Triptych (Professionals zine)

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Title:	Triptych
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Date(s):	around 1990
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Professionals
Language:	English
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Triptych is a slash anthology by Jane Carnall.

The Stories

The three stories are a connected trilogy; all are Bodie/Cowley with a little Bodie/Doyle content.

• If I Forget Thee
• I Sent a Letter
• Whose Grief...?

Author Comments

The author wrote in 1993 about these stories:

... I don't like death stories. I think they're a cheap way to sucker the reader into emotion. Instead of really dealing with the problem (whatever it is) by living with it. Even when M. Fae Glasgow writes death stories I don't like them. "Triptych" got written, all three of it, because it seemed like a neat idea - and it is very symmetrical; three S/C death stories each set in a different universe, each with a different death, (I wrote the one where Cowley dies first; it took me the longest time to think up a story where Doyle dies and it matters all that much.... <grin>) But I don't like death stories. Even when I write them.

Fan Reaction and Reviews

I recently read your short story trilogy TRIPTYCH and I must comment on how much I liked it. I loved the concept behind it, three gut-wrenching PROFESSIONALS death stories; one for each of them. They are dark, emotional and pulled at me from all sides. While all three were interesting and a good, if quick, read, the first story, IF I FORGET THEE, was the story that stuck with me. It's a wonderful story but it's too damn short! It should have been 40 pages, not 4. I wish you had done more with it. There are so many interesting bits that could could have been turned into a truly stunning story. The idea of Doyle not having looked at Cowley since Bodies' death sent shivers up my spine. What a unique way for Doyle to deal with his grief and his anger. And does he unconsciously know already that Bodie and Cowley were lovers? Is there anger because Cowley shares his grief instead of leaving that one last gesture to Doyle? And the line about twins...What a marvelous connection there. You could really use this to express how Doyle is floundering, absolutely lost without Bodie. What are the things that Bodie always did, besides talk to Cowley (and carry all the equipment)? The line about Doyle resenting Cowley because he "didn't let me die" left me breathless. I guess what I'm getting at is, get depressed, write more stories like this but make them longer!