Resistance (Blake's 7 zine)

Resistance is a slash Blake's 7 anthology.
==General Reactions and Reviews==
A fan's 2015 comments regarding issues #1, #2, #3, #6, #8: 
==Issue 1==
Resistance 1 was published in September 1987 and contains 134 pages. 
The art is by Dragon (front cover), Gayle F, and Caro Hedge.
The font in this issue is different for each story, presumably because each had different typists.
From the editorial: 
* A Matter of Trust, fiction by Dovya Blacque (A/V, strongly implied A/B) (reprinted in Uncharted Waters #7) (3)
* Storm, poem by Carol Turner (A/B) (22)
* Absolution, fiction by Dovya Blacque (A/B, sequel to the previous) (reprinted in Uncharted Waters #8) (23)
* Avon's Sign, poem by Natasha Solten(A/B) (44)
* Burning Steel, poem by Dallance McCasland (A/B) (46)
* Lay Your Bet, fiction by Catherine Bell (A/B) (47)
* Impossible Words, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (68)
* Drowning, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (69)
* My Middle Name Is Misery, fiction Natasha Solten (a sequel to "City at the Edge of the World") (A/V) (101)
* Fifty-Fifty, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (115)
* Redemption, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (134)
 
Image:resistanceblakes1-1.jpg|from issue #1, sample poem
Image:resistanceblakes1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Dragon
Image:resistanceblakes1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Dragon
Image:resistanceblakes1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Dragon
Image:resistanceblakes1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Gayle F.
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Resistance 2 was published in January 1988 and is 149 pages long. 
The art is by Lynne Alysse Witten (front cover) and Anja Gruber. 
It was dedicated to "Avon who is definitely not expendable!"
 
* Descending Horizon by Sylvia Knight (A/B) (3)
* Covenant by Quale and Scorpio (sequel to "Orbit") (A/V) (21)
* Foolishness, poem by Lassie Faire (A/V) (31)
* Color Schemes, poem by Ellie Craven (A/B) (36)
* The Conquering Touch by Natasha Solten (A/B) (37) 
* Lover's Quarrel by Kami Saiid (A/B) (57)
* Tranquilized Dreams by Andrea Arat (A/B) (69)
* Liberation, poem by Kathy Tipton (A/B) (109)
* For Blake... Some Unspoken Words, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (110)
* Reaching for Death by Natasha Solten (A/B) (111)
 
Image:resistanceblakes2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Anja Gruber
Image:resistanceblakes2-2.jpg|from issue #2, sample text
Image:resistanceblakes2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Anja Gruber
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3== 
Resistance 3 was published in January 1989 and contains 140 pages.
From the editorial: 
Fiction: (summaries from a flyer)
* *Dovya Blacque, "Those of Darkness" (A/B) (4) (poem)
*Dovya Blacque, "Confession, After a Fashion" (A/B) (4) (poem)
* Sylvia Knight, "Shards" (A/oc) ("Young Avon's childhood takes a drastic turn when his parents, uncle, and sister are murdered by Federation troops right before his eyes.") (5)
*Sylvia Knight, "A Friend in Need" (B/V) ("In this sequel to the popular "Descending Horizon" (Res #2) Blake, still dealing with his feelings for Avon, rejects Jenna and ends up spending the night with the sympathetic Vila.") (18)
*Sylvia Knight, "On the Edge" (A/B) (sequel to "A Friend in Need," "Blake and Avon visit the night life of Edge Ciy in search of Vila and have several encounters that force them to face their feelings for each other and deal with their past mistakes.") (27)
*Kami Saiid, "Pressure Point" (A/B) (51) (poem)
*Robin Hood, "The Enigmatic Man" (Avon) (51 (poem)
*Northwest Smith, "A Price to Pay" (A/B) ("Blake's obvious "interest" in Avon [is] curious but uneasy, and tensions mount...") (52)
*Kami Saiid, "Voice from the Past" (Blake) (67) (poem)
*Quale, "The Final Run" (A/V) ("In this sequel to "Rumours of Death," Vila goes to Avon's cabin to see if he's all right and things move rather quickly from there...") (68) (also in "touched" #10)
*Taerie Bryant, "Vila" (A/V) (72) (poem)
*M. Fae Glasgow, "Prick Up Your Ears" (A/V) ("Vila comes on to Avon in this comic [indecipherable word] friendship and love.") (73)
*Lysi Strata, "Arrogant Alpha" (A/V) (76) (poem)
*Lysi Strata, "Devious Delta" (A/V) (77) (poem)
*Ty Downs, "The Terror of Love" (A/V) (78) (poem)
*M. Fae Glasgow, "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" (A/V) ("After "Orbit," Vila leaves Xenon base for [indecipherable word] and the rebels' entire future is changed as the Events on GP happen quite differently.") (79)
*Robin Hood, "Crush the Lily" (A/B) (94) (poem)
*The Fifth Amendment, (aka Melody C.) "A Feast of Bacchanalia" (A/B) ("Avon is more bitter and unhappy than ever, despite the fact that the Refederation (Blake's new government) now exists and Blake has given him position, money, even solitude...") (95)
*Dovya Blacque, "One Word" (A/B) (124) (poem)
*Dovya Blacque, "Joined" (A/B) (124) (poem)
Art:
*Marilyn Cole cover (Avon)
*Coyote (A/B)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Resistance 4 was published in June 1990 and contains 115 pages.
The art is by Adrian Morgan (front cover) and Repro Bates.
 
