Guilty Pleasures (Professionals zine)

In order to be able to afford a second vidding VCR "So we brainstormed about how to raise money, and someone came up with the idea of us all writing stories for our own zine, and using the proceeds from it to buy a vidding deck. The result was Guilty Pleasures, a Pros zine, which included my story "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash". -- from My Life as a Fan, 2007 , the Media Cannibals put together a 128-page zine of The Professionals stories around the theme of "Guilty Pleasures." The stories in it centered on fannish Slash Tropes, like conduit stories, amnesia stories, and pirate AU stories. All stories are based on The Professionals, except Catching Flies (Professionals/The Chief) and The Prisoner (Professionals/The Prisoner). Feochadn did all of the art direction and the cover.
==From an Ad==
From Media Monitor: "Seattle's Media Cannibal's 1st zine - our Guilty Pleasures - as well written and well edited as we're capable of: amnesia, floggings, threesomes, leather, death, betrayal and more, including some crossovers. Approx 92, 5000 words of smut and relationship..."
== The Story Behind Guilty Pleasures ==
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==The Table of Contents==
Summaries from the flyer.
 
* If Memory Serves by Alex T. MacKenzie (Bodie pursues a vengeful criminal in a race against time after Doyle is snatched, for Bodie knows the man has only torture and death in mind for his partner. But Doyle's rescue may not be the end of Bodie's troubles--a certain moment in their recent past may have strained their relationship to the breaking point, a moment he would rather Doyle forgot. What will happen when they are together again--resolution, or disaster?.) 
* Catching Flies by Nicole V. (A Professionals/The Chief vignette.)
* A Pros Fan's Bad Idea, a poem by Irene 
* Rum, Sodomy and the Lash by Rachael Sabotini (Bodie, an officer in the British Navy of the 18th century, serves under Capt. Macklin. When Doyle is pressed into service aboard his ship, inner turmoil and angst disrupt Bodie's neatly structured career and almost cost him his life. Rape, sadism and H/C are part of this swashbuckling historical.) 
* Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Dawn Woods (Bodie + CI5 agent girlfriend = B/D slash... eventually. Bodie has a girlfriend who seems to know him just a little too well, and guesses as to things Bodie would rather she didn't.")
* These Things Do Not Remember You by Gwyneth Rhys (Doyle is barely hanging on after Bodie's death, and putting himself in danger in the line of duty. Is he suicidal, as his colleagues think, or simply unable to function without Bodie, his other half? Can he survive the pull his memories have on him?) 
* And Learn to Fly, Pt. 1 by Blackbird (Doyle has recently come to terms with his sexual preference for men. he's now exploring a newly discovered need for sexual submission. But his anticipation is tempered by the knowledge that he can never attain his ultimate desire: to make love, and submit, to Bodie.) 
* And Learn to Fly, Pt. 2 by Blackbird 
* The Prisoner by Laury K.(A Professionals/Prisoner crossover. Falsely imprisoned in The Village, Doyle can trust only one person: Bodie. Or can he)?
* Two Birds, No Stone by Sandy Herrold and Rosa Westphalen (Bodie wants Doyle to be his partner on and off the job. Except when he doesn't. Doyle wants Bodie to keep his mind on the job and off Doyle's body. Except when he doesn't. Two women, who know what they want without exception, give Bodie and Doyle a challenge they don't expect. Twenty-two thousand words of love, lust, misunderstanding and sex.) 
* Meet the Authors
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Category:The Professionals Slash Zines
Category:1997 Zines