In the Public Interest (Professionals slash anthology)

In the Public Interest is a slash Professionals anthology.
In 2018, it was reissued in print and PDF by Requiem Publications.
From a submission request: 
==Issue 1==
In the Public Interest 1 was published in 1985 and contains 234 pages. It has a colour cover by TACS, interior illos by TACS, Jean C., Pat Cash, WAPB, Ruth Kurz, and Eaton.
* Wizard by Sue-Anne Hartwick
* Sorcerer's Apprentice by Jean Chabot
* Fantasy by Windy (7 pages)
* Things That Go Bump in the Night by Bettina Sheets (5 pages)
* Barriers of the Soul by Flash
* Deposit on Tomorrow by Karen Eaton (8 pages)
* Blood Ties by Lois Welling (33 pages)
* Journal by Anne Carr (3 pages)
* Jungle Cat by Sue-Anne Hartwick
* The Sheik of Arab-B by Bettina Sheets (3 pages)
* Lights of Home by Karen Eaton (33 pages)
* A December Reverie by Jane (2 pages)
* An Exercise in Futility by Madelein Lee (2 pages)
* A Dinner Date by TACS (2 pages)
* Camouflage by Lezlie Shell (12 pages)
* La Triviata Pursuito by Fanny Adams (as Araminta Carrlngton) (2 pages)
* Poison Apples by Pam Rose (67 pages)
* Practical Demonstrations by Jane is Part 4 of the "Old Longings Universe". Part 1 "Old Longings" and here and Part 5 "Acceptable Risks" here or in the Online Circuit Archive. Parts 2 "Russian Roulette" and Part 3 "Better To Forget" are in the paper circuit library). (30 pages)
 
Image:inpublic1-1.jpg|from issue #1, TACS, for "Blood Ties" (original art)
Image:inpublic1-2.jpg|from issue #1, TACS, for "Blood Ties" (original art)
Image:inpublic1-3.jpg|from issue #1, TACS, for "Blood Ties" (original art)
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
In the Public Interest 2 was published in March 1988 and contains 272 pages. 
It has a colour cover and black-and-white interior illo by TACS, black-and-white illos by Suzan Lovett and cartoons by Karen Eaton. 
Several of the stories are AUs, including an elf AU.
The interior art remastered February 2005.
From the editorial: 
* A Struggle of Wills by Shadowfax (Facelift) (1)
* Matched Set by Windy (7)
* Forest for the Trees by Sue-Anne Hartwick (11)
* A Discerning Eye by HG (12)
* Soulmaster by Sue-Anne Hartwick (35)
* Wine Dark Nexus by Anne Carr (The story is an AU where Doyle (Damon), a noble citizen of Atlantis, and Bodie (Brianhet), an Egyptian prince, are sold into slavery and made bulldancers in Crete. The setting is Mary Renault's world of "Theseus" in "The King Must Die" and "The Bull from the Seas." Wine Dark Nexus was mentioned in Textual Poachers as an example of AUs where the characters are removed from their original situations and given alternative names and identities. The story is part of a series that is continued in Taemon's Cuckoos and the paper circuit story "Taemon's Seed.") (36)
* Moment in Time by Sue-Anne Hartwick (105)
* Someday by Sue-Anne Hartwick (106)
* Negative Developments by Meg Lewtan (107)
* Inner Thoughts I by Meg Lewtan (119)
* Inner Thoughts II by Meg Lewtan (120)
* Wrapped Around Your Finger by Lezlie Shell (a "sort of sequel" to Consequences) (121)
* The Rock by Sue-Anne Hartwick (130)
* A Couple of Fruits by Lezlie Shell (131)
* A Question or Trust by Shadowfax (Facelift) (148)
* An Arabian Tale by Denetia Arellanes (171)
File:inthepublic2-13.jpg| from issue #2, TACS, from Facelift
File:inthepublic2-1.jpg| from issue #2, from the editor, cartoon by Karen Eaton
File:inthepublic2-2.jpg| from issue #2, "Moonshadow," art by Suzan Lovett for Wine Dark Nexus, see that page for more, and for a link to her other art for this story
Image:moonshadowlovett.jpg|the original art, "Moonshadow," an example of how quality could suffer when produced in a zine
File:inthepublic2-3.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
File:inthepublic2-4.jpg| from issue #2, cartoon by Karen Eaton
File:inthepublic2-5.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS "An Arabian Tale"
File:inthepublic2-6.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "A Couple of Fruits"
File:inthepublic2-7.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "A Question of Trust"
File:inthepublic2-8.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "A Question of Trust"
File:inthepublic2-9.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "A Discerning Eye"
File:inthepublic2-10.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "A Question of Trust"
File:inthepublic2-11.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "An Arabian Tale"
File:inthepublic2-12.jpg| from issue #2, art by TACS for "An Arabian Tale"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
In the Public Interest 3 was published in May 1991 and contains 208 pages. It has a color cover and black and white interior art by TACS.
* Dancing in the Dark by Madelein Lee (1)
* Real Sweet Dreams by Frannie (24)
* Free Trader by Debra Hicks (30)
* A Gift of Love by Shadowfax (97)
* Apples for the Lady by T. D. Murphy (sequel to Poison Apples by Pamela Rose) (102)
File:inthepublic3flyer.jpg|flyer for issue #3, printed in issue #2
File:Pros in the public interest 3 interior TACS.jpg|from issue #3, ink art by TACS, based on a photo reference, contrast it with her oil covers
File:Pros in the public interest 3 interior TACS 3.jpg|from issue #3, Doyle, minimalist ink drawing, TACS
File:Pros in the public interest interior TACS 2.jpg|from issue #3, Bodie, ink drawing, TACS
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==References==
Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1985 Zines
Category:1988 Zines
Category:1991 Zines