* Freedom, poem by Cybel Harper (A/B) (3)
* Gamesmanship, poem by Cybel Harper (A/B) (4)
* Why Me?, poem by Cybel Harper (A/B) (6)
* No Way In, fiction by Catocala (A/V) (7)
* Proposition, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (14)
* Childe, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (24)
* Absolution, fiction by Cybel Harper (A/B) (15)
* Together Again for the First Time, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/B) (25)
* Inga, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (30)
* Do-It-Yourself Slash, fiction by Shoshanna (A/V) (31)
* Domesticity, fiction by Adrian Alexander (A/G) (33)
* untitled poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (42)
* Fealty fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (43)
* No Promises, fiction by Cybel Harper (A/V) (55)
* Wind Rising, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (77)
* Morning Fire, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (78)
* Wait for the Future, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (79)
* Avon, Why Me?, poem by Ty Downs (A/V) (80)
* Come Together, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/B) (82)
* Night Winds, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (98)
* A Story That Doesn't Have an End, fiction by Melody C. (A/B; author's notes: "What follows is a sequel story to "A Feast of Bacchanalia" which I wrote under my slash pseudonym, "The Fifth Amendment." Since I'm not pseudonymous any longer, I'm using my own name on this name.") (99)
* Ads (115)
 
Image:resistanceb74-1.jpg|from issue #4, artist is Repro Bate
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Resistance 5 was published in January 1991 and contains 152 pages.
It contains no interior illustrations. 
The zine is dedicated to "the ecstasies an agonies of love in all its forms."
 
* The Other Half of the Sky, fiction by Melody C. (A/B) (3)
* Eternal Day, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (27)
* Falling, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (28)
* Alpha Time, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/B) (56)
* Confessions of a Right Bastard, fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (57)
* Into the Fire, fiction by Catocala (A/B) (also in "touched" #11 and Southern Lights #8.5) (59)
* Suffer a Fool, poem by Cybel Harper (A/V) (67)
* The Light of Other Days, fiction by Alex T. MacKenzie (A/V) (68)
* Post Pandemonium, fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (119)
* Heart of Fire, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/B) (120)
* Bribery and Corruption, poem by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (121)
* Delta Time, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/V) (131)
* Voice of the Prophet, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (132)
* Found Wanting, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/B, B/J, A/C, A/V, C/V, Avon/Orac) (133)
* Tyger, poem by Cybel Harper (A/B) (136)
* Rape, poem by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (137)
* Best of Show, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (138)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==Issue 6==
Resistance 6 was published in 1992 and contains 142 pages. It contains no interior art. 
 
