Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink is a series of slash anthologies edited and published by Megan Kent and Charlotte C. Hill in the 1990s. These zines contain no art and no poetry.
The phrase, often used for ironic sexual innuendo, comes from a Monty Python sketch known as Nudge Nudge.
==General Reactions and Reviews==
===1994===
==Issue 1==
Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink 1 was published in February 1992 and contains 139 pages.
From a July 1993 ad in GAZ: "A collection of long and short stories from a variety of experienced and new authors, including Pamela Rose, Stew, Jane, Alex Sanders and others. All B/D stories, (okay, one where Murphy figures prominently), with a wide range of topics and moods."
From the zine: "This Fanzine contains over 80,500 words, in a format of 139 pages. It is possible to print, clearly, 80,000 words in any page format ranging from 95 pages to 240 pages. PAGE COUNT IS NOT AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF STORY OR ZINE LENGTH! And so concludes this lecture to support editors to begin relying on word count and saving trees...."
From the editorial: 
* Say No More, editorial (ii)
* Time Out: Past Tense by Pamela Rose (1)
* Land-Bridge by Jane Mailander - Land-Bridge (Doyle/Murphy) (50)
* My Brother's Keeper by Anna Parrish (58)
* Fireworks and Violins by Stew (77)
* Sorcerer's Apprentice by Alys Sanders (86)
* A Game for Two Players by Jane (92)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink 2 was published in 1993 and contains 153 pages (89,690 words).
It contains no interior art. 
* Say no more, editorial (ii)
* Limbo by Thomas ("Oh, it was all right for Doyle to know how he felt, he didn't mind it. But he hated seeing his feelings mirrored back to him on Doyle's face, ugly in all their pitiful vulnerability.") (1)
* The Sisters of No Mercy by Jane Mailander ("'Bodie and Doyle were Cowley's best pair. The way you and I are Bodie's best —you can tell, he bitches at us the most. And they were friends, in a rough macho kind of way. Not the way women are close, of course, but as close as they could get.'") (companion to "Some Say the World Will End in Fire, Some in Ice" by Jane Mailander in Concupiscence #2) (15)
* Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Maggie Hall ("He spared a polite nod for Doyle and a' Mornin, mate for Bodie before noticing the tension in the room. If they were fighting, the best thing for him to do was stay well out of it.") (26)
* Games by Alexandra ("He took a look at the two men who now sat at the table closest to them, just in time to see one man lean over to kiss his partner on the lips. Doyle felt the flush on his cheeks; he turned to Bodie. 'Did you see that?' 'See what? Bodie casually slid his arm around Doyle's shoulders.") (53)
* Guardian Angels by Baravan ("Facing Cowley with the steady determination of a fencing master, Ross delicately raised the as yet untouched glass of sherry to her lips. 'What is your opinion of homosexuality within the ranks of CI5?’ The moment stretched endlessly as Ross waited for the answer that would directly affect the lives of two of CI5's finest agents.") (64)
* Champers by Sophie Max ("Bodie had known for months, maybe longer, that he wanted Ray. Incontrovertibly, unconditionally. Ray. Bodie not a man to push aside his pleasures or desires out of fear or reluctance but he also a man schooled with infinite patience.") (89)
* Measure for Measure by Maggie Hall ("Doyle flinched at the word, a word of endearment he'd fought and finagled for months to hear... a word that simply hurt him, now. Every time a bloody light flickered, Bodie's love hurt him.") (sequel to Madelein Lee's "Carnal Interests" trilogy in Proslib (Part 1 is "Carnal Interests", Part 2 is "Selling Hours" and Part 3 is "Good Morning Soldiers.") (101)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
 
==Issue 3==
Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink 3 was published in September 1993 and contains 136 pages. 
From an ad in On the Double #28: "Some light, and a lot of angst, a little Murphy, a little Cowley, and plenty of Bodie/Doyle. Available at ZebraCon, September '93."
From the zine: "This Fanzine contains 79,200+ words, in a format of 136 pages. PAGE COUNT IS NOT AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF STORY OR ZINE LENGTH! And so concludes this lecture to support editorsto begin relying on word count and savingtrees...."
From the editorial: 
* Coming to Terms by Alexfandra
* The Blue Figurine by Courtney Gray
* La Perfide Albion by Jane Carnall - companion to Some Days are Better than Others, N'est-ce pas? - 7 pages
* Some Days are Better than Others, N'est-ce pas? by Jane Carnall - 6 pages
* Settlement by Jane Mailander - Land-Bridge 3
* Blood of the Lamb by Lezlie Shell
* Facets II: Stolen Moments by Maggie Hall - 19 pages
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink 4 was published in October 1995 and is 135 pages long. 
From the editors: "This Fanzine contains 79,400 words, in a format of 135 pages. PAGE COUNT IS NOT AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF STORY OR ZINE LENGTH! And so concludes this lecture to support editors to begin relying on word count and saving trees...."
From the editorial: 
* say no more, editorial (ii)
* The Two Trees by Morgan Dawn (1)
* Be My Valentine by Gwyneth Rhys (38)
* Stealing Home and here by Sandy K. Herrold (51)
* You Get What You Need by Maggie Hall (77)
* Hide and Seek by Morgan Dawn (123)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
 
==References==
Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1990s