Fire and Ice (Blake's 7 zine)

Fire and Ice is a slash Blake's 7 anthology in the Blake/Avon pairing.
 
==Issue 1==
Fire and Ice 1 was published in 1990 and contains 148 pages. It was the winner of a 1991 Fan Q. The zine was co-edited by Kathy Resch and Melody C.. The art is by by Gayle F and Phoenix.
 
*Editorial (Such as it is...)
*Second Sight, fiction by Pam Rose (1)
*Uncertain Changes, fiction by Sylvia Knight (27)
*So Much in Common, poem by Dovya Blacque (36)
* Whole of an Ancient Evil, fiction by Bryn Lantry (37)
*Beyond the Storm, poem by Dovya Blacque (58)
*Firefall, fiction by Elena Mora (to be continued) (59)
* Points of Light, fiction by Elena Mora (to be continued) (66)
* Brightness Falls, poem by Robin Hood (72)
*Noli Me Tangere, fiction by Riley Cannon (73)
*Alliterative Ballad, poem by Ababa Brouhaha (76)
*Alternatives, fiction by Snow White (77)
*Another Bizarre Verse, poem by Ava B. Vava (119)
*Liquid Dreams, poem by Robin Hood (120)
*Guilt and Ice, poem by Natasha Solten (121)
*Apologia, poem by Sue-Anne Hartwick (122)
*A Distant Land, fiction by Etticles (123)
*Remember the Dream, fiction by Melody C. (137)
*The Shadow of a Hero, poem by Dovya Blacque (149)
 
