Chasing Rain
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| Title: | Chasing Rain |
| Publisher: | Ann O'Neill |
| Editor(s): | Ann O'Neill |
| Date(s): | March 1992 |
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| Fandom: | Inspector Morse |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Chasing Rain |
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Chasing Rain is a slash Inspector Morse anthology. The pairing is Morse/Lewis.
A few stories are archived at Britslash Archive
Introduction to Online Posting
Back in 1992 I was a member of a Morse/Lewis letterzine entitled Oxford Blue Newcastle Brown, edited at that time by Ann O'Neill. Ann also produced and edited 'Chasing Rain', which is as far as I know the only Inspector Morse slash zine ever created. It had a very small print run and has never been re-printed.Earlier this year after a number of people had expressed interest in Inspector Morse fan-fiction I tried to contact Ann once more. Alas it wasn't to be, for Ann sadly died before I was able to contact her. However I wish to express my thanks to her friends for all their kindnesses and help, and their agreement to let me re-print stories from 'Chasing Rain' here.
During my contacts with Ann she was always very kind and understanding at a time when I needed it, and I would like this page and the stories from her zine to be a tribute and thank you to her for all she did for others and the pleasure she bought to many people through her involvement in many areas of fandom....
All the stories contained in the zine are reproduced here except those by the late Tara. Tara also sadly died some years ago. I've done my best to track down those who knew her and there seems to be some doubt as to whether she'd have approved of having her work on the web. So rather than do anything which would have gone against her wishes, the stories are currently not available. If this situation changes and permission can be obtained, of course I'll reproduce the zine in its entirety. [1]
Original Introduction to the Zine
Welcome to 'Chasing Rain' which is a slash Morse/Lewis zine set in an alternate universe, and is we believe, the very first of its kind.Within these pages you will find a wide selection of fiction, discussion and a great deal of speculation! It is our hope that we will provide new fiction, further discussion, and lots more speculation... so please write!
The enclosed contents come from a wide range of sources, some of our contributors are first-time writers and some might be referred to as 'seasoned' veterans. It is perhaps for this reason that the contents of 'Chasing Rain' covers so many interesting and varied topics, from 'first time' stories to 'established' relationship stories.
It has been a fascinating and intriguing project for me and I am indebted to all those people who have contributed, both directly and indirectly. Ann. March 1992 [2]
About Several Stories
How could I write Morse/Lewis without actually seeing it? Well, Ann is a friend who is very into slash and detective shows - just like the rest of us. Anyway, she turned up one day going on and on about Morse/Lewis. That bolt-of-lightning I was talking about above, well she'd had that bolt about M/L and didn't shut up for about 6 months. She just kept on and on and on. She wrote a story, I edited it for her and suggested changes, so to get her own back she also kept on at me to write something for the zine she wanted to do. I ended up doing two short stories for her. I don't think I got the Morse, Lewis characters very well and it was very derivative stuff. A basic dinner together, hot sex, turns out to be a dream plotline. The second story turned the dream into reality - (I can't remember what I called the first one, second one was 'After the Dinner' - both appeared in Chasing Rain (by Willow)). To get back to the original question though, as portrayed in the series I don't see a M/L relationship. Lewis is portrayed as being happily married so every story I've seen has to go through the 'get rid of the wife' scenario. Morse is portrayed as a grumpy, moody, bachelor who thinks of Lewis as 'his' detective so from that side, maybe. Somehow I just don't see it though. I tend not to count those stories as they really wrote themselves. I hadn't planned them, nor the plots. It wouldn't surprise me to find that I've copied someone else's plot.[3]
Contents
- Points to Ponder by Tara
- Pieces But Of You by Tara
- What If by Willow
- After Dinner by Willow
- What If by Willow
- Points to Ponder by Spyder
- Fragile Citadels by Tara
- What If by Willow
- Points to Ponder by Boswell
- Age Shall Not Wither Them by Bear
- What If by Willow
- The Next Dinner by Willow
- Encounter by Ysanne
References
- ^ from the zine's online posting
- ^ from the zine's online posting
- ^ from Strange Bedfellows (APA) #13 (May 1996)