* Dreams Unspoken, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (3)
* Prophecy, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (4)
* In Another Time, fiction by Melody C. (A/B) (5)
* At the End, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/B?) (26)
* Coyotes, fiction by Jane Mailander (A/V) (27)
* Born to Fire, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (34)
* December Dreams, fiction by J. Meridith (A/B) (35)
* untitled poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (41)
* And He Laughed, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/B) (42)
* "Re-entry, fiction by Brendan O'Cullane and Adrian Morgan (A/V) (43)
* Retreat, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (54)
* Something Tangible, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/B) (55)
* What If?, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (A/B) (66)
* Dreamcall, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (68)
* Ship's Soul, fiction by MerLyn (A/B, with implied non-emotional B/T) (reprinted in MerLyn's Tales #3) (69)
* Bitter Prize, fiction by MerLyn (A/B, prequel to "Ship's Soul") (reprinted in MerLyn's Tales #3) (76)
* End Game, fiction by MerLyn (A/B, sequel to "Bitter Prize") (reprinted in MerLyn's Tales #3) (82)
* Sweeter Than Wine, fiction by Emily C. Ross (A/B) (87)
* Mindgames, poem by Emily C. Ross (A/B) (95)
* Avon's Love, poem by Catherine (A/B) (96)
* The Tale of the Penetrator, fiction by Alex T. MacKenzie (A/B/V) (97)
* In the Mirror, poem by Robin Hood (A/B) (130)
* When the Heart Rules the Mind, fiction by Ann Wortham & Leah Rosenthal (A/V) (also in Adult Situations #2) (131)
* The Last Time, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (135)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7==
Resistance 7 was published in February 1993. 
From a flyer: "Due to lack of submissions, this will be a haif-issue this year, weighing in at approx. 80 pp. I'd iove to see more stories for next year ('94.) Price: $10.00 USA, $14.00 air Canada, $18.00, overseas air. Order from: Wendy Rath bone, P.O. Box 2556, Yucca Vaiiey, OA 92286-2556 USA. AGE STATEMENT REQUIRED."
The art is by Alayne cover design, Anja Gruber, and Willa Shakespeare.
* The Seraph, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (3)
* Prometheus Bound, poem by Catherine (A/B) (4)
* Pastorale, fiction by Brendan O'Cullane & Adrian Morgan (A/B) ("After shooting Blake's double on Guada Prime, Avon finds the real Blake on a pastoral planet where he tries to convince him to come back and join the rebellion.") (5)
*Andrea Arat, "Prison, poem (A/B) (8)
* Things Like This, fiction by Derriny Dark (A/B) ("Things like capture, torture, and rape -- think like these -- are bound to happen when you're a rebel fighting the massive, evil Federation. But when 'things like this' (rape) happen to Avon as a result of Blake's weak planning, Fearless Leader's guilt-ridden personality comes to the surface and he puts the entire ship at risk for an obsessive, ignoble purpose of revenge.") (9)
* The Rebel, poem by Natasha Solten (A/B) (15)
* If You Love Someone, poem by Catherine (A/B) (16)
* You Wouldn't Understand, fiction by R. Olivia Brown (A/B) ("A mysterious alien influence helps Blake remember some things from his past, and Blake and Avon discover a deeper trust and commitment to each other than they've ever known.") (17)
* Traitor, fiction by Andrea Arat(A/B) (37)
* Reflections, fiction by Brendan O'Cullane & Adrian Morgan (A/B) ("After Avon and Blake survive Guada Prime, they discuss private matters previously unspoken between them", reprinted in Double Vision) (43)
* Red Leather, poem by Andrea Arat (A/B) (46)
* Learning Process, poem by Khylara (A/B) (49)
* Blake's Sin, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/B) ("In this off-beat story, with Blake gone, Avon and Cally find unexpected love. But the telepath is disturbed to find that all Avon thinks about, no matter what they're doing, is Blake!") (also in The Other Side #8) (49)
* The Angel, the Saint, the Rebel, the Dead Man, and Me, fiction by Natasha Solten (A/B) (53)
* Furtling Through Space, fiction by Willa Shakespeare (A/V) ("Vila and Avon discover a unique compatibility in this humorous and serious long story.") (63)
* A Woman's Touch, poem (by Khylara C/J) (77)
* In My Arms, poem by Andrea Arat (A/B) (78)
* Twilight on Gauda Prime, fiction by Romilly Kerr (A/B) (79)
* In the Dark, poem by Andrea Arat (A/B) (81)
* Idealist Flame, poem by Khylara (A/B) (82)
 
