Overtures (Beauty and the Beast zine)

Overtures is a het series of bi-monthly digest-sized anthologies. It has twelve issues, very little art. They average 25 pages a piece. Most zines contain a featured story by the author, an editorial called "From Catherine's Desk," a bloopers/commentary piece called "Tunnel Vision" and sometimes another short story or poem.
Art in Volumes 1, 4, 5 & 6 by A.N.D. Art in Volume 10 by Lynette Combs. "The First Snow" in Volume 3 by A.N.D. All other stories by Catherine Edwards.
==Online==
They were made available online as part of Winterfest 2013 See here.
==About==
==Issue 1==
Overtures 1 was published in November 1988 and contains 22 pages.
From the editorial: 
*Confessions ("A first time, (Catherine is a virgin too).") (8 pages) 
*Check Mate ("rainy days are good for chess and something else...") (5 pages) 
*Nor Iron Bars A Cage—The Missing Scenes (5 pages) 
==Issue 2==
Overtures 2 was published in 1988 and contains 18 pages.
From the editorial: 
*Intuition (6 pages) 
*To Have and Have Not (3 pages) 
*Tunnel Vision (2 pages) 
*Ozymandias: The Missing Scenes (3 pages) 
* Truly (3 pages) 
==Issue 3==
Overtures 3 was published in 1989 and contains 27 pages.
From the editorial: 
* A Little Chamber Music ("Father's birthday and his phonograph is beyond repair.") (5 pages) 
* St. Vincent’s Flu ("Catherine won't admit she's sick.") (9 pages) 
* Tunnel Vision (2 pages) 
* To Reign In Hell: The Missing Scenes (4 pages) 
* Damn The Brownies—Full Speed Ahead ("pre-classic, Jacob and Margaret.") (3 pages) 
* First Snow by A.N.D. ("snowball fight!") (1 page) 
==Issue 4==
Overtures 4 was published in 1989 and contains 19 pages.
From the editorial: 
* Overture ("A special question after a stormy night.") (4 pages) 
* Father Figure ("pre-classic, Margaret is pregnant.") (5 pages) 
* Tunnel Vision (2 pages)
* Shadows (A poem from Vincent's view about their meeting.") 
* A Little Hair In The Tub Never Hurt Anyone ("Vincent and Catherine remembering the first time he caught her in the shower.") (5 pages) 
==Issue 5==
Overtures 5 was published in 1989 and contains 23 pages.
From the editorial: 
* Some Like It Hot ("An invitation to a special evening of family Below to escape the heatwave Above.") (7 pages) 
* Variations on a Theme ("Vincent and Catherine get married.") (11 pages) 
* Tunnel Vision (1 page) 
		
==Issue 6==
Overtures 6 was published in 1989 and contains 27 pages.
*Great Expectations ("Catherine and Vincent are having a baby.Jamie and Mouse are married.") (23 pages) 
*Tunnel Vision (2 pages) 
==Issue 7==
Overtures 7 was published in 1989 and contains 22 pages.
*Christmas Past ("pre-classic, Christmas for Jacob and Margaret.") (4 pages) 
*Christmas Present ("Vincent and Catherine decorate the tree in her apartment.") (4 pages) 
*Christmas Future ("Vincent and Catherine's Christmas Below with their whole family.") (9 pages) 
*Another Visit From St. Nick (poem) (2 pages) 
*Tunnel Vision (2 pages) 
*Better Than Good (3 pages) 
		
==Issue 8==
Overtures 8 was published in 1990 and contains 27 pages.
*Voices In The Dark ("The blossoming of the love between Jamie and Mouse.") (19 pages) 
*Tunnel Vision (2 pages) (Contains third 		season references)
*Accustomed To Your Face (song vignette) (2 pages) 
*Better Than Good (3 pages) 
==Issue 9==
Overtures 9 was published in 1990 and contains 19 pages.
* Good Company ("Married Vincent and Catherine have responsibilities to deal with.") (11 pages) 
* Tunnel Vision (2 pages) 
* Father’s Day ("pre/teen Jacob is upset at his dad-s differences.") (4 pages) 
==Issue 10==
Overtures 10 was published in 1990 and contains 31 pages.
* The Practical Man ("In married Vincent and Catherine's universe, Pascal's only love who had moved Above returns to the tunnel. Winslow appears in flashbacks.") (31 pages)
==Issue 11/12==
Overtures 11/12 was published in July 1990 and contains 39 pages.
* The Last Time I Told You Good-bye ("Resolution to Pascal and Ruth Ann's story as life goes on for married Vincent and Catherine.") (39 pages)
==References==
 
Category:Beauty and the Beast Anthology Zines Category: Beauty and the Beast Het Zines 
Category:1980s
Category:1990 Zines