On the Edge (multifandom zine)

On the Edge is a slash, femmeslash, and het multifandom anthology. 
There were two issues. A third issue (with a Suzan Lovett cover) was planned to be published in October 1996, but this did not occur.
==Submission Request==
From a submission request for the first issue: 
The editor commented on the submissions the first issue of the zine had received: 
==Issue 1==
On the Edge 1 was published in 1993 and contains 211 pages. 
It was edited by Nina Boal. 
The art is by Cat, TACS, Paulie, Rick St. Clair, J.M. McClure, Baravan, Janet Cruickshank and Isoline Sanderson.
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (2)
* Beastly Houston Knights by Robbie (this supposedly is a revised version from a Frisky Business, but it doesn't appear there, at least with this title.) (Houston Knights, Lundy/LaFiamma) (3)
* Silken Ties by Aelsbeth G. Morgan (Star Trek: TNG, Picard/Crusher, from the "Yesterday's Enterprise" universe) (13) 
* Resolutions by Felicity Granger (Knight Rider, Devon/Michael) (23)
* Persephone by Jean Lamb (Beauty and the Beast, Vincent/Catherine) (50)
* Music of the Night by Susan Douglass (Thelma and Louise Vampire AU, Thelma/Louise) (57)
* Thoughts in the Darkness by Leah S. (Quantum Leap) (62)
* Heartsister by Emily Alward (Star Trek TNG, Yar/OFC) (65)
* Alien Eyes, poem by Khylara (Blake's 7, Jenna/Cally) (72)
* Jealousy Games by Adrian Morgan and Brendan O'Cullane (Blake's 7, Avon/Vila, Vila/an OC who is a fan-casted Bodie) (reprinted in Double Vision) (73)
* Five Robin Hood Poems by Linda Frankel (These poems are in the same universe as The Successor, see that page.) (Robin of Sherwood) (83)
** Unschooled Grace
**Fugitive from Herne
**Lady Wolfshead
** Ghost Heat
** A Tangled Future
* The Isle of Lesbos by Jane Mailander (Gilligan's Island, Ginger/Marianne) (93)
* Lick and... by Rodger Gonder (OMC Elfquest) (100)
* Three Poems from Man From UNCLE by Khylara (Man from UNCLE, Illya/Napoleon) (103)
* Falling From Grace by Jude (The Professionals, Bodie/Doyle) (107)
* Conspiracy of Silence by Kyra Taylor (The Equalizer, Gage/Scott McCall) (115)
* Two Poems from Lost Boys by Brendan O'Cullane (Lost Boys, David/Michael) (160)
* Moonlight, poem by Khylara (Miami Vice, Crockett/Castillo) (164)
* Nocturne by Adrian Morgan and Brendan O'Cullane (Blake's 7, Avon/Servalan) (reprinted in Double Vision) (165)
* Tarrant by Janet R. Cruickshank (Blake's 7) (168)
* Two Poems in the Mirrorverse by Linda Frankel (Mirrorverse Star Trek: TOS, Kirk/Spock) (181)
** Dream Desires
**Vulture in the Sky
* New Feelings Among the Old by Rick St. Clair (Star Trek: TNG, Troi/Ro) (185)
* Recuperation Time by Mary Millard (Starsky and Hutch, Starsky/Hutch) (194)
* Unresolved Domestic Squabble by Leah S. (Starsky and Hutch, Starsky/Hutch) (205)
* Sex and the Single Ensign by Rick St. Clair (Star Trek: TNG, Worf/Ro) (206)
* Five Cartoons by Nola Frame-Gray (213)
 
