Blind Run
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| Title: | Blind Run |
| Publisher: | Clueless Press as "Layton & Bentley Escorts" |
| Editor(s): | Daria Littlejohn |
| Date(s): | 1993-1996 |
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| Genre: | slash and gen |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| Language: | English |
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Blind Run is a slash and gen Professionals anthology. The gen stories are in issues one and four.
Issue 1
Blind Run 1 was published in 1993 and contains 166 pages. Artwork Anja Gruber
- Without a Cluedo by Gena Fisher (1)
- Mind Games by Londa Pfeffer (12)
- Dark Ages Past by Liane Beck (57)
- When We Grow Up by Daria Littlejohn (85)
- Full Hearts by Vicki Martin (98)
- Toss of a Coin by R. O. Sunshine (116)
- Assorted Lunacy by Asylum Inmates (160)
- Waiting Game by Skye (Eroica crossover, has a sequel in Professional Mayhem (169)
- Kisses for My Mummy by Gena Fisher(214)
- Alone by Daria Littlejohn (223)
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1
Comments/Spoilers:
Two of Gena Fisher's stories, "Without a Cluedo" and "Kisses For My Mummy", are crossovers with the Brit TV game-show series Cluedo (aka Clue), in which LC played the role of Colonel Mustard in the third series. In "Without a Cluedo", the Lads investigate the Clue mansion.
"Mind Games" by Londa Pfeffer is a hurt/comfort fest in which someone from Bodie's past threatens to kill Doyle, leading to concussions all round on the way to resolution.
In "Dark Ages Past" by Liane Beck, Doyle accompanies his lover Bodie to his twin sister's funeral, only to discover the Bodie family are all psychotic or paranoid schizophrenics. In the end, the mother dies, everything burns, and the Lads re-pledge their love to each other.
Daria Littlejohn's GEN "When We Grow Up" is a friendship/domestic story featuring football, two little girls who live next door, and housecleaning.
In "Full Hearts" by Vicki Martin, Bodie happens upon evidence about Doyle/Murphy and becomes jealous; Murphy tells him that Doyle wants him instead. The Lads are reunited after Bodie takes a bullet meant for Murphy.
"Toss of a Coin" by Ray O. Sunshine is a GEN story in which Doyle is captured, drugged, tortured, and threatened with rape before Bodie finds him.
"Professional Observer" by Tipsy shows us Bodie and Doyle through the eyes of aliens.
"Waiting Games" by Skye is a CI5-based case story about stolen art.
In Daria Littlejohn's "Alone", Bodie promises he'll commit suicide after Doyle dies.[1]
Issue 2
Blind Run 2 was published in May 1994 and contains 155 pages.
The art is by Daria Littlejohn, Cat and Anja Gruber. The "kaligraphy" is by Connie Tracy.
The zine's disclaimer:
Blind Run 2 is not intended to infringe upon the copyrights held by Brian Clemens, Lwt, or any other source, who might think doing this is a piece a cake, or swiss roll, whatever. You have to love the lads to put yourself through this!
From the editorial:
I’m not into astrology, but I also thank my Lucky Stars to work in a place with long lunch hours for proof reading and writing, plus copy machines that work,... .most of the time!
To the readers of this publication, ENJOY! I gave it my best shot! There were a lot of hiccups along the way, but the odd bits n' pieces finally came together. If you like Blind Run 2 and would like another go ’round with a third issue, clue us
in. A bloke I know would say 'ring me up on the dog' bone', eh? No promises, 'a course!
- A Note from the Editor
- A Pal Indeed, by Daria Littlejohn (1)
- Eating Habits, poem by Mirenna (4)
- Angel Face by Airella ("This story has been inspired by LADDER OF SWORDS, a British television movie starring Martin Shaw.") (6)
- Tickle Your Itch, crossword puzzle by Anonymous (10)
- The Doyle Family (Snap, Snap) by Gena Fisher (13)
- Sometimes I Forget Completely, poem (from "Open Secret, Versions of Rumi, by John Moynet Coleman Banks) (20)
- In Memoriam by Anonymous (21)
- Unsorted Lunacy by Anonymous (cartoons, top ten lists) (22)
- Always There by Daria Littlejohn (30)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Skye (39)
- Questions N' Answer Time, quiz by Anonymous (84)
- If Tomorrow Never Comes, credited in the table of contents to Daria Littlejohn, errata says the author is R.O. Sunshine (86)
- Old Bones by Gena Fisher (114)
- The Attack of the Killer Swiss Roll by Daria Littlejohn (134)
- Babycakes by Raymond Doyle (recipe) (142)
- Discovered in a Graveyard, poem by Anonymous (148)
- The Bottom of the Matter by Airella ("This story has been first published in BE GENTLE WITH US No. 11, a letterzine which no longer exists. It has been released into the Circuit as of April 1994, and printed in this zine with permission of the author.") (151)
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Issue 3
Blind Run 3 was published in 1995 and contains 167 pages.
- The Last Time by Gena Fisher (1)
- Words From Two Voices by Alfred Lord Tennyson (3)
- CI5 CPR by Daria Littlejohn (4)
- No Option by PJ(9)
- Art Appreciation by Mirenna (67)
- CI5: People and Places by Anonymous (74)
- Along the Road by Gena Fisher (79)
- Sorting Through the Files by Daria Littlejohn (98)
- Our Mob by Anonymous (111)
- Sex by Daria Littlejohn (113)
- Why's Ray a Cat? by Gena Fisher (116)
- It From the Pit by Gena Fisher 117)
- Seeing is Believing by Daria Littlejohn (118)
- Mates by Anonymous (160)
- A Hero by George Cowley (166)
- A Last Minute Addition by Raymond Doyle (167)
Cat
Issue 4
Blind Run 4 was published in 1996 and contains 153 pages.
- It Depends on Your Partner by Daria Littlejohn (1)
- Getting a Rise Out of the Old Man by Esme Cowley (9)
- CI5: Guns, Bombs, Etc. by Anonymous (24)
- If You Never Have Storms by Anonymous (28)
- Dear Ray by Daria Littlejohn (29)
- Friendship by Mary B. Conn (39)
- Silent as the Grave by Gena Fisher (40)
- Resolution or Revelation? by Daria Littlejohn (66)
- Conversation Concerning a Mad Cow by Anonymous (85)
- Udder Nonsense by Anonymus (86)
- Quotable Quotes by Various (87)
- Inspiration by Ray Doyle (88)
- Showdown by H. Ann Walton (90)
- Trapped in the Underground by Daria Littlejohn (97)
- It Doesn't Matter... by Anonymous (124)
- And What Would You Give Me for Love? by Gena Fisher (125)
- Dear Bodie by Daria Littlejohn (137)
- Love by Ann O. Nymous (144)
- CI5, A Rainbow of Colour by R. O. Sunshine (145)
- You Don't Have to be Rich by Anonymus (147)
- Massacre at Gollie Flats by Gena Fisher (148)
- Reflections Over a Dream by Mirenna (152)
- A Friend by I.N. Deed (153)
References
- ^ from The Hatstand