Of Things That are Not but Should Be (2017 Beauty and the Beast zine)

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Of Things That are Not but Should Be is a 2017 Beauty and the Beast (TV) 400-page digital conzine for an online convention celebrating the 30th anniversary of the show. 
From the title page: "A Retrospective Fan Fiction Zine Celebrating 30 Years of Fan Fiction. Featuring previously published stories, art, and poetry, inspired by the characters so beautifully brought to life by Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman from 1987-1990."
The editorial team was: Allison Duggins, Barbara Anderson, Cindy Rae, Janet Rivenbark, Judith Nolan, and Linda O’Leary.
The title of the zine (and con) is from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
==Comments from the Con Chair==
From the zine, words by the con chair, Angie:
==Comments from the Zine Editor==
The main editor was Barbara, and this is from her comments in the zine:
==Contents==
* Dedication Page (i) 
* Title Page (iii) 
* Acknowledgements (iv) 
* Letter From the Con Chair (v) 
* Letter From the Editor (vi) 
* art by Olivia de Berardinis (1) 
* Tale As Old As Time, art by Kevin Barnes (3) 
* What My Heart Will Be, fiction by Barbara L.B. Storey (includes two artworks art by Pat Horowitz from Tunnels #1) (5) 
* Tunnels Vol. I zine cover by Pat Horowitz (45) 
* A State of Grace, fiction by Cindy Rae (includes a small portrait of Father by Lynn Wright) ("Author’s note: The story of Grace and Jacob is always one that tugged at me. We know so very little, yet we know a great deal. We know Jacob was in his first year (“the year I lost everything,” he tells Vincent,) and we know that Grace was a little older than Jacob was, and possessed of her own kind of wisdom. We know her sad end, and we know that the two of them are Devin’s parents. All that led me to wondering about Devin’s mother, the kind of woman she was, and what it was about her that drew Jacob to her. How she, as an early tunnel dweller, might have helped shape what they became, in her own way. As her story became clear to me, I realized that it was Grace who helped Jacob in his transformation from just “Jacob” into “Father.” Not just by making him one, but in other ways, as well. There aren’t very many stories that try to “meet Grace” in depth, as a fully realized person. This is mine, and I give thanks to the editors who helped with it, most of whom give of their talents freely, and labor tirelessly behind the scenes.") (from the 2015 conzine, “Somewhere I Have Never Traveled.”)(47) 
* (48)
* Ragged Little Kingdom, poem by Mai Phan (70) 
* Feast, poem by Jodie Boyle (72) 
* Once Upon A Time ..., fiction by Judith Nolan (from the 2014 Winterfest Online celebration) (73) 
* Study of Vincent, art by Jamie Murray (87) 
* Study of Catherine, art by Jamie Murray (87) 
* The Watchful Guardian, fiction by Vee Horning (includes a small portrait of Mary by Lynn Wright) (originally online) (89) 
* Imagine, art by Judith Nolan (91) 
* Unmasqued, fiction by Barbara L.B. Storey (includes art: Vincent and Catherine by Renate Haller, Father by Belinda Wojcik, art by Mary Stacy-Macdonald) (93) 
* An Afternoon at Wollaton Park, art by Jamie Murray (117) 
* Fair Answers, fiction by Zara Wilder (includes three small portraits by Lynn Wright: Vincent’s Face, Rebecca, Catherine) (story was originally online) (119) 
* Digital Art by Judith Nolan (133)
* No Words, ficiton by Angie (includes art: Vincent by Barbara Gipson, Vincent by Kathy Fidge, Vincent and Catherine by Renate Haller) (originally online) (135) 
* Unworthy Knight, fiction by Rhonda Collins (includes art: Catherine by Belinda Wojcik) (originally published in the 1993 convention zine, Great Expectations: A World of Dancing Lights. It was later reprinted in 1995 in Friends and Lovers) (143) 
* Digital Art by Judith Nolan (155) 
* No Heaven for Fallen Angels, fiction by Cindy Rae (embedded art: Echoes of the Heart zine cover by Kevin Barnes, The Outsiders by Barbara Gipson ) (157) 
* My Beast, poem by Judith Nolan (170) 
* Vincent and Catherine by Sonia Corral (171) 
* The Facts of Life, fiction by Linda Mooney (includes art: Vincent and Catherine by Lynn Wright, Mouse by Lynn Wright) (originally in Eternity In An Hour) (173) 
* Digital Art by Judith Nolan (179) 
* Hearts of Fire, fiction by Avril Bowles (includes art: Peter by Lynn Wright, Vincent and Catherine by Kathy Fidge) (originally in Candlelight Collection #2) (181) 
 
