The Warrior's Heart (Star Wars TPM zine)

The Warrior's Heart is a Phantom Menace print zine series featuring The Warrior's Heart series by Writestuff that was published online between 1999 and 2001.
Subtitle: "Before the Dark Times... Before the Empire."
The zine was published by Two Vixens Press between 2002 and 2005. The author wrote in the first issue that the online stories were edited, sometimes heavily, before being included in print: 
 
The fanzines have elaborate illustrations and photo manips. 
The zines were published in the order given below, in editions of approximately 50-100, first sold at MediaWest*Con. 
==Publication History==
The stories were originally posted between 19 July 1999 - 20 October 2020 to the Master & Apprentice mailing list and archived at the Master & Apprentice archive.
The author also had a website where these stories, as well as other stories, were posted. See The Warrior's Heart.
The stories were also at The Nesting Place.
All are now available on AO3.
==Author's Notes and Acknowledgments==
The first volume has a long message from the author. It is meant to apply to all three zines; the other two issues do not contain this information.
==Issue 1==
 
 
The Warrior's Heart - Early Days was published in 2002 (76,000 words) and contains 101 pages. The cover had a gold foil fig leaf across the Fuumin cover in a strategic spot
The art is by Fuumin, Black Rose, Smitty, and Moonshine.
This issue won the TPM Best Zine Sizzler award at ConneXions for TPM Best Art. 
Chapters:
* Rightful Owner (1)
* Crime & Punishment (14)
* Ecstasies (29)
* The Anger Exercises (36)
* The Geometry of Desire (47)
* Close Shave (51)
* But For Grace (58)
* Give and Take (75)
* Meditations (80)
* Master & Apprentice (88)
* Nomenclature (99)
 
File:warriorsheart1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Black Rose
File:warriorsheart1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Smitty
File:warriorsheart1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Smitty
File:warriorsheart1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Moonshine
 
==Issue 2==
The Warrior's Heart - Trials and Errors was published in 2002 and contains 162 pages (125,000 words). 
The art is by Fuumin, EWK, Tem-Ve H'syan, MadByrd, Smitty, Writestuff, Moonshine, and Cynthia Martin.
It won the TPM Best Novel at ConneXions Sizzler as well as a Mediawest a 2003 Fan Q Award for "Best Star Wars Zine - Slash." 
 
* The Fear Exercises (1)
* Willing Vessels (79)
* An Accident Waiting (88)
* Cold Feet (95)
* The Sweet Science of Bruising (98)
* From A High Place (134)
* Artifacts (153)
 
 
File:Warriorsheart2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Cynthia Martin
File:Warriorsheart2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Smitty
File:Warriorsheart2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Moonshine
Image:warriorsheart2-4.jpg|from issue #2, detail from page, Fuumin
Image:warriorsheart2-5.jpg|from issue #2, MadByrd
==Issue 3==
 
The Warrior's Heart - What was Old is New Again was published in 2002 and contains 156 pages. 
The story "Masquerade" won a Sizzler award for TPM Best Story ("Masquerade") and the story "Master Class" won for Best Short Story. 
The art is by Black Rose, Fuumin, MadByrd, and Smitty.
* Silk (1)
* Birthday Suite (9)
* Master Class (20)
* Masquerade (27)
* For a Good Time, Call (51)
* A Simple Twist of Fate (63)
* Ligatures (75)
* Ceremonials (93)
* Emanciation (as spelled in the table of contents), Emancipation (as spelled on the title page) (109)
 
Image:warriorsheart3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Smitty
Image:warriorsheart3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Fuumin
Image:warriorsheart3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Smitty
Image:warriorsheart3-4.jpg|from issue #3, MadByrd
==Reactions and Reviews==
Reviews and story descriptions can be found here.
==References==
Category:Star Wars TPM Zines
Category:2002 Zines
Category:Slash Zines