TUESDAY FAN FICTION REPORT - 8/11/98
[Previous report was for 8/10/98]

Hi all,

The number of excellent resources for Xenite bards on the Web continues to grow. Tonight Simahoyo is unveiling THE WRITER'S TOOLBOX consisting of all sorts of links bards should find useful in developing their stories. There are links to historical information on everything from what people wore, to what food they ate, what weapons were common, what herbs were used in healing, etc. Make sure to stop by THE WRITER'S TOOLBOX at http://www.blarg.net/~simahoyo/writers.html.htm

Have to work on some other projects so this is a short report tonight...but a good one :)

GENERAL FICTION:

CIRCLE OF STONES by Mary Morgan
With stories like AFTER THE VOLCANO, JUDGEMENT OF THE GODS, and JUST A PINCH OF BLACK POWDER, Mary Morgan has a history of giving us exceptionally well-written, thought-provoking fiction. It is a reputation she lives up to with this latest effort which has Xena and Gabrielle investigating the disappearance of several villagers when an unexpected development leaves the bard racing against time to solve a mystery made suddenly much more personal. Mary's treatment of the Xena/Gab relationship is one of the factors that always make her stories such a pleasure to read. She envisions them with a kind of connection that is spiritual and magical and always poignant. It is this depiction that turns a simple mystery into so much more - a MUST READ that comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! -- 6 pgs.
http://kazon.cardiff-net.co.uk/XenaNet/fiction/circle.html

ALTERNATIVE FICTION:

THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF TWO DOLLS IN LOVE: THE STORY OF RIGID XENA AND POSABLE GABRIELLE by Danae and L.N. James
In two years of reading Xena fanfic I have never come across something quite like this new tale but it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with these two very talented, very creative, and very demented bards that a collaboration between them would lead to one of the most seriously outrageous story this fandom has ever seen. The inspiration for this little gem came in the form of an e-mail exchange we are made privy to in the prologue. In it a rather frustrated LN laments the rigidity of those new XWP action figures prompting Danae to start exploring what life must indeed be like for those action figures. Thus is born the tragic but hopeful tale of a little warrior doll who (literally) falls head over heels in love with a beautiful, posable blond bard doll. The little warrior must then struggle against her own rigidity and the many dangers in the life of an action figure as she tries to win the heart of her...oh-so-flexible love ;-) Cute beyond words, and even allegorical if you can stop grinning long enough to think about it on a more serious level, this is a "children's tale" in the grand tradition of LN's own BEDTIME FOR WARRIORS AND BARDS. Danae and LN use their very active imaginations along with a pair of really healthy libidos to bring us a tale guaranteed to delight even the most demanding of readers. All I want to know is when we should start an e-mail campaign encouraging Disney to turn this into the script for their next TOY STORY movie >:) Not a moments hesitation on this one folks - it gets my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!! -- 8 pgs.
http://www.squonk.net/users/lnjames/TIT.htm

For those of you reading this post who are not familiar with the term alternative (alt.), it refers to ADULT stories that add a romantic element to the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle, depicting them as more than just friends.

Happy reading!

Lunacy 8-)