Knight Fantasies

Zine
Title:	Knight Fantasies
Publisher:	Maverick Press
Editor(s):
Date(s):	1997
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Medium:	print
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Genre:
Fandom:	Forever Knight
Language:	English
External Links:	& Link to online flyer with story summaries; another flyer here
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Knight Fantasies is a 147-page slash Forever Knight anthology. Color cover "Endless Knight" by Maureen B.. It was nominated for a STIFfie Award.

front cover by Maureen B., titled "Endless Knight."

There is one interior illo by Z.P. Florian and one cartoon by Leah Rosenthal. The rest is black and white screen shots or publicity stills.

Contents

• Where Demons Go, fiction by Z.P. Florian ("I can spot them any time. Look, there is one. The blond man in the muddy cape.'") (1)
• Black Knight, fiction by Natasha Barry (8)
• Warm Your Mukluks by My Fire, fiction by Tippi Blevins ("Editor’s note: This story first appeared on the jadfe list, but is not archived anywhere on net.") (10)
• Endless Circle, fiction by Gwendolen ("Feeling weary and suddenly extremely old, Lucien LaCroix settled into his chair. He listened to the sound of the house and to the beginning day outside. He could hear the first blackbird marking their territory by their song. He knew he should retire but he still felt too troubled to rest.") (13)

• The End of Day, To Face the Knight, fiction by Natasha Barry ("Once again, Nicolas was declaring his position: 'You know why I resist.' Oh, yes. You would have me believe all men should be free.'") (14)
• Set Me Free, poem by Gwendolen (41)
• St. Valentine's Vampire, fiction by Elizabeth Stuart ("Lucien LaCroix brooded. It was a pastime he generally savored, but tonight it gave him no satisfaction. His heart ~ the one he'd wished barricaded from human pain, the one Nicolas believed he lacked ~ ached. The feeling was at once both unbelievably painful and incredibly glorious.") (42)
• Caught, poem by Gwendolen (46)

• Lessons, fiction Leslie Grant Smith ("You're going to try to fuck me,' he ground out. 'To sodomize me. Some kind of lesson in debasement, no doubt.'") (47)

• Chance Encounters, fiction by tasha (Forever Knight/Highlander crossover) ("Damn you, Nicolas!" still rang in his head. He could visualize Natalie slumped lifelessly on the floor beside him. He waited and waited for the stake to fall~death by his master's hand. It was appropriate that the one who had wrought his change should end it.") (55)
• Reclamation, fiction by Natasha Barry (91)
• Stake Dinner, cartoon by Leah Rosenthal (94)
• Enjoy My Hospitality, fiction by Z.P. Florian (95)
• Third Times The Charm, fiction by Eros ("The two fledglings tumbled and played in their dim safe den. They bit at each other with their baby canines, and squealed if the tiny fangs only dimpled the skin; they fought over rank, position, a scrap of blanket or a rag of dirty clothing. The male, larger and stronger, often won their mock battles, and would then mount and fuck the female until she acknowledged his superiority.") (100)
• My Gift, poem by Gwendolen (101)
• The Final Knight, fiction by Natasha Barry (102)
• Vetter Off Dead, fiction by Gingersnapp ("Tracy Vetter was a good cop, every one said so. Of course her father, the police commissioner, made sure of that. So when she insisted they stop in the darkest alley, in the worst part of Toronto, and Nick Knight wait in the car while she met an informer, Nick merely smiled. He watched her disappear into the darkness and distracted himself by fiddling with the radio.") (104)
• Interlude When Contemplating a More Permanent Hell, fiction by BB (106)
• Blood Relations, fiction by K. Ann Yost ("LaCroix sighed, rubbing his eyes. He was exhausted. Since Divia had returned, LaCroix had spent many hours soothing the vampire community. He reassured his restless patrons that he'd resolve his personal dispute with Divia before the Enforcers took notice. So tonight he had closed the club early, determined to end Divia's reign of terror within the community.") (110)
• Waiting and Watching, fiction by Natasha Barry (117)
• The Taste of Rain, fiction by Tippi Blevins (120)
• Long Nights, poem by Gwendolen (123)
• Act Three, fiction by Ellis Ward (a Forever Knight/X-Files crossover) ("'You don't deny it?' the challenge Mulder's words was reflected in his angry hazel eyes. 'That she's protecting you?' Leaning nearer, Knight said, 'No. I don't.'") (124)

Sample Interior

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  Z.P. Florian

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  Leah Rosenthal

Reactions and Reviews

I enjoyed Knight Fantasies, the FK zine. A few too many stories had misty pink LaC/NK crossings where they find True Luv in each other's fangs (give me a break. The man killed his dog) but there were two or three long, plotted, written stories with meat to them. The crossovers were good, and I loved the Vetter parody.