Straight Blake's

Straight Blake's is an adult het Blake's 7 anthology. The editor's note on the second edition of the first issue describes the zine conception:
==Issue 1==
Straight Blake's 1 was published in 1988, and then again in 1994. It contains over 150 pages. 
From Bill Hupe: "Contents [of the second edition] are identical to the first edition, except the entire zine has been remastered on a computer and laserjet." In addition, the author's names were used instead of pseuds. 
Pat Nussman wrote about this second edition in September of 1994: 
In an editorial intro to the second edition, the editor (Jacquerie) commented: 
 
* Renaissance, fiction by Patricia Weeks (Pat Jacquerie) - A/Meegat ("With four hours before Liberator returns to Cephlon, Meegat plans to use the time wisely, persuading "Lord Avon" to participate in an important-and pleasurable-ritual.") 
* Sarabande, fiction by Alicia Maria Susanna Fox (Susan R. Matthews) - A/OFC, with A/C (A sequel to her gen novella, "Love & Necessary Discipline." "Avon is called upon to do his duty to the community by helping a woman scarred by sexual abuse. Will her resemblance to Cally help or hurt her cause?") 
* Bolero, fiction by Alicia Maria Susanna Fox (Susan R. Matthews) - A/C, B/J, D/T ("What some people will do for their crewmates! When Dayna and Tarrant stumble on the road to consummation, Blake and Jenna and Cally and Avon find they must, er, demonstrate how the path of true love is best to be followed.") 
* West Tower-MalJardin, fiction by Alicia Maria Susanna Fox (Susan R. Matthews) - A/OFC? 
* Tempo Rubato, fiction by Calypso Romaine (Liz S.) - A/So ("Soolin has just teleported Zeeona back to Tarrant's waiting arms and the atmosphere on Scorpio is tense. Avon could chew Soolin out all the way to Betafarl or they could pursue more interesting activities ...") 
* Interstice, fiction by Patricia Weeks (Pat Jacquerie) - A/C ("While Servalan searches for Cally and Avon, the two fugitives find themselves holed up in the luxury suite of a high-stakes casino. Can Avon devise some interesting and innovative activities to help them pass the time?") 
* Comic Relief, fiction by Mary O'Merta (Liz S.) - V/OFC ("Vila visits Big Rock to negotiate for needed supplies, only to find that an unscheduled Federation raid has cut him off from Liberator ... and left him in the company of an attractive female smuggler...") 
 
* The Answer to a Question Never Asked, poem by Alicia Maria Susanna Fox (Susan R. Matthews)
* Unspoken Conversation, poem by Jillian Courtenay 
* A Reactionary Opinion by Alicia Maria Susanna Fox (Susan R. Matthews) (filk, I Don't Know How to Love Him)
* Epilogue: Tempo Rubato, poem by Patricia Weeks (Pat Jacquerie) 
* Everywoman's Lament, poem by Jillian Courtenay (filk, Nights in White Satin)
* The Game by Mary O'Merta (Liz S.) (filk, Laredo)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Straight Blake's 2 was published in 1995 and contains 100 pages.
The art is by Karen River (front cover), Leah Rosenthal, Phoenix, Whitby27, and Leigh Motooka.
It won a 1996 FanQ for best gen zine.
From a submission request in a 1994 post to Lysator: 
The editor writes of this edition: 
* Orpheus Dreams, fiction by Liz S. (A/C) (won a 1996 FanQ) (5)
* Ultraworld: Tarrant, poem by Pat Jacquerie (orig. pub. in Shadowstar) (14)
* Passionflower, fiction by Aurora (B/C) (15)
* Mary Sue Writes Slash, fiction by Judith Proctor (25)
* Taken In, fiction by Ann Wortham & Leah Rosenthal (A/J) (straight) (revised and reprinted in Southern Comfort #11.5 with the name Catocala) (27)
* Moments in a War, fiction by Michelle Moyer (A/J) (35)
* Aftermath by Judith Proctor (filk, Greensleeves) (44)
* Out of the Tomb, fiction by Alicia Ann Fox (A/C) (45)
* Impeccable Taste, fiction by Irish (A/So) (53)
* It's Lonely When you Never See the Sky by Judith Proctor (filk, Athenry) (62)
* A Different Duel, fiction by Catherine S. (B/Sinofar) (63)
* Design Specifications, fiction by Liz A. Vogel (J/Z) (68)
* Sparring Partners, fiction by Twisted Sister (A/J) (69)
* Dark Mirror, poem by Pat Jacquerie (orig. pub. in B7 Complex) (72)
* Jenna, fiction by Vanessa Mullen(B/J, with some A/J) (73)
* Tarrant Paper Doll by Leigh Motooka (81)
* Hearts of Glass, fiction by Rhapsodie (V/D) (85)
* Avon Portrait by Karen River (100)
	
