The Best of DIAL 1997-2002
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| Title: | The Best of DIAL 1997-2002 |
| Publisher: | S.W. |
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| Date(s): | 2003 |
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| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| Language: | English |
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The Best of DIAL 1997-2002 is a collection of stories from issues of the letterzine Discovered in a Letterbox (DIAL) and was published as a thank you to subscribers when the letterzine ceased publication.
From the editorial:
Welcome to a feast of DIAL fiction - the best of all the stories published in the letterzine under mine and Jilly's regimes (that's the first issue through to no. 24). It was a very difficult job to select my favourites, as I kept remembering ones I'd overlooked, but a highly enjoyable one. What a strain, having to re-read all those lovely stories! In the end, though, I settled on what I think are the creme de la creme. For reasons of space, I limited the selection to one story per writer. This meant leaving out Kitty Fisher's fantastic Monopoly... And I hated having to leave out Cassie Ingaben's wonderfully bonkers Red Christmas, purely for reasons of length. I also omitted The Hag's Glenmorangie, as it's appeared elsewhere in a print zine. Many, many thanks to all the writers for their outstanding efforts. And humungous thanks to Sue and her super-whizzo scanner for scanning in the older stories.A few points before you settle down with tea and biccies to indulge -.. The stories have not been re-edited. They are reproduced exactly as they were used originally. Two of the pieces aren't strictly stories, but there was no way I was leaving out Jess's hilarious endings to The Pillory and Beautiful Bodie saga!
Finally, overseas subscribers may scratch their heads and look a little bemused when they arrive at Joan's very wonderful CI-Five story. This is a wonderful parody of a series of children's books by Enid Blyton, which featured five youngsters - Julian (the sensible oldest one), Dick (the faindy boring one!), Anne (the girlie-girl), George (the tomboy) and Timmy the dog. The idea started way back in issue three, when readers were discussing the stories they wanted to read. It's certainly a Pros crossover with a difference, and one of my all-time favourite stories!
Contents
- 10p Plus VAT by Barbie - 2 pages
- The Sad History of Beautiful Bodie by Jess - 2 pages ("One upon a time, a certain author (not otherwise represented here) published a story which actually had the title "Beautiful Bodie". It featured the former mercenary and sergeant in the SAS as a much-abused, fragile soul and Cowley as his father. This was supposed to be the first in a series which never got written, to the relief of many I might add. However, in response to a number of pleas for a resolution to this tragic history we have this. Enjoy!" [1])
- The Gift of the Moggy by The Hag - 10 pages
- Thorn by Kitty Fisher - 2 pages
- By Any Other Name by Elizabeth O'Shea - 3 pages
- Now or Never by Nell Howell - 3 pages
- Subterranean Homesick Blues by Alice - 2 pages
- Discovered in a Garage by Castalia - 2 pages
- An Unfortunate Occurrence at the Municipal Baths by O Yardley - 2 pages
- On the Waterfront by Felicity M. Parkinson - 2 pages
- alternative endings to The Pillory by Jess - 2 pages
- The Famous CI-Five by Joan - 17 pages
- Morning Glory by Jenny Parkinson - 2 pages
Reactions and Reviews
See reactions and reviews for 10p Plus VAT.
See reactions and reviews for The Sad History of Beautiful Bodie.
See reactions and reviews for The Gift of the Moggy.
See reactions and reviews for Subterranean Homesick Blues.
See reactions and reviews for Discovered in a Garage.
See reactions and reviews for An Unfortunate Occurrence at the Municipal Baths.
See reactions and reviews for Morning Glory.