Scars (Professionals story)

This article is about the Professionals story. For other uses, see Scar.

Zine
Title:	Scars
Publisher:	Taerie Bryant Mkashef Enterprises
Editor:
Author(s):	Deveroux Dane
Cover Artist(s):
Illustrator(s):	no interior illo
Date(s):	1998
Medium:	print zine
Size:
Genre:
Fandom:	Professionals
Language:	English
External Links:	online review of the zine
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sample text from the original printing

Scars is a slash 96-page Professionals novel by Deveroux Dane. It was later reformatted by MKASHEF Enterprises to 69 pages. It is Bodie/Doyle hurt/comfort.

In a 1995 Bill Hupe catalog, it was noted that while they were agenting this zine, they also had permission to print it.

This zine had no interior illos.

Summary

Bodie suffers from deep psychological wounds from his turbulent past. Ray thinks the truth will set his partner free. Through a series of adventures and emotional confrontations their relationship is strengthened and defined. Hurt/comfort and lots of sex in a good story! Explicit sex and plenty of it, so adults only please.

Contents

• Photographs and Memories (2)
• Dreaming in Color (17)
• Mistaken Identity (74)
• Scars (85)

Reactions and Reviews

This it the ultimate 'One Star' zine for me. I've read it twice, and each time completely forgotten the entire story within a few minutes of finishing. I seem to recall enjoying reading it, but absolutely nothing about this story is memorable for me. It's very weird, in a Twilight Zone sort of way. Good author, well-written, but makes absolutely no impression upon me as a reader. Evidently I'm not the only one who feels that way. While perusing the Orphan Zine bins at a convention in early 2000, I found at least *four* different copies of 'Scars' for sale, many of them from different printings. That many used copies of a zine for sale says something, I think.

– Raonaid's Zine Recommendations