Lingering on the Fringes

Lingering on the Fringes is a slash anthology of stories by Dovya Blacque. The fiction was inspired by Sarah McLachlan songs.
In one issue of Media Monitor, it was advertised under the title "On the Fringes."
Summaries below from the publisher.
==Issue 1==
Lingering on the Fringes 1 contains 178 pages. It was published in 1993. 
The introduction comments that the editor had considered printing it on dark green paper to deter photocopying but found the price of colored paper to prohibitive.
* Lingering ("Mike Logan comes home to a cold apartment after nearly 24 hours working on one of the most gruesome cases he's ever seen. He's depressed, tired and fed-up. Until he goes to bed to find Paul Robinette waiting for him.") (Law & Order) (3)
* Probably Me ("Mandatory leave finds Murtaugh and Riggs on the Code 7, Murtaugh's boat, drifting in the harbor at Catalina Island. It's a pleasant vacation, only slightly strained by the tension surrounding Martin Riggs, a tension which finally finds its way to the surface in the form of a lot of odd questions and, ultimately, a highly revealing confession.") (Lethal Weapon) (17)
* One in Six Million ("Standing as best man at Jamie Summers' wedding has a strange affect on Steve Austin. It leaves him indulging in self-pity and a lot of "what ifs" and "could have beens". It takes the strength of his best friend, Oscar Goldman, to give him the courage to look beyond his self-involved moodiness into the deeper feelings raging inside him.") (The Six Million Dollar Man) (36)
* Outside the Rain ("Several weeks after he and Rachel ran from L.A., Rick Deckard finds himself wandering, alone, through Tokyo only to come face-to-face with a grinning Gaff. A ride with his old nemesis to a beautiful estate takes him into the reality behind the invention of the Replicants where he meets the true genius behind the Tyrell Corporation and learns an unbelievable secret about Roy Batty.") (Blade Runner) (53) 
* Andonis Unbound ("Sam Beckett, time traveler, has found himself in a lot of difficult, embarrassing situations. But none quite as difficult and embarrassing as leaping into a gay porn star in the middle of filming a very intimate scene.") (Quantum Leap) (72)
* Beyond a Shadow ("Someone is blackmailing Deputy District Attorney Arthur Gold. Who can he trust to ask for help? The answer shocks both Gold and Dicky Cobb, who finds himself with a troubled boss in his apartment on a rare day off.") (Resonable Doubts) (101)
* Thunder in Your Heart ("A year after leaving the Lakota Reservation, the drums still fill Ray Levoi's days and nights, seeming to drive him back to the Badlands of South Dakota. Waiting for him on the res is a reluctant Walter Crow Horse, who was told Ray would return because Thunderheart's duty to his people and his people's duty to him had not yet been finished.") (Thunderheart) (122)
* Head of the Tempest ("Following directly after the end of Bushido, Martin Castillo is faced with incapacitation from the wounds he suffered at the hands of Jack Grestky's wife. "Nursing" him is a smoldering Sonny Crockett who is trying to make sense of Castillo's actions following Gretsky's death.") (Miami Vice) (reprinted in Dyad Vice #1) (143)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Lingering on the Fringes 2 was published in May 2000 and contains 178 pages.
* The Moving of the River ("Sometimes dreams hold more truth that the waking hours. Exactly what IS the truth behind the Federation's child molestation charges against Blake? And what is Avon going to do about it? Can he save Blake's sanity? Is even he crazy enough to do that?") (Blake's 7) (3)
* Led into the Sun ("Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs have quit Miami Vice and disappeared. Martin Castillo is left adrift without the slightest clue as to why. In his need to explain his sudden lack of cohesion of self, Castillo embarks on a journey that takes him from New York to California in search of his lost grounding.") (Miami Vice) (29)
* My Sea to Your Shore, poem (Due South) (45)
* Comparison, poem (Due South) (60)
* The Touch of Your Hand ("Why does it so bother Spock when he occasionally witnesses Kirk beginning a new flirtation with a woman? And do McCoy's theories on the subject hold any validity? Just how far outside the Vulcan box is the First Officer of the USS Enterprise willing to go to understand his own motivations?") (Star Trek - K/S) (61)
* At First Sight, poem (Star Trek: TOS) (84)
* Companion to Our Demons ("During a hot New York summer, a serial killer case that brings back memories of Father Joe Krolinsky -- the priest who abused Mike and his friends as children -- plagues Mike Logan. That his contemplations lead him to Jack McCoy only adds to his troubles.") (Law & Order) (85)
* In This Silence (Airwolf) (105)
* Vision (Stargate: SG-1) (130)
* Winter's End ("Daniel Jackson is trying to deal with the loss of his wife, Shar'e, after three years of searching for her. Withdrawn, subdued and distracted, Daniel is endangering the other members of SG-1. It's up to his best friend, and team leader, Jack O'Neill to do something about it…") (Stargate SG-1) (131)
* Waiting, poem (The Sentinel) (152)
* Ice Cream ("An apple and a difficult case combine to form a shocking question for Simon Banks. What, exactly, determines "intimacy" and, once defined, what boundaries can contain the intimacy that exists between Jim Ellison and his guide, Blair Sandburg?") (The Sentinel) (153)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==References==
 
Category:Multimedia Slash Zines
Category:1993 ZinesCategory:2000 Zines