The Black Box

The Black Box is slash multifandom crossover story by Sue aka The Android. 
The story incorporates a lot of fannish meta and some RPF. From the online version: 
The print version was first published in the U.K. in 1982, in two parts (part 1: chapters 1-16, part 2: chapters 17-30), then later in one 130-page volume.
The story was also later posted online.
==The Story Online==
The chapter summaries are from Welcome to the Android's Dungeon.
CHAPTERS 1 - 3 (40kb)
"In which the story starts ... and starts to get strange ... and starts to get really, really strange ...CHAPTER ONE: Catford Nick and Strange Developments. In Which, With The Minimum Of Travail, We Introduce The Plot And Some Of The Characters. You Have Been Warned."
CHAPTERS 4 - 7 (56kb)
"Vampire-hunting in the streets of a well-known seaside resort; the arrival of the knickers-outside-their-tights boys; unprecedented revelations about a certain Super hero ...CHAPTER THE FOURTH OF JULY: Oh Say Can You See Time. In Which We Visit A Con Hotel In The Middle Of The Night, And Learn Why Vila Is Blushing. P*L*U*S CHAPTER FIVE: Another Really Gorgeous Yank. In Which The Plot Begins To Manifest The First Signs Of Getting Out Of Hand. Whoopee!"
CHAPTERS 8 - 10 (41kb)
"Capture of a female vampire, the famous Mini scene, aftermath of a fannish party, a picnic of Hungarian hot dogs - and the arrival of characters from the Cloniverse... SCENE: A hotel garden at 3 a.m. Phil Strong and Del Tarrant are shivering in the hydrangeas wondering what on Earth to talk about. Willie Caine, at a respectful distance, keeps them under observation, unaware that he himself is being watched ... by a huge BAT. CHAPTER EIGHT: Oi Vay Iz Mir. In Which The Man Who Didn't Want To Join The Enterprise Doesn't Get To Go Home."
CHAPTERS 12 - 14 (60kb)
"Avon is questioned by the Sheriff, two rhyming police officers turn up and the Fonz ... and the California Highway Patrol ... [NB: If you're wondering what happened to Chapter 11 you should (a) read Chapter 12 and (b) get out more.]...CHAPTER TWELVE: Mills and Boon, eat your heart out! In Which I Explain, You Scream, And We Are All Committed."
CHAPTERS 15 - 17 (55kb)
"The identity of the impostor on the Empathy coach is revealed, Bodie's wardrobe is open for public introspection, and Vila and Klinger succeed in breaking the time loop. Or something like that. I think....CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Who was that Unmasked Man? In Which: We Made An Expedition. We Met A Host And Quelled It. We Forced A Strong Position. And Killed The Men Who Held It."
CHAPTERS 18 - 20 (58kb)
"We find Han Solo in command of the Enterprise, Avon finally meets Paul Darrow, Carol and Meekie get involved, the Darrowby vets examine a comatose Wookiee - and Siegfried discovers his brother's strange secret. His other strange secret... In Which The Love That In Less Enlightened Times Did Not Dare To Speak Its Name Is Made Compulsory. Readers who have survived thusfar (and there are more of you than you might suppose, gentlebeings) may be wondering a) why a supposed Star Trek fan has so long neglected that noble series and b) where John Lodge has got to. Well, on condition that you do not tell Kojak (who is, as you may recall, interrogating Smith and Jones and a certain Kerr Avon about his disappearance and was, when we left him as long ago as Chapter Fifteen, In For A Shock) we will do our best to reveal what is going on."
CHAPTERS 21 - 23 (57kb)
"An engagement is announced, Dan Archer tries to have Walter Gabriel put to sleep, and Neil Burnside abandons a promising musical career in order to lust Dick Grayson. Holy Emerald Crusader, folks, just what is going on?... TWENTY-ONE: Enough Of This Foolishness. In Which Terence Wishes, And Later Wishes He Hadn't..."
CHAPTERS 24 - 26 (56kb)
"A great miracle is wrought upon the Earth, incest is proved to be relatively boring, Agent Ellicott has an idea about the Osmonds and certain persons exact a terrifying revenge upon certain other persons. Just more of the same, really."
CHAPTERS 27 - 30 (58kb)
"Stuartsky is faced with the consequences of her actions (and about time, too, you are probably thinking); Vastarnyi meets his Maker; things go from bad to worse and the author finally pulls the plug on the whole shebang. Phew!"
 
==Some Descriptions==
 
From the online version, header to chapter 12: 
From Crevichon Press: 
From Media Monitor: 
From Bill Hupe's catalog: 
From an ebay seller in 2012: 
From an ebay seller in 2021: 
==References==
 
Category:Multimedia Slash Zines
Category:1992 Zines
Category:1982 Zines
Category:Crossover Zines