Forbidden Star

Forbidden Star is a slash and adult het Blake's 7 anthology. The art is by Whitby27.
From a flyer by Judith Proctor: "For all those stories that I wouldn't dream of publishing in Star Three. Any combination of characters welcome. Sex may range from non-existent to full graphic detail No explicit artwork, please." 
==Issue 1==
Forbidden Star 1 was published in October 1995 and contains 88 pages (72,220 words).
The art is by Whitby27.
The stories "Identity Crisis" and "Jorge" are essentially two chapters in the same story. From the author: 
* If, poem by Judith Proctor (Season A) (2)
* Mutiny, fiction by Bryn Lantry ("Avon, Blake and Vila are playing Dementia. It's a card game with a complex set of forfeits, but if Avon wins, he knows exactly what forfeit he wants from Blake. Can Blake decide whether he wants Avon to win or lose?") (Season A) (3)
* Fatal Distraction, fiction by N. O'Treally ("a short silly story") (Season A) (14)
* Thoughts on a Comradely Address, fiction by R. Olivia Brown (Season A) (15)
* Red Queen, Black Queen, fiction by Twisted Sister ("The medical computer says everyone is under extreme stress. Cally and Jenna have to decide whether they are willing to follow its recommendation that everyone indulges in a little sex. But who gets to sleep with whom?") ("a short silly story") (Season A) (16)
* Confessions, fiction by N. O'Treally ("a short silly story") (Season A) (27)
* Red Queen, Black Queen, the alternative version, fiction by Twisted Sister (Season A) (27)
* Parts is Parts, fiction by Liz S. (Season B) (28)
* Jenna Snaps; a cautionary tale, fiction fiction by Anon ("a short silly story") (Season B) (29)
* Identity Crisis, fiction by Gemini ("Blake wants his memories back, but he could not know that the quest for his missing past would have such disastrous consequences for himself. Nor could he have imagined what Avon would suffer at the hands of Blake's twin brother.") (won a 1995 STIFfie Award) (Season B) (3)
* Jorge, fiction by Gemini (sequel to Identity Crisis. (This, and Identity Crisis, won the Stiffie award for best Novella at Media West 1996.) ("Emptiness. That was all Blake could see in his eyes. Emptiness, and death. If ever there had been laughter in Avon, it was gone. If there had ever been love, it was dead. If there had ever been Roj Blake, he was evicted. The cold wind of nothingness blew, and Blake shivered.") (Season B) (48)
* Harvest of Passion, fiction by Ben Stud ("a short silly story") (Season C) (70)
* Divergence, fiction by Sea Wolf ("Blake dug his knees into the sand, leant forward on his haunches and before Avon had a chance to react, gently touched his lips against Avon's, lingering only long enough for the sensation to register. He sat back again and looked away to the rocks.") (Season C) (71)
* Limericks by Kelsey Adams ("a short silly story") (Season C) (81)
* The Birds and the Bees, fiction by Twisted Sister ("a short silly story") (Season C) (81)
* Chameleon, fiction by Thomas ("It always feels like a dream to Vila when Soolin visits him in the night. A fleeting relationship,until one night he follows her back to her own room.") (Season D) (82)
* Stamp Collecting, fiction by Penny Black ("a short silly story") (Season D) (83)
* The Ballad of Reading Gaol, fiction by Vanessa Mullen ("A bleak story set around Oscar Wilde's poem. The Federation are going to hang Avon for the crime of murdering Blake. As Vila watches Avon's death approaching, the story tries to examine the nature of love.") (Post Gauda Prime) (84)
 
