Bustin'
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| Zine | |
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| Title: | Bustin' |
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| Editor(s): | Kitty Woldow |
| Date(s): | 1993-1995 |
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| Fandom: | Real Ghostbusters |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | WayBack archive link to zine online |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Bustin' is a gen Real Ghostbusters anthology.
Issue 1
Bustin' 1 was published in May 1993 and contains 435 pages.
It has art by J.R. Dunster & Joy Riddle.
It originally came with a "build your own ghost trap" loose insert.
- Weeping For Adonaïs by Sheila Paulson
- The Chosen One by Brenda Anders
- Possession Is Nine Tenths Of The Law by L.A. Carr with Kitty Woldow
- Payment Due by Christina Kamnikar (sequel to "New Year's Resolutions" in Ecto #1)
- Full Fathom Five by Sheila Paulson
- Highway To Hell by Kitty Woldow
- The Crash by Brenda Anders
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1
[Highway to Hell]:Why this must be read: It's only fitting to begin this month of recommendations with a story which I know is responsible for luring several people into "Real Ghostbusters" fandom. Kitty's "Highway to Hell" has been called "the gold standard of smarm" (as it should be, written by the person most known for not only popularizing the intense-buddy-bonding genre, but for providing the definitive explanation on what smarm really is). On their way home after a week-long road trip busting small-town entities, the four Ghostbusters stumble into a trap laid by Set, the Egyptian lord of darkness, which requires the sacrifice of one of their fellows to save the others. But of course, in this paranormal world, the sacrifice is not the end, but rather the start, of a journey that crosses worlds into the dream plane, and beyond. In this intense and painful story, Kitty paints brilliant word pictures with her evocative use of language, and the transcendent bonds of the team's friendship always shine through. [1]
Issue 2
Bustin' 2 was published in May 1995 and contains 196 pages.
- A Time to Weep... A Time to Mourn by Brenda A.
- All For One by Sheila Paulson
- With A Vengeance by Brenda A. Sequel to "Neither Here Nor There" in Ecto #3.
- A Charm For Luck by Sheila Paulson
- Journey's End by Brenda A.
- What Black Hours by L.A. Carr (reprinted in Just the Four of Us #4)
- A Little Christmas Spirit by Sheila Paulson
- New York Mining Disaster by Brenda A.
- A Trick Of The Light by Kitty
- T'was The Night Before by Brenda A.
- Cold Rain by Kitty Woldow
- A Fairy Tale by Brenda A.
- Art by Marty Siegrist & Maria Wahlin
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2
[Journey's End]: Journey's End is the first RGB story I read when I returned to fandom in general after a four-year moratorium on any fanac. In it I first encountered the concept of "smarm" - that soul-deep buddy-bonding - and found that I liked it very much. Almost all of Brenda's stories have that same emotional satisfaction for me. Hypothermia stories are virtually a cliche of smarm-fic, but that does not mean that they can't be done beautifully. And Brenda does it very well here, weaving a very nearly tragic, wonderfully introspective tale emphasizing the Peter and Egon bond. [2]