The Spiral Staircase (Canadian Beauty and the Beast zine)

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The Spiral Staircase is a Beauty and the Beast (TV) newsletter produced by Beauty and the Beast Fan Club of Victoria, out of Victoria, Canada. 
It was edited by Lyn Roewade. 
The issues contain non-fiction, photos, art, fiction, poetry and essays. 
==The Diana Content==
Content embraced fanworks about all three seasons, which means Diana Bennett appears both as a friend and as a romantic interest for Vincent Wells. This decision was alluded to in the first issue with the statement "Neither are we so cruel, selfish and insensitive as to insist that Vincent (on the show, at least) be forced to forgo any normal love-life simply because he's been bereaved. Fiction published here assumes a different timeline/continuum." The conflict about this decision, and in fandom in general, was directly addressed in the second-to-last issue with the essay, Wot, No Third Season. 
 
==General Fan Comments==
==Issue 1==
The Spiral Staircase 1 was published in 1990 and contains 54 pages. 
The art is by Darlene Little, Sandra Parker, Mary Page, and Beverly Parker. 
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publisher (a high school senior) was Lisa Whiting, the assistant publisher was Sandra Orr, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
In the first issue, Whiting resigns immediately and passes off the zine to others, citing lack of time to complete her duties.
From the editorial by Roewade: 
* Editorial by Lyn Roewade (1)
* From the Publisher by Lisa Whiting (2)
* That Heavenly Face by Gwen Lord (reprinted in Carousel Tales #2) (4)
* Young Vincent, poem by Mary Page (12)
* Letters to Vincent, poem by Lisa Whiting (14)
* Our Doubts are Traitor by Lyn Roewade (15)
* Vincent's Beauty, poem by Joanne Gillmeister (25)
* Lovers, poem by Karen Freiman (26)
* Tug of War by Darlene Little (28)
* Love and Hope, poem by Thomas A. Cameron (41)
* Dance With Me, Vincent by Joanne Gillmeister (42)
* Ads (Video-Help) (53)
* Calling All Pen Pals (54)
 
Image:spiralstair1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Beverly Parker
Image:spiralstair1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Darlene Little
Image:spiralstair1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Darlene Little
Image:spiralstair1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair1-6.jpg|from issue #1, sample text
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
The Spiral Staircase 2 was published in September 1990 and contains 108 pages. 
 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Jan Durr, Kay Leonard, Mary Page, Karen Jones, Kathy Palumbo, J. Jung, Yasmin Reboe, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
 
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* New Life, New Beginning by Sandra Orr (3)
* Life's Lessons, poem by Anonymous (31)
* Daily Routine Below, essay by Gwen Neilson (about the practicalities of living underground) (34)
* Mouse -- Good Name, poem by Mary Page (34)
* And Lovers Be Found by Sylvia Witt Fisher (35)
* My Greatest Love, poem by Christopher Papps (43)
* Together -- Forever by Gwen Neilson (44)
* Games People Can Play (word search, trivia) by Karen Jones (53)
* Lovelorn Mouse by Donna Croft (56)
* Sonnet for Vincent, poem by Janet Knights (60)
* A Study of Character Mouse, essay by Sandra Parker (61)
* Song, poem by May Sarton, from "The Lion and the Rose" Published 1948 (63)
* The Grandmother by Karen Jones (64)
* An Open Letter to Gabriel by Gwen Neilson (70)
* A Gentle Humour (jokes and limericks) (71)
* A Short Poem by Gwen Neilson (72)
* Fever by Sandra Parker (73)
* You Hurt, I Hurt, poem by Darlene Little (74)
* Fatherhood by Joane Gillmeister (76)
* Dylan Thomas Quote (89)
* Vincent's Surprise, vignette by Ashley Neilson (6 years old) (90)
* My Statue of Stone, poem by Marion Kelly (91)
* And Other Palms Were Won by Lyn Roewade
* Changes by Colleen Hillerup (92)
* Sonnet by William Shakespeare (97)
* ...And Other Palms Were Won by Lyn Roewade (99)
* Two Night Poems by David Roewade (105)
* Game Answers (106)
* Ads (Video Help Wanted) (108)
 