File:fireandice1back.jpg|thumb||issue #1, back cover by Gayle F
File:fireandice1inside1.jpg| from #1, Gayle F 
File:fireandice1inside2.jpg| from #1, Phoenix titled "Promises, Promises"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Fire and Ice 2 was published in January 1993 and contains 107 pages. The front cover is by Phoenix, the frontispiece by Gayle F, and additional art is by Cat.
Link to the flyer. 
*Flashpoint by Rachel Duncan (1)
*Pedestal by Thomas (2)
*A Damn Fine Madness by Robin Hood (20)
*Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by S. Lewis (21)
*Some Guys Have All the Luck by Riley Cannon (32)
*In Peaceful Dreams by Catherine (37)
*Planetfall by Pat Terra (38)
*Melancholy by Sebastian (52)
* The Point by Olivia Brown (59)
*Rescue by Leslie Marshall (67)
*Do Not Go Gentle by Riley Cannon (73)
* Always Avon by Cybel Harper (75)
*All I Know by Robin Hood (77)
*Born to Madness by Robin Hood (78)
*Splendid Isolation by Thomas (80)
* A Trip Down Memory Lane by Airelle (89)
*To Hell Among the Rogues by Bryn Lantry (96)
* It Was Real for the Children by Adrian Morgan & Ann Wortham (106)
File:Fireandice2inside.jpg|from issue 2 by Gayle F: "One of those "Avon is cold, dignified and stunningly beautiful" types of pictures. Not bad, actually."
File:Fireice2art1.jpg|from issue #2, Cat
File:Fireice2art2.jpg|from issue #2, Cat
File:Fireandice2flyer.jpg|flyer for issue #2
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3 ==
Fire and Ice 3 was published in May 1995 and contains 143 pages. The front cover is by Phoenix. The zine and the art for the front cover won a 1995 STIFfie Award. This zine contains no interior art.
From a flyer: 
Link to a flyer: 
From the editorial: 
*The Gift by Pat Terra (1)
*Innerspace, poem by Pat Terra (24)
* Wild, Beautiful and Damned by Gemini (25) (won a 1995 STIFfie Award)
*Set the Night on Fire by Riley Cannon (40)
* Deliver Us from Evil by Willa Shakespeare (44)
*Scent of Memory, poem by Robin Hood (61)
*Gorgeous by Gloria Lancaster & R. Olivia Brown (62)
* Ride the Moon, poem by Robin Hood (74)
*Though Memories Die, Love Remains by Leah S. (75)
* Jagged Mind, poem by Robin Hood (82)
*Trusting to Fate by Tara (83)
*Legacy by Tara (90)
*Sentence by Kate Deery (94) (won a 1995 STIFfie Award)
*Avon, My Avon by Vanessa Mullen (100)
*Differences, poem by Khylara (106)
*Finally Come Home by Irish (107)
* The Color of Mourning, poem by Robin Hood (119)
*New Day Dawning by Imajiru Mackenzie (120)
*Surrender, poem by Khylara (26)
*What Price Victory? by Catherine S. (127)
*The Ghosts of Gauda Prime by Natasha Solten (135)
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4 ==
Fire and Ice 4 was published in May 1998 and contains 194 pages. All of the art is by Whitby27.
You can read the flyer .
The editorial: 
*Triptych by Predatrix (1)
*Echoes of Betrayal by Susan Riaz ("Kerr Avon, busy with work on the Aquitar Project, has no interest in the activities of the Freedom Party - until the day the leader of the Freedom Party makes an unexpected visit...") (2)
* Behind Your Eyes by Khylara (16)
*As Time Goes By by Judith Proctor & Vanessa Mullen (17)
*Clonemaster by Pat Terra ("Avon feels the mission to rescue the clone Blake and his companion Rachel is yet one more trap. What he doesn't calculate is the profound effect the Blake clone will have on him personally...") (26)
*In Way of Farewell by Pat Jacquerie ("In an elegant hotel, in an idyll away from the Liberator, Blake and Avon deal with the subtleties and complexities of their feelings towards each other.") (39)
*Salvation by Khylara (51)
*Debts by Susan Cutter ("Blake agrees to any sort of scene Avon desires. But guilt and pain sometimes demand unexpected types of expiation...") (52)
*Caste Games by Leah S. (60)
*Hostage Heart by Leah S. (61)
* Too Much Love Will Kill You by Catherine S. (63)
*Without Mercy by Aurora (71)
*Slave to the Whip by Vanessa Mullen (72)
*White Knight by Willa Shakespeare (73)
*The Honest Man by Bryn Lantry ("Post the Andromedan War, Blake suddenly encounters a much-changed Avon in a POW camp...") (100)
*Aftermath: Terminal by Khylara (104)
* Divide and Conquer (or Plan 9 from Andromeda) by Willa Shakespeare ("In the wild escape from Star One, the Liberator crew is rescued - by an Andromedan ship, heading home - a trip which will take approximately 1,485 years. Naturally, the Andromedans are interested in their "specimens" - particularly their reproductive habits...") (105)
* Memories by Gene S. Delapenia (164)
*Challenge by Vanessa Mullen (166)
*Outwitted by Willa Shakespeare (Post Gauda Prime. "Servalan is determined to force Avon to recreate the technology of the Liberator and Scorpio, and uses Blake as hostage against any rebellion by Avon. An excellent plan - except that Avon is indifferent to the fate of the hostage...") (167)
*Truth by Khylara (194)
File:Fireice4-1.jpg|from issue #4
File:Fireice4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Whitby27
File:Fireice4-3.jpg|from issue #4 Whitby27
File:Fireice4-4.jpg|from issue #4 Whitby27
File:Fireice4-5.jpg|from issue #4 Whitby27
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File:Fireice4-7.jpg|from issue #4 Whitby27
File:Fireice4-8.jpg|from issue #4 Whitby27
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
Fire and Ice 5 was published in May 1999 and won a 2000 FanQ.
The art is by Whitby27.
You can read the flyer here; archive link.
From the editorial: 
*Stripping the Scales by Julia Stamford (Avon and Blake discover a shared fondness for a certain kind of fun and games.) (1)
*Tool Kit by Julia Stamford (Avon and Blake discover a shared fondness for a certain kind of fun and games.) (34)
*Blood Ties by Willa Shakespeare (a Post-Gauda Prime vampire story) (55)
*The Forgotten One by "Serious Moonlight" (Blake's nightmares force Avon to confront his own feelings...) (87)
*An Infallible Cure by Calico (Blake. Avon. A spy mission and close confinement in a closet...) (122)
* Unspoken Conversation by Vanessa Mullen (131)
*The Quick and the Dead by Linda Norman (On a doomed planet, Blake and Avon share a brief and haunting encounter.) (133)
*Secrets by Linda Norman (Blake discovers that Avon has had a sexual encounter with another rebel leader) (140)
 
