The Skeptic and the Believer

Zine
Title:	The Skeptic and the Believer
Publisher:	Criterion Press and Straight Up Press
Editor(s):	Kathy Agel
Date(s):	1995-2000
Series?:
Medium:	print
Size:	~ 200 pages, 3 issues
Genre:
Fandom:	X-Files
Language:	English
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cover of issue #1, Laura Miles

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

cover of issue #2, Laura Miles

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

cover of issue #3, Hindman

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)