Nocturne (Phantom of the Opera zine)

You may be looking for the Phantom of the Opera zine, Nocturne with Variations.

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Title:	Nocturne
Publisher:	Muffin Press
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Date(s):	1995 or before
Medium:	print
Genre:	het
Fandom:	Phantom of the Opera
Language:	English
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Nocturne is a het 70-page Phantom of the Opera novel by Joyce Ann Rebaric.

It was described in Beneath the Mask #10 as a "vanity press" publication that could be purchased directly from the author.

Reactions and Reviews

Nocturne is a fuzzy romantic take on Phantom. Plot and characterization don't matter here; what does is getting the two leads in kissy-luvvy situations for the satisfaction of the reader. The story itself is bland--Christine bolts from evil Raoul & family, runs to Erik, generally constant happiness with slight problem of when to have sex. The scenes are sometimes laughably contrived to create unnecessary sexual tension. (E.g., Erik is called to Christine's aid, shirtless. You get the idea.) As a fanzine, Nocturne is decent enough; it's a pleasant (sometimes unintentionally funny) read, but not much more.

Raoul is not portrayed so sympathetically in Nocturne, a 143-page novella by Joyce Ann Rebaric with illustrations by Jeorge L. Ayala. In this version, an admitted sequel to the Lloyd Webber musical and dedicated to Davis Gaines, the Viscount begins to show his true colors once he believes Christine is securely his, taking his mother’s side, putting down his fiancee at every turn and finally, drugging her to obtain her compliance. After a time, Christine, whose vapid personality and thoughtless, almost embarrassing, behavior arc here faithfully recreated by Rebanc; runs oft on the very day of her wedding, wealth, security and the de Chagnys be damned, to return to the Pans Opera House and her angel of music. There’s only one small problem: the angel of music is no longer interested! Christine’s somewhat blithering attempts to win him back, thwarted several times by the shenanigans of a pompous viscount who refuses to go away, are represented to somewhat humorous effect by the Dick Tracy comic-book-type style of Ayala’s illustrations. My personal favorite shows Raoul’s top hat rocketing off his head after Christine pops him one in the kisser.