Rules Are Meant to Be...

Rules Are Meant to Be... is a slash anthology primarily focused on the slash pairing of MacGyver and Murdoc.
From an ad in The New Monthly: "Are you adicted to those seven episodes with the evil Murdoc? Did you cheer when MacGyver received that mysterious phone call at the end of 'Obsessed'? Have you noticed how sparks fly when the adversaries are in the same room? If you've ever wondered what could have been between the do-gooder and his foe, then this zine is for you." 
==Issue 1==
Rules Are Meant to Be... 1 was published in 1997 and contains 101 pages. The zine has a color cover designed by Wolf, three black & white computer designed "photos", 11 short stories, two poems by Khylara and story fragments by Julie.
The zine is online here.
 
* Safest With Me, fiction by Cyndi Glass 
* Deadly Silence, fiction by Meg Bruck (offline)
* Hard Bargain, fiction by Julie Kramer 
* Sick Games, story by Wolf 
* The Fires of Passion, story by Wolf (offline)
* Good Hunting, vignette by Julie Kramer 
 
* Behind Closed Doors, story by Wolf 
* A Small Lapse, vignette by Julie Kramer
 
* The Dogs of War, story by Wolf 
* Calculated Risk (offline)
 
* Fishing Lesson, story by Wolf 
 
* Grave Matters by Wolf 
* What Might Have Been, poem by Khylara
* 101 Uses for Duct Tape, story by Meg Bruck
* If Things Were Different, poem by Khylara
* Cursed, story by Archen 
 
* Fearful Symmetry, fiction by Meg Bruck 
* pictures by Wolf
==Issue 2==
Rules Are Meant to Be... 2 was published in 1999, was jointly edited by Archen and Meg Bruck, and contains 114 pages. 
The zine has a color cover designed by Wolf, two pencil drawings by Anna Morgan. It has poetry by A.J. and Archen, and an ongoing vignette series by Gwen McLeod. 
The online links to the stories are broken and sadly not available through the Wayback Machine.
editorial: 
* Betrayal by Archen
* The Haunted by AJ 
* The Bartender's Advice by Meg Bruck
* Murdoc Sestina by Archen
* Hard Night by Archen
* Killing Time by Archen
* Carry On Dancing by Gwen McLeod
* More Deadly by Jane Carnall and Julie Kramer
* Perfect Day by Archen
* A Killer's Dreams by AJ
* Off Track by Wolf
* MacGyver's Villanelle by Archen
* Second Chance by Julie Kramer
* Murdoc's Villanelle by Archen
* Hell Hath No Fury by Archen
* Break Me, Shake Me by Gwen McLeod
* Beauty by Archen
==Issue 3==
Rules Are Meant to Be... 3 was published in 2001 and has 96 double sided laser printed pages. The zine has a color cover by Nancy Mayberry, seven short stories, several poems and two vignettes.
Some story excerpts are here.
 
* The Lake Shore Limited by Meg Bruck
*Mac's Pain by Leslie Massey
* Cold Blue Eyes by Archen
*Mac Chess by Leslie Massey
*Deadliest Enemy, Dearest Love by Khylara
*Murdoc's Muse I by Leslie Massey
* Science Experiment by Laverick
*Pictures by Khylara
*Truly Madly Deeply by Gwen McLeod
*A Message For Mrdoc by Leslie Massey
*Murdoc's Muse by Leslie Massey II
* No Problem by Jane Carnall & Julie Kramer (crossover with Star Trek: TOS)
* The Enemy You Know by Laverick
* Colombian Surprise by Nance McLeod
*Murdock's Muse III by Leslie Massey
*Musings on Murdoc by Khylara
*Twas the Night before Christmas by Archen
* Dead Time by Jane Carnall & Julie Kramer
*Killer's Cry by Leslie Massey
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