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The Less Than Legendary Journeys (Hercules zine)

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Title: The Less Than Legendary Journeys
Publisher: M. Wilson
Editor(s): Ltlj
Type: fanzine
Date(s): 1997-2005
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Medium: print
Fandom: Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and Young Hercules
Language: English
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External Links: Less Than Legendary Journeys: Fanzine
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cover issue #1

The Less Than Legendary Journeys is a gen zine with stories from the website by the same name. It was sold each year at MediaWest*Con, and ran for six issues. It was a charity zine, and the profits from each issue were donated to Auckland Ronald McDonald House and Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. It was a 2001 Fan Quality Award winner for Best Hercules: the Legendary Journeys fanzine. Two issues have color covers by fan artists Karen River and X.

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 1 was published in 2000.


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cover issue #2

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 2 was published in 2001. It included original illustrations by artists Zawiah Zainudin and Kate.

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 3 was published in 2002. It included original illustrations by artists Zawiah Zainudin and Kate, and a color cover and inside back cover by artist Karen River.

  • Ill-Met by Moonlight by Naomi Prince (winner of a 2003 FanQ)
  • King of Thieves by Fyresong
  • The Pass by Liz Sharpe
  • Future Perfect: Imperative by Artemis Artemis
  • Darkness Visible Revisited by Martha Wilson
  • Silver Hill by Naomi Prince

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 4 was published in 2003.

  • Interstice by Naomi Prince
  • Mirror of the Soul by Carolyn Golledge
  • Dark Hunt by Martha Wilson
  • The Labor of Neleus by Naomi Prince

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 5 was published in 2004. This was a special Egyptian issue with a reprint of "Home is Where the Heart is" and the first printing of the sequel, "The Ninth Plague" by Martha Wilson. Cover and illustrations were by Ahary.

The Less Than Legendary Journeys 6 was published in 2005. It had a color cover by X.

  • Aftermath by Mary Crawford
  • Brand Synergy by Naomi Prince
  • Night on the Borderlands by Martha Wilson
  • Wrecked and Muddy by Carolyn Golledge
  • And Now He Writes to Heaven by Mary Crawford

The Less Than Legendary Journeys: the Naughty Bits' published in May 2003, contains the het and slash stories from the site.