 
 	
Image:straightblakes2-1.jpg|from issue #2
 	
Image:straightblakes2-2.jpg|from issue #2
 
 	
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Straight Blake's 3 was published in 1996, has 136 pages and was edited by Pat Jacquerie.
Fiction:
* Cami, "The End of the Play" (Avon wasn't the only Liberator crewmember to cross paths with Sula Chesku.)
* Liz A. Vogel, "Two for the Price of One" (Being stuck on a backwater planet with a bickering Avon and Vila is not Soolin's idea of a good time, until she challenges them to a competition that all three of them can enjoy.)
* Rhapsodie, "Hunting Girls" (Before Zee and Barr turn Vila over to harvest his spare parts, they decide they might have a use for a section of him that works better when connected to the rest of his body.)
* Alicia Ann Fox, "Misdirection" (In an alternate "Ultraworld" scenario, it's Avon and Cally the Ultras want to use to demonstrate the Human Bonding Ceremony. And since Avon's dug in his heels, it's up to Cally to arrange for their freedom...eventually.)
* Misha, "Affinities" (Apparently the only Scorpio survivor of Gauda Prime, Tarrant finds he has more in common with Liberator's first pilot than simply steering the same ship.) (sequel to this story is Asphodel. It is femslash and was printed in Deadlier Than the Male.) 
* Alara Rogers, "Anna" (Avon's long gone out of Anna Grant's life, except then why is she having these dreams?)
* Liz A. Vogel, "Xoanon" 
* Twisted Sister, "Close" (If Blake won't pay attention to Jenna, she finds there's another large, curly-haired man on Liberator who's more willing to oblige a lady.)
* Deneb, "Pilot Games" (It seems unlikely that the two pilots of Liberator would ever meet, but Space City has a game that supposedly no pilot can conquer, and neither can resist the challenge...or, eventually, each other.)
* Twisted Sister, "A Challenging Experiment" (Virginity is not to Dayna's taste, and who better to solve her little problem than Liberator's resident scientist?)
* Catherine S., "The Temptation" (In the wake of Star One, Servalan has captured that troublemaker Blake. And while she took him for political reasons, there's no reason she can't use him for more pleasurable purposes, is there?)
* Judith Proctor, "Mary Sue Strikes Back" (In the sequel to last issue's "Mary Sue Writes Slash," some very strange women make an interesting proposition to the Liberator crew.)
* Aurora, "Morning Glory" (In a sequel to last issue's "Passionflower," Blake has departed Liberator, leaving a gap in Cally's life that perhaps the new tall, curly-haired crewmate can fill. But young human males have disadvantages that Cally hadn't counted on...)
* Pat Jacquerie, "Negotiating Positions" (When Soolin negotiates with a female Warlord, she doesn't anticipate the kind of duties her "male possession" Avon must perform, but it is nice to discover he can do something besides repair computers and snarl... )
* Riley Cannon, "In This Lonely Place" (Months after the debacle at GP, Blake and the remainder of the Scorpio crew return to make a heartrending discovery in the remains of Blake's base. Soolin is more comfortable with a gun than with physical comfort, but it's the latter that Blake needs.)
Poetry:
* Liz S., "Crown of Thorns" 
* Judith Proctor, Limericks
* Judith Proctor, "Cally" 
* Vanessa Mullen, "Freedom" (filk, traditional tune) 
* Susan Bennett, "Absent Friends" 
* Susan Bennett, "I Need... To Kill Her Myself" 
Nonfiction:
* Letters of Comment
* S.E. Thompson, "More of the Same" (bibliography)
Art
* Karen River (front cover)
* Whitby27 
* Randym
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Het Zines
Category:1988 Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:1990s Zines