File:Fireandice5-1.jpg|from issue #5 Whitby27
File:Fireandice5-2.jpg|from issue #5 Whitby27
File:Fireandice5-3.jpg|from issue #5 Whitby27
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File:Fireandice5-5.jpg|from issue #5 Whitby27
File:Fireandice5-6.jpg|from issue #5 Whitby27
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
Fire and Ice 6 was published in October 2000 and is 205 pages long. Art is by Whitby27. There's a lot of nude art in this one, far more than is usual for Fire and Ice.
*A Dangerous Concept by Nova (1)
*A Friend in Need by Julia Stamford (14)
*Is a Friend Indeed by Julia Stamford (19)
*Rhetorical Questions by Predatrix (29)
*Mastery by Willa Shakespeare (43)
*Window Shopping by Helen Patrick (84)
*Glorious Smut by Vanessa Mullen (90)
*To the Victor by Amethyst Lane (91)
*The Biter Bit by Nova (99)
*Hostage Situations by Belatrix Carter (112)
*None So Blind by Carrie Vonne (123)
*Desire by Linda Norman (129)
*Desire by Ravenschild (131)
* The I-Lab of Doctor Moro by Willa Shakespeare (132)
* Midnight Blue by Linda Norman (163)
*And They Lived Happily Ever After? by January Garnet (173)
* Why I Can't Stand Vila Restal by Nova (180)
*Black Velvet Band by Vanessa Mullen (185)
*Touching Life by Vanessa Mullen (187)
Non-explicit art sample:
File:Fireandice6art5.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art6.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art7.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art8.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
Explicit art sample: Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized
File:Fireandice6art1.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art2.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art3.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
File:Fireandice6art4.jpg|from issue #6 Whitby27
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==Issue 7 ==
Fire and Ice 7 was published in May 2002 and has 204 pages. All "handart" is by Whitby27. All "photo art" is by Pat Fenech.
You can read the flyer here.
From the editorial: "Fandom suffered a loss last year with the passing of "Pat Jacquerie" on June 5, 2001. Pat was well known in B7 fandom and had quite a number of stories published in various zines over the years. Some of Pat's stories can be found at www.tarrantnostra.com. I included her story "In Way of Farewell" in "Fire and Ice [issue #4].""
*Half a Loaf by Linda Norman (This story is set five years before Cygnus Alpha...) (1)
*Groundhog Lay by Predatrix (Avon is caught in a temporal vortex, forced to repeat the same day over and over again until he "gets it right".) (5)
*Playtime by Julia Stamford (The Liberator crew gets Avon a birthday present.) (29)
*Strict Protein Diet by Predatrix (Some mutoids are programmed just for sex.) (34)
*As Easy as Falling Off a Bike by Helen Patrick (Even rebels need relaxation) (56)
*Hot Tub by Helen Patrick (Even rebels need relaxation) (63)
* Conversion to the Faith by Helen Patrick (70)
*Sleeping Arrangements by Predatrix & Helen Patrick (Avon shows up in Blakes bedroom for more than conversation) (71)
*Three's a Crowd by Julia Stamford (Avon, Blake...and Zen???) (79)
*In the Night by Julia Stamford (86)
*Stuff and Nonsense, or L'Austen Space by Executrix (a Jane Austen pastiche) (90)
*Persuasion by Executrix (a Jane Austen pastiche) (100)
* Night Blake, Day Blake by Amethyst Lane (Avon and Blake have to prepare for a mission to a hedonistic planet) (106)
* Black Leather Rose by Julia Stamford (Blake's gift to Avon has long-lasting implications) (125)
*Pecking Order by Helen Patrick (137)
* The Other Side of Heaven by Willa Shakespeare (Even the afterlife is no match for a determined rebel) (139)
* Things We Said Today by Hafren (Can honesty build trust?) (150)
*Time and Fevers by Nova (Years after Gauda Prime, Blake embarks on a mission to buy arms, and discovers the identity of the company director - Kerr Avon.) (154)
* Outlaws and In-Laws by Nova (168)
*Rest Easy by Susan Sicafoosh (203)
Non-explicit art sample:
File:Fireandice7art1.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
File:Fireandice7art2.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
File:Fireandice7art4.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
File:Fireandice7art5.jpg|from issue #7, Pat Fenech
File:Fireandice7art6.jpg|from issue #7, Pat Fenech
File:Fireandice7art8.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
Explicit art sample: Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized
File:Fireandice7art3.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
File:Fireandice7art7.jpg|from issue #7, Whitby27
=== Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7===
==Issue 8==
Fire and Ice 8 was published in March 2005 and contains 164 pages. 
It has art by Whitby27 and Snowgrouse.
*Silver Tongued Orator by Julia Stamford and Predatrix (1)
*Family Men by Belatrix Carter ("AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story takes place several years PGP. The reader is invited to interpolate his or her own favorite "everybhody survived and Blake forgave Avon" scenario. The plot, I will cheerfully admit, has been swiped wholesale from the 2000 movie The Family Man. You may, if you wish, imagine Nicolas Cage in the role of Avon for the duration of the story, but I wouldn't really recommend it.") (9)
*Counterfeit Lives by Zenia and Willa Shakespeare (28)
*Incandescent by Snowgrouse (36)
*Nowt as Queer by Julia Stamford (38)
*Forgiveness by Helen Patrick (48)
*Falling by Jenner (51)
*Winning Hand by Willa Shakespeare (Avon) and Zenia (Blake) (54)
*Rings by Jade Day (66)
*Tanked by Willa Shakespeare and Zenia ("Another B/A AU from LJ") (75)
* Goes Without Saying by Predatrix (84)
*The Political Education of Kerr Avon by NOVA (122)
*Nothing I'd Rather Do by Willa Shakespeare ("With sincere apologies to William Shakespeare, author of 'Much Ado About Nothing' : much of his plot is followed here, minus the incomprehensible Elizabethan jokes, and plus a sex-scene.") (124)
 
