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OBLAQUE IV: to be taken intravenously A BLAKE’S 7 ADULT FANZINE ISSUE NUMBER FOUR IN THE OBLAQUE SERIES WARNING: THIS ZINE CONTAINS SAME SEX, ADULT ORIENTED MATERIAL. IT WILL NOT BE SOLD TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. Published by: Oblique Publications P.O. Box 43784 Tucson, AZ USA 85733-3784 Oblaque IV and all previous issues available for US$15 (Overseas: US$15 surface, US$20 air) Make checks payable to Graham Bannister Send SASE for further information. Age statement required with order. Oblaque IV: to be taken intravenously is an amateur publication, copyright April, 1990 by Oblique Publications. All rights reserved.This copyright is not intended to infringe upon nor conflict with other holders of Blake’s 7 copyrights, including Terry Nation and the BBC. No reprints of any type are permitted without express, written permission of the publisher and individual contributors involved. »»«« »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» T A B L E O F I SUFFER… Bittersweet 6 Sebastian Fade to Gray 51 Catocala Witness 66 Jane Baron The Farmer's Wife 72 M. Fae Glasgow II Page …THE SLINGS AND ARROWS… 2 The Other Side of the coin 76 M. Fae Glasgow Sweet the Sin 93 N. T. C. The Fifth Day 101 L. A. Scotian III …OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE The Blink of an Eye 107 Jane Baron The Field of Human Conflict 116 M. Fae Glasgow »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« OBLAQUE IV: to be taken intravenously »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« »»«« »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» C O N T E N T S IV IN A LIGHTER VEIN A Spanking Good Time! 144 A Game of Tag, Part II Caroline Dare On the Tip of His Tongue 149 Cally Donia V ADDICTED TO LOVE Page 3 Mist 157 M. Fae Glasgow Come As You Are 165 Emma Scot VI AND SO IT GOES: THE DOME CYCLE Promises, Promises… 169 M. Fae Glasgow »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« OBLAQUE IV: to be taken intravenously »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« »»«« »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» T O O U R felt compelled to try for a ‘happy ending’ Oblaque = oblique (/) + Blake’s 7 at least one time. And the Glaswegian, oh the Glaswegian. Even when you think Welcome to the fourth issue. something will finally work, will finally Readers who’ve been with us be- turn out right with the happily-ever-after fore may notice that we’ve decreased the ending—then that’s the time to beware, size of our type in this issue. We hope this to expect the unexpected, where the wee will not inconvenience anyone, but it was Scot will take hold of the tale, shake it done of necessity; consider it to be the and give it a perverse twist. consequence of having too much mate- Our usual note on editing. Mis- rial. IV is a bumper issue! takes and ridiculous errors are the fault of Oblaque IV. I.V. To be taken in- the editor, although I’d like to point out travenously. Or as one author put it: what that Sebastian has joined forces with the an erotic phrase in this context. Well, let Glaswegian when it comes to odd spell- us hope so, for Oblaque IV is full of erotic ing and punctuation. The Glaswegian Page scenes. And sex, lots of sex. feels she has to stick up for Sebastian 4 Intravenous. I.V. Pain. Suffering. (What? a Scot sticking up for a Sassen- Hurt/Comfort. Suffer… ach? Has she gone soft from too many Intravenous. I.V. Sliding under years in the Southern California sun?) your skin and into your vein. Things that and notes that their work is merely idio- get under your skin. The itch you can’t syncratic. More likely ‘idiot’-syncratic. scratch. …The Slings and Arrows… And finally, my thanks to the Intravenous. I.V. Blood. Blood- Glaswegian for writing to order, to JF for lines. Ancestry. Heritage. Legacy. For- financial support, and, not least, to LDM, tune. …of Outrageous Fortune. my husband. (And if there are any refer- Intravenous. I.V. Needles. Drugs. ences to ‘great white whangers’ in any Addiction. Addicted to Love. story, please blame him. It is his dearest There is no way ’round it, this is an wish to break into slash writing that unsettling issue, a black issue with more way.) dark than light. Even Jane Baron pref- aced one of her submissions with the Caroline K. Carbis comment that she wholeheartedly be- Editor lieves in a doomed existence for the Blake’s 7 universe, yet she nevertheless »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« OBLAQUE IV: to be taken intravenously »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« »»«« »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» R E A D E R S All right, it’s time for the Glaswe- fun. Not all of the stuff I use in my stories gian to get up on the old soapbox, so hand is my cup of