Image:spiralstair2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Karen Jones
Image:spiralstair2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Mary Page 
Image:spiralstair2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Sandra Parker
 
Image:spiralstair2-6.jpg|from issue #2, Kathy Palumbo
Image:spiralstair2-7.jpg|from issue #2, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair2-8.jpg|from issue #2, Jan Durr
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
 
==Issue 3==
The Spiral Staircase 3 was published in 1991 and contains 120 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Barbara Parker, Barbara Gipson, Mary Page, J. Jung, Beverley Ingle, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* Man or Beast, poem by Darlene Little (4)
* Just a Fantasy, vignette by Sandra Parker (6)
* The Introduction by Gwen Neilson (9)
* Vincent's Note, vignette and illo by Ashley Neilson (child) (18)
* Anguish, poem by Marguerite J. Bray (20)
* Vincent My Friend, poem by Sylvia Fisher (child) (21)
* Games People Can Play (word search, trivia, crossword puzzle) by Janet Knight, Darlene Little, and Carol Tessier (22)
* Resurgat, chapter 1 by Lyn Roewade (27)
* Longing, poem by Matthew Arnold (36)
* Personal Study of an Episode: "A Time to Heal" -- essay by Sandra Parker (37)
* Legacy by Sandra Orr (43)
* A Gentle Humour (60)
* Beauty and the Beast Fan Questionnaire from Your Friends in the Chamber of the Whims by Lynette Combs and Laurie Wittenberg (61)
* Candles, poem by Clifford Laube (63)
* You Are a Mirror to Me, Elliot Burch, essay by Davie Roewade (64)
* A Study of Character, Elliot Burch, essay by Sandra Parker (67)
* Dear Jacob, poem by Sandra Parker (71)
* Summer Vacation by Sandra Orr (72)
* Fashions from Below, essay by Gwen Neilson (99)
* Return from Yesterday by Lyn Roewade (101)
* Celestial Vincent, poem by Pam Tuck (109)
* Sightings (actors in the news) (110)
 
* A Review of the film Mr. Destiny by S.W. Fisher (111)
* short description of seeing Disney's "The Price and the Pauper" and hearing Roy Dotrice's voice, Joanne Gillmeister (112)
* Notes & Quotes, con report for Creation Con "B&B" Convention in New York City in November 1990, also a description of seeing Ron Perlman in the play "A Few Good Men," from Lynette Combs (113)
* Game Answers (118)
 
Image:spiralstair3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara Parker
Image:spiralstair3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara Gipson
Image:spiralstair3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair3-6.jpg|from issue #3 
Image:spiralstair3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair3-8.jpg|from issue #3, Beverley Ingle
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
The Spiral Staircase 4 was published in 1991 and contains 100 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Yasmin Reboe, Kathy Palumbo, Mary Page, Beverley Ingle, Sandra Parker, and J. Jung. 
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
The illo of Vincent and baby are reprinted from Thresholds.
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* Music I Heard With You by Conrad Aiken (song lyrics) (4)
* Colours, poem by Yevgeny Yevtushhenko (5)
* Dusty by Darlene Little (7)
* Pipes of Truth, poem by Mary Page (27)
* Dragon Man, poem by Sylvia Witt Fisher (28)
* untitled poem by R. Lovelace (28)
* Courage Loyalty and Love, chapter 3 by Gwen Neilson (29)
* Paracelsus, poem by Mary Page (41)
* Games People Can Play (trivia quiz, crossword puzzle) by Lyn Roewade and Carol Tessier (24)
* Silent Truths by Sandra Orr (45)
* Heroes, essay by Sunny by Sylvia W. Fisher (young child) (69)
* Beyond the Light, poem by Mary Page (71)
* Feelings About "A Happy Life", essay by Dianne Henderson (72)
* To Vincent, poem by Sylvia W. Fisher (73)
* Beginnings, poem by Sylvia W. Fisher (73)
* The Voice of the Charmer by Lyn Roewade and Pat Dhillon (75)
* How They Came Below, essay by Gwen Neilson (79)
* A Gentle Humour (81)
* Resurgat, chapter 2 by Lyn Roewade (83)
* Silent Love by Sandra Parker (93)
* A Study of Character Study: Mary, essay by Sandra Parker (95)
* Game Answers (99)
 
