Crossroads (original fiction zine)

Crossroads is an original science fiction fiction zine that includes a small amount of Blake's 7 and Kill the Dead content.
From a flyer for issue #2: "Artwork, poetry, essays, spoofs and original fiction welcome. Absolutely no '/', X-rated or gorefests, please. We are extending our guidelines to include small market fan fiction (i.e. stories from a relatively small publishing fandom, like Kill the Dead or Dark Shadows). That means no Star Trek! Crossovers acceptable, the unusual welcomed."
==Issue 1==
* Beautiful People by Jean Graham ("A thriller regarding a plain woman's obsession with beauty and the man who loves her. Beauty hath its price.")
* An Array [l...5] of Hackers by Steve Oualline ("A mystery story set in London. John and Mary Woods, the Computer Detectives, set out to find the criminal who has the corrupted the London Stock Exchange's computer network.")
* Diandra by Sandy Van Densen ("A science fiction short set far in the future, where an idealistic young girl makes an illegal journey to Keezam, home to humanity's mistakes.")
* Conventional Warfare by Steve Oualline and Sandy Van Densen ("A spoof of modem science fiction fandom ("Blake's 7. though some trekkies will find this uproarious as well) reprinted with kind permission of Peacock Press. Geoffrey Briggs, a British actor, should have realized something was wrong when the fan committee of the local con picked him up at the airport toting machine guns...")
* Rendezvous at Rahtilva by Sandy Van Densen ("Can one single criminal, abandoned by his crewmates and wounded make it to the other side of the galaxy in time to save the life of his childhood friend, the Terran Consortium President? At opposite sides of the law, is he really a timely Mend or a promised assassin?")
==Issue 2==
* When We Danced In Twotef (A Kill The Dead Story) by Irene Stubbs ("That is one of the great secrets of my powers, you see: to summon dead souls," Celia continued in a calm hissing. "I called them from their eternal sleep of nightmares in the coiled intestines of the mountain. They want what every ghost wants, revenge on the whole tribe of the living; but these ghosts also want revenge on every aspect of fate, since happenstance contrived an act of nature that ruined them in spite of all their unnatural glory. They want-" her voice was almost inaudible, "-to annihilate.")
* What Aled Them by Robert L. Collins ("They were two days out of the city when the six thugs appeared. They came from the right side, behind the trees that circled the road. All looked to be unpleasant conversationalists, imposing fighters and spear-carriers. The five young escorts had some advantage, but not much. "Hello there, travelers," the biggest bully called. "Where might you be going?")
* The Newcomer by Jean Hubb ("Ten pairs of shiny glass eyes and one pair of dull cloth ones stared at the newcomer, sitting stiffly straight where he had been placed by the mistress. Hoping that his expression was as bland and unruffled as those facing him, the brown bear waited for someone to speak.")
* Rendevous At Rahtilya by Sandy Van Densen ("How irritating. He accepts a few contracts from the rebels and the media has him pegged as apolitical criminal. Lon hoped the Consortium didn't share that viewpoint; known rebels led a brief and painful lifespan within the Consortium Interrogation Division. "What's my prognosis?" "...Your legs and rib are healing nicely. There's a root on our world that accelerates the body's natural healing process. That is why our rebellion grows steadily. The Consortium, in it's infinite wisdom wants the root—" -And what they want they take by force," Garrick finished for her. The story was an old one, repeated on countless worlds. Did these people really believe they were unique?")
* other unknown content
==References==
Category:Original Fiction
Category:1991 Zines