Beguiled (Professionals zine)
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| Title: | Beguiled |
| Publisher: | Moppet's World Press |
| Editor(s): | Kandi Clarke |
| Date(s): | 1991 |
| Series?: | no |
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| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| Language: | English |
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Beguiled is a slash 168-page Professionals anthology.
"Thank You For Your Cooperation"
From the zine:
Beguiled is a zine featuring same-sex relationships! While the relationship between our guys is presented in good taste and involves a lot of love and respect between them, this type of publication may not appeal to everyone. Please, do not buy/read this zine if an honest, loving relationship between two members of the same sex is offensive to you. Thank you for your cooperation.
From the Editorial
Many, many thanks to all of you who has waited so long and so patiently for this zine to appear! From beginning to end, this has been one project that has been an absolute delight to do.
[...]
Beguiled has been a lot of fun to do, and I hope you have at least as much fun reading it! I'd love to do a Beguiled, Too, but that is really up to all of you. So, let me know what you think about what you’ve seen here, and what you'd like to see in another issue, or what you wouldn't like to see in another issue (overlong editorials being one of the latter, I'm sure!). I do read and answer every letter, and do forward comments on to individual contributors, so your response does count for quite a lot!
Excerpt from "Crossroads"
"Crossroads" by Natasha Barry was a bit of metafic.
"Have either of you seen the stage play 'Are You Lonesome Tonight'?"
Doyle only looked puzzled while Bodie immediately replied, "I have."
Cowley's eyebrows rose. He hadn't been expecting a favorable response. "What did you think of it?"
"Good. In fact..." Bodie was savoring the surprise on his partner's non-subtle features. "...it was excellent. I enjoyed every moment, and I'm not a fan. Of Elvis," he explained to Doyle. "The show's about him. His last night on earth, to be exact."
"How come you saw it?" Doyle demanded. Pubs and expensive dining establishments (with which to lure misbegotten females) were more in Bodie's line.
"Took a date, didn't I? An actress," Bodie claimed mysteriously. "She'd heard of the show and is a fan of the bloke that's in it."
"Who's that?"
It was Cowley who responded. "Martin Shaw."
"Never heard of him," declared Doyle, while Bodie shrugged.
Contents
- All the Love, poem by Cybel Harper (non-numbered page)
- Kindred Spirits by Cat Shannon (also in Merlyn's Tales #1, first part of a trilogy) (AU) ("In a dreary future world, Doyle is a CI5 agent gone rogue. Brought back to CI5 in chains, he is a sullen, uncooperative prisoner. Given a choice of a suicide assignment to rescue trapped SI5 Murphy or death, Doyle chooses to free a man he once considered a friend. Caught and near-death on the assignment itself, Doyle confronts a reality which changes him -- and his life-- forever.") (2)
- Forgetting Doyle by Natasha Barry (15)
- Home-coming by Susan Douglass ("A sweetly sentimental story from the Silent Lily universe by the talented originator of Silent Lily. Guillaume Beaudry is called away on a 'business' trip just three days before Raimond's birthday. After all the pair has been through, what can possibly be so important that Guillaume would miss his mate's special day? And what about Raimond's present?") (40)
- The Long Evening by Loretta Greco (45)
- Time and Motion by Jane - 70 pages ("A sort-of sequel to "Spy Probe." We all know from "Spy Probe" that Ray Doyle can run—quickly. Having demonstrated his speed and endurance in several races, Doyle finds himself being groomed for the Commonwealth Games. In the midst of his preparation for the race, CI5 business intervenes, sending Bodie to near-death in north country. Doyle indeed makes the run of his life—but the prize is far more valuable than he could have anticipated.") (reprinted as a standalone, Time and Motion). (51)
- Crossroads by Natasha Barry (121)
- Crossroads to Infinity by Natasha Barry (149)
- Empire of the Senses by Alys (153)
- Night Swim by Joan Enright (?)
- Matchmaker, Matchmaker by Sue-Anne Hartwick (161, though this story has its own internal page count)
- In the End, poem by Cybel Harper (last page)
Reactions and Reviews
See reactions and reviews for Kindred Spirits.
[zine]:I was published in the *WORST ZINE EVER PUBLISHED* merely because I liked the editor (Kandi Clarke before she flaked out) The zine was her Pros one, and I have eradicated the name from my mind. But I remember the poor reproduction quality, typos, and layout, and the fact that she charged some poor joes $30.00 for the zine, and I feel violently ill. I never warned anyone about how bad this zine was!
- The zine was Beguiled, and it quite possibly was on of the worst slash zines ever published. After all, it had it all: illegible print, bad art, HUGE white margins, an outrageous price and generally mediocre to really, really bad stories. ([Alys'] story didn't suck, but it was only 3 pages long). [1]
References
- ^ comments at Virgule-L, the first quoted anonymously with permission, the second by Sandy Herrold at Virgule-L, quoted with permission (September 27, 1994)