesFulfilled

Lynette Combs

June, 1992

V/C

Rating: PG-13

Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 404 p, much author'sart.

Art Information: full portraits and silhouettedrawings.

Ordering Information: Unknown

Additional Information: Sequel to Combs'Promises to Keep. On a forbidden excursion Above, young newtunnel resident Naomi is accidentally injured Above, taken to ahospital, then transferred to a holding facility, pending placementin a foster home. Nobody Below has any idea where she is. Meanwhile,the investigation of the death of the killer/boyfriend of Naomi'smother (dramatized in PTK-1) continues.