The Mirror of Our Dreams
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| Title: | The Mirror of Our Dreams |
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| Author(s): | Rhonda Collins |
| Cover Artist(s): | Rosemarie Hauer |
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| Date(s): | 1993 |
| Series?: | yes |
| Medium: | fanzine, print |
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| Fandom: | Beauty & The Beast |
| External Links: | WayBack Archive link to flyer |
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The Mirror of Our Dreams is a 161-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) Vincent/Diana novel written by Rhonda Collins.
The art is by Rosemarie Hauer (including cover), Rhonda Collins, and Jan Durr.
It has poetry by Rhonda Collins, Katrina Relf, and others, but the individual poems are not credited so it is impossible to know who wrote what.
Author's Preface
Legacy of Love was my sixth fanzine. It, like all my stories, was a labor of love...just as everyone’s fanzines are. When I wrote my other five fanzines I told one story. One possibility. When I wrote Legacy of Love, it was intended as a prequel to that series. It still is. But because these are our stories, and because there are so many possibilities, I decided to branch off and continue along a different storyline.
Variety is the spice of life...and that is especially true in fanzines. After all, where would fandom be without all of our myriad ideas and visions of the story -- Classic, third or "fourth season?" The fans keep Beauty and the Beast alive in all its permutations. Not all of us see the series in the same way, nor do we all agree on what "should have happened." That doesn’t matter. What does matter is the love and understanding that brought us all together in our love for a television show...and keeps us going with a new love of life and each other. And a new belief in dreams. Storytellers and poets walk a tightrope between insanity and brilliance...between fantasy and reality. We continue to tell our stories and empty our souls with the hope that what we share touches someone somewhere. Otherwise, we cannot justify our faith in ourselves, or in others. We, the fanzine writers, tell stories that might have been. Ron, Linda, Jo and all the rest of the talented actors on the show breathed life into the characters Koslow and the writers created. With their hearts and their gifts they helped the stories come alive for us all.
So I present to you another "might have been.” Visit the tunnels and our friends and think of dreams that never truly die.
Be well, and be happy.
The Series
Contents
- Acknowledgements (1)
- Table of Contents (2)
- Author's Preface (4)
- Solace, poem (5)
- Another Dream, poem (6)
- Looking Glass Dreams, poem (7)
- Mirrors (8)
- All of These Are Dreams (36)
- Reflections of Innocence (67)
- Rough Edges (79)
- The Voice of Desire (108)
- To Master Your Dreams (123)
- Riding the Thunder (140)
- Beyond the Mirrors poem (159)
- Endnote References (161)
Interior Sample
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Jan Durr
Jan Durr
Jan Durr
Rhonda Collins
Rhonda Collins
Jan Durr
Jan Durr, portrays Diana and Devin Wells
Reactions and Reviews
In this sequel to Legacy of Love (which see), Diana and Vincent have begun dreaming each other's dreams -- literally-and are increasingly troubled about it. Empath D has an open, one-way channel to V's emotions but has been blocking her own, a fact V gradually realizes. And he also realizes that she's become necessary for his happiness. But each is afraid to open up, emotionally, to the other. V's afraid of losing himself...into the Other, always close in any moment of passionate intensity...and D's afraid of losing herself into V through an activated bond, a fully two-way rapport. D's suppression of emotion, and increasingly troubled and vivid shared dreams, begin to take a physical toll: migraines and a growing reliance on sleeping pills. The timely intervention of Devin provides D & V the impetus to move beyond this impasse. D/V determine to go off, together, into the depths and attempt to come to terms with one another-make or break. And whatever dreams may come, will come.... This thoughtful, well-written story is more about love than about romance, and more about the problems of knowing who you are than it is about sex, though some dreams (and are they all dreams?) become quite erotically intense. Strong, appropriate poems by Katrina Relf and the author, the many quotes from poetry and literature are identified by a list of references. Art by Rosemarie Hauer (including cover), the author, and Jan Durr. [1]