tea—the smell of leather me that ladder, please. There are a couple makes me feel quite nauseous, but you of things I want to comment upon, but I try exploring Avon’s sexuality without shall try to be brief (and keep your sarky bringing leather in at least once (or twice, comments to yourself, Caroline). Just to if he’s being particularly randy…). But reiterate myself, as I am wont to do: this something may be a lovely spot of fun for is fantasy about fictional characters. That the character, or for the reader. And after means, if I need Cally to still be alive at all, isn’t this whole ‘zine about satisfac- a certain point, then, well, hey, funny tion, and not just the emotional sort? how she survived Terminal, isn’t it? If I Plus, I confess, I’m one of the ones who need to change the timing of Star One, love a good hurt/comfort wallow, just as then I change it. If I need to give Vila a long as there’s gallons of juicy sex particular characteristic, then Bob’s your thrown in there for good measure, which uncle, he’s got it. Basically, what I’m explains a lot. I also spend most of my life saying, again, is that for me, these stories being nurturing and supportive and terri- Page are all ‘what if…’ types of thing. For one bly sweet and cheerful, so it’s lovely to 5 story, Blake’s a confirmed homosexual have a place of nastiness that I can enjoy who doesn’t think twice about his being without so much as an ounce of guilt, attracted to a man, yet, in another, he’s because no one gets hurt. Now, one other quite decidedly straight. In one story, little comment: if you think you’re sorry Avon’s a confirmed ‘top’ man, in the Delta Bloody Dome isn’t finished, just next, a fervent ‘bottom’ man. It makes no think how I feel. I’ll give you a hint: the difference whatsoever, for these are not working title was ‘The Megalithic meant to infringe upon reality in any way Bloody Monster”. Well, I will be writing shape or form. In fact, the only connec- more (and more and more) of it, until it’s tion to reality they have is the human finished, and God knows when that will responses the characters have, and as we be, but unfortunately, He’s not telling all well know, human responses run quite me. All I can say is ‘sorry’, for I never for a gamut. And that’s what my stories do. one blessèd second ever intended for this I’m not saying Avon’s gay, nor am I to go on this way, for I, as a reader, hate saying he’s not. But in that particular continuing sagas. Now, mind you, I have story… Well, you get my drift. And as for a bit more sympathy with the poor au- some of the little deviencies I have them thoresses… indulge in… Hey, it’s all good, clean (!) M. Fae Glasgow »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« OBLAQUE IV: to be taken intravenously »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»« BITTERSWEET »»«« SEBASTIAN »«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» I SUFFER… We'd like to think of this as the hurt/comfort section of Oblaque IV. But these fantasies are set in the Blake's 7 universe where comfort is an ephemeral thing so easily twisted and transmuted into pain and suffering. Our authors struggle with the characters, pleading with them to be be happy, but will they pay attention? Does Blake ever listen to anyone? And when has Avon ever done anything anyone ever asked unless it got him precisely what he wanted? Catocala's tale comes closest to what we all yearn for: a happily-ever-after, although both Avon and Vila suffer to get there. Jane Baron's story is poignant, sweet and sad, with apparent comfort firmly fixed on one side and eternal, unrequited love and suffering on the other. Be warned about M. Fae Glasgow's short but nasty piece:it is deliberately vicious and cruel, shocking and not for the sqeamish. And then… Yes, then there is our opening story, Sebastian's emotionally wrenching history of relationships on board the Liberator. The story is a long one; do not, dear reader, rush through the reading of it. Take your time, let the words and sentences, the thoughts and sentiments, the passions and the emotions flow into your soul… BITTERSWEET Page 6 SEBASTIAN VILA RESTAL FELL IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST AND LAST own mind, his sharp tongue saying sweet things, his touch TIME IN HIS LIFE WHEN HE MET THE SUPERIOR ALPHA COMPUTER setting Vila alight. GENIUS CALLED AVON. But of course he knew it would never happen. Being practical, he understood at once that this Not unless he was very, very lucky. was going to be one of the world’s greatest loves doomed It wasn’t very long before Vila realised that Fate, never to be, because although he discerned instantly that in its usual manner of screwing everything up, had again he was exactly what Avon needed, it was also obvious that made a total mismanagement of things.