The Sensual World

The Sensual World is a slash Sentinel anthology.
==Origin of the Title==
From the first issue: 
: "Stepping out of the page,
: into the sensual world
: Stepping out --
: To where the water
: and the earth caress--"
: Kate Bush - The Sensual World
 
==Sample Submission Request==
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==Issue 1==
The Sensual World 1 was published in May 2001 and contains 200 pages. The cover art is by Jean Kluge and interior art is by Alayne, Geli, Suse, Ingela and Sa. 
 
From the editorial: 
* Standing Outside The Fire by McLara & Skyline ("Jim approaches the age of 40 with trepidation and a little help from a friend.") (10 pages)
* Home by Akablonded ("Blair redefines the concept of home.") (3 pages)
* Caesura by Lily ("There’s a new song to Jim Ellison’s life, a song he doesn't understand until it's gone.") (21 pages)
* Vertical Orientation by Dovya Blacque ("Thinking a 3-week job teaching in San Diego is the perfect opportunity, Blair gets a tattoo.") (15 pages)
* A Common Gravity by Dovya Blacque ("Blair has a hair melt-down and Jim is faced with saving his Guide's treasured look and his sanity.) (32 pages)
* Ms. Sandburg by Starr Copeland ("Jim has a very intimate problem and no idea how to solve it. So, left with no other options, he consults his Guide.") (15 pages)
* Lodestone by Dovya Blacque Lodestone ("Blair has been a cop for two years and Jim is just beginning to notice some significant changes in him when Naomi becomes seriously ill.") (54 pages)
* The Hired Man by Gena Fisher ("An irked Carolyn reveals secrets about her soon-to-be ex-husband causing unwanted attention for Jim Ellison along with not a few threats. So, William Ellison hires a most unusual bodyguard for his eldest son.") (40 pages) 
* poetry by Khylara, Susan Sicafoosh, J.B. Morgan, and others 
Image:sensual1-1.jpg| from issue #1, Sa
Image:sensual1-2.jpg| from issue #1, Ingela
Image:sensual1-3.jpg| from issue #1, Geli
Image:sensual1-4.jpg| from issue #1, Dovya Blacque, tattoo art
Image:sensual1-5.jpg| from issue #1, Suse is the artist
Image:sensual1-6.jpg| from issue #1, Alayne
Image:sensual1-7.jpg| from issue #1, sample text
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
The Sensual World 2 was published in June 2002 and contains 208 pages and a cover by Geli. It contains one piece of art. 
 
