Amare
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Amare |
| Publisher: | Greycloud Services |
| Editor(s): | Janet Ellicott |
| Date(s): | 1986-? |
| Series?: | yes |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | |
| Genre: | slash and het |
| Fandom: | multimedia |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | archived online flyer |
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Amare is a slash and het multifandom anthology.
The title is pronounced "amaray."
It is a sister zine to Frak.
Some issues are novels.
Some issues' content is all by Ellicott, and some issues have multiple authors.
Issue 1
Amare 1 was published in 1986 and contains 68 pages.
- The God of Things As They Are by S. Meek (A-Team) (31 pages)
- Christmas Favours by S. Meek (A-Team) (3 pages)
- Latin American Style by S. Meek (A-Team) (5 pages)
- Change of Tempo by S. Meek (A-Team) (2 pages)
- No Small Thing Knightrider story (9 pages)
- Steele Under Your Spell, a Remington Steele story (9 pages)
- some sort of Blake's 7 content
- art by Sue S and Barbara Hall
Issue 2
Amare 2 was published in 1986 and contains 55 pages.
It is a single novel by Ros Williams and is adult het.
- Cross-Switch by Ros Williams (het) (Blake's 7)
During the escape from Ultraworld, Tarrant got the memory tubes mixed up. On their return to the Liberator, Avon and Cally find they are in each other's bodies. [1]
Issue 2: Reactions and Reviews
Eh. [2]
Well... there have been a few gen AUs on that subject [of gender-swapping], quite reasonable ones, but none of them hit the spot for me. The most well-known one is probably "Trust, Like the Soul" (by Jean Lorrah?), which was for me, a mix of the poignant and the disquieting. I'd rate it M for implied sex, so I'm not sure if that qualifies as completely "gen".
Then there's "Cross-Switch" by Ros Williams, in Amare 2, which was okay.
But as I said, none of them hit the spot. I guess it's a very difficult story to write, because not only is Avon and Cally's characterisation vital, but the completely unprecedented situation gives its own difficulties.
Or maybe it's just that gender-swapping makes me uncomfortable?
Kathryn Andersen, (glad she's not a man) [3]
Issue 3
Amare 3 was published in 1986.
It is an A-Team slash special with stories by CJW, Flipper, Rowan, Orion, and Janet Ellicott.
Issue 4
Amare 4
The A-Team story (and possibly the other three) were reprinted in Slash Collection.
- First Love, Forever Love by Maia (Battlestar Galactica)
- Knight with a Difference by ET (Knightrider)
- The Love of Princes by Janet Ellicott (The Reyen, Original Slash, see Wild Imaginings)
- Night Manoeuvres by Fran Ward (Face/Murdock first-time story) (slash) (The A Team)
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4
This zine is worth checking out for a really, truly bizarre adult Knight Rider story. [4]
Issue 5
Amare 5 contains 34-pages of Beauty and the Beast het fiction.
It was published 1992 or before.
Romantic stories about some of the other people who share Vincent's world: Mouse, Jamie, William, and some others not seen in the series. These are second season stories. [5]
This issue is solely B&B. It contains mild, non-explicit sexual situations. Three stories, all centering on Tunnel inhabitants, with V/C taking minor roles. Includes "When Love Was King," in which tunnel newcomer Terri interacts with V, Father, and especially William, with whom she comes to share a closeness. "In the Bleak Midwinter," visits Jamie and Mouse at Winterfest. "Of Mice and Woman," follows tunnel newcomer Shari, a traumatized girl how comes out of her shell with Mouse's gentle guidance. [6]
- When Love Was King by Janet Ellicott
- In the Bleak Midwinter by Janet Ellicott
- Of Mice and Woman by Janet Ellicott
Issue 6
Amare 6 is an adult Tomorrow People zine. All stories are by Janet Ellicott.
- More than Just Different ("While in Australia, Ami is almost captured by Australian intelligence, thanks to an unfortunate romance with a junior agent. Adam does what he can to comfort her but it is really Megabyte she needs to see.")
- Substitutes (A missing scene from "The Darkover Project". "Megabyte and Lisa have registered as a couple but they would both be happier with other partners.")
- The First Time ("Ami and Megabyte have paired off but haven't yet become lovers. And none of the Tomorrow People are quite sure what will happen when two of them do become lovers.")
- One of Those Conversations ("On his eighteenth birthday, Megabyte is treated to a whole evening of his father's company, and a surprisingly frank conversation.")
- Aftermath ("Sam Rees had tried to make Ami kill the other Tomorrow People. Something had to be done to make them into a team again.")
- Catalyst ("When Megabyte makes love for the first time, he triggers something in his girlfriend, a telepathic power she didn't possess before. It seems he is a catalyst. While tests are carried out, to see whether it is possible to detect a pre-Break Out Tomorrow Person, the Tomorrow People learn that one of the Worldex secretaries should have been a Tomorrow Person. Despite Adam's best efforts to force her Break Out, it seems that there is only one way to achieve it.")
Issue 7
Amare 7 is a slash 48-page Tomorrow People novel written and published in 1996 by Janet Ellicott called "A Father's Worst Nightmare."
Colonel Masters has been employed to capture teleporters. Plural. He captures Megabyte, thinking he will bring the others in to the trap, but Megabyte is stubborn and refuses to cooperate, whatever Masters does to him, shutting down his special powers so he can't even reach out to them. Damon and Adam are not able to find him until after he has been raped. Restoring Megabyte's special powers is not easy, and he is at first only able to broadcast negative feelings. It is essential that the other Tomorrow People find a way to heal him. [7]
Issue 8
Amare 8 is a multifandom 58-page anthology of fiction by Janet Ellicott.
- Love Under Mars (Biggles) ("Ginger had known for some time that his former employers, now his commanding officers, were lovers. With the coming of War, however, also came Lord Bertie Lissie, and a chance at love for him too.")
- Almost Forever (The Three Musketeers) ("Of the three of them, D'Artagnan found himself growing closest to Athos. He thought at first that Athos was looking for a substitute son. Then a drunk Porthos tried to warn him of the dangers of getting too close to Athos, and Aramis was forced to explain, making the warning unnecessary.")
- Alone (The Tomorrow People) ("Adam never did know when to stop working. Megabyte and Ami came up with a unique way to force him to relax.")
Issue 9
Amare 9
Issue 10
Amare 10 is a 29-page Tomorrow People/The Sandbaggers novel by Janet Ellicott called "Plots and Counterparts."
Jeff Ross and Neil Burnside want the Tomorrow People to work for them, and are prepared to go to any lengths to force them. General Damon is equally determined that they aren't going to work for anyone in the intelligence community, save himself, and he and Adam plot ways to get out of the trap. At the same time, Adam is concerned that the CIA may be trying to target his mother, who is the head of Australian Intelligence. It takes a lot of counterplotting - and help from surprising sources - to keep the Tomorrow People neutral.[8]