Collected Professionals

Zine
Title:	Collected Professionals
Publisher:	Devious Developments Press
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Date(s):	2004
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Professionals
Language:	English
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cover by Bluespirit

Collected Professionals is a slash 232-page anthology with fiction by Darby Brennan.

The cover and art is by Bluespirit.

Three stories were new to this zine; the rest were published previously in Proslib, Discovered in a Letterbox,Bedroom Eyes #2, Deck the Halls, Even Less to Hide, and Everybody Dies.

Contents

• Intuition ("Cowley tires of B & D's dance around each other." + "George Cowley, tiring of his two top agents dancing around one another, decides to lay a trap; but will Bodie and Ray Doyle swallow the bait and react as he expects them to?") (previously in Discovered in a Letterbox #19) (7)
• Forever Yours ("Immediately following the aftermath of 'No Stone', Ray Doyle up and leaves his partner and lover, Bodie, and CI5. Bound by a simple but devastating plea, Bodie is unable to try to find the man he loves.") (19)
• Till Death Do Us Join ("Ray Doyle dies in his lover's arms and Bodie, unable to bear life without his partner, but also unwilling to take his own life, returns to the Mercenaries.") (also in Everybody Dies) (55)
• All or Nothing ("Bodie, acting on impulse, tries to seduce his partner, Ray Doyle, without thinking about the consequences.") (68)
• Just a Few Minutes Now... ("The story is set during the episode Lawson's Last Stand, just before Bodie makes his desperate run. The same scene told from three different points of view: Ray Doyle, Bodie and George Cowley.") (previously in Discovered in a Letterbox #19) (81)
• Realisation ("Ray's girlfriend knows a bit more about Ray's relationship with Bodie than even Ray does." + "Ray Doyle is preparing to go out for the evening with his partner and best friend Bodie. His current, longish term girlfriend turns up — not to join them, but to his surprise, to end their relationship and tell him a few home truths about his relationship with Bodie.") (previously in Even Less to Hide ) (88)
• A Very Special New Year's Eve ("It is New Year's Eve and Bodie is hosting a party for his CI5 colleagues. Unlike his fellow agents, Bodie is not in a party mood and is alone, spending his time, as he spends much of his time, thinking about Ray Doyle and the feelings he has for his partner.") (original posted to Pros-Lib in January 2002.) (137)
• Penny for Them ("Set immediately after the episode: Need to Know. Ray is very quiet after the end of the Manton case and his partner and lover needs to find out what is wrong. Is it just the result of what happened, or is there something more sinister?") (reprinted form Discovered in a Letterbox #22) (154)
• Cards on the Table ("Surprise hits Bodie and Ray Doyle when they discover that Cowley has given them leave over the Christmas period.") (also in Deck the Halls) (164)
• The Wonderful Thing about Equality ("It's Christmas Card time in the Bodie and Ray Doyle household, but will Ray manage to persuade Bodie to help him with them?") (196)
• Be Careful What You Wish For ("Everything is going splendidly until Ray tells Bodie that he loves him.") (also in Bedroom Eyes #2) (206)