Worth the Wound (2004 Sherlock Holmes slash anthology)
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Worth the Wound |
| Publisher: | Knightwriter Press |
| Editor(s): | Emily Veinglory |
| Date(s): | 2004, though there is a puzzling 2001 captured date of on a online ad listing |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | fanzine, print |
| Size: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Sherlock Holmes |
| External Links: | Some of the fiction can be found online |
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Worth the Wound is a 50-page slash Sherlock Holmes fiction anthology. It was illustrated by Spicy Hasperat & Angeliai. Within the first few months over 50 copies were sold and the fanzine was then agented via Knightwriter Press. A second zine was planned under the title Narrow Habits but may have never been published.
About
From the editor: "Worth the Wound #1 is a 50 page tape-bound, letter-sized, two-column zine released in 2004. It contains seven stories in total, all of which are Holmes/Watson--as well as illustrations and poetry... This is a zine I put together back in '04 and it would be fair to say it was the also the experience that taught me that I did not want to be an editor. Writer, poet, blogger, illustrator, fine. Editor, no. Never again. I am just not good at organisation, finances and all that jazz. Let alone storing a box of the damn things for the many years it took to sell them and ultimately give them away. Despite all that I think the zine itself turned out fairly well." [1]
Contents
- Introduction (Cherchez la Queer) -- Emily Veinglory (3 pages)
- Death and Falling—Veinglory (3 pages)
- Ask Me No Questions—Cress (2 pages)
- The Reichenbach Resolution—Angelia (15 pages)
- Invoking Mithras (poem) (1 page)
- Touch and Go—Cress (3 pages)
- The Forfeits of Propriety—by Veinglory (12 pages)
- Confrontation—by Indyana (4 pages)
- Do There Embrace—by Veinglory (1 page)
- Prometheus Bound (Poem)
Reactions and Reviews
One review: As you can tell from the small number of pages, this is a very short 'zine. However, the price is in line with what you get - 2 long stories, 4 short ones, some hilarious cartoons, and lots of altered Paget illustrations. The layout is lovely, and if it were twice as long, this would be my second favorite 'zine after The Battered Tin Despatch Box. If I were to choose a theme for this collection, it would be 'life is more complicated than that.' Normal slash, even on the holmesslash list from which this 'zine draws its talent, tends to postulate a single, easily overcome obstacle to any given slash relationship. Not so in these stories. Here there are genuine reasons why things don't always work out as planned, and if there is love at the end, it's a bittersweet, meaningful thing bought by long suffering and hard work, as the title indicates. Nor is there any sex on screen. When - if? - the relationship is worked out to a certain point, there is a nod and a wink and a tasteful fade to black. While some readers may find this disappointing, I found it refreshingly focused on the emotions before and after, which are often more difficult to imagine, and certainly to write. So in the end, I must say this was an impressive first attempt, and had it been twice as long, I never would have guessed the editors and authors weren't old pros. Let us hope that circumstances make it possible for them to try again in the future (and again, and again...).[2]