Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment
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| Title: | Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment |
| Publisher: | Soaring Crane Press |
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| Date(s): | 1997- |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |
| Language: | English |
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Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment is a gen Kung Fu: The Legend Continues anthology.
There are four issues.
Submission Guidelines
From 1997 a submission guideline flyer:
Before I begin our guidelines, let me first state why we began Soaring Crane Press. We are big fans of Kung Fu, the Legend Continues and are more interested in getting stories to the fans than in winning any awards for our zine. At first we wanted to call it Not-so-Perfect Press. After years of either being rejected or having stories ripped apart for grammar or length or just not being answered, we decided to go with the fun part of fandom. Fans want stories, they don’t care about grammar very much or spellings. They want to read about the characters they’ve come to love. Therefore, that’s why we started our Journeys, and after all, someone once said "It 's not the goal but the journey.” Of course we want stories that make sense, they have to be somewhat readable and believable. We are not English majors nor are we professional editors, but we do care about you and your writing. And as it’s been stated ‘the journey of a 1000 miles begins with the first step.” We hope you’ll take that first step with us.
GUIDELINES FOR JOURNEYS:
1. Length is not important. Just tell your story' whether it’s five, ten or fifty pages.
2. Please no SLASH. We prefer good clean topics. We will accept rape, child porn, abuse or molestation as long as it’s done with desecration and taste, no graphic or gory scenes. Let’s face it those are police cases but please use tact if writing. We want to remain prime time.
3. We like the hurt/comfort themes and emphasis on relationships.
4. Please no Paul Blaisdell’s death. We honor his character in our zine and want to keep his character alive.
5. No stories of Peter’s character begin raped or subjected to torture. He’s had enough emotional traumas.
6. If you don’t think it would be accepted on TV. then don’t write it. We want to continue the themes of the show. Magic, spiritual and black magic themes accepted as long as they are believable.
7. We will print your story as you send it. Corrections in spelling or some grammar will be made but we will not redo dialogue or alter theme without permission. If it doesn’t make sense we’ll contact you.
8. We w ill contact you within a reasonable time. If you submit to us we will honor you and not let you hanging for months. Your work is important to us.
9. Artwork must look within reason of characters.
10. Writer’s and all submitters will receive a copy' of the zine.
11. If possible send your submission on a disk. We can accept either Macintosh Claris or IMB Windows 95 or Word Perfect, Microsoft formats, plus hard copy please.
We hope you will be a part of our fanzine. We know what it’s like out there in zineland and offer a home to your hard work.
Issue 1
Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment 1 was published in 1997 and contains 180 pages.
It was edited by Jan Keeler and Char Wray.
It contains black and white screenshots from the show.
- Night of 1000 Years by Diane Brischke (1)
- Out of the Darkness by Diane Brischke (28)
- Jumpin' Jack Kermit by Diane Brischke (68)
- Flower's Path, poem by Diana Lee (102)
- Lovers by Karen Judson (103)
- Nightmares by Karen Judson (112)
- Trapped by Karen Judson (136)
- Caine's Son by Karen Judson (crossover with Renegade with Vince Black) (149)
- Love and Hate by Karen Judson (156)
- Kermit's Family Album by Karen Judson (two reprinted cartoons from newspapers) (171)
- Kermit Griffin International Fan Club (two pages of media characters wearing sunglasses) (172)
- several pages of fliers
- submission guidelines for Soaring Crane Press
from issue #1
from issue #1
from issue #1
from issue #1
Issue 2
Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment 2 was published in September 1998 and contains 205 pages.
Eveline Tse created the front and back covers. The interior illos are by Trish Day and Eveline Tse.
MYSTERY: There appear to have been two editions of this zine, each with different pagination. One contains more pages. This issue contains a story called "Sacrifice." The editorial of this issue mentions a story by Mink, but it is not in the zine itself: "I wish to welcome two writers to Journeys. Trish Day and M.J. Mink, two excellent writers who have now made their first Journey with us and I hope will take the next."
The other edition's table of contents (includes the Mink story, lacks the article, lacks several poems) can be seen here at Agent With Style.
One Table of Contents
From a zine in hand:
- Editorial by Diane Brischke (2)
- Remembrance by Trish Day (3)
- Ghosts, poem by Wendy Grice (8)
- The Shaolin Spirit by Karen Mary Judson (9)
- Kira, poem by Wendy Grice (26)
- Sacrifice by Karen Mary Judson (27)
- Kung Fu Fighting, article on Chris Potter (clipping from The Forest City News, October 12-18. 1994, author is Wayne Giddon) (43)
- Fragmented Soul by Diane Brischke (44)
- Flame, poem by anonymous (106)
- Visitation by Karen Mary Judson & Lisa Lovewell (107)
- Echoes of Illusion by Wendy Grice (121)
- May I Pray With You? by Diane Brischke (122)
- To Save a Son by Karen Mary Judson (200)
- You are a True KF-TLC Fan by D. Readers (218)
- Ads (220)
The Other Table of Contents
- Editorial Diane Brischke (2)
- Remembrance Trish Day (3)
- To Save a Son Karen Mary Judson (8)
- Day One M.J. Mink (24)
- Kira, poem by Wendy Grice (29)
- Illumination Anonymous (30)
- Shaolin Spirit Karen Mary Judson (31)
- Fragmented Soul Diane Brischke (47)
- Ghosts, poem Wendy Grice (106)
- Visitation Karen Mary Judson & Lisa Lovewell (107)
- Echoes of Illusion Wendy Grice (122)
- May I Pray With You? Diane Brischke (123)
- You are a True KF-TLC Fan D. Readers (205)
from issue #2, Trish Day
from issue #2, Trish Day
from issue #2, Eveline Tse
from issue #2
from issue #2
Issue 3
Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment 3
The art is by Eveline Tse and Gloria Winn.
- Caine-Nine by Diane Brischke (3)
- Journey's End by Sara-Lee Guimelli (98)
- The Accused by Karen Mary Judson & Lisa Lovewell (100)
- Have Yourself a "Scary Little Christmas" by Diane Brischke (148)
- Come Wok with Me by The Ancient (205)
- The Exclusive by Diane Brischke (207)
- Baby Dragon / Little Tiger by Diane Brischke (270)
- Survey Results by Editors (283)
Issue 4
Journeys, Paths to Enlightenment 4
- Thou Shalt by Diane Brischke (4)
- My Diary by Paul Blaisdell (70)
- Word Search by Sandra Batchford (95)
- Peter's New Path by Sara-Lee Guimelli (96)
- Connected by Lisa Lovewell 98)
- It was the Best of Times by Diane Brischke (105)
- Word Search by Sandra Batchford (145)
- Love -- Jody's Dream by Sara-Lee Guimelli (146)
- The First Day of the Rest of His Life by Diane Brischke (148)
- Puzzle Answers by Sandra Batchford (151)
- Ice Chips by Editors (152)