Almost Foolproof Press

Almost Foolproof Press (also known as "Plastic Cow Productions") "To those who may have been mildly curious about how/why I came up with the name Plastic Cow Productions, I settled upon it because I am working on a series of cookbooks for people who are lactose intolerant (unable to have dairy products). Hence the plastic cow." -- from Media Monitor #2 (May 1992) published the 'Frisky' series of slash zines, some of which were fandom specific, others multimedia. They also published Sentinel, Simon & Simon, and Wiseguy novels. They may also have published under the name Starlite Press. Some of their published fan fiction is archived here.
At a time when 'reasonable' zines routinely cost $15, and large zines with extensive art could easily cost up to $30, AFP press was famous for $5 to $8 zines that came out frequently. On the downside, they were also known for not being particularly picky about submissions to their zines.
==Zines Published by Almost Foolproof Press==
Beach Blanket Frisky (multifandom) | Bride of Frisky Business (multifandom) | Bring Me the Head of Frisky Business (multifandom) | Crossing the Line Collected (Simon & Simon) | Damage Control (Sentinel) | Detour (Sentinel) | Due Frisky 1-4 (Due South) | Endless Frisky Nights (multifandom) | Extra Touchy Frisky 1-10 (Sentinel) | Frisky: Above and Beyond (multifandom) | Frisky Business #1-8 (multifandom) | Frisky Business Strikes Back! (multifandom) | Frisky Mountain High (multifandom) | A Frisky Out of Water (multifandom) | Frisky the Thirteenth (multifandom) | A Frisky to Remember (multifandom) | Gettin' Frisky With Simon/Simon (Simon & Simon) | Hot August Friskys (multifandom) | Just Another Frisky (multifandom) | Just the Friskys, Ma'am (multifandom) | Kung Frisky: The Legend Continues (KFTLC, also American Gothic/XF, and L&O) | Leapin' Friskys (Quantum Leap) | My Frisky Valentine (multifandom) | Nightmare on Frisky Street (multifandom) | An Old Married Couple (Sentinel) | Once, Twice, Three Times a Frisky (multifandom) | One Handed Frisky (multifandom) | Organized Frisky Bureau (Wiseguy) | A Pocketful of Friskys (multifandom) | Redux (Due South) | Revenge of Frisky Business (multifandom) | Simon Squared (Simon and Simon)| Son of Frisky Business (multifandom) | The Summer I Turned Frisky (multifandom) | The Terranova Situation (Wiseguy) | Those Who Can (Sentinel) | Time and Again (Sentinel) | To Boldly Go... (Star Trek: TNG) | Waiting in Vain/The Wall (Sentinel) | When I Look Back On All the Zines (Hardcastle and McCormack) | The Wrath of Frisky Business (multifandom) | XXX FILES: The Frisky Project (multifandom) | You Don't Bring Me Friskys (multifandom)
==Some Sample Ads from a Catalog/Flyers==
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File:starlitepressflyer.jpg| a flyer printed in Below the Surface #3, click to enlarge
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==Some Friskys That Weren't Frisky Enough==
According to Media Monitor, these are some Friskys that were proposed and never made it off the ground:
* "Frisky Island" (People visiting a Fantasy Island-type of resort where anything goes)
* "Make 'Em Frisky" (Stories based on sitcom characters)
* "It Was a Dark and Frisky Night" (Mysteries, brooding country manors, things that go bump in the night)
* "One Night Frisky" (Passionate one-night stands of couples who don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of staying together.)
* "Er: The Frisky Room" (an all-ER edition, though this may have become part of Once, Twice, Three Times a Frisky: "Take Two Friskys and Call Me in the Morning")
* "Take Two Friskys and Call me in the Morning" (medical series)
==References==