 
Image:spiralstair4-1.jpg|from issue #4 
Image:spiralstair4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Yasmin Reboe
Image:spiralstair4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Kathy Palumbo
Image:spiralstair4-5.jpg|from issue #4, Beverley Ingle
Image:spiralstair4-6.jpg|from issue #4, Pam Tuck (Vincent and Elliot Burch)
Image:spiralstair4-7.jpg|from issue #4, Sandra Parker (portrays Mary)
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
The Spiral Staircase 5 was published in summer 1991 and contains 109 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Beverley Parker, Beth Blighton, Karen Jones (not credited), M.J. Bray, Mary Page, J. Jung, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
The editor wrote that one of this zine's regular contributors, Gwen Neilson, has recently passed away.
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* The First Time I Loved Forever, poem by Melanie (4)
* Resurgat, chapter 3 by Lyn Rowade (6)
* One Night Above, poem by Sandra Parker (17)
* A Beauty and the Beast Tale by Shannon Little (age 7) (18)
* The Gift by Sandra Orr (19)
* Desire, poem by Darlene Little (33)
* Kaleidoscope of Voices by Lyn Roewade (34)
* Games People Can Pla7 (trivia quiz, crossword, word search) by Lyn Roewade, Sandra Orr, and Darlene Little (36)
* Look Ahead to Happiness, chapter 4 by Gwen Neilson (40)
* Quotations, submitted by Sandra Parker (57)
* Not Again! by Pat Dhillon with Lyn Roewade (59)
* The Sounds of Home, poem by Sandra Parker (61)
* A Study of Character: Pascal, essay by Sandra Parker (63)
* Untitled by Darlene Little (65)
* Truly Blessed by Sandra Parker (66)
* Retrospect, poem by David Roewade (84)
* Hope by Roberta Swinson (85)
* Gabriel, poem by Sandra Parker (87)
* From the Ashes by Sandra Orr (88)
* Sightings, Notes from the Editor (105)
* Game Answers (108)
 
 
Image:spiralstair5-1.jpg|from issue #5, M.J. Bray
Image:spiralstair5-2.jpg|from issue #5, Beth Blighton
Image:spiralstair5-3.jpg|from issue #5, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair5-4.jpg|from issue #5, Karen Jones
Image:spiralstair5-5.jpg|from issue #5, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair5-7.jpg|from issue #5, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair5-8.jpg|from issue #5, Beth Blighton
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==Issue 6==
The Spiral Staircase 6 was published in spring 1992 and contains 106 pages. 
The art is by Belinda Wojcik, Beth Blighton, Sandra Parker, Pam Tuck, M.J. Bray, and J. Jung.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
 
* A Few Thoughts Occurring: After Seeing Disney's Animated "Beauty and the Beast" by Lyn Roewade (1)
* From "The Unicorn Book of Quotes", poem from Sandra Parker (3)
* Golden Knight by Mary Page (5)
* A Personal Comment by Sandra Orr (some thoughts about Jean Cocteau's movie and his comments) (6)
* Music I Heard With You by Conrad Aiken (music lyrics with calligraphy) (7)
* Nor Space and Time by Sandra Orr (8)
* Starting Over, poem by David Roewade (29)
* Among the Stars, chapter 4 by Gwen Neilson (30)
* Dialogue from "Days of Our Lives" from Joane Gillmeister (49)
* Beauty Exists by Sandra Parker (50)
* Dancing Lights by Sandra Parker (51)
* A Gentle Humour (66)
* Games People Can Play (trivia quiz, 3rd season quiz, crossword, word search) by Lyn Roewade, Sandra Parker, and Janet Knights (70)
* Beggar's Comet from Gwen Neilson via Lyn Roewade (71)
* Quote from the movie "Somewhere in Time" (75)
* Destiny, The Poem by David Roewade (76)
* Resurgat, chapter 4 by Lyn Roewade (77)
* A Character Study: Jamie, essay by Sandra Parker (88)
* To Dream Again by Sandra Orr (90)
* From "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran (101)
* Sightings: Notes from the Editor (102)
* Game Answers (102)
 
