The Larton Chronicles

The Larton Chronicles is a slash AU 152-page Professionals novel by Rhiannon. It includes a lengthy glossary.
This zine won a 1995 STIFfie Award. 
In 2001, after filing off its serial numbers, this zine was published by Wayward Books as original m/m fiction.
==Parts==
* One Bright Morning (47 pages)
* Second Round (25 pages)
* In The Deep Midwinter (34 pages)
* A Touch of Romance (36 pages)
* Best of All Ways (not in the 1995 edition, added for the 2002 edition, was published as a separate zine in 2004)
==About==
"Ex-policeman and now writer Ray Doyle moves from London to Larton, an undistinguished Gloucestershire village. While slowly becoming immersed in village life, he has various brushes with his nearest neighbour, a "horse-mad mick" called Bodie. Bodie falls immediately in love with Doyle, but bides his time. They grow close. Doyle discovers gardening. Against his will, Doyle is sucked into deepening association with Bodie's many and varied relatives, including the unspeakable Charles and the dozy brother-in-law, Jack, the local earl. Accidents and tiffs happen. Love happens. They buy a farm together and get an Aga. Five lovely connected stories to date." 
Prior to the series being published in zine format in 2002, the first story "One Bright Morning" was part of the circuit library. 
The zine sometimes appears on fans' Desert Island lists. Close Quarters Desert Island Episode/Zine/Fic dated July 18, 2009 
==Slash You Can Give Your Grandmother==
Due to its bucolic setting and non-explicit romance, some fans have jokingly referred to The Larton Chronicles as "Slash you could give your grandmother to read." In 1998, one fan did just that - although it was her mother, not her grandmother.
==The Audio Cassettes==
The first three stories in the series ("One Bright Morning," "Second Round" and "In The Deep Midwinter") were also released by the publisher on separately sold audio-cassettes, read by Jill R. They were very similar to tapezines and comparable to modern podfic or podcasts. "One Bright Morning" (recorded in 1999) consisted of three 60-minute tapes in a boxed set and the combined "Second Round" and "In The Deep Midwinter" (recorded in 2001) consisted of four tapes in a boxed set.
"The... cassettes are contained in a plastic box with a cover with echoes the cover of the zine The Larton Chronicles. The recording was made in Suffolk, duplicated professionally in Buckingham and is complete and unabridged." from the flyer in DIAL #11 
==Later Published as Original Fiction==
This fanwork was published as original fiction in 2001.
In 2012, S. W wrote in Transformative Works and Cultures: 
It was the original fiction version of "The Larton Chronicles" that made at least one fan a fan of The Professionals: 
==Reactions and Reviews: Acafans==
See How a Professionals slash writer disrupts readers' expectations, 2012 at Transformative Works and Cultures.
Some excerpts from that article: 
==Reactions and Reviews: Fans==
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==External Links==
*How a Professionals slash writer disrupts readers' expectations by S. W. Published in TWC Vol 11 (2012).
==References==
 
Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1995 ZinesCategory:2002 Zines
Category:The Professionals Fanfiction
Category:Audio