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The Skeptic and the Believer
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|---|---|
| Title: | The Skeptic and the Believer |
| Publisher: | Criterion Press and Straight Up Press |
| Editor(s): | Kathy Agel |
| Date(s): | 1995-2000 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | ~ 200 pages, 3 issues |
| Genre: | |
| Fandom: | X-Files |
| Language: | English |
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| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
The Skeptic and the Believer is a het X-Files fanzine.
Issue 1
The Skeptic and the Believer 1 published in 1995 and is 194 pages long.
- The Rage Cody Nelson (won a 1996 FanQ) (p. 3)
- Just a Thought by Laura Anne Gilman (18)
- The Doomed by Annie Reed (19)
- Intermezzo by Avi Kornetsky (23)
- Obsessions by Jennifer Lyon (31)
- Arise from Dreams of Thee by Cleindori (47)
- Pass It On by J.B. Allerton (51)
- Just Friends by Annie Reed (67)
- Trials by Peggy Li (72)
- Trust by Avi Kornetsky (77)
- Acceptance by Suzanne Bickerstaffe (88)
- It Was a Dark and Spooky Night by Sherri Fillingham (93)
- What the Darkness Holds by Avi Kornetsky (105)
- Beliefs by Annie Reed (109)
- Stay Awake by Julie Carniero (111)
- Political Ambitions by Michele Blankenship (126)
- Surveillance by Jane Mortimer (145)
- The Lady or the Tiger by Anne Wasserman (153)
- Innocence Lost by Nora Ann Souter (158)
- X-Files Story, a Musical by M.B. Clark (161)
- Gifts of the Magi by Avi Kornetsky (175)
- Home by Michele Blankenship (178)
- Confrontation by Jennifer Lyon (181)
- Gotcha! by Avi Kornetsky (189)
- Art: Laura Miles (front cover), Barbara J. Caldwell
Issue 2
The Skeptic and the Believer 2 was published in 1996 and contains 200 pages.
- The Cold Room by Sue Steifel (3)
- Small Town, 1:00 A.M. by Cody Nelson (12)
- The Secret Admirer by Caroline Maher (17)
- The Day After by Annie Reed (21)
- By the River by Laura Anne Gilman (28)
- Madman Across the Water by Evay (31)
- Night by Mary Beth Clark (42)
- Friends and Enemies by Laura Cooksey (47)
- You'd Better Sit Down Now by Cheryl Cohen (56)
- The Man in the Moon by Amy Vincent (63)
- Unofficial Channels by Annie Reed (71)
- Aftermath to 'The Fetishist' by Eileen Roy (78)
- The Tiger by Anne Wasserman (80)
- Lightning by Devi XF (87)
- Sleeping with the Past by Evay (109 )
- The Smoke Ring by Joan Silsby (113)
- Danger by Melissa Mastoris (126)
- The Deep and Dazzline Darkness by Laura Anne Gilman (127)
- Someday by Melissa Mastoris 1997 FanQ) (140)
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters by Evay (141)
- Cardinal Sins by Rory Cottrell (won a 1997 FanQ) (151)
- Mulder's Warning by Melissa Mastoris (187)
Artwork
- Laura Miles (front cover)
- Cody Nelson
Issue 3
The Skeptic and the Believer 3 was published in May 2000 and is 105 pages long. The front cover is by Hindman. There is no interior art.
- Future Tense by L.A. Adolf (3)
- Redemption by Karen Estabrook (6)
- Respite by L.A. Adolf (49)
- Non Fidelis by Karen Estabrook (55)