Tales of the Dream

Zine
Title:	Tales of the Dream
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Editor(s):	Charlotte Asonovski, Rikki Danvers, Kathy Fidge
Date(s):	1994 (July?)
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Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Language:	English
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Tales of the Dream is a het 154-page Beauty and the Beast (TV) anthology edited by Charlotte Asonovski, Rikki Danvers, and Kathy Fidge.

Contents

• On a Darkling Plain ("Never had Father thought to see this night again. Not since his research had been abandoned by himself so long ago had he seen such a terrifying sight... Paracelsus threaten the tunnels with mustard gas.") (6)
• His Love, poem (25)
• The Silver Thread ("Vincent contemplates the wonder of the bond between himself and Catherine.") (26)
• The Tapestry of Time, poem (29)
• Water Music ("Tale continued from On A Darkling Plain --- which leads Vincent and Catherine to try out divers' wet suits together in the pool below the Falls.") (32)
• For All the Tea in China ("Father is embarrassed to discover he ran out of a certain item and the Helper who usually supplies it is out of town so he turns to Catherine because he knows she uses the item as well.") (35)
• Captain of My Soul, poem by W.E. Henley (38)
• A Different Drum ("Involves Pascal with deaf ex-CIA cryptographer Ruth. Pascal gets Ruth to help him in the Pipechamber and he shyly discovers he's finally fallen in love.") (39)
• Master of My Fate, poem (64)
• No Way Through ("Vincent is kept out of the bathroom by a surprisingly flimsy (if intimate) barrier.") (65)
• Furry Feet, poem (66)
• The Reebok-eteer ("Vincent finds he loves running in the Reeboks Catherine has given him...so much so that he (at least temporarily) leaves her behind.") (reprinted from No Shadow of Another #2) (68)
• The Great Adventurer, poem by Anonymous (72)
• Starry, Starry Night ("Offers sensuous interludes as Catherine spends a much-needed vacation Below, leading to further romantic developments, a wedding, and a child..") (74)
• Two Hearts, poem (reprinted from No Shadow of Another #2) (106)
• Operation Mouse-trap ("Jamie attempts to get Mouse's undivided (and romantic) attention and succeeds only too well when they're trapped by a rockfall.") (reprinted from No Shadow of Another #2)(107)
• What Great Beast ("Catherine accuses Vincent (groundlessly, as it happens) of having absconded with her hairbrush.") (120)
• What If, poem (123)
• The King of Hell ("Dead Paracelsus' followers kidnap young Jacob...to be their king." (126)
• Song of the Envious Lover, poem (153)
• Tales of the Dream, The Writer's Lament, poem (155)

Reactions and Reviews

Pleasant Classic zine by Australian fans. Stories, according to the attached flyer, may or may not all be by the same author, Asonovski: at least, the only ones identified are hers. Some are continuations of each other. Some are set during Vincent and Catherine's courtship whereas others are Continued Classic.

"On a Darkling Plain" has Paracelsus threaten the tunnels with mustard gas, which leads Vincent and Catherine to try out divers' wet suits together in the pool below the Falls, a tale continued in "Water Music." "A Different Drum" involves Pascal with deaf ex-CIA cryptographer Ruth. In anecdote "No Way Through," Vincent is kept out of the bathroom by a surprisingly flimsy (if intimate) barrier. In "The Reebok-eteer," Vincent finds he loves running in the Reeboks Catherine has given him...so much so that he (at least temporarily) leaves her behind. "Starry, Starry Night" offers sensuous interludes as Catherine spends a much-needed vacation Below, leading to further romantic developments, a wedding, and a child. In "Operation Mouse Trap," Jamie attempts to get Mouse's undivided (and romantic) attention and succeeds only too well when they're trapped by a rockfall. In the lighthearted "What Great Beast," Catherine accuses Vincent (groundlessly, as it happens) of having absconded with her hairbrush. And in the Continued Classic "The King of Hell," dead Paracelsus' followers kidnap young Jacob...to be their king.

At least some of the included poems are by Asonovski, as well. Generally handsome artwork by Kathy Fidge.