I'm missing issues 10, 16, and 17, but was able to fill in the contents from an ad. If anyone else has those issues, I'd love to know the exact dates of publication and any more relevant details about the stories. And have there been any more issues? (I suppose I could always write to the publisher and ask...)
There's some poetry in the zine, but I'm not greatly enamoured of most fan poetry. This isn't dire, but it doesn't rock my booties either. It only takes up a couple of pages, so it's not a problem.
I found the zine rather frustrating, because I kept feeling that I'd like to see these authors when they'd learnt a bit more about the craft of writing - potentially good, but in need of more practice. If I'd seen this zine early on in my zine reading career, before I'd been spoiled by seeing how good some writers are (including at least one of the authors in this zine:-), I'd probably have liked it a lot more.
Spellbound - Maria C. Przelskawska
Avon gets to rescue a beautiful princess from a tower, and slay her wicked uncle. Lightweight story, somewhat marred by the POV switching from character to character every sentence or two, and an occasional descent into purple prose, but fun.
Dream Brother Dream - Elizabeth Everett
An exhausted S4 Avon is dreaming about his brother and his childhood. Some interesting concepts and writing, but a promising beginning becomes incoherent, IMHO. I'd like to see a rewrite of this after the author had more experience.
Stratagems - Susan M Morton
An alternative view of what happened on Gauda Prime. I'd like it a lot better if I could work out what the author was suggesting had actually happened - this one's a little too cryptic for my tastes. Or maybe I just shouldn't read zines when I'm jet-lagged.
Deja-Vu - Nicola Barnard
Very short story about how the deaths on Gauda Prime will trigger the next cycle of rebellion a generation later. Some of the story borders on breaking suspension of disbelief for me, but I very much like the suggestion that it's the Federation bureaucracy's own unheeding use of Delta menials that gives one of them a glimpse of the possibility of rebellion.
Mirrors in Time - Margaret Martin
I suppose "Avon finding Cally's not-quite-dead-yet body on Terminal" wasn't quite such a cliche when this zine was published... This one has the merit of using it as an excuse for Cally to have a vision of a time PGP, with a plot I don't recall seeing before.
Fiction:
Maria C. Przeslawska, "Spellbound" (S4; A/ocf)
Elizabeth Everett, "Dream Brother Dream" (S4-S0; A, A's brother, A-V)
Susan M. Morton, "Stratagems" (S4-5; A)
Nicola Barnard, "Deja-vu" (S5, long after GP)
Margaret Martin, "Mirrors in Time" (S4, Rescue; A-C death)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, aka Starhawk, Editorial
Ads for zines, B7 merchandise, etc.
Poetry:
Nicola Barnard, "Last Thoughts"
Patrick Chapman, "To Zeeona, Eclipsed by the Green Shadow
of Virn"
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. bird and dolphin
Susan Morton p. ii, back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Virginia Turpin, "Ivory Tower" (S2; A)
Carol Hume, "Competition" (story to be continued; S5?)
Virginia Turpin, "Fate Worse Than Death" (S3?; A-V)
Margaret Martin, "The Quylaar Incident, Part One"
(reprinted from SLAVE #3; S3)
Non Fiction:
Me-lyn, aka Guardian, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Poetry:
Nicola Barnard, "Foreshadowed Destiny" (S5; past Se/Ta)
Ruth Gutteridge, "The Barriers between Us" (uc A/C)
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. Liberator
p. 2a illo for "Ivory"
p. 9 Liberator
p. 10a A-C
p. 37a illo for "Quylaar"
p. 47a Liberator
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
[Susan M. Morton], "Children of Cyak: The Emissary (Part One)" (alt-S4)
Margaret Martin, "The Quylaar Incident, Part Two"
(reprinted from SLAVE #3; S3)
Non Fiction:
Tasha Krivaal, aka Starhawk, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. Hawk and face
p. 57a C, V, D, Ta, Se
p. 87a illo for "Quylaar"
p. 90 Liberator
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Elizabeth Everett, "A Rebel Vacation" (S4; "Galacticon IV
1987 through the eyes of an Alien")
Elizabeth Everett, "A Christmas Tale" (S5)
Susan M. Morton, "Children of Cyak: The Emissary (Part Two)" (alt-S4)
Virginia Turpin, "Fog" (S2)
Elizabeth Everett, "Coffee Time Chat" (DW etc. crossover)
Non Fiction:
Tasha Krivaal, aka Starhawk, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. Se-A
p. 29 space scene
p. 32 illo for "Christmas"
p. 32a S3 crew, B
p. 85 DW cartoon
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Sandy Lyons, "Rage for Order (From the Ashes, Part One)" (S5)
Carol Hume, "A Fine Wine" (S4)
Margaret Martin, "Starhawk (Part One)" (S3)
Non Fiction:
Tasha Krivaal, aka Starhawk, Editorial
"Restal Enterprises Bargain of the Month" (humor)
Databank (ads)
Poetry:
Henry C. Eggleton, "Darkness into Light"
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. hawk and B7 logo
p. ii "The Lost Guardian" (winged unicorn)
