QUICKSILVER RISING

QUICKSILVER RISING # 1

Date: 1984
Editor: Yvette Clarke

Fiction:

Ariadne, "A Twist of the Skein" (V/oc)
Silver Reed, "Life-Saver" (C/V)
Eos, "And I Shall Fear No Darkness" (V/C)
Smiley, "No Choice" (V/oc)
L. Fitzpatrick, "A Lot of Experience in the Hen House"
(V/oc)
Narrelle Harris, "And Time Heals No Broken Butterflies"
(V/oc)
Crystal Adams, "Lessons" (V/D)
Cynthia Helos, "A Beaker of Trouble" (V/J)
ER, "Nine and Sixty Ways"
Paula, "A Religious Experience" (J/V)
Jacaranda Brown, "Solitaire for Two" (V/oc)

Poetry:

Ambergris, "Farewell Upon the Bridge of Time" (V/Kerrill)

Art:

Denise Walton cover

QUICKSILVER RISING # 2

Date: 1984

Fiction:

Paula, "The Bondstone" (A/V/B/C)
Julie Kramer, "Aftershock" (A/V)

Art:

ER cover (V)

QUICKSILVER RISING # 3

Date: 1985

Fiction:

Ros Williams, "Katherine" (V/oc)
Cynthia Helos, "New Paths" (V/C)
Louisa Dunne, "What Are Friends For?" (V/oc)
Ros Williams, "Having a Lovely Time" (V/Servalan)
Ros Williams, "Paradise is for a Clever Fool" (V/J)

Art:

Vikki Weidner cover (V)

QUICKSILVER RISING # 4

Date: 1986

Fiction:

Louise Dunne, "Doolie" (V/oc)
Ros Williams, "The Matchmaker's Dilemma" (V/everyone?)
Cavea Lector, "Matriarch" (V/oc, A/C)
Jane Carnall, untitle story (V/T, V/A)
Erica Leonard, "Broken Fantasy" (V/A)
Henrietta Street, "Pillow Talk" (VA/B/V/C/J/G)

Review of Quicksilver Rising # 4

Published by Vilaworld 1986
Paper cover 56 pp
Out of print

This is an adult zine containing six stories, straight and slash though none of them is notably explicit (probably rates around 3 on a 1-10 scale where 1 = very mild). They focus, as one would expect in a Vila club zine, on Vila. "Doolie" by Louisa Dunne is a fairly mundane old acquaintance-from-the -past story, and the basic situation takes a bit of believing. "Matriarch" by Cavea Lector also covers familiar ground, with Avon and Vila attending Cally on a quest to a female-dominated society; by the way Avon, not Vila, is the one who gets Cally. "The Matchmaker's Dilemma" by Ros Williams is a witty and light-hearted piece about Vila's match-making attempts among the crew. I particularly liked Avon's line to a predatory Cally, "I am normal. I and my parameters".

"Untitled story" by Jane Carnall is rather darker in tone, though far from explicit, having Tarrant as a yob abusing Vila while Avon is apparently dead. It's not the most original on this theme that I've ever read, and I wish Vila wasn't quite so abject, but it is nevertheless an involving and enjoyable story (unless of course you're a Tarrant fan). "Broken Fantasy" by Erica Leonard is a short story telling how Avon's desire for Vila has results rather different than those he expected. Quite good. The last story "Pillow talk" by Henrietta Street is a very short comic one which has also been published in Southern Lights.


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