Shadowstar/Issues 23-24

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==Issue 23==
Shadowstar 23 was published in 1986 and contains 177 pages. The cover is composed of art by Mary Jean Holmes, Dani Lane, Mark Wallace, and Mary Wood.
* Letter from the Editor (1)
* Penumbra (3)
* Fuzzy Thoughts, letter to the editor by Malla (Chewbacca's wife) (Star Wars) (7)
* A Ghost of a Story by Paula Freda (Original fiction) (11)
* A Call of Atlantis by Thomas M. Egan (16)
* A Circle of Sonnets by Elizabeth Merrick (Star Wars) (17)
* You Look Marvellous by Leah Rosenthal and Ann Wortham (Blake's 7) (20)
* The Womp Rat that Ate Mos Eisley by Jacqueline Taero (Star Wars) (29)
* The Privilege of Her Burning, conclusion by Christine Jefford and eluki bes shahar (part of the Brightstar Universe) (Star Wars) (30)
* Star Wars Number Maze by Marci Erwin (52)
* Witch's Vengeance by Albert J. Manachino (Original fiction) (53)
* Haiku by Kathryn Agel (Star Wars) (59)
* Cry of the Banshee by Kathryn Agel (Star Wars) (60)
* Night Fears by Karen Weikert-Weston (Star Wars) (61)
* The Return of the Contest (62)
* Troubleshooter by Misty Lackey (Diana Tregarde/Grimjack) (At the top of the story: "PG-13 Warning: this story contains some material that might be too intense for some readers to handle. Be warned.") (64) 
* Happily Never After, part two by Mary Jean Holmes (Star Wars) (78)
* Ultraworld: Tarrant by Pat Nussman (Blake's 7) (121)
* Promise of a Dream by Marti Schuller (Original fiction) (122)
* A Dream Came True Today by Marci Erwin (Star Wars) (123)
* The Lykoniad by Mike Winkle (original fiction) (124)
* Luke, Ten Years After by Jacqueline Taero (Star Wars) (144)
* Powerplay by L.A. Carr (Star Wars) (145)
* The Labyrinth of Darkness, conclusion by Paula Freda (Star Wars) (155)
* Word Search Puzzle, Creatures in ROTJ by Lynda Vandiver (177)
* ads (178)
* art by Kevin Duncan, Mary Jean Holmes, Jean Kluge (back cover), Dani Lane, Wanda Lybarger, Carol Paulson, John Sies, Mark Wallace, Mary Wood
 
Image:shadowstar23-2.jpg|from issue #23, Dani Lane for "Ultraworld: Tarrant"
Image:shadowstar23-3.jpg|from issue #23, Mary Wood
Image:shadowstar23-4.jpg|from issue #23, Wanda Lybarger
Image:shadowstar23-5.jpg|from issue #23, Mary Jean Holmes
Image:shadowstar23-6.jpg|from issue #23, Mary Wood
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 23==
==Issue 24==
Shadowstar 24 was published in 1987 and contains 208 pages. It is almost all Star Wars.
 
The art is by Kevin Duncan , Mary Jean Holmes, L.J. Juliano, Rozalyn Levins, Wanda Lybarger, Carol Paulson, John Sies, Sandra Williams, and Mary Wood.
This issue contains a flyer for Remigrations, a proposed zine that explains two author's divergence in the Catalyst! Universe.
* Letter from the Editor (1)
* Penumbra, Letters from Readers (2)
* Curiouser and Curiouser: A Tale of a Vanishing Universe by Mary Frances Zambreno (fusion with "Alice in Wonderland"/meta/George Lucas) (9)
* Home by Catriona Campbell (23)
* Echoes in Silent Company: Leia by Jacqueline Taero (31)
* Return of the Jedi Puzzle by Marci Erwin (32)
* Firefall by Pat Nussman and Jacqueline Taero (33)
* Lady Vader by Amy Sue Seier (36)
* From Father to Son, part one by Janice Lamel (37)
* I Hope She's All Right by Paula Freda (64)
* Obligatory Sick Cartoon (65)
* Light of the Storm by Mary St. Cyr (66)
* A New Age Dawning by Marti Schuller (74)
* Deadly Interlude by Veronica Wilson (91)
* Fire and Ice by Lynda Vandiver (94)
* Longafter by L.A. Carr (95)
* Who Dares? by Barbara Gardner (99)
* Avenue of Amenities by Lauralee R. Braun (This story was written in 1985, see images of it in its rough draft form.) (100)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation by Ursula Sandmann? (name blurred) (133)
* Tamarina by Paula Freda (134)
* I Won't Be Walkin' Out that Door by Kathryn Agel (139)
* Are You Really Mine? by Marci Erwin (140)
* Rim of the Universe by Roberta Stuemke (141)
* The Last Perfect Person in the Galaxy by Violet Nordstrom (159)
* Ask Me Again Sometime by Paula Freda (164)
* Obligatory Sick Cartoon (166)
* Happily Never After, conclusion by Mary Jean Holmes (167)
* Captain Needs by Paula Freda (208)
* ads (209)
 
File:shadowstar24-1.jpg|from issue #24, Sandra Williams
File:shadowstar24-2.jpg|from issue #24, Rozalyn Levin
File:shadowstar24-3.jpg|from issue #24, Rozalyn Levin
File:shadowstar24-4.jpg|from issue #24, George Lucas as The Red King
File:shadowstar24-5.jpg|from issue #24, Mary Wood
File:shadowstar24-6.jpg|from issue #24, Mary Jean Holmes
File:shadowstar24-7.jpg|from issue #24, Mary Jean Holmes
File:avenueroughdraft1.jpg| Avenue of Amenities by Lauralee R. Braun, rough draft form 
 File:avenueroughdraft2.jpg| Avenue of Amenities by Lauralee R. Braun, rough draft form 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 24==
 
==References==
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