Time Knight

Zine
Title:	Time Knight
Publisher:	Dark Horse Publishing Group
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Date(s):	May 1992
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Quantum Leap
Language:	English
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Time Knight is a gen anthology edited by Roxanne Shearer Koogler.

a 1992 flyer, printed in Good Guys Wear Fangs #1

The front cover is by Dragon. The interior art is by Dragon, Barbara Gipson, Kriss Farver, Rita Terrell, Paula Ollie, Diane Leva, Lisa K. Wildman, Phyllis Berwick, Kathy Wooding, Randy Pender, and Kristy Effinger.

It is an even mix of crossovers and original universes.

Contents

• The Price of Glory by Pat Dunn and Diana Smith (Quantum Leap crossed with Pat and Diane's vampire characters, Nicholas and Varina)
• To Kill a Vampire by Pat Dunn and Diana Smith (Quantum Leap crossed with Pat and Diane's vampire characters, Nicholas and Varina) (reprinted in The Collected Nicholas and Varina)
• Final Entries by Pat Dunn
• Stitches in Time by Casey Jordan
• Leaping on the Air in Cincinnati by Fraser Sherman (WKRP crossover)
• The Courtship of Jamie's Mother by Pat Dunn and Diana Smith
• Circles by Shannon O'Connor ("Sam leaps into a Vietnam vet who lost an arm during the war.")
• Plumb Loco by Mary Robertson
• Al About Eve by Fraser Sherman ("Sam leaps into Al as a young Navy Lieutenant and in between fending off romantic overtures, must save the life of a woman from Al's past.")
• White Knight to Queen by Kay Simon ("Sam must rescue the kidnapped Queen of the Fair, but his concussion hampers his efforts.")
• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Lee Kirkland (Beauty and the Beast crossover. Part of the author's Quantum Beast series)
• Windows of the Soul by Heidi Sanchez
• A Three Hour Tour by Reggie Beck

Reactions and Reviews

Three out of five stars. An even mix of cross and original universes.

• "The Price of Glory" and "To Kill a Vampire" - Pat Dunn and Diana Smith. QL crossed with Pat and Diane's vampire characters, Nicholas and Varina, add vampires to those who can sense Sam as he really is.
• "Final Entries" - Pat Dunn. Sam's journal, just before he leaped.
• "Stitches in Time" - Casey Jordan. How Al and Ziggy deduced that God was controlling the leaps, visualizing the threads of the web of time.
• "Leaping on the Air in Cincinnati" - Fraser Sherman. Sam's at WKRP again.
• "The Courtship of Jamie's Mother" - Pat Dunn and Diana Smith. and Sam is Jamie, a 12 year old girl. Can he convince her mother that the man she's been seeing is abusive?
• "Circles" - Shannon O'Connor. Sam's back in college, a disabled Vietnam Vet Vet. Predating Nowhere to Run, Sam can use the arm the leapee is missing, but it takes a great deal of effort and concentration.
• "Plumb Loco" - Mary Robertson. Sam has no luck at plumbing, but fixes another problem.
• "Al About Eve" - Fraser Sherman. and no, that isn't a typo :-) Sam switches places with Al, again.
• "White Knight to Queen" - Kay Simon. Sam to the rescue.
• "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - Lee Kirkland. More of Lee's series on Sam in the Beauty and the Beast universe. Sam's farther back in Cathy's past, causing her breakup with Steven Bass. This is a sequel to Lee's digest size QL/BatB zines, but you don't really need them to follow it.
• "Windows of the Soul" - Heidi Sanchez. Sam rescues, and falls for, another abused woman. I've read quite enough of these now, thank you.
• "A Three Hour Tour" - Reggie Beck. Guess!

Contains a variety of stories, including “Stitches in Time” by Casey Jordan, an unusual back-at-the- Project story focusing on Al searching for the meaning of Sam’s Leaping. He finds it when he sees a remarkable “sign” in the sky. This introspective story deals with the themes of God, Time and Fate in a very realistic way.

“Circles” by Shannon O’Connor has Sam leaping into a disabled Vietnam veteran, now a college student, who must help a troubled young woman change her mind about committing suicide. This is a good taut story, and offers an interesting twist on the “body question”: Sam’s right arm is present, but apparently paralyzed, while he is replacing the leapee-- who is an amputee.

“Al About Eve” by Fraser Sherman leaps Sam into an recently-repatriated Al Calavicci, and into the midst of an explosive situation with the wife of an old friend of Al’s. With the holgraphic Al’s constant advice, Sam avoids a tragic outcome. Good dia- logue in this one.

There are three cross-over stories: “Leaping on the Air in Cincinnati” by Fraser Sherman (QL/WKRP in Cincinnati); “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” by Lee Kirkland (QL/Beauty & the Beast); and “A Three Hour Tour” by Reggie Beck (QL/Gilligan’s Island) this last is much more serious than I’d expected!

Other contributions to Time Knight include: “Plumb Loco” by Mary Robertson; “To Kill a Vampire” by Dunn & Smith; “White Knight to Queen” by Kay Simon; and “Windows of the Soul” by Heidi Sanchez.

Art by Dragon, Barbara Gipson, Phyllis Berwick, and Lena Wood. A well-produced fanzine.