When Lightning Strikes
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| Title: | When Lightning Strikes |
| Publisher: | Idiot Triplets Press |
| Editor(s): | Linda McGee |
| Date(s): | 2002 |
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| Fandom: | Starsky and Hutch |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Publisher's Website: 2008 -- S/H Zines from Idiot Triplets Press, Archived version SHareCon 2010: Idiot Triplets Press, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
When Lightning Strikes is a slash 227-page Starsky and Hutch anthology. The color cover is by Linda Cody. It has interior art by L.A. Pinn (two pieces) and Helen (one piece). This zine won a Sizzler Award (Best SH Zine) at Connexions 2003, and a Huggy Award (Best SH zine) at ZebraCon 2003.
Some Printing Issues Regarding Interior Art
I had checked Linda's master for the zine and okayed it at the printer, but I wasn't happy with the reproduction of the two interior b&w art pieces. They're lovely, with subtle shadings, and neither came out well. So we redid the art and are replacing the art in the zines that haven't sold yet, since those are still in hand. But we would like to provide punched replacement pages for the zines already purchased. Most office supply stores like Office Depot, Staples, or Office Max have a comb binder they let customers use to bind their self-produced publications. It is very easy to take the zine there and replace the pages yourself so that the zine is complete with the better art.
So if you bought When Lightning Strikes at the con, please let me know how many copies you bought and where I can send the replacement art pages. There is NO CHARGE for this. I've already sent out quite a few replacements, now that I'm back from Florida. We think about 75 copies were sold, and I would really like to have each zine be complete. So drop me a note! When you see how lovely this art is, you'll be glad you did. [1]
Contents
- Moment Out of Time by Morgan LeFey (1)
- Guardian by Elizabeth Lowry (36)
- When I Was Sheriff of Beavertooth County by Mary Louise Fisher (part of The Golden Boy Series) (41)
- Of Bondage and Lace by Lutra Cana (57)
- Don't Sing Tam Lin by jat sapphire (65)
- In the Midst of Life by L.A. Pinn (74)
- What A Difference A Night Makes by DMS (130)
- Games Partners Play by Theresa Kyle (136)
- I Remember L.A. by Tiger Tyger (147)
- Before Dawn by Helene (228)
art by Helen
art by L.A. Pinn
Reactions and Reviews
See reactions and reviews for When I Was the Sheriff of Beavertooth County.
[Don't Sing Tam Lin]: That was lovely and sad. Really evocative.[2]
[Guardian]: Dobey invited the boys over for a barbeque, but when they get there it's only Dobey...no Edith, no Cal, no Rosie. Slightly out of the ordinary, but not unusual. But for this situation, Dovey wanted it just to be him. What he has to ask the boys is delicate and hard for him and their reactions aren't known. Prejudices come in all forms and dealing with them is sometimes too much to deal with."It’s nobody’s business." Hutch addressed himself to the backyard. "As long as we do our job and don’t bother anybody."
"You’re right," Dobey said. "In a perfect world, differences wouldn’t matter and no one would bother anyone else. In a perfect world, there’d be no separate bathrooms and no lynchings."
"In a perfect world, there’d be no crime and we could all go home," Starsky offered.
"Perfect World," Hutch grunted.
You learn to deal, you learn to stand it, because it's the only way you can survive sometimes. [3]
[zine]:Lightning Strikes is the first zine I've done in which I've included my email addy, and I've received *no* feedback about it as a result of that addition. I personally think it turned out to be a fine zine and am very proud of the writers, but I'm not awash in feedback. Some people who have bought the zine at cons have complimented the cover and a few who know me personally have given a few positive strokes, but that's pretty much it. So I wouldn't assume your lack of feedback is due to your zine's content; more likely it's the general lethargy towards sending LoCs that's experienced by all (or many?) zine producers.
I'm hoping that some people might have written directly to the writers who included their email addies, and I just don't know about it. [4]
[zine]:I am sure I told somebody how very very much I loved "Tiger Tyger's I Remember L.A.
That zine also had a continuation of my much beloved series by Mary Louise Fisher - When I Was Sheriff of Beavertooth Country.
I also loved the perspective of A Moment In Time by Morgan LeFey - the boys meeting before the academy - wow a hotty hotty hotty story with a great twist at the end.
Games Partners Play by Theresa Kyle was also a new twist that I enjoyed a lot.
I have told L.A.Pinn how much I enjoyed In The Midst of Life.
I am not too fond of AU's but I did enjoy Jat Sapphire's Don't Sing Tam Lin. I loved her description of the Irish Sidhe.
Lutra Cana's story issued its warning in the title but I read it anyway and though it was not on my list of favourites due to subject matter - I did enjoy the story.
Guardian was a good exposition of them dealing with coming out to Dobey.
What A Difference A Night Makes by DMS was a nice little angsty piece. My heart palpitated for Hutch.
This zine was well worth the money and I have already read it at least four times all the way through since I carried it home from Sharecon 2002.
Everyone should read I Remember L.A. and that song just rang through my mind as I read it. [5]
References
- ^ comments by Flamingo, November 22, 2002, at VenicePlace, quoted on Fanlore with Flamingo's permission
- ^ from AO3 (20 Aug 2018)
- ^ a 2006 comment at Crack Van
- ^ comments by the editor, at Venice Place Mailing List (June 2003)
- ^ comments at Venice Place Mailing List (June 2003)