Image:forbiddenstar1-1.jpg|from issue #1, meta poem by Judith Proctor
Image:forbiddenstar1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Whitby27
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Forbidden Star 2 was published in 1997 and contains 170 pages. 
All stories are new to the zine except for a few stories under a page long which originally appeared on Space City, and 'White Mutiny' which was serialized there. The cover is by Karen River and interior art is by Mary O'Connor and Whitby27. 
Links to some extracts and content is here.
* Insomnia	Ebony
* Just As You Like It	by Christabel
* Girl's Night Out	by Arachne
* Dreams and Dreamers by 	Dorinda
* Manhoods, euphemisms for male genitalia, by Anon (10)
* White Mutiny by 	Vanessa Mullen (This story is the focus of the 1997 discussion Slash - for and against.) (11)
* One Thing As Certain As Death by 	Predatrix
* In The Writer's Zone	by Twisted Sister
* Mardi Gras	by Susan Cutter; art Mary O'Connor (30)
* Frozen in Hell by 	Julia Stamford; art Whitby27
* Getting Connected by 	Christabel (46)
* The Characters' Revenge by 	Twisted Sister (47)
* Dressing For Dinner	by Arachne (47)
* A Brief Revival of Saffron by 	Arachne; art Whitby27 (48)
* Three Times Daily	by Julia Stamford; art Whitby27 (55)
* Portrait	by Twisted Sister 
* Passing Through Fire	by Nickey Barnard; art Mary O'Connor
* Masquerade	by Ebony (85)
* In The Cold With You	by Alicia Ann Fox; art Mary O'Connor (86)
* Things That Never Get Said	by Neil Faulkner; art Whitby27 (91)
* Sleeping Around by 	Meredith Dixon (97)
* Cold Revolution by 	Loulou Harris; art Mary O'Connor
* Vila's Bait	by Twisted Sister
* The Kiss	by Bryn Lantry
* To Live Despite Regrets	by Susan Riaz; art Mary O‘Connor
* All in the Mind	by Gemini (145)
* Inside	by Andrea (146)
* Comparisons	by Dorinda (150)
* Future Ambitions	by Susan Riaz; art Whitby27 (151)
* Rebel	by Ebony
 
Image:forbiddenstar2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Mary O'Connor
Image:forbiddenstar2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Mary O'Connor
Image:forbiddenstar2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Mary O'Connor
Image:forbiddenstar2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Mary O'Connor
Image:forbiddenstar2-6.jpg|from issue #2, Mary O'Connor
Image:forbiddenstar2-7.jpg|from issue #2, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar2-8.jpg|from issue #2, Whitby27
Image:forbiddenstar2-9.jpg|from issue #2, Whitby27
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Forbidden Star 3 was published in January 2001 and contains 130 pages. A couple of the stories appeared in draft form on the Freedom City mailing list, but most are brand new.
* Editorial by Judith Proctor
* The Birds and the Bees, fiction by Predatrix (Predatrix Meets Aristophanes and Cole Porter)" (2 pp.; script with filks; AU; A/B; humor) (1)
* Waking the Dragon, fiction by Morrigan (3)
* JAB, fiction by Belatrix Carter (8)
* Tea Ceremony, fiction by Julia Stamford (11)
* Binding, fiction by Belatrix Carter (15)
* Polyiterophilia, fiction by Julia Stamford (23)
* One Year Warranty, fiction by Helen Patrick (2 pp.)
* Ruminations on the Road to Damnation, fiction by Russ Massey (39)
* A Matter of Trust, fiction by Morrigan (40)
* Washing Your Dirty Linen in Public, fiction by Predatrix and Julia Stamford (45)
* Red, fiction by Jodie Louise (52)
* Pulling Strings, fiction by Julia Stamford (59)
* Recollections, fiction by Jodie Louise (74)
* Uniform, fiction by Penny Dreadful (79)
* Accustomed to His Face, fiction by Executrix (87)
* Human Bondage Ceremony, fiction by Penny Dreadful (90)
* Field of Dreams (or 'Nothing Very Original About Domination'), fiction by Executrix (91)
* Fire and Rain, fiction by Nova (98)
* Spoils, fiction by Belatrix Carter (119)
* Rivers Always Reach the Sea, fiction by Rhiannon O'Cardan (120)
* The Seven Deadly Virtuals, fiction by Penny Dreadful (122)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
== References ==
Category:Blake's 7 Het Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:1990s
Category:2000s