In Search of Angels
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| Title: | In Search of Angels |
| Publisher: | Vincent's World Press |
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| Author(s): | Trisha Kehoe |
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| Date(s): | July 1995 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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In Search of Angels is a 99-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) novel by Trisha Kehoe. It has the subtitle "Seven Days."
The art is by Patricia Davoe, Inez Brown, Neal Farris, Shirley Leonard, and Pam Tuck. Occasional graphics provided by Leonard and Unicorn Images.
An age statement:
This novella is rated R, and will not knowingly be sold to anyone under 18 years of age.
From the zine:
As a preface to this Novella, I can only remind you that I am a Classical Beauty & the Beast fan, and ask that you trust me.
[...]
'IN SEARCH OF ANGELS' is dedicated with deep appreciation to you, the reader, many of whom have stuck by me for the past error of publishing fanzines. I thank you five years through the trial and for your constancy, and your faith.
Contents
- Guardian Angels (a short explanation of the concept of guardian angels "from a publication by Windham Press") (ii)
- No Matter What Happens, lyrics to a Barbra Streisand song from the film "Yentl" (iii)
- Guardian Angels (Seven Days), fiction (1)
- Arms of Love, lyrics to a song by Michael Bolton (99)
Sample Interior
Neal Farris
Neal Farris
Shirley Leonard
Inez Brown
Pam Tuck
Reactions and Reviews
Four empty years after Catherine's death, Vincent feels he has nothing to live for and cannot endure being without her. Adding to his distress is that Jacob seems unlikely to survive a seemingly unending series of illnesses. Grieving in the park on the anniversary of Catherine's death, Vincent fervently prays to be reunited with her, and the prayer is granted by the Spirit who appeared to him in Catherine's guise in "Remember Love." With her, he makes a pact to return to some moment in the past. He will then be granted seven days with Catherine. Then Catherine will again be gone.He chooses the moment he came to drowsy consciousness in her bed in "The Rest Is Silence." Waking, he doesn't go Below after all but instead stays with Catherine and they become lovers. For awhile, lost in sensual raptures, he doesn't notice the clock ticking away the allotted time. But as the days pass, that consciousness returns, making each moment more precious and the realization that the end is approaching less endurable.
The conclusion is not what Vincent, Catherine, or (surprisingly) the Spirit had expected.
The passages of explicit sex are a strong element of this zine, but are kept subordinated to the storyline.
Art by Patricia Davoe, Inez Brown, Neal Farris (very good), Shirley Leonard, Pam Tuck. Occasional graphics provided by Leonard and Unicorn Images.[1]