Murder on San Carmelitas

Murder on San Carmelitas is a slash Starsky and Hutch novella written by Lynna Bright and edited by April Valentine.
The first edition contains 127 pages. It has a cover by the author and twenty black and white interior illos by Suzan Lovett. Art samples are included on Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
It was reprinted ten years later as Murder on San Carmelitas: Special 10th Year Anniversary Edition. The second edition's text is unchanged. This reissue has a color cover by Suzan Lovett, as well as the addition of eighteen of the original color counterparts to the black and white art. This issue contains 145 pages.
In 2013, the zine was posted online at the Starsky & Hutch Archive as an eBook in multiple formats.
This story was discussed and excerpted in Textual Poachers.
==Story Tropes==
* Posing as gay lovers
* First Time
* Bed Sharing
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==Desert Island Fic==
This zine was a frequent choice for fans' desert island fics, a term for their favorites. 
1993: Sandy Hereld, listed her five favorite Starsky/Hutch zines and of of them was: "Murder on San Carmelitas (of course)." quoted from Virgule-L with permission, (May 20, 1993) 
2002: From a fan: "I buy lots of zines. Many I read, then resell. But the ones I keep are the ones that are special to me in many fandoms. In this fandom, I won't part with Distant Shores, Murder on San Carmelitas, The Fix (all of them), It's Love, Cap'n, Nightlight 1 & 2, all my Charlotte Frost zines....and lots more." from a fan on VenicePlace, quoted anonymously (May 4, 2002) 
2003: From a fan: "In zines, "Distant Shores" (Martha), "Private Agendas" (Charlotte Frost) and "Murder on San Carmelitas" (Lynna Bright) traditionally top my list." from a fan on VenicePlace, quoted anonymously (March 10, 2003) 
==Editorial from the First Edition==
==Editorial from the Second Edition==
==Notes from the Online Version==
==Chapters==
* Daniel Corliz (1)
* Tim (6)
* Vespers (11)
* Hell Week (22)
* The Mysteries (30)
* Entr'acte (65)
* Une Semaine De Bonte (66)
* The Minotaur (101)
* Eleusis (121)
* Epilogue (127)
==Gallery: A Sample of the Extensive Art from the First Edition==
Image:murder1art1.jpg| A fan in 2010 said: "I am love with scene on page 23. Only Starsky can wear that and make it look good ... and Hutch is drooling. Ahhh!" from a mailing list, quoted anonymously (November 2010) 
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==Gallery: A Sample of the Extensive Art from the Second Edition==
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==The Editor's Comments 2000 on Context and Style ==
In 2000, Flamingo, the zine's editor, joined in a discussion on ThePits regarding whether or not Starsky & Hutch authors had had a tendency to "play favorites" with the two main characters of the show.
Flamingo, responding directly to this comment by a fan at ThePits: "In my first wave of SH fannishness ten years ago I read a lot of stories with clear author favoritism. Hutch was gorgeous and smart and Starsky was frequently pathetic, or at best, worshipful.", wrote: 
 
Flamingo also wrote:
==Riffs and Parodies==
The zine was well-known enough to inspire other fans to comment upon it in their own fanworks. In fact, a fan in 2003 wrote: "Also, I'd say any story that Paula Smith has parodied would have a good chance at being considered a classic!" quoted anonymously from a fan at The Pits Mailing List (July 13, 2003) 
Some examples:
* Murder on San Carmelappolis, short fic by Ima Fool from Tell Me Something I Don't Know #3 (1987)
* Murmur on San Carmelapples, a parody con skit by by Paula Smith and Jody Lynn Nye, first performed at ZebraCon (1988)
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==References==
Category:Starsky & Hutch Slash Zines
Category:1986 Zines