....More Small Favors
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| Title: | ....More Small Favors |
| Publisher: | Solstice Press |
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| Date(s): | May 1989 |
| Series?: | yes |
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| Fandom: | Stingray |
| Language: | English |
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....More Small Favors is a gen 168-page Stingray anthology in the series, "Favors."
The art is by Peggy Spalding (front cover), Cynthia Case, Elizabeth Gagliano, Laurie Keeper, Terri Librande, Joy Riddle, The Werewolf, and Lynne Alysse Witten.
The Favors Series
- ....Small Favors
- ....More Small Favors
- ....Another Small Favor
- ....Small Favors Repaid
- ....Last-Minute Favors
- Small Favors Owed...
From the Editorial
Two years ago, when "Stingray" was cancelled, we decided that we were unwilling to let a good character die. We put out the call for stories and ended up with more than we could print in a single volume. Thus "Small Favors" was born. A year later, we put out the call again, and the results are before you now. Gentle Reader.
What was it about this show, "Stingray", that made two otherwise semi-normal "30-something" women willing to subject themselves to sleepless nights, H hair-pulling aggravation, computer elbow, and CRT eye fatigue? "Stingray" wasn't a buddy show. The nearest thing to a sidekick for Ray was a gray-haired police captain named Riskin. So it wasn't our usual love for buddy shows that drew us to "Stingray".
It wasn't a formula show. Sure, it had a car and a guy who went around asking for favors. But then again, you never knew from one week to the next what kind of ^ show you were watching. One week would have wacky comedy like "Caper", a shipboard exercise in the Peter Principle, or "Cry Wolf", about a zonked-out actor targeted by the Japanese Yakuza and the Mob. The next week you would find yourself watching a science-fiction thriller with an ecological message called "Playback". Another week, and you'd see a real gut-wrencher about guilt and grief called "The First Time is Forever". Then the producers would sneak up on you with a spiritual journey about respect for other cultures and the land, called "The Neniwa". No, "Stingray" was definitely not a formula show.
The thing that held it all together wasn't the car or the premise; it was the consistently excellent performances of Nick Mancuso as the title character. Mr. Mancuso is a member of a very rare and vanishing breed: a leading man who is also a character actor. Articles about him often use the word "chameleon" to describe his almost eerie talent for changing from one character into another. It's an appropriate description.
Contents
- Not Now, I'm Reading My Zine by Anne Batterby (4)
- Vetted by Teri Sarick (5)
- Memories, Ghosts, and Rain by Elaine M. Batterby (7)
- Balancing the Equation by Alyns Lawchilde (12)
- Coal-Black Stingray, filk to the tune of "Pink Cadillac," by J. Ruth Dempsy (13)
- A Favor a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Or, You Just Never Know Who You're Going to Meet in Dark, Sleazy Bars, Or, How Do I Get Out of this Chicken Story Anyway by Chondrichthyes Daysatidae (14)
- "Stingray" Episode Guide (well—sort of) compiled by Chris Dalton, Jean Dupre, and Blue (satirical) (16)
- What I Did Last Summer by Teri Sarick (18)
- Special Delivery by Michelle Lellouche (19)
- Pain is a Fact of Life by Loretta M. Greco ("The favor business isn't easy, and even Ray needs a time out. Kellie and Sam Burns do what they can to repay the favor of their mysterious houseguest and erase the haunted look in his eyes.") (20)
- Is There--? by Teri Sarick (41)
- What's in a Name? by Sue-Anne Hartwick (42)
- Hidden in Your Eyes by Phoenix ("A mysterious woman from Ray's past leads them both into a dangerous game of intrigue and death.") (43)
- Trade Off by Alyns L. (54)
- Photos on the Mantel Shelf by Laurie Keeper (56)
- A Ray of Hope by Teri Sarick (63)
- Revenge of the Dream Sequence by Michelle Lellouche (64)
- Back in the Saddle by Laurie Keeper (68)
- The Way it is by Alyns Lawchilde (89)
- The Wave by Phoenix—When Morgan Barriette called Stingray for a favor, not even she knew her life was being threatened. But will Ray be able to find out the reasons before the situation turns deadly? (90)
- The Debt by Anne E. Batterby (115)
- Stingray, filk to the tune of "Ninja" by Europe, by J. Ruth Dempsey (117)
- Skeletons by Laurie Keeper ("Repaying a favor, Ray gets embroiled in blackmail, war crimes, and political assassination.") (118)
- Blindness by Sue-Anne Hartwick (141)
- Close to the Borderline by Terri Librande ("A Corvette with engine trouble, a dead police captain, and a four-day memory loss are pieces of a dangerous puzzle Ray must solve.") (143)
- The Waiting Game by Terri Librande (165)
- Autumn Winds by Terri Librande (167)
Sample Gallery
The Werewolf
Peggy Spalding
Joy Riddle
Terri Librande
Peggy Spalding
Laurie Keeper
Joy Riddle
not credited
Peggy Spalding
Phoenix (not credited in the table of contents)
Peggy Spalding
