Bedtime Stories (Beauty and the Beast zine)
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| Zine | |
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| Title: | Bedtime Stories |
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| Date(s): | 2000? |
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| Genre: | het |
| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | story summaries from here |
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Bedtime Stories is a het Beauty and the Beast (TV) 100-page anthology of fiction by Karen Mason-Richardson.
It contains no interior illustration.
This zine is Classic, with content ranging from PG to Adult (with one story rated R).
About the Inspiration for the Stories
From the author's introduction:
Why Bedtime Stories?
Well, mostly because ALL my best ideas come to me in bed, after my husband and I tum off the lights and have settled down to sleep. I'm all warm and cozy, snuggled up to my own private heater... but my brain won't shut off. Things will come to me: an image, a scrape of dialogue, or a particular scene. In the past I've tried filing these ideas away, thinking 'I'll remember and write this down in the morning.' Well, you never do, remember that is. You only recall having this really great idea, but no recollection of what on earth it was. So, with a muffled curse, I snap my light back on, reach for my hardcover notebook and pen (which now permanently reside on my bedside table) and start madly scribbling stuff down. It is a credit to my husband that he just rolls over and lets me work with no complaint. And since this can happen three or four times in succession, it's also a testament to his patience.
[...]
So, is it your bedtime? Have you finally gotten the children settled for the night or completed whatever other evening chores were necessary? Then snuggle down under the covers and pick up this book.
After all, you don't have to be a child to enjoy a bedtime story.
From the author's afterword:
Most of my ideas come to me at first as single pictures; images that are followed by a barrage of scenes and scraps of dialogue that are difficult to get down quickly enough to prevent fading to nothing. These mental pictures are the crux of my stories, for everything that I write springs from them.
The hardest Bedtime Story in this regard was the only one that did not come to me in bed, but while driving. Of course, it was the highway with nowhere to pull off. Besides, I was late for work at the time. That story, Far Above The City Streets, was initially jotted in point form on a piece of office stationery between telephone calls, but began as a mental image of an older lady on an adjoining balcony.
As to the others, In The Darkness started with a mental snapshot of Vincent standing on Catherine's balcony on a cold winter night, breath steaming, eyes glittering in the darkness as he stared inside.
Even Stones Can Fly began with a picture of Catherine, in jeans and a light jacket, standing at a lakeshore skipping stones.
And the Seasons four-part story came from the image of a little snowman sitting on Catherine's balcony table, holding an envelope with Vincent's name on it.
This is probably more information than you really wanted, but I personally find it fascinating to hear how other authors get their ideas, so I thought I'd share.
But, all good things must come to an end, they say. I hope this humble effort has been counted as one of those 'good things.' As always, authors live for feedback from their audience, so if you feel inclined, notes or comments can be sent to [address redacted].
Contents
- A Note from the Author (3)
- To Everything There is a Season: Winter (7)
- Far Above the City Streets ("For the last three years the apartment next door has stood empty, but yesterday the owner returned to New York, and her balcony adjoins Catherine's.") (17)
- To Everything There is a Season: Spring (31)
- In the Darkness ("In the aftermath of Vincent's collapse in the catacombs and subsequent recovery, his family and friends think he is cured of his mysterious illness. But is he? Really?") (39)
- To Everything There is a Season: Summer (61)
- Even Stones Can Fly ("It's been seven years since that fateful night when Catherine was left to die in the park, years spent patiently waiting for Vincent to move past his fears. But in that time nothing's changed and Catherine has run out of patience!") (71)
- To Everything There is a Season: Autumn (91)
- A Final Word (101)