Partners & Lovers

Zine
Title:	Partners & Lovers
Publisher:	ClearWater Press, out of Kent, England
Editor(s):	Carol Hillman
Date(s):	issue three was in August 1990
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Simon and Simon
Language:	English
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Partners & Lovers is an explicit slash Simon and Simon anthology.

There were three issues.

Issue 2

Partners and Lovers 2 is not dated (the illos are dated 1984 and 1989). It contains 102 pages.

front cover of issue #2

• Heroes, fiction by Jeannie Marie (1)
• Life With You, poem by Enna (4)
• Yes He's Hugged a Private Detective Today by Carol (Rick/original male character) (5)
• A New Beginning by Carol (sequel to the previous story, Rick and AJ begin a physical relationship with each other) (10)
• Conversation in a Phone Booth, fiction in dialogue by Robbie (13)
• Love, poem by Carol (14)
• Keeping Warm, fiction by Joanie (15)
• Our Love, poem by Sophie (17)
• Never Too Close, poem for Comfort, poem by Robbie (18)
• The Wrong Place, fiction by Carol (19)
• Brothers, fiction by Robbie (22)
• ... And Strangers, fiction by Robbie (30)
• Spelling It Out, poem by Candi (36)
• Protector, fiction by Jeannie Marie (37)
• Sometimes... Love, poem by Leigh (41)
• ... Never Forgotten, fiction by Sophie (42)
• Confessions are Good for the Soul... Aren't They?, fiction by Kathy (45)
• Suspicion, fiction by Candi (50)
• Hot Spots, fiction by Enna (53)
• Love and Memories, poem by Enna (56)
• Words, poem by Leigh (57)
• Bound to Please, fiction by Kathy (58)
• Love Heals All, fiction by Rebecca (61)
• Habit, poem by Carre (70)
• Wind Beneath My Wings, song lyrics by Lee Greenwood (71)
• A Regretful Celebration, fiction by Kathy (72)
• Love and Fantasies, fiction by Medusa (79)
• It's You, song lyrics by Bob Seger (82)
• Like a Rock, song lyrics by Bob Seger (84)
• If I Reach Out... Will You Be There? by Robbie (sequel to "I Thought the War Was Over") (85)
• Reach Out, I'll Be There, song lyrics by The Four Tops (102)

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  from issue #2, KL

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  from issue #2, JAH

Issue 3

Partners & Lovers 3 was published in August 1993 and contains 87 pages. It contains no interior illustrations.

cover of issue #3

From a July 1993 ad in GAZ: "If you enjoy romance, respect, and randiness, welcome to the world of Rick and AJ Simon in this anthology zine that includes writers, Carol, Kathy, Robbie and Jeannie Marie. Delight to this very special relationship which has lasted a lifetime."

• Bound to Please by Kathy (1)
• Untitled by Julie (6)
• Swept Away (In Love's Undertow) by Robbie (7)
• In Place Of by Kathy (15)
• Changes by Robbie (21)
• It Wasn't Meant to Be by Brandie (31)
• The Best of Friends by Robbie (37)
• Slight of Eye by Kathy (40)
• The Ties That Bind by Robbie (45)
• Back to Nature Boys by Jeannie Marie (49)
• Trust by Toni (54)
• Surprise, Surprise by Carol (57)
• Rainy Days by Jeannie Marie (60)
• The Wanting by Carol (66)
• Till I Loved You (song lyrics by Don Johnson and Barbra Streisand) (70)
• Voice from teh Past by Sophie (71)
• Stolen Moments by Carol ("The characters in this story are based on the novel Freedom & Slavery Book 1, by Jeannie Marie. Who gave me permission to write this story.") (75)
• The Wrong Place by Carol ("This is an alternative story to the one in "Partners & Lovers" #2, of the same name.") (79)
• You Hurt, I Comfort by Enna (84)