A Love for All Seasons
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| Title: | A Love for All Seasons |
| Publisher: | ''small'''''but'''''voracious'' press |
| Editor(s): | Roseann Buonadies & Lorraine Cirelli |
| Date(s): | February 1991 |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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A Love for All Seasons is a 179-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) anthology.
It was edited by Roseann Buonadies & Lorraine Cirelli.
Artists are JanDurr, Sally Perkins, and Kathy Wooding.
Fiction authors are Lorraine Cirelli, Roseann Buonadies, Andrea Dumasius, Linda Mooney, Dorothy Cestaro, and Jan Durr.
Poetry is by Lorraine Cirelli, Mary Rose Mary-Dolce, and Ellen Maziekien. There is other poetry from "pro" sources such as Robert Browning, as well as modern song lyrics.
From an Submission Request
From May 1990:
Looking for submissions: art, poetry, short stories. This fanzine will be "R" rated and we will accept sexually explicit material. Send SASE for guidelines. As title suggests, stories should center around the holidays in all 4 seasons.
Editorial
From the editorial:
This zine was conceived in the middle of the third season controversy. In fact, we decided on the title long before even one story was written. We wanted to convey the image of Vincent and Catherine's love as one that has never before been; unending, constant, like the seasons of the year. It is also indicative of our love for all three seasons of Beauty and The Beast. In every episode there was something that touched our hearts. We may not have liked the focus or direction of the Show, but each one will always remain very precious.
This journey into zine publication was not effortless; at times it was agony - those blood, sweat and tears 3:00 a.m. editing/writing sessions where we debated everything from weavedlwoved to the brand of tea we drank. The good times, however, were incredibly sweet, wonderfully smooth. We discovered there were stories burning inside fandom that needed to be written, regardless of the season. We have tried to provide a means for those stories to be heard. To deny even one aspect of Beauty and the Beast is to deny the whole; so please be gentle when writing to us, we bruise easily.
Of course, no zine is ever published without assistance from a wide variety of sources: authors, artists and those wonderful, tireless helpers.
Summaries
This zine contain stories with Catherine & Diana and is divided into 2 books. The 1st Book is Classic stories, including intimacy, & also a SND tale. The 2nd Book contains an explanation story about Vincent's conception & birth, a story with Diana (taking place several years after the finding of baby Jacob), & one involving Mouse, Jamie & Vincent's trying to remember how Jacob was conceived that fateful night in the cave. There is also some wonderful poetry in between the stories. [1]
This zine contains both Classic and 3rd season stories, thoughtfully divided into separate sections. Part I consists of 5 stories, including one SND. In Part II, Catherine is dead but returns in spirit to assure Vincent he has the right to love again. Diana and Vincent consummate their love in the zine's longest story. The final story in this section is an interesting tale about Vincent's origin. [2]
Contents
- Quote from "Legacies"
- "Secret" performed by Heart (1)
- Indoor Fireworks by Roseann C. Buonadies and Lorraine Cirelli ("Catherine and Vincent share what begins as an innocent pre-fourth of July celebration Below, never suspecting their too-long restrained passions would explode into a night of rapture neither one dared imagine.") (2)
- "Backstreet Love Affair" performed by Survivor (36)
- To Cure Whatever Ails You by Roseann C. Buonadies and Lorraine Cirelli ("Catherine receives a note that Vincent has taken ill and goes Below to stay with him until he has recovered. An unexpected dilemma forces them to face their unvoiced sexual attraction, neither one realizing that old fashioned, time-honored home remedies can be so rehabilitating.") (37)
- Interlude Below, poem by Ellen Mazeikein (53)
- When Truth Must Be Met With Courage by Andrea Dumasius ("Catherine’s college friend comes to New York for her sister’s funeral. Her grief and longing lead Vincent and Catherine on a journey into their own deep, unfulfilled emotions, proving to them though love can sometimes bring pain, it is a surrendering of the heart which ultimately strengthens you.") (54)
- Waiting by John Burroughs, non-fan poem (74)
- Roses, poem by Mary Rose Mary-Dolce (75)
- The Ghost of Kristmas Present by Linda Mooney ("Catherine is mugged in the park on Christmas Eve on her way down to the Tunnels with toys for the children. Her dismay at the loss of her carefully chosen gifts is relieved when she and Vincent discover that someone playing Tunnel Santa’ has recovered the presents, leaving his own special ’present’ for Vincent and Catherine.") (76)
- "Summun Bonum" by Robert Browning, non-fan poem (80)
- With Love, All Things Are Possible, poem by Ellen Maziekien (81)
- The Second Coming of the Rose by Lorraine Cirelli (""Their bond had been severed — she could not remember how or why — and she now sought him with a vengeance that was unstoppable. He was her salvation, she knew, and that understanding was all that kept her from surrendering into the jaws of oblivion, into the peaceful eternity of death. It was her one solitary rose, her invincible, indestructible quest — to find him.") (82)
- Why Are the Nights Not Endless, poem by Lorraine Cirelli (112)
- My Lament, poem by Lorraine Cirelli (113)
- Memories Observed by Dorothy Cestaro ("Vincent’s heart-wrenching distress with his inability to remember the love he shared with Catherine and Jacob’s conception leads him to a very unexpected source to heal his tormented heart — Mouse.") (115)
- Beneath the Surface, poem by Mary Rose Mary-Dolce (124)
- Sacred Places by Jan Durr ("Amidst the threat of Gabriel’s followers’ discovery of the Tunnel world, Diana and Vincent finally come to terms with their attraction and love for one another.") (125)
- A Love for All Seasons, The Beginning by Lorraine Cirelli ("Amanda Collins finds herself rescued by Michael, the most remarkable and beautiful man she has ever met. But where is she and more importantly, who is he? A touching story of how Vincent came to be.") (154)
- "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" by Francis William Bourdillon, non-fan poem (176)
- "Through the Eyes of Love" performed by Melissa Manchester (177)
Sample Interior
inside page sample, JanDurr
inside page sample, Sally Perkins
inside page sample, Jan Durr (a fairly rare example of Catherine Chandler portrayed in an illo by herself, no Vincent present)
inside page sample, Kathy Wooding
inside page sample, Kathy Wooding
inside page sample, Kathy Wooding
inside page sample, sample title page, uses a pro-created ornamental design: the title page says: "Graphics courtesy of Dover Publications"
inside page sample, Kathy Wooding
inside page sample, Jan Durr (a very rare example of Diana Bennett)
inside page sample, Sally Perkins
inside page sample, Jan Durr
inside page sample, sample text
