Shadows (Original Fiction zine)

Zine
Title:	Shadows
Publisher:	Dawn Atkins
Editor(s):
Date(s):	1979
Series?:
Medium:	print zine
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Genre:
Fandom:	Original Fiction and one Star Trek: TOS story
Language:	English
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Shadows is a gen SF and Fantasy Original Fiction anthology.

Issue 1

Shadows 1 was published in 1979 and contains 116-pages. It has one Star Trek: TOS story. Cover: Wayne Coe. Art & illustrations: Wayne Coe, Christina Williams, Larry Jones, James Jones, Dawn Atkins

• Remember Me / Dawn Atkins, p. 2-4 (Original Fiction)
• We Don't Have Much on Your Visionary File / Paul Marek, p. 6-16 (Original Fiction)
• Limbo Status / Victoria Schoolcraft, p. 18-50 (Star Trek: TOS)
• The Romantist / Mike Rae, p. 51-52 (Original Fiction)
• The Peacemaker / Paul Marek, p. 54-64 (Original Fiction)
• The Maze / Dawn Atkins, p. 66 (Original Fiction)
• Red Christmas / Alan Baldasari, p. 67-70 (Original Fiction)
• A Pattern for Survival / Mike Rae, p. 71-74 (Original Fiction)
• The Decision / Dawn Atkins, p. 76-77 (Original Fiction)
• The Higher They Climb / Paul Marek, p. 79-94 (Original Fiction)
• Black Angel / Michael Philliber, p. 96-100 (Original Fiction)
• Long Cold Night / Dawn Atkins, p. 102-116 (Original Fiction)

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1

• Remember Me / Not ST. Injured spaceman finds his lost love just in time.
• We Don't Have Much on Your Visionary File / Not ST. Office worker discovers that the afterlife is allocated the way one spent one's actual life.
• Limbo Status / Enterprise rescues a time-traveler from her dying ship, and must find a way to return her.
• The Romantist / Not ST. Young man feeds his girlfriend to a dragon.
• The Peacemaker / Not ST. Joseph Mannings builds himself a spaceship in the garage in order to broadcast a "make peace or die" message (a la Day the Earth Stood Still) to Earth's warring nations. It works great for the planet, but unfortunately there really is a Galactic League of Federated Planets, and they have a non-interference directive (on pain of death) which they believe he has violated.
• The Maze / Not ST. Surviving daughter of a clan awaits discovery in a bloody maze, by friend or foe.
• Red Christmas / Not ST. Christmas horror story of family massacre.
• A Pattern for Survival / Not ST. Post-apocalyptic. A day in the life of a surviving writer who spends his days writing best-sellers.
• The Decision / Not ST. Torture vignette.

Issue 2

Shadows 2 was published in October 1979 and contains 197 pages.

cover of issue #2

• ? ? ? ? ? by Steve Swartz (Star Trek: TOS)
• The Sabbatical by David Thornburg (fantasy or science fiction)
• Thrak by Jeff Morgan (fantasy or science fiction)
• The Variable Factor by John W. Smith (fantasy or science fiction)
• The Compleat Roseanna by David Thornberg (fantasy or science fiction)
• Butterfly Against the Seven Moons by Stephen Huff (fantasy or science fiction)
• Only Two Survivors by Clay Norris (fantasy or science fiction)
• Decision by Clay Norris (fantasy or science fiction)
• I Would Have Stars by B. A. Clark (fantasy or science fiction)
• art
• poetry