The Hunting Companion

The Hunting Companion is a slash anthology of two volumes in the elf AU Professionals series noted below.
Many of the characters are fan casted, using such actors as Rutger Hauer, Mel Gibson, and Michelle Pfeffier. 
For more on this series, see The Hunting Universe.
==Pseudonymous==
Note: The editor, Kathy Keegan, wrote that "all the fiction is by Jane; all the artwork by JJ; there are poems by Barbara Jones and Sue-Anne Hartwick, as well as by Jane, and music by JJ. Non-fiction is by Kathy Keegan, who edited this opus." When Keegan goes on to say that "it is as self-indulgent for the reader as for those of us who put it all together," she isn't kidding; this is because all these people, except for Hartwick, are pseuds for the same person. 
Also from the first volume, another comment about occupying several bodies: "I get to write two segments for the price of one here, so I'm going to switch hats and become someone else entirely."
==From an Early Flyer==
From an uncharacteristically succinct flyer by Jane of Australia, one was printed in the Tanglewebb Press, zine The Book of Strife: 
==Issue 1==
The Hunting Companion 1 was published in 1987 and contains 250 pages. 
Most of the content is by Jane. 
It is a fancasted novel. 
===Issue 1: Flyer Description===
From a flyer: 
===Issue 1: From the Editor===
From Kathy Keegan (editor), from the zine: 
===Issue 1: From the Author===
From Jane (author), from the zine: 
===Issue 1: From the Artist===
From JJ (artist), from the zine: 
===Issue 1: From the Musician===
From Jane: 
===Issue 1: More Editorializing===
From Kathy again, from the zine: 
 
===Issue 1: The Contents===
 
* 32 interior hand-drawn illos by JJ, most of them full-page
* various editorials and statements by the author, editor, artist, musician, and poets (4)
* Summer Thunder, poem by Barbara Jones (9)
* Elvenkind, article with a map by Kathy Keegan (10)
* Riches, poem by Sue-Anne Hartwick (17)
* For Raphael, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #2 ("The "missing chapter" from Part VI. Raphael was promised the gift of his freedom. Human tradition is as binding as the elven, and Kevin has planned his gift with great care...") (18)
* Dark Demons, poem by Sue-Anne Hartwick (26)
* Home is the Hunter, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #3 ("Raven and Bodie are delighted to take Kevin and Raphael to their home in Morhod; but their return is shadowed by a cloud. Jade is on the Syrae estate, and he is there to prey. On Abelard? Jade has long despised the Syrae, and it is up to Bodie to catch him in a trap of his own making.") (28)
* Hunter's Moon, poem by Barbara Jones (68)
* Wait Upon the Wind, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #4 ("Hungry for elven ritual, Bodie persuades Raven to ride with Amber to the equinox celebrations on Morn, a mountain in Rynn country. His experiences there are a new awakening.") (70)
* At First Sight, poem by Sue-Anne Hartwick (88)
* Brandywine, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #5 ("The Syrae gather to do Raven honour on his feast day, but he has other plans -- which include Bodie, to the human's delight.") (90)
* Raphael's Song, sheet music by Jane and JJ (99)
* Avalon, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #6 ("A whole HUNTING novel presented here in entirety. This is the major story introducing a "suite" of new characters who take such a large part in THE KINGDON OF SUMMER... Spring comes to Morhod, and the new season's horses are taken to market in Osiri, on the Avalon River. The journey should have been a pleasure, but turns into a vengeance hunting as the Rynn take to the war trails. At the heart of this hurricane is a tortured, haunted figure whose only hope for salvation may be Amber ... if Raven, Bodie and their party can survive long enough to help him. He's a seafarer, and his name is Dominic... ") (103)
* For Raven, sheet music by Jane (217)
* The Lark, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #7 (218)
* Embers, poem by Barbara Jones (230)
* The Talisman, fiction by Jane - The Hunting #8 (232)
* A Midsummer's Daydream, poem by Jane (248)
* Lastword (Or, Author, Author!), comments by Jane (250)
* Shadowplay, uncredited poem (252)
===Issue 1: Sample Interior===
Image:huntingcompanion1-1.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-2.jpg| from issue #1, sample text
Image:huntingcompanion1-3.jpg| from issue #1, fan casted Rutger Hauer?
Image:huntingcompanion1-4.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-5.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-6.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-7.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-8.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-9.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-10.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-11.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-12.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-13.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-14.jpg| from issue #1, sheet music
Image:huntingcompanion1-15.jpg| from issue #1
Image:huntingcompanion1-16.jpg| from issue #1, Mel Gibson is Fan Casted
Image:huntingcompanion1-17.jpg| from issue #1 
Image:huntingcompanion1-18.jpg| from issue #1 
Image:huntingcompanion1-19.jpg| from issue #1 
==Issue 2==
The Hunting Companion 2 was published in June 1989 and contains 178 pages. All of the written content is by Jane and the art is by JJ.
From the introduction by Jane: 
Author's notes for "East of Midnight": 
 
* Introduction (4)
* Map of Raven's World (5)
* The Firebird -- The Hunting #10 ("Abelard comes of age, and there is a price to be paid for his growing. This is a bittersweet time for Bodie, one to be treasured even though joy is so often tinged with stronger, darker emotions.") (6)
* Moonshadows -- The Hunting #12 ("Falcon has left Amber, since the touchstone came into the hands of the new/old Kith shaman. Now, for the first time, Amber and Lilith are alone.") (64)
* Arran--The Fey -- The Hunting #13 ("Raven is as fey as Bodie has always supposed, and the human learned to his cost, in the Eyrie of the Gods, that to be a fey can be dangerous indeed. Raven must learn to control his skill, for if he does now, it may well be the end of him. Already the rot has begun...") (74)
* East of Midnight -- The Hunting #14 ("The Power of the touchstone can be used to create or destroy, and when it is used to wreak havoc, its destruction is random and terrible. Bodie and Raven are in the west country when mercenaries strike up out of the south, and a supposedly peaceful assizes session becomes a maelstrom of anguish.") (100)
* Heron Summer -- The Hunting #15 ("For Raphael life has not been the same since the day Kern died -- how could it be? And what of Feyleen? Somehow, Kevin will find a way to manage, caught between them, and in love with both.") (160)
* The Chronology (172)
* The Elven Calendar (173)
Image:huntingcompanion2-1.jpg| from issue #2, map
Image:huntingcompanion2-2.jpg| from issue #2 
Image:huntingcompanion2-3.jpg| from issue #2 
Image:huntingcompanion2-4.jpg| from issue #2, sample text
Image:huntingcompanion2-5.jpg| from issue #2 
Image:huntingcompanion2-6.jpg| from issue #2 
Image:huntingcompanion2-7.jpg| from issue #2, Mel Gibson is fan casted
Image:huntingcompanion2-8.jpg| from issue #2, "The Chronology"
==References==
 
Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1987 Zines