* A Different Choice by Dovya Blacque ("What if Jim had reacted differently to Blair’s dissertation being leaked to the public? A different take on TSbyBS.") 
* A Golden Opportunity by Dolimir ("Grad student Blair Sandburg’s fictional novel about a designer drug called “Golden” turns out to not only be based on facts of which he had no knowledge, but marks everyone who’s read it as a target. Detective Jim Ellison, working on a Golden-related death case with Vice, comes face-to-face with the young man who has encountered more trouble in one day than he’d experienced in his entire short life.") 
* Business Sense by Gena Fisher ("Global International needs the land owned by the reclusive Jim Ellison, a man who absolutely refuses to sell his precious land. So, figuring he’d have the best chance of dealing with Ellison, Global sends in their resident anthropologist, Blair Sandburg, to talk some sense into the man. An accident, an unexpected meeting and a very large dog figure into a surprising joining of two very different men.") 
* Learning Curve by Dovya Blacque ("It’s Dr. Blair Sandburg’s forty-first birthday and he’s spending it enmeshed in the usual university tasks; meeting the dean for dinner, teaching a new class. Everything seems the same as usual, if a little more depressing, considering what day it is. Until Blair meets one of his new students, a cop on leave from Cascade PD to finish his degree in Criminology. A man nearly ten years Blair’s junior who claims to have heightened senses.")
* Make Up Sex by Akablonded ("A meditation on the wonder that is Blair Sandburg by a very besotted Jim Ellison.")
* That Face by Dovya Blacque ("When a short-haired, calmer version of Blair Sandburg appears in front of Jim Ellison’s desk one long day, the facts point in two directions: Blair’s clone has walked into Major Crimes, or the man standing in front of Jim’s desk is Blair’s twin brother.") 
* To Serve & Protect by Garnet ("A meditation on the lack of wonder that was Jim Ellison before Blair Sandburg entered his life… and how that amazing presence has changed him.")
* Surviving, poem by Garnet
* Impact, poem by Garnet
* Learning, poem by Dovya Blacque
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
The Sensual World 3 was published in June 2004 and contains 178 pages. It contains two pieces of interior art by Geli.
* First Impression by KAM ("In between the cracks of what happened at the end of Switchman.")
* Foote’s Roost by Dovya Blacque ("An apology picnic turns into more than a simple apology once Jim starts focusing in a bit too much on his guide. A look inside the workings of the distractedly focused, happily jumbled mind of Detective Ellison.")
* Sharing Secrets by Anne Light ("Spending time with Jim and Blair leads Naomi to a false assumption about their relationship, which Jim overhears. The unwritten code which states ‘You must give your partner shit about things his mother says’ comes into play and some revelations are shared.")
* A Reason To Kill by Bluewolf ("A gruesome killing leads Detective Sandburg to look to a group of old friends for help, friends he’s known for… centuries. Truths are unmasked and Jim and Blair will never be the same again.")
* The Shelter Of Your Arms by akablonded ("The shooting of a young police officer has Jim deeply considering his feelings for Blair… who has gone off to regroup, to figure out what he needs to do with his life and the possibility that his life may lead him away from Cascade.")
* Night Of A Lifetime by Ami ("While waiting to meet an informant, Jim and Blair have the opportunity to discuss things they’ve never discussed before… to learn things about each other they’d never known before.")
* The Spirit Is Willing by Gena Fisher ("Occult authority Prof. Blair Sandburg arrives at the manor of Mrs. Megan Connor in the wild west of 1873, to join a gathering that includes the unsavory Mr. Lee Brackett, his occultist cohort, Madam Baranov… and Mr. Brackett’s cousin, their unwilling ace-in-the-hole, Mr. James Ellison, who suffers from strange, debilitating “spells” that allow him to speak to the spirits.")
* Sleeping Weather by afropuff ("Exactly as the title suggests, Jim and Blair sleep in during a rainy day off… or at least they stay in bed.")
* Troubled Water by Anne Light ("Having finally buried Jack Pendergrast, Jim finds himself revealing things to Blair about his old partner, and about himself, that lead Blair to a new sense of hope.")
* Good Fortune by Dovya Blacque ("A Fortune Cookie, a strange case, a mild cold, a small storage locker and some new consideration make Jim Ellison a puzzled, but enlightened, boy.")
* poetry by Khylara, Valaria, Allisa Raven Stark, Lisa Curtis, Sharon Gladstone, Starr Copeland
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