Image:spiralstair6-1.jpg|from issue #6,
Image:spiralstair6-2.jpg|from issue #6, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair6-3.jpg|from issue #6, M.J. Bray
Image:spiralstair6-4.jpg|from issue #6, Beth Blighton
 
Image:spiralstair6-6.jpg|from issue #6, Beth Blighton
Image:spiralstair6-7.jpg|from issue #6, Sandra Parker
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7==
The Spiral Staircase 7 was published in summer 1992 and contains 115 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Mary Page, Beth Blighton, J. Jung, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker. 
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* To Another Bound, poem by Sandra Parker (5)
* Galen by Timothy J. Little (6)
* poem by Lord Byron, submitted by Sandra Parker (26)
* Fate's Hand by Sandra Orr (27)
* The Final Message by Mary Page (52)
* Destiny Fulfilled, chapter 5 by Gwen Neilson (55)
* Hope Is... by David Roewade (71)
* No Dominion by Sandra Orr (72)
* Games People Can Play (crossword, wordsearch) by Carol Tessier and Lyn Roewade (81)
* Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, submitted by Sandra Parker (82)
* Resurgat, chapter 5 by Lyn Roewade (83)
* Jamie by Sandra Parker (96)
* A Traveller from an Antique Land by Sheila Waters (7)
* untitled poem by Sandra Parker (104)
* One Day in the Life of Young Jacob by Marguerite Bray (105)
* A Personal Study: Ashes, Ashes, essay by Sandra Orr (109)
* Sightings, Notes from teh Editor (112)
* Game Answers (115)
 
File:Spiralstair7-1.jpg|from issue #7, Pam Tuck
File:Spiralstair7-2.jpg|from issue #7, Beth Blighton
File:Spiralstair7-3.jpg|from issue #7, Mary Page
File:Spiralstair7-4.jpg|from issue #7, Sandra Parker
File:Spiralstair7-5.jpg|from issue #7, Beth Blighton
File:Spiralstair7-6.jpg|from issue #7, Sandra Parker
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==Issue 8==
The Spiral Staircase 8 was published in winter 1993 and contains 92 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Mary Page (reprinted from Perhaps), J. Jung, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker. 
* She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron, submitted by Sandra Parker (1)
* A Dream Come True, final chapter by Gwen Neilson (2)
* untitled by David Roewade (17)
* Destiny by Sandra Orr (18) 
* A Christmas Fairy Tale (A very different kind of origin story) by Barbara Hill (28)
* Standing on the Edge of Loneliness, poem by David Roewade (35)
*Resurgat, chapter 6 by Lyn Roewade (36)
* A Study of Character: Joe Maxwell, essay by Sandra Parker (49)
* Reassurance to a Child-Newcomer, poem by Lyn Roewade (52)
* The Sacrifice by Sheila Waters (reprinted from Perhaps) (53)
* Omega by Sheila Waters ("Vincent dreams of his like-him sister, Tefnut - and Catherine - in the afterworld.") (reprinted from Perhaps) (53)
* Vincent's Thoughts on His Son's Second Birthday, poem by Lyn Roewade (58)
* Games People Can Play (triva, wordsearch) by Lyn Roewade, Sandra Orr (59)
* A Vincentastic Surprise of Lyn Roewade (a real world crossover) (61)
* Love by Roy Croft submitted by Sandra Orr (64)
* To Follow Your Dreams by Sandra Orr (66)
* Beacon-of-Light by Marilyn Mastin (84)
* Sightings: Notes from the Editor (86)
* Game Answers (91)
 