Image:resistance7-1.jpg|from issue #7, Anja Gruber
Image:resistance7-2.jpg|from issue #7, sample text
Image:resistance7-3.jpg|from issue #7, Anja Gruber
Image:resistance7-4.jpg|from issue #7, sample poem
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==Issue 8==
Resistance 8 was published in August 1994 and contains 210 pages.
The art is by Sabrina Stone (cover) and ORmaC.
 
* Answers, poem by Sabrina Stone (3)
* Immortality of Innocence, poem by Robin Hood (4)
* All the Worlds Are Stardust, poem by Robin Hood (5)
* , fiction by Tounge N. Chicque (A/B) (6)
*The Careful Friend, poem by Robin Hood (56)
* One Human Heart, fiction by Irish (A/B) (57)
*Doubts, poem by Sabrina Stone (62)
*The Final Gesture, poem by Catherine (63)
*The Double-Edged Sword, poem by Catherine (64)
* If It Comes Down to That, fiction by Brennan Lori (Ta/V) (65)
*Confessions, poem by Catherine (69)
*Demon Lover, poem by Catherine (70)
* Drunk, fiction by Amethyst Lane (A/B) (71)
*Freedom, poem by Khylara (75)
*Barriers, poem by Khylara (76)
* A Poor Reward, fiction by J. Mercedes (A/B) (according to the zine, this is reprinted from "a Merry Men Press" zine) (77)
*Ties That Bind, poem by Khylara (84)
* One I'd Love, fiction by Willa Shakespeare (A/Tr) (85)
*The Bridge, poem by Sabrina Stone (110)
*My Love, Not Through Rose Colored, poem by Sabrina Stone (112)
* Good Intentions, fiction by Vanessa Mullen (A/V) (113)
* Playrebel Data Sheets, non-fiction by Sabrina Stone (spoof of "Playboy" magazine) (118)
* Gremlin, fiction by Willa Shakespeare (gen) (123)
* Getting Lucky, fiction by Willa Shakespeare (A/Ta, sequel to Gremlin) (129)
*If I Had a Soul, poem by Amethyst Lane (135) 
*Last Sounds, poem by Amethyst Lane (136)
* And Then There Was One, fiction by Drew Flynn (A/Ta) (137)
*Blanks, poem by Amethyst Lane (145)
* Second Chances, fiction by Patti E. McClellan (gen, included by mistake, was supposed to have been in Raising Hell #6, see that page) (147) 
* To Worship the Devil, fiction by Catherine (A/B) (163)
*Melancholy Dreams, poem by Amethyst Lane (168)
*Rebel Doldrums, poem by Amethyst Lane (170)
* A Familiar Companion, fiction by Irish (A/B) (171)
*Rebel Love: Jenna's Lustful Thoughts, poem by Amethyst Lane (180)
* Vila Rides, fiction by Willa Shakespeare (A/V) (181)
 
Image:resistanceb78-1.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone
Image:resistanceb78-2.jpg|from issue #8, sample title page
Image:resistanceb78-3.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone
Image:resistanceb78-4.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone, from "Playrebel Data Sheets" 
Image:resistanceb78-6.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone, from "Playrebel Data Sheets"
Image:resistanceb78-5.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone, from "Playrebel Data Sheets"
 
Image:resistanceb78-7.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone, from "Playrebel Data Sheets" 
Image:resistanceb78-8.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone, from "Playrebel Data Sheets"
Image:resistanceb78-9.jpg|from issue #8, Sabrina Stone
Image:resistanceb78-10.jpg|from issue #8, ORmaC
Image:resistanceb78-11.jpg|from issue #8, ORmaC
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8==
== References ==
 
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:1980s Category:1990s