Thistle and Sabre

Zine
Title:	Thistle and Sabre
Publisher:	Clan McHorny Press
Editor(s):	Robin Schindler and Christine Reynolds
Date(s):	1994-1996
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Highlander
Language:	English
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Thistle and Sabre is a gen and het Highlander anthology.

Issue 1

cover of issue #1, Barbara Caldwell

Thistle and Sabre 1 was published in 1994 and contains 150 pages.

It was the winner of a 1995 FanQ. The front and back cover art is by Barbara Caldwell.

• Hold Fast by Anne MacMurray; illos by Laura Miles (2)
• Duncan MacLeod's Top Ten Pet Peeves by Jane Mailander (32)
• left behind by Amy Lynn Hull (33)
• Return Home by Julie Beamer (34)
• Immortal Love by Jane Freitag (40)
• Trilogy by Rene Gibson
  • The Minor Details, illo by Debbie Douglass (42)
  • Epoch's End (60)
  • Easy Target (63)
• The Top Ten Ways to Cheer Up an Immortal by Jane Mailander (68)
• Cartoon by Laura Miles (69)
• Cries in the Night by A. Nonymous (70)
• Relatives by Jane Freitag (71)
• Top Ten Signs That Your Boyfriend Is an Immortal by Jane Mailander (78)
• By the Sword by Robin Schindler; illos by Barbara J. Caldwell (Highlander/Dark Justice) (79)
• Survivor by Amy Lynn Hull (114)
• In Sleep, I Dream by Jimmi Smith-Schneider (115)
• i defy you stars by Amy Lynn Hull (136)
• Television Women by Jane Mailander (137)
• Fangs for the Memories written and illoed by Laura Miles (138)

Issue 2A

Thistle and Sabre 2A was published in 1996 and contains 154 pages. The color cover is by Laura Miles & Barbara J. Caldwell.

cover of issue #2A, Laura Miles & Barbara J. Caldwell

• The Teacher by Jane Freitag ("Prequel to the story "Relatives." Without a mentor, teen Immortal Devlin Agree cannot hope to survive in Victorian London. But who will find him ?-- friend or foe?")
• Crossings by Jimmi Smith-Schneider ("Duncan is forced to make a decision he hoped he would never have to face, when he is reunited with a friend who is dying of AIDS.")
• Highlander Surprise by Laura Michaels ("There's a conspiracy brewing, and Richie seems to be at the heart of it.
• The Decision by Rene Gibson ("A Highlander/Doctor Who crossover. An inadvertent trip back in time tempts Duncan with an opportunity to change the future.")
• Young Man by Jane Freitag (""Born of a bullet, will you die from a sword?" Richie's destiny is examined in song.")
• The Visitation by Julie Beamer and Karen Harris ("Trouble always seems to follow Duncan's old friend Riona...and this visitation is no exception!")
• Sweet Rain by Lisa Morrissey ("Is the budding romance between Richie Ryan and Alexandra Sheridan doomed from the start?")
• If I Could Turn Back Time by Sandra McDonald (an epilogue to "Under the Color of Authority") ("How can Duncan make amends for the words that sent Richie away?")
• Reasonable Addendum by Jimmi Smith-Schneider ("Joe Dawson reads Duncan's final letter to the now-elderly Watcher.")
• more

Issue 2B

Thistle and Sabre 2B was published in 1996 and contains 211 pages, was published in 1996. It has a color cover by Lynn G. Hocker.

cover of issue 2B

• Down The Rabbit Hole by P.J. Boston ("Could Duncan MacLeod really be mortal...with a little inadvertent help from his "alter ego"?")
• Gentlemen's Rules by Marg Baskin ("When an "old friend"--2000-year-old Immortal assassin Julian Carlisle--reappears on the trail of a Nazi war criminal, Duncan and Tessa are led into unexpected danger.")
• Dark Eyes by Jane Freitag ("What's behind those Dark Eyes" that define Duncan MacLeod?")
• A Promise Kept by Nancy Melito (sequel to "Epitaph for Tommy") ("Duncan keeps his word and visits widow Betty Bannon in her new Scottish home.")