MerLyn

MerLyn is an English slash fanwriter for a variety of fandoms, active in the 1980s and 1990s. As part of her prolific output she has been published in a number of zines, as well as two collections of her own. She is also known for creating the Miami Vice/Psychic Vampire shared universe, initially posted in Dyad: The Vampire Stories and later showcased in the Hungry Hearts anthology series published by Mkashef Enterprises and edited by Dovya Blacque.
MerLyn also wrote under the name "Cat Shannon".
==Notable Fanworks==
===As MerLyn ===
*The "Psychic Vampire" series
**Blinded by the Light (Miami Vice/Alien Nation) (1990) - Joey Hardin should have died of his wounds but Castillo couldn't stand to see Crockett give up everything important to him because of it... so the lieutenant breaks a few unusual rules.
**Runner in the Night (Miami Vice/Alien Nation) (1990) - Unable to stay and face the consequences of his actions, Castillo flees Miami and Crockett, only to be tracked down by the detective and forced to explain how Joey Hardin pulled through.
**Open to the Flame (Miami Vice/Houston Knights) (1990) - Felix Lawson sends Crockett and Castillo to Houston to give the locals some help with a serial killer...
** Cross Driving Rain (Miami Vice/The Equalizer) (1990) - Castillo and Hardin are stuck in Miami testifying in a case, so Crockett and Gilmore are sent to help Mickey Kostmayer and Harley Gage find the "vampire" who attacked Robert McCall...
**Sights of the Sun (Miami Vice/The Professionals) (1990) - In a drastic break from DYAD's usual policy, Bodie and Doyle make a visit to Miami Vice.
**Shadow of a Noose (Miami Vice) (1990) - Hardin and Gilmore head into the swamps on a case and come face-to-face with Gilmore's jealousy over Hardin's interest in Ray Doyle.
**Back From the Pit (co-written with Andy D.) (Miami Vice/Wiseguy) (1991) - Sonny Crockett can't help interfering in Vince Terranova's struggle with the entity known as Sonny Steelgrave.
**Lost in the Flood (Miami Vice/Tour of Duty) (1992) - Zeke Anderson attacked Castillo for a reason... but it will take the combined effort of all the psychic vampires to help Crockett and Castillo get to the bottom of the plot behind Anderson's strange behavior.
**Alien Distant Shore (Miami Vice/Sapphire and Steel) (1992) - While trying to pin down the mysterious "help" he and Castillo had received in their battle with Lao Li, Crockett runs into some very strange beings... "Elementals".
**Saint in the City (Miami Vice/Wiseguy) (1993) - Rico Tubbs, living in New York, working NYPD after having left Miami, is beaten up by some bad guys and left in a very bad part of town where he’s found by a mysterious man who answered to Tubbs’ moans of "Sonny". It turns out his rescuer is Sonny Steelgrave, ex-mobster and blood-sucking vampire!
** Luckless Joker (Miami Vice) (1993) - Valerie Gordon and two other members of Tubbs’ NYPD team are killed through the machinations of the traitor in their midst. Tubbs knows who the traitor is, where he’s gone, and has vowed revenge. He follows the traitor to Miami where he hooks up again with his old Vice squad mates —still resenting the presence of Ray Gilmore and still extremely antagonistic toward Castillo.
*The "Old Western" series (Miami Vice AU) [slash] - Framed with the massacre of his employer's family, rand hand Sonny Crockett runs for his life - only to find the enigmatic Martin Castillo on the same revenge trail. Joining forces, the two set out after the killer, but find much more than they bargained for along the way.
**Cold Courage and Southern Comfort (1991)
**Old Ties and Tequila (1991)
**Mad Memories and Mescal (1995)
===As Cat Shannon===
*The Kindred Spirits Series (Professionals/Escape from New York) [slash] - In a dreary future world, Doyle is a CI5 agent gone rogue. Brought back to CI5 in chains, he is a sullen, uncooperative prisoner. Given a choice of a suicide assignment to rescue trapped SI5 Murphy or death, Doyle chooses to free a man he once considered a friend. Caught and near-death on the assignment itself, Doyle confronts a reality which changes him -- and his life-- forever.
**Kindred Spirits (1991)
**Blazing Shadows (1994)
**Wilder Justice (1994)
*After the Fire (The Professionals AU) [slash] (1991) - After the horrors of the Third World War, agents Bodie and Doyle must somehow piece together the remnants of CI5 and their lives.
