Promises of Someday (Beauty and the Beast letterzine)

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Zine
Title: Promises of Someday
Publisher: Excalibur Publications
Editor(s): Pat Almedina
Type: letterzine
Date(s): 1989-1990
Frequency: bi-monthly
Medium: print
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Language: English
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covers of v.1 n.1, v.1 n.5 and v.2 n.2

Promises of Someday is a Beauty and the Beast (TV) letterzine.

Stephanie A. Wiltse mentions in the spring 1992 issue of Pipeline that the letterzine had recently folded.

According to an ebay seller, it contains "lots of letters and some other stuff." Its original subscription cost was $15 a year, and it hailed out of Rochester, New York.

It was nominated for a Beauty and the Beast Fan Quality Award.

See List of Letterzines.

Some Stories Appeared Elsewhere Later

  • "The Darkest Hour" by Debbie Ristick (epilogue to "Arabesque") was later reprinted in Yearning Hearts with "some changes to the text" - and with the title "Arabesque Aftermath"
  • "Lead Me Through the Dark" by Debbie Ristick was later reprinted in Yearning Hearts with some small edits
  • "Vision of Love" by Debbie Ristick was later reprinted in Yearning Hearts with some small edits

v.1 n.1

Promises of Someday v.1 n.1 was published in March 1989.

v.1 n.2

Promises of Someday v.1 n.2 was published in May 1989.

v.1 n.3

Promises of Someday v.1 n.3 was published in July 1989.

v.1 n.4

Promises of Someday v.1 n.4 was published in September 1989.

v.1 n.5

Promises of Someday v.1 n.5 was published in November 1989.

v.2 n.1

Promises of Someday v.2 n.1 was published in January 1990.

v.2 n.2

Promises of Someday v.2 n.2 was published in March 1990.

v.2 n.4

Promises of Someday v.2 n.4 was published in July 1990 and contains 28 pages.

cover of v.2 n.4, Beth Blighton
  • If BATB was Filmed in New York (1)
  • Convention Report: U of M (6)
  • Beauty and the Beast Quiz (8)
  • Informal Report: A Few Good Men (9)
  • Letters of Comment (13)
  • Bernice, fiction
  • Etectera (keeping tabs on what's going on, who's saying way, etectera) (26)
  • From the Underground (27)

v.2 n.5/6

Promises of Someday v.2 n.5/6 was published in Sept/Nov 1990 and contains 46 pages.

cover of v.2 n.5/6
  • Staff Notes (5)
  • If BATB was Filmed in New York, article (6)
  • Season of the Beast, article (8)
  • New York's "Mole People," article (12)
  • It All Started on the Kitchen Table, article (13)
  • Speak Out: Banned in the U.S.A., article (16)
  • Letters of Comment (19)
  • Tunnel Con Highlights (26)
  • Times Such as These, fiction (40)
  • Etcetera (keeping tabs on what's going on, who's saying what, etectera) (43)
  • From the Underground (45)