Relays (US Darkover newsletter)

You may be looking for the German Darkover newsletter Relays.
Relays is a Darkover newsletter edited by Paella. It was preceded by The Darkover Newsletter. There were at least four issues. The zine is "published with the permission of Marion Zimmer Bradley."
From the title page regarding its origins, the editor writes: 
==Issue 1==
published in August 1983 and contains 10 pages. Art by Beverly Jones (cover), Lucy Takeda.
* Mechanic's Mutterings (3)
* Convention Corner (4)
* Darkover Publications (5 and 9)
* Round Robins (6)
* Other Universe Contacts (6) (Pern, Deryni, Sime~Gen and Witchworld/Norton)
* Through the Screens (LoCs) (8)
==Issue 2==
Relays 2 was published in October 1983 and contains 8 pages. Art by Lucy Takeda.
* the editor says "I find it real difficult making this a LOC 'zine when I don't get any LOCS!"
* Round Robins: "Relays Robin" (The black route is now filled and going -- the white route remains open, so sign up now?), "Ridenow Robin' (The green route is filled and gone, and 5 available places on the gold route.), "Just Dragon" (Still open and waiting for members.)
* a convention schedule (Earthcon, Baycon, Tropicon, Esotericon and Istacon)
* the editor says MZB has given her permission to make photocopies of the back issues of The Darkover Newsletter. "The issues I have permission to repro are 1-8 and 11-26. These issues I have the masters on and the copy should be excellent. Issue 9-10, the Free Amazon issue, is available ONLY through the Friends of Darkover. Issues 27 and 28 I have no information on. Those were the last two issues."
* a price list for many MZB publications, including a "Visit Scenic Darkover" bumper sticker
* a flyer or Estoericon in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., guests Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Katherine Kurz and Jean Lorrah, "Join us for a weekend of occult study, a weekend touched by majic, a weekend when myth and reality meet. To all FRINGE FANDOM: WELCOME..."
==Issue 3/4==
Relays 3/4 was published in February 1984 and contains 17 pages. Art by Patty Kearney, Laeli Williams, Myriad, Lucy Takeda and Cindy A. Eager.
* the editor apologizes for the last issue and has some RL reasons, plus the issue is much bigger than anticipated, mainly due to one story.
* the editor says she hopes to have a Darkover room party at Worldcon
* there is a full-page flyer for Westercon
* a fan proposes a discussion about whether fans "like the current trend of the series, which seems to deal basically with what I call 'women's issues'? plus some other questions
* an ad for an outfit called "Fannish Enterprise" that sold stickers, bookmarks and badges with a variety of slogans
* a detailed order form for MZB's products
* a ten page story called "Brushstrokes" by Cindy A. Eager
* there is a full-page ad for a "literary-appreciation scence fiction/fantasy fanzine unlike any you've ever seen before, because all of the work in 'Promethea One' is original. That's right! No media-oriented wrok or that based upon another author's established universe will be printed... If you've been wanting to share a view of your private world, but haven't been able to find the right place, then 'Promethea One' is for YOU!"
Category:Darkover Zines
Category:1980s