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Where Dreams Are Born
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| Title: | Where Dreams Are Born |
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| Date(s): | March 1991 |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Where Dreams Are Born is a het 68-page Beauty and the Beast (TV) zine.
It contains fiction by Barbara Hill.
The cover and interior line drawings are by Terri Milliman.
"This zine is for the child hidden deep in all of us who ever felt like shouting at the top of their lungs, I won't grow up!"
Included are childhood stories about Catherine and Vincent, an alternative ending to 'Orphans,' and other Catherine and Vincent short stories.
Hill described it as "a short story/coloring zine. "Eight short stories accompanied by lots of lovely drawings that seem to beg for just the right touch of color. You can use pencil, crayons or markers. The choice is yours. And you don't have to stay within the lines. You can ignore the boundaries if you wish. All of them." This last line is reference to dialogue from the episode "When the Bluebird Sings":
- "You went outside the lines."
- "I like going outside the lines."
- "Some men ignore the boundaries. All the boundaries."
From the Editorial: Barbara Hill
Hill had some begrudging appreciation for the postal service:
I met Teri [Milliman] by way of the United States Post Office when she purchased my first zine. As little as I think of the P.O., I have to thank them for that.
Hill explained the creative process:
[Teri's] become a good friend, as our phone bills, printing bills, and postage bills will attest. Teri is bright and cheerful and she loves to talk as much as I do. Our minds seem to work on the same wave lengths, too, which was a really big help since we were trying to put this thing together by way of telephone and the mail.
We tried to coordinate our partnership in two ways. I would send Teri copies of my stories and she would draw something to go with it. Or she would send me copies of her drawings and I would see what came to mind for me. (That didn't quite work with a couple of her drawings, though. The thoughts that came to my mind couldn't be put in this zine since we were trying to keep it at a PG rating.) A couple of times, though, Teri called me with an idea for a drawing that went perfectly with a story I had just written and hadn't told her about yet. It felt like something straight out of The Twilight Zone. It was great!
Hill thanked her family for "putting up with me in spite of my new 'hobby'":
I know there are times when they think I've lost it a bit, but they simply shrug their shoulders and accept it. (It helps a little that they all happen to think Beauty and the Beast was a good television show. It helpst, too, knowing that when we get our movie, they'll all be right there with me opening night.) As far as the rest of it goes, I think they're waiting patently for me to "get over it." Just between you and me, though, they have a very long wait.
Contents
- I Believe in Unicorns: And Now... A Word from Never Never Land, editorial by Barbara Hill
- More Words from Never Never Land, editorial by Teri Milliman
- Vincent's Happy Life, fiction ("A former tunnel dweller returns for a surprise visit, but finds she's the one in for a surprise.")
- Your Place or Mine?, fiction ("Interruptions abound, and Vincent isn't happy about it.")
- She Followed Me Home!, fiction ("A young Devin helps Vincent win a new friend.")
- A Page From Father's Journal, fiction ("Father contemplates on his son's "life that could never be.")
- The Kiss, fiction (alternate ending to "Orphans" - "Dedicated to all the dreamers who loved the kiss, but wanted more.")
- The Carousel Dream, fiction ("A young and grieving Catherine has an unusual dream.")
- Who's Teaching Whom?, fiction ("Catherine and Vincent find their own way of fighting a slight case of spring fever.")
- They Said It Couldn't Be Done, fiction ("Catherine and Vincent prepare for a very special dinner.")
- The Way That I Want to Touch You, song lyrics (Captain & Tennille)
- Friends and Lovers, song lyrics (by Jay Gruska and Paul Gordon)
Sample Interior
includes a tiny reproduction of art by Jamie Murray
portrays Devin Wells and Vincent
song lyrics