p. 20 cartoon
p. 48a A-Ta
p. 92 Scorpio
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Margaret Martin, "Starhawk (Part Two)" (S3)
Margaret Scroggs, "Gan" (S2, post-Pressure Point; G)
Non Fiction:
Tasha Krivaal, aka Starhawk, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Poetry:
Henry C. Eggleton, "For the Dead"
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. hawk design
p. 12 A-ocf; illo for "Starhawk"
p. 64a Ta-ocf; illo for "Starhawk"
p. 86a illo for "Gan"
p. 96 G
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Sandra Lyons, "Rage for Order (Part Two)" (no additional parts published)
Cindy Rancourt, "Closer Than a Brother" (S2, post-Hostage; A-hc, A-B)
Ros Williams, "...Not to Reason Why" (S2, Hostage; Tr-Inga)
Jean Graham, "Bitter Wine" (reprinted from B7 COMPLEX #12; S3, post-Rumours; A-C)
Viv Gover, "Conscience before Duty" (S1; Tr)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, aka Starhawk, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Poetry:
Susan M. Morton, "Outlawed"
Henry C. Eggleton, "Questions"
Susan M. Norton, "Star One-- Final Defeat"
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. Tr1
p. 16 "Join the FSA and see the universe!" (cartoon)
p. 44 "A Singular Trip" (cartoon)
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "When Fate Smiled" (S0; V)
Elizabeth Everett, "The Mystic Keep," "Kept in Darkness,"
"Watcher-- Keeper" (cycle of narrative poems; S5?; A-V)
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "Sanctuary" (S4; J/ocm, A/J)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, Editorial
Databank (ads)
Poetry:
Elizabeth Everett see under Fiction
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. A
p. 19a A-V; illo for "Watcher-- Keeper"
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "Voiyoc" (S3, ocf)
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "Blake Revisited" (Avon/Morgana series, part 1; S0-S4; ocf)
Non Fiction:
Databank (ads)
Art:
Elizabeth Everett front c. B in mirror-face photo p. 7 Ta
p. 12 V
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "The Forgotten One" (S2)
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "Echoes of Bartolomew"
(Avon/Morgana series, part 2; ocf)
(loose sequel to <Blake revisited> issue no 9)
Non-fiction :
editorial by Tasha
databank (ads ; in loose flyer and at end of zine)
Fiction:
Jean Stroud, "The Turning Point" (S0; Tr)
Margaret Scroggs, "Lost and Found" (S2; B)
Helen Williams, "Continuum" (S3; B-J)
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "The Awakening, Part One:
Revelation" (Avon/Morgana series, part 3; S5; A/ocf)
Virginia Turpin, "'Blake': Epilogue" (S5; A-Se)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, Editorial
Databank (ads; in loose flyer at end of zine)
Art:
cover photos A, V
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Viv Gover, "Someone I Have To Speak To" (S1)
Lindsey Jane Shelton, "The Awakening, Part Two: Final
Absolution" (Avon/Morgana series, part 4; S5; A/ocf)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, Editorial
Databank (ads; in loose flyer at end of zine)
Art:
photos cover B, V
p. 20 Liberator
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Eileen Carr, "Better the Devil" (S2; A)
Jean Stroud, "In the Wake of Terminal" (S4, Rescue; A-C death)
Viv Gover, "Used" (S2, Star One; Tr)
Lindsey J. Shelton, "Retrieval" (Avon/Morgana series, part 5; S5; A/ocf)
Jean Stroud, "Dark Shadows" (S4; D-V)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, Editorial
Databank (ads; in loose flyer at end of zine)
Poetry:
Charlotte Keyeson, "Trust"
Susan M. Morton, "Hidden Fears"
Charlotte Keyeson, "A Fool's Observations"
Art:
photo cover S4 A
p. 10 C
p. 67 C
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Lindsey J. Shelton, "A Transitional State of Being" (S2; A/J)
Lindsey J. Shelton, "Alliance" (Avon/Morgana series, part 6; S5; A/ocf)
Art:
photo cover A-J
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Ben Mott, "Report from Gauda Prime" (S5)
Helen Connor, "Fact or Fiction" (S3, alt-Terminal; A)
Lindsey J. Shelton, "The Enemy Within" (Avon/Morgana
series, part 7 and last; S5; A/ocf; two alternate endings)
Non Fiction:
Tasha, Editorial
Charlotte Keyeson, Crossword Puzzle
Databank (ads; in loose flyer at end of zine)
Art:
photo cover S4 A
Susan Morton back c. Starhawk logo
Fiction:
Alan Miller, "Sacrificial Lion" (S1)
Margaret Connor, "All Through the Night" (S4)
Lindsey J. Shelton, "Shades of Humanity" (S4)
Non-fiction :
Tasha : Editorial
Databank : loose flyer at back of zine
Fiction:
Lindsey J. Shelton, "First Love" (A)
Margaret Scroggs, "Faulkland Encounter" (S4)
Lindsey J. Shelton, "A Commonplace Day" (S2)
Susan Barrett, "Nothing But Heroics" (S2)
Fiction:
Susan Barrett, "Different Prisons" (S2; A-B-V)
Helen Connor, "Helmar" (S3; A)
Therese Coady, "Look to the Future" (S2; A-B)
Susan Barrett, "A Chance to Say Goodbye" (S3; A-V)
Therese Coady, "Thoughts of a Thief" (S2; V)
Art:
Val Westall cover and interior illos
Date: 1996
Last updated on 24th of October 2001.