Decades: 1760-1800

Decades: 1760-1800 is a gen and het 178-page Dark Shadows anthology zine.
Over two dozen stories and vignettes: The are stories from Barnabas' childhood... Incidents from the Revolutionary War... Ben Stokes' past... Jeremiah's marriage to Laura... An encounter between Miranda du Val and Nicholas Blair in hell - an encounter that leads to her life as Angelique... Josette and Angelique's journey to Collinsport... Many stories take new or alternate looks at the events of 1795... The volume concludes with several vignettes detailing the memories of the few survivors of that tragic year.
Art is by Dave Billman, Judi Buguslawski, Jo Ann Christy, Barbara Fister-Liltz, Ellen Gusetti, Cindy Jorgansen, Jane Lach, Janet Meehan, Shari Metcalf, Andrea Palencar, 
==Contents==
* 1769: Indications by Dee L. Gurnett (Originally published in "Crypt" # 9 - June. 1971)........................ 3
* 1747 - 1774: Memories and Mysteries by Virginia Waldron................................ 7 
* 1777: Blood Brother by Jean Graham ........... 8 ("Blood Brother", "Foreshadowed", "The Forsaken" and "Lost Chapter": A 'tetralogy' by Jean Graham. Spanning the years between the Revolutionary War and 1795, these four stories delve deeply the background of Barnabas and Jeremiah Collins. Friends as close as brothers, they ended as cold driven opponents in a forced duel of honor. But the rift created by Angelique was by no means the first that separated them, and the four stories in this sequence set a more complicated stage for the tragedies of 1795.) (reprinted in A Gathering of Shadows)
* 1779: Absalom by Geoffrey Hamell............ 11 (Suppose there had been a third child of Joshua and Naomi Collins, an elder brother to Barnabas, who joined the upheaval of the American Revolution? This story reveals how two branches of the Collins family were united, and brings Barnabas and his father into an uneasy truce.)
* 1780: Hell Wind by Marcy Robin....... . ....... 19 (During the devastation of a hurricane on Martinque, two events—a death, and a first meeting—sow the seeds that would change Josette's life forever.)
* 1783: Empty Future by Marcy Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 
* 1790: The Meeting by Debbie Crocker.......... 30
* 1792: The Forsaken by Jean Graham ............ 31 (part of a 'tetralogy' by Jean Graham) (reprinted in A Gathering of Shadows)
* 1793: The Door Stands Open by Geoffrey Hamell 36 
* 1794: Caribee by Kathy Resch .......... . ... 37
* The Virgin and the Whore by Kathy Resch... 40 
* Traditional Folksong .... . ................ 41 
* Departure by Marcy Robin ............... 42 
* Foreshadowed by Jean Graham.........… 44 (part of a 'tetralogy' by Jean Graham)
* 1795: Return by Maria Barbosa................ 47 
* Art Portfolio: Barbara Fister-Liltz..... 50 
* For You by Kathy Resch.............. 55 
* Family Portraits: Jane Lach........... 56 
* Stranger by Marcy Robin ................ 58 
* Choice by Barbara Fister-Liltz......... 60 
* I Will Forget by Barbara Fister-Liltz.. 63 
* Heat Lightning by Kathy Resch. . . . . . . 65 
* Together by Marcy Robin ..... . .......... 65 
* The Elopement by Marcy Robin........... 68 
* Lost Chapter by Jean Graham............ 76 (part of a 'tetralogy' by Jean Graham) (reprinted in A Gathering of Shadows)
* Art Portfolio: Judi Boguslawski ......... 82 
* Wedding Vows by Marcy Robin ............ 88 
* Wasted Love/Wasted Son by Marcy Robin.. 90 
* Triad by Maria Barbosa................ 92 
* The Time For Grief by Marcy Robin..... 93
* 1795: Decisions by Marcy Robin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 
* Song by Maria Barbosa ..... . .......... 96 
* Farewell Memories by Marcy Robin ..... 98 
* Yesterday There Was by Maria Barbosa.... 101 
* Art Portfolio: Cindy Jorgensen ........ 102 
* turn the earth by Kathy Resch . . . . . 108 
* Call Me Not Back by Maria Barbosa.... 109 
* Edge by Kathy Resch (originally published in "The Deadly Triangle" 1977) 110 
* Transition by Marcy Robin........... 110 
* Succubus by Kathy Resch......... 112 
* The Amethyst (by Geoffrey Hamell . . . . . . 114 
* Babylon by Kathy Resch ............ 116 
* Jezebel by Geoffrey Hamell .......... 118 
* Epitaph: The Reverend Trask 1747-1795 by Jean Graham.................. 119 
* Psalm by Barbara Fister-Liltz ........ 120 
* Art Portfolio: Jane Lach... . .......... 122 
* Premonition by Marcy Robin........... 127 
* The Devil Need Not Own You by Kathy. Resch....129 (The seeds of the present are rooted in the past... In the 17th century, Miranda DuVal swore undenying revenge for the murder of her lover... adding another link in the chain binding Angelique and Barnabas through the centuries.)
* Untitled by Kathy Resch ......... 139 
* nepenthe lethe by Kathy Resch ... 141 
* Mistress Naomi by Marcy Robin. Jo Ann Christy and Pat Lammerts .......... 142 
* Loss by Marcy Robin .................. 144 
* Trapped by Marcy Robin..... . ......... 145
* 1796: Journey Home by Marcy Robin.......... 146 
* 1799: An Ordinary Death by Kathy Resch...149 
* New Year's Eve 1799 by Kathy Resch 153 
* 1800: Peace Denied by Dale Clark........... 156 
* 1795 The Soldier by Colleen Hoey .......... 158 
* Art Portfolio: Shari Metcalf.......... 160 
* Beyond: Choice by Ernie Terwilliger .......... 164 (Like pawns in a deadly chess game, Angelique and Barnabas lived and died in the tragic sequence of events that took place in the winter of 1795. But when was this game first begun? And who were the original players? A story of true and undying l ove …)
File:decades1.jpg|Andrea Palencar
File:decades2.jpg|Jane Lach
File:decades3.jpg|Cindy M. Jorgensen
File:decades4.jpg|Jane Lach
File:decades5.jpg|Barbara Fister-Liltz
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File:decades7.jpg| Jo Ann Christy
File:decades8.jpg|Judith Boguslawski
File:decades9.jpg|Judith Boguslawski
File:decades10.jpg|Shari Metcalf
File:decades11.jpg|Barbara Fister-Liltz
File:decades12.jpg|Cindy M. Jorgensen
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