Strange Days Indeed

Strange Days Indeed is a 116-page slash Professionals novel by HG and edited by Elaine W. It is a reworking and expansion of an earlier story by a different author called Remember Angola.
This novel was originally a circuit story and is still available in that form in Proslib. In 1999, the author reworked the story, in particular significantly expanding the ending, and it was published as this zine novel. "[Now] 116pp, 88,000 words. Extensively revised by the author, this version is approximately 18,000 words longer than the circuit version." from DIAL #10 
It is now online.
==A Story HG Wishes She'd Never Written==
In 1988, HG was asked in an interview: Is there any story of yours that you really hate and wish you had never written?"
Her reply: "Again, hate is too strong a term. There are plenty I'm dissatisfied with when I go back to them but I suppose that's inevitable.... "Strange Days Indeed" - I feel guilty about this one. It isn't nice to rip off someone else's story." from Hatstand Express Interview with HG 
==Author's Foreword in the Print Zine==
==Summary==
The Hatstand's summary: "A Bodie/Doyle novel that features mutual hurt/comfort. Kidnapped together by a vicious man from Bodie's past, Bodie is raped and Doyle severely beaten. They're left to recuperate together in an isolated cottage.
Sandy Herrold's summary: "Bodie is raped while Doyle is forced to listen, and then the two of them -- injured physically and mentally, their relationship in tatters -- are stranded together." Issues of Consent 
In 2000, two fans Cassie Ingaben and Dagger compiled an index of many of the circuit stories. They also wrote brief summaries:
*Dagger: An old enemy from Bodie's past kidnaps him and Doyle to finish a Game started long before. Dealing with the physical and emotional results puts a strain on their relationship.
*Cassie: B&D are kidnapped by a psychopathic ex-merc who holds a grudge against B. The madman - now a mafia man - beats up D and whips and rapes B, breaking him down. The madman is eventually killed by his mafia superiors, because he is dangerous, and B&D are spared and left to recover in a faraway cottage so that B can shape up without embarrassment.
==Excerpt==
"You've been a pain in the arse for weeks, broodier than an egg-bound hen. Silent suffering's never been your style you like everyone else to suffer with you. Well that's great, but I've had all of it I'm prepared to take and I'm fed up with makin' apologies for you to anyone stupid enough to have wanted to speak to you in the first place. 
"If it's something I've done that's pissed you off, tell me. If it's the job, tell me. Persecution complex...fine, tell me about it. I don't give a fuck what the problem is so long as you talk about it. I'm tired of pussyfootin' round your miserable carcass and I've had enough of you snappin' my head off every moment of every bloody day." 
==Regarding the First Edition in Zine Format==
The first edition of the zine, published in 1999, did not contain an explanation of the story's source, something that was addressed in Discovered in a Letterbox #10:
A fan wrote: 
The author, who'd been given a copy of this letter before it was printed in the letterzine replied: 
The publisher responded: 
The editor of DIAL interjected: 
==Author's Notes==
From the Author's Note on the back of the title page of the zine's later editions:
From the author's notes at the end of the online version:
 
==Mention of The Game==
The novel makes mention of The Game:
==Reactions and Reviews==
 
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==References==
Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1999 Zines
Category:The Professionals Fanfiction