 
Image:spiralstair8-1.jpg|from issue #8, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair8-2.jpg|from issue #8, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair8-3.jpg|from issue #8, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair8-4.jpg|from issue #8, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair8-5.jpg|from issue #8, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair8-6.jpg|from issue #8 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8==
==Issue 9==
The Spiral Staircase 9 was published in winter 1994 and contains 101 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Mary Page, Jan Durr, Kathy Palumbo, Bev Ingle, Barb Gipson, M.J. Bray, J. Jung, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker. 
The essay, "Fandom": 
* Our Readers Tell Us, letters of comment (1)
* Fandom, essay by Sheila Waters (4)
* Out of Friendship by Sandra Orr (5)
* Mirror in My Chamber by Junior Charles (14)
* Episode Study: Song of Orpheus by Sandra Parker (15)
* The Second Blossoming by Lyn Roewade (19)
* Here On Earth, poem by David Roewade (27)
* Let Us Remember Him by Janet Kilbourne (28)
* Wot, No Third Season, essay by Janet Kilbourne (reprinted from an unknown issue of The Chronicle) (29)
* Sight Unseen, poem by David Roewade (35)
* Resurgat, chapter 7 by Lyn Roewade (36)
* untitled poem by Tom Shapiro and Ron Hellard (45)
* A Gentle Humour (46)
* Games People Can Play (trivia, crossword) by Lyn Roewade and Sandra Orr (47)
* Chronicler by Joanne Gillmeister (49)
* Once Upon a Hot Roof by Rhonda Collins (60)
* Reminiscence: Shells in the Sand by Junior Charles (63)
* Hindsight by Sandra Orr (64)
* A Lifetime by Sandra Parker (73)
* I Know Who You Are by Sheila Waters ("Post third-season story in which Vincent is without Catherine and raising Jacob with concerns he is assuming some of his father's sensitivities and precognition, even if he doesn't share Vincent's physical attributes.") (reprinted from Perhaps) (74)
* Sightings: Notes from the Editor (94)
* Game Answers (100)
 
Image:spiralstair9-1.jpg|from issue #9, Barb Gipson
Image:spiralstair9-2.jpg|from issue #9, Pam Tuck
Image:spiralstair9-3.jpg|from issue #9, Sandra Parker
Image:spiralstair9-4.jpg|from issue #9, Mary Page
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9==
==Issue 10==
The Spiral Staircase 10 was published in winter 1995 and contains 69 pages. 
The art is by Pam Tuck, Mary Page, Rhonda Collins, M.J. Bray, J. Jung, Marguerita J. Kray, and Sandra Parker.
The editor was Lyn Roewade, the publishers were Sandra Orr and Joanne Gillmeister, and the art director was Sandra Parker.
* Resurgat, chapter 8 (final chapter) by Lyn Roewade (1)
* The Vantage Point, poem (reprinted from Perhaps) (14)
* What Is It all About, article by Sue Evans (reprinted from an unknown issue of The Chronicle) (15)
* A Martyr's Marriage, poem by David Roewade (19)
* ...Happily Ever After by Sandra Orr (20)
* Vincent's Song, poem (reprinted from Perhaps) (46)
* A Gentle Humour (47)
* Vincent's Soliloquy by Marguerite J. Bray (49)
* Games People Can Play, word search by Sandra Orr (50)
* Weeping Hearts Honour by David Roewade (51)
* Melancholy Mind-Hopeless Heart, poem by David Roewade (51)
* Father, the Outcast Creator by Janet Kilbourne (reprinted from an unknown issue of The Chronicle) (52)
* A Stain on His Character by Lyn Roewade (56)
* Into the Light, poem (reprinted from Perhaps) (64)
* Sightings (65)
* Game Answers (69)
 
Image:spiralstair10-1.jpg|from issue #10, unknown
Image:spiralstair10-2.jpg|from issue #10, Pam Tuck, portrays Jamie
Image:spiralstair10-3.jpg|from issue #10, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair10-4.jpg|from issue #10, Mary Page
Image:spiralstair10-5.jpg|from issue #10, Rhonda Collins
Image:spiralstair10-6.jpg|from issue #10, Marguerita J. Kray
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10==
==References==
 
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