Immortal Tales
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| Title: | Immortal Tales |
| Publisher: | White Rose Press |
| Editor(s): | Mary Ann McKinnon |
| Date(s): | 1994 |
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| Fandom: | Highlander |
| Language: | English |
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Immortal Tales is a gen Highlander anthology.
There were two issues published.
Issue 1
Immortal Tales 1 was published in 1994 and contains 225 pages.
The art is by Michelle West, Chris Angelucci, Peggy Spalding, Todd Parish, and Dover clip art.
It was proofread by Barbara Fish. It was typed by Barbara Fish, Mystery Frank, Cheryl Connors, Lucy Carr, "and all the wonderful contributors who were so kind to submit their stories or poetry on disk or via the internet."
From the editor: "I would also like to thank Denyse Bridger for helping to edit my story, "End Game, No one should be sole editor of their own work, and I couldn’t have done it without you."
- Beyond the Darkness by Jackie Paciello (missing events from the episode "The Darkness...") (1)
- Is There Something You Want to Tell Me? by Richard Carter Jr. ("Duncan and Tessa in the beginning.") (7)
- Lightning Strikes by Julie Beamer ("Editor's note: This story was completed in early 1994, so Duncan's return to the dojo and Charlie's and Richie's presence in the summer of that year are simply "best guess" speculation.") ("The widow of an Immortal needs Duncan's help.") (28)
- All the Good Women by Jane Freitag ("Connor remembers them all.") (47)
- The Selection by D.J. Domin ("Joe Dawson and a very special new Watcher.") (51)
- High Barbaree by Susan Rock ("Duncan and Amanda on the Barbary Coast.") (59)
- Love Song, poem by Denyse Bridger (68)
- Reunion by Denyse Bridger ("Duncan drops in on Connor and his new love.") (69)
- Steel Butterflies by Tammy Croft ("Ramierz, a young Japanese princes and a very special sword.") (74)
- Little Ones by Cheryl Warkentin ("An old adversary and a kidnapped child.") (86)
- Connor, poem by Kathleen Y. Bergeron (90)
- Sacrifice Gambit by David F. Wall ("Editor's note: This story was written in April 1994; thus Richie Ryan's and Duncan MacLeod's whereabouts and the state of their relationship during the following fall is simply best guess speculation on the part of the author.") ("Richie is on the run from a very powerful Immortal. Will Mac help him?") (92)
- Symbiotic Serpent, poem by Jane Freitag (113)
- The Kid, poem Kathleen Y. Bergeron (115)
- End Game by Mary Ann B. McKinnon (The movie universe, "Connor, Duncan and Tessa in Seattle and New York, 1985.") (117)
- The Uninitiated by Diana Smith & Pat Dunn ("A beautiful and mysterious lady, a newly-discovered Immortal.") (141)
- No Way Out by Marg Baskin ("A plane crash, a school friend of Tessa's, and a stalking stranger after both women." (169)
- Tell Me What You Like, survey (following page 221)
- Highlander Publications of Interest (212)
- Other Publications of Interest (214)
from issue #1, Michelle West
from issue #1, Michelle West
from issue #1, Chris Angelucci
from issue #1, Peggy Spalding
from issue #1, Chris Angelucci
from issue #1, Todd Parrish
from issue #1, Todd Parrish
from issue #1, Michelle West
from issue #1, Chris Angelucci
Issue 2
Immortal Tales 2 was published in 1994 and contains 225 pages.
The art is by Michelle West, Chris Angelucci, Francis Quinn, Jenni Simpson, Alan Brantley, and Peggy Spalding.
- Only One, poem by Denyse Bridger (iii)
- Chasing the Heart by Linda Mooney ("Duncan and Tessa been together just a year.") (1)
- A Candle on My Birthday, poem by Lisa Savignono (11)
- Tessa, poem by Lisa Savignano (12)
- Endings and Beginnings by Jane Freitag ("Missing events from 'The Darkness'.") (13)
- Two Left by Richard Carter Jr. ("A very special Quickening.") (25)
- And the Goths Come Marching In by Susan Rock ("Darius at the gates of Rome.") (29)
- The Sensation You're Feeling, poem by Lisa Savignaon (34)
- Bushido of the Immortal by Rich Carter ("Ramirez in ancient Japan.") (35)
- The Rules of the Game by Debbie J. Domin ("A young Joe Dawson, and an assignment that will change him forever.") (43)
- A Kind of Magic by Jane Freitag ("Connor and Rachel in World War.") (59)
- The Reunion by Terry Lyons ("Connor, Duncan, and Connor's other protegee.") (62)
- Fifteen Years Later, poem by Lisa Savignano (69)
- Surge of Power by B. Janis Roth ("An escaped Quickening, and a deathly ill Duncan MacLeod.") (70)
- The Darkness Before Dawn by Mary Ann B. McKinnon ("Duncan and Richie and the final battle for the Prize.") ("Author's note: This story was written before "Turnabout" and "The Darkness" and is set in an alternate universe which diverges from the aired episodes after "Studies in Light." It very much takes its own path; at the time the story opens, Tessa is dead in a fashion unrelated to "The Darkness," and Richie is still mortal.") (83)
- A Time for Tears by Jenni Simpson ("Tessa is dead, and Duncan has gone to New Orleans to find her killer.") ("Editor's note: This story was written between first and second seasons, and thus diverges from the aired episodes at that point.") (99)
- Watchers, poem by Denyse Bridger (129)
- The Harshest Lesson, poem by Valerie Lynn Meachum (130)
- Prophesy of the Spear, a novella by Jason Elsworth ("When an old World War II Special Forces comrade of Duncan's shows up asking for help in freeing his grandson from the influence of neo-Nazis, Mac, Richie and Tessa pitch in. What Duncan little suspects, however, is that this is only the tip of the iceberg, and the immortal Fourth Reich is at hand.") (132)
- A Tribute to Love, poem by Tammy L. Croft (204)
- Other Highlander Publications of Interest (208)
- Other Publications from the Editor of "Immortal Tales" (211)
- Tell Me What You Like!, survey (221)
from issue #2, Michele West
from issue #2, Chris Angelucci
from issue #2, Jenni Simpson
from issue #2, Chris Angelucci
from issue #2, Michele West
from issue #2, Jenni Simpson
from issue #2, Francis Quinn
from issue #2, Michelle West
from issue #2, Alan Brantley
from issue #2, Alan Brantley
