Second Generation and Legacy of Love

Zine
Title:	Second Generation and Legacy of Love
Publisher:	SeaMaid Press
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Author(s):	Sheryl Aumack
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Date(s):	mid to late 1990s
Medium:	print
Genre:	het
Fandom:	Phantom of the Opera
Language:	English
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Second Generation and Legacy of Love is a het 70-page Phantom of the Opera novel by Sheryl Aumack.

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

Reactions and Reviews

The novella, Second Generation, and Legacy of Love, a set of 2 short stories, are nicely-researched, very French-feeling tributes to the Phantom myth. Both seek to answer the question of what happens after the end of Leroux, and they do a charming job of it, too. Neither really ran amuck with my emotions, though, and I was troubled that, for all the obvious care taken in making a beautiful publication, obvious puncation errors and missing word problems still existed in the text.

Second Generation, a 70-page novella by Sheryl Aumack, is most definitely a labor of love. Simply bound andunillustrated, it is the moving story of Marie-Christine, born to the de Chagny’s seven months after they many. Christine, who dies in childbirth, leaves Raoul to single-handedly raise the daughter who is her spitting image. He meets this challenge admirably, dedicating the rest of his life to her upbringing and education. To this end, they travel the continent frequently, staying always well away from Paris until Marie-Christine reaches her late teens and Raoul discovers that financial matters must force his return. Marie-Christine in Paris wastes no time in digging up all the old family skeletons. Her insatiable “need to know’' leads her at last to the Opera House where she makes more than a few startling discoveries, not the least of which is (you guessed it!) that the opera ghost is still around. An emotion-packed story with a surprise ending, this tale is certain to please.