Joyce says:
Some of these stories appeared in various zines and some are available online. However, the Lovett stories are NOT available online. To read her excellent stories --and I cannot praise her high enough--you have to buy a print zine and one is still in print.
Top gen stories (max of one per writer, otherwise there would be five Suzan Lovett stories on the list):
| 1. | The Road to Hell | Suzan Lovett | The Road to Hell | |
| 2. | Game of Humanity | Sheila Paulson | Probability Square (and also the sequel which is The Dreamers in Blake's Doubles 4) | |
| 3. | What Are Legend | Linda Terrell | Something Unfriendly This Way Comes 1 | Read The Story |
| 4. | Double Duel | Catherine Salmon | Evasive Maneuvers (This zine is gen, adult, and slash but Double Duel is definitely a gen story) | |
| 5. | Dupe | Marian Mendez | Pressure Point | Read The Story |
| 6. | Locus | Rebecca Ann Brothers | Zen and the Art of Rebellion 2 | Read The Story |
| 7. | Rebel Quartet | Judith Proctor | Avon newsletter 73 | Read The Story |
| 8. | Throwing It All Away | Leah Rosenthal and Ann Wortham | Southern Seven 1 | |
| 9. | Duel, or, The Folly of Madness | Margaret Scroggs | Horizon 17 | |
| 10. | The Thirteenth Hour | xBryn Lantry | Rites of Passage |
| 11. | Rememebr Me | Pat Fenech | Rites of Passage | |
| 12. | Dante's Madness | Linda Knights | Questions of the Past |
| 1. | In Porphyry | xBryn Lantry | Touched 7 B/A | |
| 2. | The Chosen | Delaven and K.N.S. | Forbidden Zine 2--B/A | |
| 3. | Between the Pages of a Look | Calico | Forbidden Zone 2--B/A | |
| 4. | Careless Whispers | S. Lewis | Careless Whispers B/A (And in my defense at calling this a story, when you print it out from Judith Proctor's website, it is only 31 pages. So even though it was presented originally in novel or novella form as a standalone, it is really just a long short story.) | Read The Story |
| 5. | Fugue 1 & 2, 3 | Jane Baron | Paean to Priapus 1, 2 --B/A (Even though in two zines, this is really just one story.) | |
| 6. | On the Edge | Sylvia Knight | Resistance 3 B/A (This is really the 3rd story of three stories and it would be good to read all three. But since I'm just picking one story per writer, this is the best of them all. The other two stories in order are Descending Horizon--Resistance 2--B/A and A Friend in Need--Resistance 3--B/V.) | |
| 7. | Snake Pit | Catherine | Songs of Experience--B/A | |
| 8. | B/A/Ts | Riley Cannon | Songs of Experience--B/A/T (The T stands for Tarrant, not Travis.) | Read The Story |
| 9. | Blood Ties | Willa Shakespeare | Fire and Ice 5 --B/A | |
| 10. | Wilderness | Tara | Red Rose 1--B/A |
And these three could just as easily be in the top ten on any other given day
| 11. | Interjunction | Sebastian | Blake's 7: The Other Side 3 --B/A | |
| 12. | Nearly Beloved/Rogue | London Bates | Southern Lights Special 2.5--B/A | |
| 13. | Beyond Trust | Linnadel Cameron | Southern Comfort 9.5--B/T |
In my listing I have left out some favorite writers. I really do love Paula and Natasha Solten. The zine BEFORE AND AFTER has several stories in it I really like, and none of them have made it here. I like many of the stories in the FIRE AND ICE series which now numbers 6 issues. And I love AVON CALLING 3, SONGS OF INNOCENCE, SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, EVASIVE MANEUVERS, LIBERATOR FANTASIES, LIBERATOR DREAMS, and the BIG B7 ZINE. My all time favorite slash zine is FORBIDDEN ZONE 2 which contains two of my favorite stories that I constantly reread.
Right now, I really couldn't pick a number one. But if forced, I guess I would pick "In Porphyry." xBryn Lantry is a unique writer. This was one of the first stories I ever read by her and it has made a lasting impression on me. I've even memorized some of the lines. And for someone with my poor memory, that is a great tribute.
Last updated on 21st of December 2007.