==LOC Thoughts on Slash, Fanfic, Etc.==
==Reactions and Reviews==
==Archives/Zines/Collections==
===Archives===
====As Contributor====
* The Android's Dungeon
===Zines===
Issue Year	Zine Name 	Contribution
1989-1995 	Dyad 	Issue #1 - "Nexus Anew" (Bladerunner)
Issue #2 - "When the Game Ends" Miami Vice (Crockett/Castillo); "Better Together" [Miami Vice - Crockett/Castillo]
Issue #3 - "Texas-Style Comfort" (Houston Knights); "Blinded by the Light" (Miami Vice/Alien Nation); "Runner in the Night" (Miami Vice/Alien Nation)
Issue #4 - "Runner in the Night" (Miami Vice/Alien Nation) - reprinted in #4 after a scene was left out by accident in #3; "Open to the Flame" (Miami Vice/Houston Knights); "Cross Driving Rain" (Miami Vice/The Equalizer); "3:05 A.M. on Sunday Morning" (Houston Knights); "Lonely Knights (Wiseguy])
Issue #5 - "Sights of the Sun" (Miami Vice/The Professionals); "Shadow of a Noose" (Miami Vice)
Issue #6 - "Working Without a Net" (Miami Vice)
Issue #7 - "Fire and Ice" (Riptide/Miami Vice) 
Issue #8 - "Back From the Pit" (co-written with Andy D.) (Miami Vice/Wiseguy)
Issue #9 - "Practical Experience" (V)
Issue #10 - "Lost in the Flood" (Miami Vice/Tour of Duty)
Issue #11 - "Walking the Razor's Edge" (Miami Vice/Midnight Caller)
Issue #12 - "Alien Distant Shore" (Miami Vice/Sapphire and Steel)
Issue #13 - "Doublecross and Counteraction" (Garrison's Gorillas); "Tequila, Tears and a New Sunrise" (Tequila Sunrise)
Issue #14 - "Welcome Home" (48 Hrs); "Retreat, Regroup & Redemption" (Garrison's Gorillas) - sequel to "Doublecross and Counteraction" in Issue #13
Issue #15 - "Three-Time Loser" (Blake's 7)
Issue #16 - "Beautiful Stranger" (The Professionals AU)
1990-1991 	Other Times and Places - as Cat Shannon 	Issue #1 - "Green Eyes" (The Professionals/Robin of Sherwood) 
Issue #2 - "After the Fire" (The Professionals AU)
1990 	Short Circuit- as Cat Shannon 	Issue #1 - "Five Little Words"; "Metamorphisis" (poem); "Even the Losers Win" (poem) (The Professionals)
Issue #2 - "One Too Many Questions" - fiction
Issue #5 - Letter of Comment
1990-1995 	Uncharted Waters 	Issue #2 - "Tears in the Rain" (Bladerunner - Batty/Deckard); "All The Reasons Why" (Alias Smith & Jones - Hannibal Heyes/Kid Curry)
Issue #3 - "Helping the Gods" (Miami Vice - Crockett/Castillo)
Issue #5 - "Miami Ice" (Miami Vice AU); "Melting Ice" (Saracen); "April Showers" (Bergerac)
Issue #6 - "Samurai Fire" (Miami Vice)
Issue #7 - "Head and Heart" (The Professionals); "Black Velvet" (Miami Vice); Issue #8 - "Working It Out" (Miami Vice - incorrectly credited to "Merlin"
Issue #12 - "The Best of Reasons" (Freejack); "A Long Way from Home" (Thunderheart/Wolfen/Dances With Wolves)
Issue #13 - "Blood Price" (Thunderheart] (sequel to "A Long Way Home")
Issue #14 - "Badlands" (Thunderheart/The Professionals) (sequel to "Blood Price")
1991 	Beguiled - as Cat Shannon 	Kindred Spirits
1991 	Miami Spice 	Issue #1 - "Here You are Again" [poem]; "Belief in the Promised Land"; "Shadow Man" [poem]; "Burning Heart"; 
"Cold Courage, Southern Comfort" (Old Western series)
Issue #2 - "Heart of Stone"; "Old Ties and Tequila" (Old Western series)
1991 	Lone Star Knights 	Issue #2 - "Lonesome Child"; "Sharing Secrets"
1992 	Resistance 	Issue #6 - "Ship's Soul" (A/B, with implied non-emotional B/T); "Bitter Prize" (A/B, prequel to "Ship's Soul"); "End Game" (A/B, sequel to "Bitter Prize")
1993 	Hungry Hearts ["Psychic Vampire" anthology]	Issue #1 - "Saint in the City" (Miami Vice/Wiseguy) - "Luckless Joker" (Miami Vice)
1991 	Be Gentle With Us - as Cat Shannon 	Issue #1 - "Nightmare" 
Issue #34 - "Words for Blake", poem (Blake's 7); "Razor's Edge", poem (Blake's 7); "Liberator Crew", poem (Blake's 7)
1994-1995 	Airwaves 	Issue #30 - "Three Time Loser" (B7 AU/BladeRunner crossover) - gen version; "Doublecross and Counteraction" (Garrison's Gorillas) - gen version
Airwaves Blake's 7 Special 3 - "Three Time Loser" (B7 AU/BladeRunner crossover)
1996 	Cross-Currents 	"Twist in Time" (Miami Vice/Blake's 7; "A Long Way From Home" (Thunderheart/Wolfen/Dances With Wolves) - reprinted from Uncharted Waters #12
1992 	Twinflight 	"Tears in the Rain" (reprinted from Uncharted Waters #2); "Thrice Dead"; "New Alliance"; "Catalyst "
1992-1995 	MerLyn's Tales 	Issue #1 - Prisoner Transport Vessel London series (Blake's 7): "Burning for Love", "Shot Through The Heart", "Living On A Prayer"; Kindred Spirits series: Kindred Spirits, Blazing Shadows; Old Western series: Cold Courage and Southern Comfort, Old Ties and Tequila.
Issue #2 - Ravenscar (The Professionals/Robin of Sherwood crossover); Fool or King? (Robin of Sherwood; Strangers Touch (UFO A/U); Private Lessons, Secret Places (Robin of Sherwood); Gift From The Gods (Houston Knights); Within The Castle Keep (Robin of Sherwood); In The Beginning (Saracen); Second Step (Saracen); Green Eyes (Robin of Sherwood); Kindred Spirits series: Wilder Justice
Issue #3 - Vampire Blake Trilogy: Bitter Prize (Blake's 7) (reprinted from Resistance #6); Ship's Soul (Blake's 7) (reprinted from Resistance #6); End Game (Blake's 7). reprinted from Resistance #6); After The Fire (The Professionals A/U); Stranger Still (UFO A/U); Strangers No More (UFO A/U); Three Time Loser (Blake's 7) (also in Dyad #15, a gen version is in an issue of Airwaves). Old Western series: Mad Memories and Mescal
==References==
Category:Fanwriters