Total Eclipse of the Heart (Starsky & Hutch zine)

Total Eclipse of the Heart is a 259-page slash Starsky and Hutch novel by Flamingo, lavishly illustrated by Suzan Lovett. That print zine won a 2002 FanQ.
Many, many fans cite this story as their Desert Island fic, as the story that got them into slash, and as their favorite Starsky & Hutch story of all time.
The story was originally posted as a serial, a WIP over a period of time in early 2000, and then collected and printed in a print zine in 2001.
The complete zine, including the art, is available online as an e-zine as well as downloadable pdf file at the online at the S&H Archive.
In 2000, the author commented on this story, and a then-common theme in fanworks: 
==A Publication Rarity==
Print zines evolved to traditionally release their content back to their individual creators a year after they were issued. Flamingo did something different, and visionary, with this one. 
From the introduction: 
==Author's Comments: 2000==
===The Appeal of Fanfic as Opposed to Pro Fic===
===Art and Inspiration===
===Canon and Fanon===
===WNGWJLEO===
===Self-Censorship and Fandom Restrictions===
===Availability===
Regarding the story shortly before it was released as a print zine: 
===As a Once-WIP=== 
In a May 2001 discussion about WIPs, Flamingo wrote: 
===LOCs===
Regarding some fans' complaints about the zine, another 2001 comment by Flamingo: 
===About the Art, and Starsky & Hutch Art in General===
==Author's Comments: 2001==
===Some Thoughts About Pulling It from Consideration from The Huggy Awards===
: A fan responded: 
==Author's Comments: 2002==
===Regarding Profit, Time, and Energy===
==The Art==
Comments by Flamingo, the zine's author, in July 2001 shortly before the print zine was published: 
In 2002: 
From the zine's introduction: 
==Sample of the Extensive Art by Suzan Lovett==
This is merely a sample of the extensive, and sometimes explicit and erotic art, from the zine. For more, see Total Eclipse of the Heart online at the S&H Archive.
Image:totalart1.jpg|"Detective Sergeant David Michael Starsky shed the towel carelessly knotted around his hips and stepped wearily into the precinct communal shower. Turning the water on full force, he ducked under the steaming spray, grinning. It didn't matter that he was filthy and exhausted, he'd had a good day at work. And after the last nine months, a good day at work was not something he took for granted."
Image:totalart2.jpg|"He and Starsky moved confidently among the older dancers, gliding smoothly, swaying their hips in perfect sync as they clung to one another. Starsky pressed himself boldly, proudly, against Hutch, his expression a delightedly naughty smirk. Tucking his head against Hutch's shoulder, Starsky ground his pelvis against Hutch's in the same blatantly sexual way the other gay men did. At the same time, they were aware of the weight of the guns once again hanging at their sides."
Image:totalart3.jpg|""I'm here," Hutch reassured him, whispering into his ear. "Hutch is here. Everything's okay.""
Image:totalart4.jpg|"Unlike the night he was drugged, Starsky could feign no ignorance of his complicity last night. Or of the surge of desire he'd felt when Hutch had turned on him in a rage in the Black Parrot. While he might have kept his mind from the reality of his feelings before they turned the lights out, Starsky knew once they were in bed, there was no way he could refuse any advance Hutch might make. And Hutch knew it, too."
==Writing in the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Universe==
In January 2001, Flamingo wrote of her views of other fans writing in this universe, and some views on copyright and fanworks:
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