Image:ontheedge1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Janet R. Cruickshank (Star Trek: TNG)
Image:ontheedge1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Cat (Blake's 7 with a fan-casted Bodie as an original character)
Image:ontheedge1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Cat (Blake's 7 with a fan-casted Bodie as an original character)
Image:ontheedge1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Isoline Sanderson (Gilligan's Island)
Image:ontheedge1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Paulie (Elfquest)
Image:ontheedge1-6.jpg|from issue #1, TACS (Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
Image:ontheedge1-7.jpg|from issue #1, Janet R. Cruickshank (Professionals)
Image:ontheedge1-8.jpg|from issue #1, Cat (Forever Knight)
Image:ontheedge1-9.jpg|from issue #1, Cat (Del Tarrant from Blake's 7)
Image:ontheedge1-10.jpg|from issue #1, Rick St. Clair (Star Trek: DS9)
Image:ontheedge1-11.jpg|from issue #1, TACS (Starsky & Hutch)
Image:ontheedge1-12.jpg|from issue #1, Nola Frame-Gray (Wiseguy/Beauty and the Beast)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
On the Edge 2 was published in 1994 and contains 147 pages (97200 words). 
While the first issue had a lot of art, this one has only two interior pieces. The art is by Cat, Baravan (cover), and Janet Cruickshank.
From ads in Media Monitor #34 and On the Double #32: "The shocking-orange zine! Now available with a wide range of slash and heteroerotic stories and poems. Everything from love, romance, angst, death, S/M, hard-edged conflict. Plus just good fun!"
From a fan in 1994: 
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (2)
* Thunderstorm, poem by Khylara ("What's the situation with blonde hair? Napoleon will find out, along with his golden-haired partner.") (MUNCLE, I/N) (2)
* The Blonde Affair by Mary Millard (missing scenes from "The Girls of Nazarone Affair") (MUNCLE, I/N) (4)
* Recovered Loss, poem by Khylara (MUNCLE, I/N) (12)
* Rain by Alison Wilson ("Kitty has found a cute puppy and wants to adopt it.") (Gunsmoke, Matt Dillon/Kitty) (13)
* Touch, poem by Khylara (Quantum Leap, Sam/Al) (16)
* Odds On, poem by Jude (Blake's 7, Soolin/Dayna) (17)
* Last Rites, poem by Jude (Blake's 7, Blake/Avon) (18)
* Pearls Rare, poem by Jude (Blake's 7, Cally/Jenna) (18)
* Descensus Averno	by Leslie Fish (While it was Leslie Fish's last K/S story published, it was the first she'd written. See A 1980 Interview with Leslie Fish) (A gripping novella.) ("After the deaths of Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock, the remaining Enterprise crew must sort out the true depth of their officers' relationship.") (Star Trek: TOS) (19)
* Grasping Time, poem by Linda Frankel (Star Trek: TNG, Guinan/Yar) (52)
* All the Time in the World by Jeff Kasten ("Kira and Dax crash-land on a strange planet, and discover new feelings.") (Star Trek: DS9, Kira/Dax) (54)
* Robin of Sherwood poems by Linda Frankel (67)
** A Loving Friend 
** Stealing from a Saint 
** Divine Tears
* Blind Alley by Kyra Taylor ("Scott and Harley's growing relationship is tested.") (Equalizer, Gage/S. McCall) (72)
* Platonian Aftermath by	 Valaria Michaelis ("Kirk is filled with fears after the harrowing experience on Platonius. Can Spock help him use a fantasy to escape his fears?") (Star Trek: TOS, K/S) (107)
* I Never Could Resist a Man in a Uniform by Mark Ameen Johnson ("The Captain and his favorite tormentor, as you've never seen them before.") (Star Trek: TNG, Picard/Q) (112)
* Differences, poem by Khylara (Star Wars, Han/Luke) (117)
* Professionals poems (Bodie/Doyle) by Jude (118)
** The Kiss
** Action Men
* Workout by Jane Mailander ("Cowley is concerned about Doyle's ambivalent feelings toward Bodie. So he orders up a 'refresher course' for Doyle -- the usual pain and discipline, plus that of another type.") (Professionals, Bodie/Doyle/Macklin) (119)
* Inescapable Consequences: (yet another) sequel to "Consequences" by Airelle ("Doyle determines to deal with his partner's having raped him.") (a sequel to the circuit library story Consequences) (Professionals) (127)
* Inconsequence by Cat (a sequel to the circuit library story Consequences) (Professionals, Bodie/Doyle) (142)
* The Mechanics of Sex by Rick St. Clair ("Dr. Beverly decides to initiate Data into new realms of pleasure.") (Star Trek: TNG, Beverly/Data) (144)
 
Image:ontheedge2-1.jpg|from issue #2, first page of the Fish story 
Image:ontheedge2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Janet Cruickshank]
Image:ontheedge2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Cat
 
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==The Proposed Issue 3==
On the Edge 3 was proposed but not published. It was to have been published in October 1996, and was to have a cover by Suzan Lovett.
From a submission flyer: 
==References==
 
 
Category:Multimedia Slash Zines
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines
Category:1993 ZinesCategory:1994 Zines