Southern Seven/Issue 004

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Southern Seven is a long-running gen Blake's 7 anthology of art, fiction, and poems.
See more at Southern Seven.
==Issue 4==
Southern Seven 4 was published in December 1988 and contains 329 pages.
The art is by Leah Rosenthal (front cover), Adrian Morgan, Suzan Lovett, Annita Smith, Julie Nowak, Maryann Jorgensen, Dani Lane, Kathryn Andersen, Christopher Cook, Laura Virgil, Mary Gerstner, Katrina Larkin, Karen River, Theresa Buffaloe, Suzi Molnar, Sheila Paulson, Lynne A. Witten, and Picasso.
From the editorial: 
 
* From the Airlock... editorial by Ann Wortham (4)
* If I Only Had a Brain, Revised, filk by Jacqueline Taero (to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain," from The Wizard of Oz) (6) 
* Missing Person, fiction by Liz S. ("Who is Vila Restal? Does even Vila know? Vila’s past is shrouded in mystery.") (8)
* Flights, fiction by Linda Terrell ("A little R&R on a seemingly harmless planet is soon complicated by the appearance of fire lizards and various other surprises. The crew of the Liberator decides that Blake needs a little R&R by himself. What they didn’t count on was fire lizards and acid rain and pirates.") (Pern crossover) (19)
* Deja Vu, poem by Leah Rosenthal (38)
* Bubble, Bubble, fiction by Joan Hoffman ("A warm bath, a nice soft bathrobe…rebels need to relax sometime. So do Supreme Commanders. Yet another attempt at R&R goes awry for Blake and Co.") (40)
* Detection Shield, poem by Leah Rosenthal (58)
* Where the Dutchman Dwells, fiction by Susan G. ("A derelict spaceship intrigues Blake and his crew but they soon have more to worry about than simply why she was drifting in space. Vila remembers the old tales about ghost ships.") (61)
* A Sticky Situation, fiction by Laura Virgil (Vila Restal was bored. And when Vila was bored…well, it really wasn’t his fault , but things just seemed to start happening. Boredom and Orac conspire to make Vila Restal’s life miserable.") (79)
* Imagery, poem by Linda Terrell (84)
* Criss-Cross Puzzle by Brendan O'Cullane (86)
* They Who Trust, fiction by Mary Gerstner ("Cally receives a request for aid from her people on Auron and Blake decides it would be best for her to return to her home. But Avon soon has reasons to doubt the wisdom of Blake’s decision. A request from Auron that Cally return to them is met with agreement by Blake and Cally, but Avon suspects that something isn’t quite right with the situation.") (88)
* Liberator vs. the Church Lady, fiction by Leigh Arnold (script; SNL parody) (reprinted in Magnificent Seven #9 with a pseud, due to fall out from the Blake's 7 Wars, see Leigh Arnold's letter) (109)
* Honest Man, poem by Kathryn Andersen (114)
* In the Dark (Hellhound universe), fiction by Katrina Larkin & Susanne Tilley (also in The Log of the Hellhound #7) (115)
* Eve, Cleopatra, and Thee, poem by Jacqueline Taero (140)
* Backlash, fiction by Sophia Mulvey ("Vila gets to be the hero. Avon gets poisoned. The Federation is lurking about. The quest for Blake leads the crew of the Liberator to a backwards planet where Vila and Avon soon get into trouble with the native population") (143)
* Quotation Puzzle by Brendan O'Cullane (170)
* The Promise, fiction by Lynne Alisse Witten (171)
* Dreams, fiction by Jean Lorrah ("Servalan is caught in a snare of her own devising.") (178)
* Survival, fiction by April Giordano (183)
* Moonlight and Vodka, fiction by Kathryn Andersen (186)
* Through These Walls, fiction by Annita Smith (190)
* Recovering, fiction by Rebecca Ann Brothers (195)
* The Fool's Tale (Hellhound Universe), fiction by Katrina Larkin & Susanne Tilley ("What happened to Vila while Avon was off building and stealing the Hellhound? Vila meets up with an old acquaintance and tells the tale of how he escaped from Gauda Prime.") (also in The Log of the Hellhound #7) (198)
* Reasons, fiction by Linda Willard (207)
* Gauda Prime filk by Dani Lane (to the tune of "Home, Sweet Home," by Motley Crue) (214)
* Kyl (Jabberwocky universe), fiction by Sheila Paulson ("The young computer genius, Kyl, has information vital to the rebellion, so why is Avon so reticent to trust him…and just what is the secret about him that Vila seems to know. A Jabberwocky story.") (reprinted in Jabberwocky Collected and Jabberwocky #2) (216) 
* Puzzle Answers (239)
* Promises to Keep, fiction by Kathy Hintze ("Vila once made a promise and even the horror of Gauda Prime isn’t going to stop him from keeping his word. Vila made a promise to Cally.") (241)
* The Hellhound Pop Quiz (249)
* The Phoenix Project: You Only Live Twice, fiction by Susan Hall & L. A. Carr ("The Phoenix Project continues as Blake and his group attempt to rebuild the rebellion, while their enemy nurses his wounds and plots his revenge. Someone is trying to kill Kerr Avon and although Bran Drew is a likely suspect, the crew of the Phoenix seem to be the only people who were in the right place at the right time to have made the attempt.") (255)
* Letters of Comment (302) 
* Submission Guidelines (330)
* Zine ads (333)
* Blakes 7 Groaners by Jeff and Mary Morris (humor; with cartoons by Christopher Cook) (unknown page)
 
Image:southernseven4-2.jpg| from issue #4, Leah Rosenthal
Image:southernseven4-3.jpg| from issue #4, Suzan Lovett
Image:southernseven4-4.jpg| from issue #4, Suzan Lovett
Image:southernseven4-5.jpg| from issue #4 
Image:southernseven4-6.jpg| from issue #4, Suzan Lovett
Image:southernseven4-7.jpg| from issue #4, Kathryn Andersen
Image:southernseven4-8.jpg| from issue #4, Karen River
Image:southernseven4-9.jpg| from issue #4, Leah Rosenthal
Image:southernseven4-10.jpg| from issue #4, Theresa Buffaloe
Image:southernseven4-11.jpg| from issue #4, Karen River
Image:southernseven4-12.jpg| from issue #4, Maryann Jorgensen
Image:southernseven4-13.jpg| from issue #4, Laura Virgil
Image:southernseven4-14.jpg| from issue #4, Katrina Larkin
Image:southernseven4-15.jpg| from issue #4, Dani Lane
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
 
===Notes===
 
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
 
Category:1988 Zines