Sanctuary (Wiseguy zine)

Sanctuary is a slash Wiseguy anthology. 
Several of the author's names cited below are not the names in the zines but names used here on Fanlore. Art samples are included with the publisher's permission.
==Issue 1==
Sanctuary 1 was published in May 1997 and contains 254 pages. The stories feature Sonny/Vinnie, Frank/Vinnie and a little Roger/Vinnie. Color cover and 2 color interior pieces by Suzan Lovett plus stories by April Valentine and others.
Much of the art was nominated for a STIFfie, including the cover (which won), page 46A and page 246A.
*Brrump-bump! (editorial) (i)
*Satin Dreams by MRK (1)
* Colors by Candlelight by Suzan Lovett (3) (In the zine, it is titled, "Colors by Candle-light.")
*Winter Wonderland by April Valentine (17)
* And Which Way is an Illusion by Constance Collins (A depressed Vinnie Terranova leaves Lynchboro and is picked up by the man who's hunted him for years, Sonny Steelgrave.) (49)
*Show and Tell by April Valentine (77)
*Crazy For Me by MRK (89)
*Stay by April Valentine (92)
*All That Lights by Suzan Lovett (97)
*Red Light by MRK (112)
* Keeper of My Heart by April Valentine (When Vinnie starts working on his first undercover assignment after his return from El Salvador, an unexpected incident shatters Frank McPike's world.) (113)
*Lococco Meets World by MRK and April Valentine (235)
*Not Quite Paradise by MRK (239)
Summaries are from the publisher:
*"And Which is an Illusion" by MRK. (It was just beginning to get dark when Vinnie saw the car. It was a Cadillac, exquisitely clean, exquisitely shiny, exquisitely white. He watched it approach and zoom by. Then it stopped abruptly, U-turned, and came up beside him. The passenger-side door opened and the driver leaned across the seat to yell, "Get in the car!" at him. This is a mistake, something in Vinnie's brain whispered. This is a big mistake. "What, you think I'm gonna wait here all day for you? Get in the fucking car!" A huge mistake, Vinnie acknowledged, climbing into the Caddy, and Sonny leaned across him to pull the door shut. 'I don't like you, but I don't want to see you dead,' Frank's voice told him. Too late, Frank. Too late "So, where you heading?" Sonny asked. His tone was bland and conversational, but Vinnie knew the look - he was thoroughly enjoying himself. Vinnie wondered what the joke was.)
*"Colors By Candlelight" by Suzan Lovett (part I of a series) ("Frank?" Vince, normally as timid as a bull in a china shop, trying to sound unassuming. "Yes, of course, come on over," he hurried to say. He hated to make the young man feel like he was imposing. It just made McPike feel like the Grinch. "Gonna take me awhile to drive from Manhattan. Go back to sleep. I'll wake you." He knew exactly how Vince would do that. It made him catch his breath, like a velvet glove landing in his guts. Like fireflies under his skin. Vinnie had hung up long before McPike could let go of the receiver.)
*"Keeper of My Heart" by April Valentine. (There had been times in his life when he'd thought about it. Times when he'd thought suicide the easy way out, the coward's way. He'd told himself often enough - told Vince often enough - that that had been what Sonny had done. But there had been other times, secret times he'd never admitted, when it had seemed like the answer. When Jenny was gone and didn't want him back. When it had looked like Vince was dead. But Vinnie wasn't dead. He was alive. And he was undercover. And Frank had to be there for him. That was that, then. He had to be there for Vince. He spent the rest of the night staring into the darkness.)
*Other stories include "Winter Wonderland" by April Valentine, "Not Quite Paradise" by MRK, "All That's Light" (part 2 the series) by Lovett and "Lococco Meets World" by a guest humorist, and others.
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
 
==Issue 2==
Sanctuary 2 was published in May 2001 and contains 240 pages. It has a color cover by Suzan Lovett and no other interior art.
* Who Needs Casabas? by April Valentine (1)
*Ouroboros Devoured, poem by Lynn Dhenson (10)
*Objects of Affection by Constance Collins (11)
*World on Fire by Constance Collins (15)
*A Very Nice Stranger by Killashandra (84)
*The Outsider, Part 1 by April Valentine (87)
*The Screws of Twilight by Suzan Lovett (104)
*Same Old Tears on a New Background by Lucy (117)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==References==
 
Category:Wiseguy Zines
Category:1997 Zines
Category:2001 Zines