The Sensual World 4 was published in August 2005, contains 196 pages and a color cover by Alayne, two interiors by Akablonded.
* One Point Shot by Anne Light ("Early on in their relationship, Blair challenges Jim to a one-on-one basketball game. But Jim's hesitant agreement to the match just be a fatal error.
* Twelve Steps to Insanity by LilyK ("Someone's playing out all the cases that Jim and Blair have worked together. Is this someone taking revenge on Jim? Or is it something. stranger?
* Potent by Dovya Blacque ("An early day away from the PD has Jim arriving at the loft a little too early. So early in fact, he overhears something he was never, ever meant to overhear.")
* A Matter of Timing by Legion ("There's something unique about Blair, something one egomaniacal, power-hungry billionaire will do anything and everything to have for his own.")
* To Guide and Protect by Chris J. Ueberall ("What if the tables were turned between Sentinel Jim Ellison and Guide Blair Sandburg?.")
* Appointment with Destiny by KAM ("When Detective Ellison witnesses the kidnapping of the Mayor's daughter, but can't remember it due to a head injury, Doctor Blair Sandburg arrives to help him retrieve the lost memories. The two men must overcome their differences and work together to save the girl.")
* A Dangling Conversation by Dovya Blacque ("Jim and Blair are arguing. They've been arguing for days. Trouble is, neither knows what the argument is about and neither can stop it.")
* Family Ties by Anne Light ("Naomi's visit left more repercussions than Jim had realized. She's said something to Blair and Blair won't tell him what it was but, whatever was said, it's caused a change in his friend. and he's determined to figure out what and why.")
* poetry by Valaria, C.J. Ueberall, Rolaine and Dovya Blacque
==Issue 5==
The Sensual World 5 was published in May 2007 and has cover art by Suzan Lovett and interior art by L.A. Adolf and Romanse.
* Taking Care by Anne Light ("When Blair interferes in Jim's life one too many times, the sentinel not only bristles, he finds a new understanding of his guide.
* The Tongues of Angels by Dovya Blacque ("Disrupted sleep caused by too many horrible cases gets to both sentinel and guide, but Blair has an insight to Jim's dreams, because Jim's been talking in his sleep.
* Endurance by Rae Evans ("Blair's into a little sex play with some mysterious person.")
* Star Child by Workaholic ("Were Jim and Blair truly meant to be together? It could be written in the stars.")
* Visions in Time by LilyK ("Blair's having visions that make him sick. Jim's adamant about getting him help, Blair's just as adamant that he needs the visions to solve their current case.")
* Web of Deceit by KAME ("A professor of Blair's has to cancel his trip and offers it to Blair instead; a trip to Las Vegas.")
* Epiphanies by Theresa Kyle ("Carolyn comes to the loft to be interviewed by Blair for his paper.")
* Damaged Goods by Natalie L ("In a world in which sentinels and guides are an ordinary part of society, Jim loses his guide and goes searching for another.")
* At Twice the Price by Dovya Blacque ("A not-so-happy surprise awaits Jim and Blair in the morning paper; they've tied as Cascade's number one choice for Most Eligible Bachelor.")
* poetry by Starr Copeland, Adina Gallant and Serene Knoweles 
Image:sensual5-1.jpg| from issue #5, L.A. Adolf
Image:sensual5-2.jpg| from issue #5, Romanse
==Issue 6==
The Sensual World 6 was published in 2009 and contains 204 pages. It has a cover by Lupe Backe. Additional work by Starr Copeland, L.A. Adolf, Natalie L. and Jade Bryce. Art by akablonded and L.A. Adolf.
* The Sweetest Kiss by Raine Wynd ("On Valentine's Day, Blair receives a HUGE surprise from his roommate.")
* An Unlikely Friendship by Patt ("An assignment with Connor takes Jim away from his lover for far too long but reveals a connection to Megan Jim hadn't been aware existed.")
* Burnished Perfection by Alex McLeod ("A weekend away at a luxury home in the forest allows both Jim and Blair to come to interesting - and similar - conclusions about their relationship.")
* The Godiva Proposition by Natalie L. ("How do you raise money for a good cause? Why trap Blair into doing something no one else will, of course.")
* What You Fear by Kaelana ("Blair takes some unusual steps to get his partner's attention.")
* Change of Scenery by Kayjay ("While healing from a gunshot wound, Jim spends time in Santa Cruz, California with Blair while the younger man takes part in a new teaching position.")
* Heartlight by Theresa Kyle ("In an attempt to clarify the furor over his admission that he committed fraud, Blair gives an interview to People [Magazine], an interview that is more than a little revealing to Jim.")
== References ==
 
Category:Sentinel Slash Zines
Category:2001 Zines
Category:2000s Zines