Blind Justice (Beauty and the Beast zine)

For the article about the television show, see Blind Justice.

Zine
Title:	Blind Justice
Publisher:	Loving Companion Enterprises
Editor:
Author(s):	Peter J. Formaini
Cover Artist(s):	same Sue K cover as on Fortress on a Tranquil Beach.
Illustrator(s):
Date(s):	October 1991
Medium:	print zine
Size:
Genre:
Fandom:	Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Language:	English
External Links:	Online as a PDF
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cover by Sue K

inside page sample

Blind Justice is a 161-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) novel by Peter J. Formaini.

The cover art is by Sue K. There is no interior art.

Summary

This is a sequel to Fortress on a Tranquil Beach. It deals with the trial of a blind homosexual, Alan Trescoe, for the murder of his lover, Mark. Vincent and Catherine become involved with the case, and Catherine recruits Dayce Di Cenzo, a childhood friend and fellow lawyer, to defend Alan. Catherine must come to grips with a problem involving another man's testimony. Though Vincent and Catherine consummate their relationship, Vincent is a background figure. Refuge of the Brave completes 'The Catherine Chandler Trilogy'.

The Catherine Chandler Trilogy

• Fortress on a Tranquil Beach
• Blind Justice
• Refuge of the Brave

[There was to be a second trilogy, one which never saw fruition]: 'Shadow War' will be the first volume of the 'Tunnel World Trilogy' and is planned for a March 1992. This novel will pick up from where the 'Catherine Chandler Trilogy' ended... other volumes in the series will be entitled: 'Charon's Messenger' and 'From the Ashes'.

Author's Foreword, One That Led to a Rift

This novel marks the continuation of the 'Catherine Chandler Trilogy'.

Events take up shortly after the end of part one of the trilogy, 'Fortress On A Tranquil Beach'.

If you have NOT read the first volume of this trilogy, I strongly recommend you do so before beginning this novel. Events and characters in this book find much of their motivation from events in the first volume...

This novel is rated R. This rating comes from strong language and strong character background information. It does not spring from sexual content. There is sexual activity in this novel, but it does not warrant a rating beyond NP-17. As anyone who has read my non-fiction must realize, I feel it requires far more talent and ability to write convincing sex scenes without explicit sexual wording than it does to merely lift portions of cheap, trashy romance novels and rewrite them using the characters of Beauty and the Beast. Such writing does a disservice to the characters and to their creator.

I wish to thank Maureen Highkin for her feedback on plot points as this novel was completed. I also wish to thank her for her invaluable scientific knowledge in regards to sexually transmitted diseases and their effects. This information was important in the plotting of this novel. I also nod gratefully to Paula Vitaris, whose husband provided legal pointers and answers to questions concerning matters of legal ethics. Thanks also to my best friend of twenty-five years, Douglas Whalen, for his helpful insights and constant badgering to 'finish the damn thing'! As you can see, I did.

Continued thanks to my mother, who found the world of Beauty and the Beast before me, and dragged me there kicking and screaming. I am eternally gratefull [sic].

Formaini's comments about sexual content were repeated in the last novel in the series, Refuge of the Brave and were part of a rift between him and Sue Krinard, the zines' cover artist.

This rift was also exacerbated due to differing opinions and communication regarding the third season.

Chapters

• The Concession (1)
• The Consummation (43)
• The Confrontation (78)
• The Crossroads (125)