The Unique Touch

The Unique Touch is a slash and femslash multifandom anthology.
A sister zine is "touched".
 
==Issue 1==
The Unique Touch 1 was published in late 1985 and contains 51 pages. It consists of two stories and no interior illustrations.
* Nearly Beloved/Rogue by London Bates (Blake's 7, A/Ta, A/B, B/Ta) (also in The Other Side #1 and Southern Lights Special #2.5) (Blake's 7) (1)
* But Love Has Never Known A Law by Jane Carnall (Blake's 7) (20)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
The Unique Touch 2 has the subtitle: "Most Illogical, Captain." It was published in September 1988 and contains 80 pages.
From the editorial of the second issue, one in which the editor states that "I AM ANGRY. "Touched" was started out of anger and it is ending in anger.": 
* welcome petals (3)
* Customs by Barbara T (Blake's 7) - femslash (Jenna/Cally) (5)
* I'm Not Surprised by Jane Carnall (Star Trek: TOS) (9)
* Scruples -- Would they dare play it on the Liberator? (9) (Blake's 7)
* Dear Avon by Chris Kessler (11) (series of letters, Blake's 7)
* Servalan Awake: Her Lovesong of Self and Servalan Dreaming by Lovejoy H. Black (14)
* The Last Graffiti (Last and Worst!) (15)
* HHEEELLPP!! from an idea by Cairo: written to please Gervaise, by Jane Carnall and Ann Johnson (20) (Star Trek: TOS) (20)
* Portobello Blues by Julie Bozza (20) (Blake's 7) (reprinted in Southern Comfort #8.75)
* Vulcan Biology by Jane Carnall (inspiration: Tallulah, also in an issue of "touched" (26)
* Reviews:
** Nome #10, see that page
** The Voice #1, see that page
** Southern Lights Special #4.5, see that page
** Chi-sen-yai, see that page
** "Ancient Light" by Mary Gentle, in which the reviewer simply states "Wow! (Wow in the existential sense, of course.) With apologies to Frances Tucker."
* first lines from short stories, can you identify them? (31)
* The Illo by Silver Alpha (Leah Rosenthal, Avon in a kilt) (32)
* The Lovers: Sleep and Death by Lovejoy H. Black (33) (Blake's 7) (33)
* Through a Glass Darkly [the title is written in reverse/mirror writing] by Jane Carnall, from an idea by Julie Kramer, with the usual help of Ann Johnson (Star Trek: TOS, Spock/McCoy) (33)
* Ylkrad, Ssalg a Hguorht by Jane Carnall, from an idea by Jule Kramer, with the usual help from Ann Johnson ("Through a Glass Darkly" spelled bacjwards) (34)
* Scruffy's Revenge by Jane Carnall with the invaluable insistence of Ann Johnson and Fiona Clements determined ignoring (Star Trek: TOS) (45) 
* The Perfect Avon/Vila Story collated by Chris Kessler, based on a questionnaire answered by eleven fans (46)
* A Different Path by bryn lantry (Blake's 7) (51)
* Interlude by Chris Kessler (Blake's 7) (55)
* Through a Glass Darkly [title written "normally"] by Jane Carnall "with the damn little help of the usual help from Ann Johnson (56)
* Book of Hours by Lovejoy H. Black (poem, Blake's 7) (66)
* I Don't Know What Your Father Would Say by Jane Carnall with suggestions from Ann Johnson (Star Trek: TOS) (67) 
* All Alone by Jane Carnall (Blake's 7) (67)
* What Would Really Happen If? by Jane Carnall, "from a fight with Ann Johnson" (Blake's 7) (76)
* The Personal Page (78)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==References==
Category:Multimedia Slash Zines
Category:1980s
Category:Femslash Zines