Once Upon a Winterfest
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| Zine | |
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| Title: | Once Upon a Winterfest |
| Publisher: | Therion Press |
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| Date(s): | June 1995 |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Once Upon a Winterfest is a 43-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) anthology of four stories by Nan Dibble.
From an ad placed in volume 3 Of Love and Hope:
From Therion Press: Once Upon a Winterfest, a digest zine, contains 3 Classic Winterfest stories plus "In a Dark Time," a story of the first Winterfest after Catherine's death, all by Nan Dibble. Once Upon a Winterfest is $6. It's rated PG.
Summaries from the Helpers' Network Quality Fanzine Review Online:
- Bleak Midwinter - tells of Father's desperation to heal the breach among the helpers and the rift between many of them and the tunnel community caused by the expulsion of Paracelsus.
- A Winterfest Tale - Cullen urges Vincent to invite Catherine to her first Winterfest, though Vincent dreads the reactions of others at seeing them...together; he and Vincent also find a way of reconciling after the estrangement produced by the events of the episode "Fever." This story also appeared in Flame and Shadow #8.
- Stranded - has Catherine phoning helpers from the office during a snowstorm, informing them of alternate arrangements for getting to Winterfest through the snowbound city.
- In a Dark Time - tells how Diana helps Vincent get through his first Winterfest following Catherine's death. It was previously published both in Huntress 1 and as a prelude in recent printings of Acquainted with the Night 1.
Reactions and Reviews
Three Winterfest stories Dibble wrote to be read aloud at the Winterfest celebrations of the North Jersey Tunnel community. The first two are Classic. The final story, “In a Dark Time,” recounts Diana’s attempts to help Vincent get through the first Winterfest after Catherine’s death; it was previously published in Huntress 1 and Acquainted with the Night 1. [1]