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Title: | Foxhole in a Graveyard |
Publisher: | Spice Press, later agented by Bill Hupe |
Editor(s): | Sheila Willis |
Date(s): | May 1988 |
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Fandom: | Professionals |
Language: | English |
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Foxhole in a Graveyard is a 228-page gen and slash anthology.
The zine has this note: "NB: PLEASE EXCUSE THE AESTETIC [sic] WHITE SPACE BEHIND SOME OF THE ILLOS. YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANY PAGES. SHEILA SHOULD NOT NUMBER PAGES WHEN SHE'S IN SZAZI-LAND. SORRY."
- One Down by Marilyn Pulley - GEN (Facelift) (Martin Shaw as Zax) (1)
- Midnight Dreaming by Jane of Australia (3)
- Soullift by Marilyn Pulley- GEN and het (Facelift (Martin Shaw as Zax) ) (13)
- If Wishes Were... by Pam Rose (103)
- To Pluck the Thistle by Sheryl Adsit - GEN (113)
- Family Snaps by Jane of Australia (130)
- Watching Brief by June Laymond (157)
- Tears and Tribulations by Billie Phillips (159)
- Point/Counterpoint by Madeleine Lee (171)
- Discovered on a Rooftop by Terry Goold - GEN (173)
- 'Till Death by Sheila Willis - GEN (unfinished, continued in Close Doubles) (188)
- Silence by Sheila Willis to be continued, part two was to appear in Close Doubles - GEN (212)
- Magic, uncredited vignette (at the end of the zine, no page number)
- The Favor, uncredited vignette (at the end of the zine, no page number)
Artwork by:
- TACS (cover and 10 other pieces)
- Jean C. (7 pieces)
- Mary Bloemker
- Fiona
- Sheila Willis
- Karen Eaton
Sample Interior Gallery
This zine has a massive amount of art. A sample is below.
Reactions and Reviews
See reactions and reviews for Family Snaps.
[Soullift]: As a public service to all "/" fans, I present here a list of the TEN WORST MARY SUE STORIES IN PRO'S FANDOM, AND HOW YOU CAN AVOID THEM. I'm not listing the author's names, though... in most case they've all ready done that themselves, and I can't see compounding the guilt. So, without further ado: [...] She's a 37-year-old semi-virgin ( don't even ask). The most infuriating thing about this story is that it appears in what was advertised as a B/D zine...and the story up nearly half the zine...and there wasn't even a "Bodle-clone" in sight! It was all about Zax and the boring female. I won't even talk about how badly it was written. This was false advertising at its worst. It had no place in the zine. [...] [1]
[If Wishes Were...]: The premise of this story is sweet. Not cloyingly sweet or saccharine sweet - it's just touching in a way. There's a bit of magic in it (perhaps), or a bit of outrageous coincidence, but it works here. The story starts with Doyle trying to figure out why his partner's been moping. (Not moping, says Bodie.) Once Doyle makes the connection, he offers the only gift he can think of - three wishes - hoping that Bodie will wish for the relationship they're both wanting. Except neither of them wants to take the first step. However, as is the way with wishes made in haste, nothing turns out exactly as expected. As in all good fairy tales there's a happy ending, although the sex scene seems almost unnecessary at the end, but I love the bit about showing their real selves to one another: "I told you before, I want you. Stop it, Ray. Stop changing on me. Be you, or I'll go find another bed with another stranger." You'll have to trust me with this one - it's a bit surreal at times, but it's well worth reading.[2]
[zine]: I disliked "Foxhole in a Graveyard" because not only were most of the pieces poor, many of them were *part one* of the story, to be continued in the next zine, which I never ran across ever. Not that I really wanted to. [3]
I hated FOXHOLE IN A GRAVEYARD... Furthermore, there's a long Zax thing that's not even slash. I'd enjoyed DISCOVERED ON A ROOFTOP, so I was seriously annoyed that FiaG was such a loser. [4]
References
- ^ from Short Circuit #4 (January 1991)
- ^ from a 2005 comment at Crack Van
- ^ comments by Alexfandra on Virgule-L, quoted with permission (November 21, 1996)
- ^ from Virgule-L, quoted anonymously with permission (November 24, 1996)