Acquainted with the Night (Beauty and the Beast anthology zine)

Acquainted with the Night is a het Beauty and the Beast (TV) full-sized anthology of fiction by Nan Dibble. 
This zine has often been cited as one of the most controversial fanzines produced (along with Black Cover).
 
==Issue 1==
Acquainted with the Night 1 was published in November 1990 and 198 pages and much art.
Summary from a flyer: "A Beauty and the Beast fanzine of quality fiction covering Vincent's whole lifetime. 200 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, PG-13. Fourth Season fiction - seven stories and two novelettes. Vincent meets his match - in all senses - in Diana. Also two stories of Vincent's youth: "Cat and Mouse" (novelette) and "Outlook." Art by Berwick, Farver, Gipson, Deavers-Kelley, others."
Regarding the story You, Darkness -- one reviewer calls it "optional." Another reviewer's comments allude to it being in the zine but "can be skipped." Another reviewer comments on the whole zine and states there is no graphic violence in it.
* Title Page (1)
* Acknowledgements (2)
* Table of Contents (3)
* Illustrations (4)
* Author's Preface (5)
* Helper ("Lena has a rowdy wedding Below.") (6)
* Cat and Mouse 1: Stalking (story of Vincent's youth, (novelette) (23)
* Dialogues ("Diana and Vincent discuss sex and death-by computer.") (29) 
* Cat and Mouse 2: Hunting (37)
* Wildlife ("Diana and Vincent investigate the mating of large predators.") (53)
* Cat and Mouse: Taming (63)
* Outlook (story of Vincent's youth) (82)
* Changes ("When Diana's building burns, she and Vincent come to a new understanding.") (109)
* Ghosts ("Trying to force Diana to surrender baby Jacob to him, Joe is visited by Catherine's ghost.") (124)
* Moves ("Diana gets a surprising proposition from Cullen and has a no-holds-barred argument with Vincent.") (138)
* You, Darkness ("Vincent's worst nightmare comes true after he's captured by Paracelsus' followers.") (159)
* Appendix: Information about Beauty and the Beast fanzines (200)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
 
==Issue 2==
Acquainted with the Night 2 was published in May 1991 and contains 190 pages. The front cover is by Barbara Gipson.
Summary from The Beauty & the Beast Buyer's Guide to Fanzines: "This zine picks up where AWTN1 ended. Vincent declares his love for Diana and the relationship progresses to the point where he's giving her nude swimming lessons. The exploration of Vincent's dark side continues when the Other emerges wanting to claim what he feels is rightfully his. Catherine appears in two stories: One is the retelling of her kidnapping by Paracelsus; in the other, Vincent travels to the Land of the Dead in search of answers. Could Catherine have come to him during the horrifying events with the bowers? Did they make love as he sensed they did? And why then, of all times, would his memory of what they shared come back? Other stories feature Devin, Lena, Jamie, Kristopher, and Vincent's teenage encounter with Jessica and her camera."
* Touch and Go ("Vincent and Diana at last understand the devastating aftermath of "To Reign in Hell" - a story within a story.") (6)
* As On a Darkling Plain ("Vincent journeys into the wilderness of his own heart - and finds Catherine there." In this story, Catherine is a ghost.) (30)
* When the Pipes Were Silent (59)
* Pawn's Gambit ("At a climactic council meeting, Vincent presents a major challenge to Father's authority.") (62)
* Faith (71)
* Simonetta ("Kristopher needs Diana's consent to paint her portrait; Diana would rather die, because of painful memories with which Vincent tries to help her come to terms.") (81)
* Bimbo ("Diana fixes dinner in her loft to celebrate Devin's visit; Devin is less than impressed; provoked, Vincent delivers an appropriate - and effective - reply.") (99)
* Portrait by Flash Light (118)
* Mirror, Mirror ("Hunches and empathy collide after Vincent gets a letter from Paracelsus; the Other hunts "bowers"-the tunnel-dwellers Paracelsus led until his death...and since?.") (137)
* literary references ("Take a peek first, so you'll know where to look if a quote mystifies you.") (190)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Acquainted with the Night 3 was published in December 1991 and contains 211 pages. 
The art is by Phyllis Berwick, Constantia, Jan Durr, Kriss Farver, Jane Freeman, Barbara Gipson, Michele Hawley, and Diane Leva.
The author notes: "Although the fiction directly follows events dramatized in Acquai11ted with the Night 1 & 2, one need not have read the previous volumes to understand and enjoy the ongoing events."
* Prologue: At Break of Day, short story ("What did Vincent do when he awoke in Diana's loft, in her bed ...wearing only his socks?") (1)
* The Parting of the Ways ("Why did Vincent enforce a long separation between himself and Diana...and at last come to her summons...only to say goodbye?") (4)
* Inside Out ("What unspoken secret caused Vincent's period of not recognizing things, not knowing people's names? What is "the calling"? And if, in the Maze, Vincent calls...will Diana answer? What happens when two people tum "inside out"?) (46)
* Threshold ("When Vincent was gravely injured, what promise did Diana make the Other to persuade him to bear the pain in Vincent's place? How did Diana reach and find Vincent, within, and bring him back?") (92)
* Heart's Desire ("After attacks on Diana, how does Vincent settle the threat posed by Paracelsus' followers, the bowers; and does he locate and claim his unwanted son?") (145)
* Epilogue: At Evening, short story ("What was Lena's final appeal to Vincent...before her wedding? (short story).") (207)
* Appendix: References, mostly literary (Take a peek if something mystifies you.) (211)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==References==
Category:Beauty and the Beast Anthology Zines Category:Beauty and the Beast Het Zines
Category:1990 Zines
Category:1991 Zines