* Teach Me, poem by Judith Nolan (192) 
* A Little Night Music, fiction by Judith Nolan (crossover/fusion with The Phantom of the Opera) (originally in The Possibility of Being, conzine) (193) 
* Vincent and Catherine, art by Bev Chick (213) 
* In A Heartbeat, fiction by Amber James (includes art: Vincent by Barbara Gipson, Catherine and Vincent by Barbara Gipson, Vincent and Catherine by Renate Haller) (from Sensual Dreamers) (215) 
 
* The Fourth Wish, fiction by Barbara Handshy Anderson (first published online in October of 2015, it was inspired by a challenge on batbland.com.) (241) 
* The Wishing Well, digital art by Judith Nolan (265) 
* Happy Birthday Vincent, fiction by Judith Nolan (originally in Tunnel Tales in 2014 It is unclear what zine this is referring to. ) (267) 
* Portraits of Diana, art by Kevin Barnes (289) 
* The Gift of the Tattered Rags, fiction by Sharon Holtz (art by Sharon Holtz) (first published in 2005 as a part of WFOL (Winterfest Online) (291) 
 
* The Beginning of Always, fiction by C.J. La Belle (art: Triangle Painting by Jamie Murray, Vincent and Catherine by Ralph Suny, Catherine and Vincent by Lynn Wright) (originally online, 2015) (295) 
 
* Dear Catherine, poem by Lynette Combs (346) 
* The Blessed Damozel, art by Kevin Barnes (347) 
* Counterpoint (revised), fiction by Linda S. Barth (art: Vincent by Kathy Fidge, plus uncredited screen manips) ("“Counterpoint” was originally published in the September 1995 issue of Barbara Hill and Terrie Milliman’s CABB zine series “Soulmates – A Never-ending Dream.” The story won the Second Place award as “Fan Favorite Short Story” at the annual B&B convention in Norfolk, Virginia in July 1996. After that, I set it aside for a long time and then, following a great deal of revision, published it about ten years ago in “Remember Love,” a limited print collection of my short stories. This is the latest and final revision of “Counterpoint”, and I am honored to be able to submit it for publication in the retrospective section of the conzine for the on-line 30th anniversary celebration of our beloved show.") (349) 
 
* Salute to the Dream Keepers, fiction by Cindy Rae (375) 
* Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes (art: That Wonderful Place Between by Clare Seiffert) (378) 
* Dream Keepers Index ("The following is an index of authors, poets, songwriters and artists who have lovingly kept the Beauty and the Beast dream alive for the last thirty years. If we have forgotten anyone, please let us know, so that we can include them on future lists.") (379) 
** 30 Years of Fanfiction Authors, Poets and Songwriters 
** 30 Years of BATB Artists 
* Special Thanks (397) 
* Unity, art by Kevin Barnes (399)
==Sample Interior==
 
Image:shouldbe2017-1.jpg|Kevin Barnes: "Tale as Old As Time"
Image:shouldbe2017-2.jpg|Pat Horowitz
Image:shouldbe2017-3.jpg|Kevin Barnes: "Portraits of Diana"
Image:shouldbe2017-4.jpg|Judith Nolan: "Imagine"
Image:shouldbe2017-5.jpg|Renate Haller
Image:shouldbe2017-6.jpg|Mary Stacy-Macdonald
Image:shouldbe2017-7.jpg|Jamie Murray: "An Afternoon at Wollarton Park"
Image:shouldbe2017-8.jpg|Barbara Gipson
Image:shouldbe2017-9.jpg|Sonia Corral
Image:shouldbe2017-10.jpg|Bev Chick
Image:shouldbe2017-11.jpg|Jamie Murray: "Triangle"
Image:shouldbe2017-12.jpg|Ralph Suny: "Vincent and Catherine"
Image:shouldbe2017-13.jpg|Kevin Barnes: "Blessed Damozel"
Image:shouldbe2017-14.jpg|Kevin Barnes: "Unity"
 
==References==
Category:Beauty and the Beast Anthology Zines
Category:Beauty and the Beast Con Zines
Category:2017 Zines