March
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| Title: | March |
| Publisher: | Ad Nauseum Press |
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| Author(s): | Ruth Kurz and Teri White |
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| Date(s): | not dated, 1980s |
| Series?: | yes, |
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| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Harry & Johnny |
| Language: | English |
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March is part of the Davis Diary and Callahan Calendar, a series of stories documenting a year (1975) in the life of Harry and Johnny.
The novel is by Ruth Kurz and Teri White. On the title page: "Harry and Johnny in Las Vegas, or How NOT to see Sin City."
This novel contains 35 pages. It has many black and white screenshots (some appear to be early photomanips) of Clint Eastwood and David Soul in various productions. There is also one hand-drawn illo by Ruth Kurz.
The zine contains some song lyrics: "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers.
Sample Interior
Written in the First Person
In 1993, and then again in 1994, Ruth Kurz wrote about this zine:
I suppose H/J is unique in that it is a single timeline, with only one first time of anything scene. they just keep developing and learning about each other. that made it fun for me. I remember Teri told me to write a story in first person. I did, but felt unnatural doing it. I guess it worked okay, but I went back to 3rd after that.
- [a year later] I don't resent stories in the first person, but I find them very difficult to write. Teri made me write one H/J story in first person (MARCH) and it was like sweating blood for me, while it is probably very easy for someone else. She was being a true writing friend, getting me out of the usual and trying other ways of doing things. I still prefer third person with a limited point of view.[1]
The Series
The series as written by Ruth and Terri contains 12 parts.
- January -- "snow, sex, sunshine, sex, skis, sex, saunas, sex..."
- February -- "a Saturday that belongs in the Guinness Book"
- March -- "Johnny plays Sam Spade in Las Vegas"
- April -- "Harry and Johnny go to Hollywood"
- May -- "a birthday that turns grim, grim, grim"
- June -- "camping in the Sequoias to get over May"
- July -- "tennis and Richard's cowboy"
- August -- "Harry and Johnny fly to the National Pistol Matches"
- September -- "Johnny's gallery showing, or 'Callahan'll handle it.'"
- October -- "a Grim Fairy Tale."
- November -- "Harry and Johnny go cruising (to Hawaii)"
- December -- "thank goodness, it's Christmas again"