File:Fireandice8-1.jpg|from issue #8, Whitby27
File:Fireandice8-2.jpg|from issue #8, Snowgrouse
File:Fireandice8-3.jpg|from issue #8, Snowgrouse
 
=== Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8===
==Issue 9==
Fire and Ice 9 was published in May 2005 and contains 200 pages. It has art by Snowgrouse, Pat Fenech, Spacefall and Whitby27.
*Leaving Room 101 by Nova (2)
*Too Many... by Predatrix and Julia Stamford (11)
*On Trial, Basis by Belatrix Carter (35)
*Just Another Cliché by Zenia and Willa Shakespeare (42)
*Lowered Inhibitions by Snowgrouse, art by Snowgrouse (47)
*Party Line by Helen Patrick and Predatrix (50)
* Dressing Right by Willa Shakespeare and Zenia (65)
*Bored to Tears by Willa Shakespeare (74)
*Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Nova (88)
* Kerrano by Willa Shakespeare (95)
* Love is a Battlefield by Julia Stamford (149)
*If Only by Charlotte Kelley (166)
*The Butterfly Effect by Snowgrouse (172)
*Not Dead Yet by Helen Patrick (173)
*Understood by Hafren (178)
*Prime Suspect by Nova (182)
*Looking for Gold by Hafren (190)
File:Fireandice9art1.jpg|from issue #9, Spacefall
File:Fireandice9art2.jpg|from issue #9, Snowgrouse
File:Fireandice9art3.jpg|from issue #9, Pat Fenech
File:Fireandice9art4.jpg|from issue #9, Whitby27
=== Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9===
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:1990 Zines
Category:1990s Zines
Category:2000s Zines