Hello,
and welcome once again to Avalon Mists!
First
off, for the sake of any new readers, allow me to introduce myself. I am
Christine Morgan,
devoted fan of Gargoyles since the very first preview I ever saw
(on the Nightmare Before Christmas video, as it
happens).
I have
an astoundingly large collection of merchandise and an equally astoundingly
large collection of fanfic -- 50 stories in my own continuous
saga, which has no name
but should -- suggestions, anyone?
I've
been fortunate enough to attend both previous Gargoyles conventions, the
Gatherings 1998 and 1998 in New York, and will be attending
the next one in 1999, the
Gargoyles
World Tour in Dallas, Texas. Hope to see you there!
This
marks over a full year for me as editor of Avalon Mists, and I wanted to
take the
opportunity to thank everyone who has made it possible.
The writers and artists, of course,
for contributing the material that gives us something
to read and look at, the webmasters
who host the site, the brave souls who handled this job
before me, and my husband Tim
for helping me figure out all this HTML stuff.
And, as always,
the biggest thank-you goes to Greg Weisman and his staff, who created
this darkly beautiful world of Gargoyles that brought
us fans together.
In this
issue, you will find several holiday-themed stories, filks, and pics. You
will also
find proof of how the season rushed up on me this year
with the speed of a pouncing Demona
-- I took the lazy way out and simply posted links to
some features because the authors had
already done such a nice job and such hard work.
So, three
cheers for the lazy way! This has given me some extra time to catch up
on other
things, like baking, shopping, cleaning, wrapping ...
and to top it all off, I went and promised
that I would have my 51st story done before Christmas.
Hopefully, I will be able to keep that
promise.
The
next issue of Avalon Mists will come out at the beginning of March. This
time, I'm
setting the deadline a little sooner to give contributors
less time and me more ; ) Therefore, all
submissions should be e-mailed to me by Wednesday, February
24, 1999, for inclusion in
the Spring issue. My e-mail is vecna@eskimo.com
or talopea@hotmail.com
Submissions need to be:
G-rated
(occasionally pushing the envelope to PG is okay, but watch it with profanity,
nudity, sex, or graphic violence).
Involving
Gargoyles, either the actual characters from the show or fanfic. In the
cases
of fanfic, someone else's characters must not be used
without permission of that person.
Submissions should be:
Well-written
(adequate spelling and grammar).
Interesting;
be it funny, tragic, suspenseful, or romantic.
Submissions can be:
In either
.txt or HTML form for stories
Preferably
.jpg for artwork
Snail-mailed
for those who don't have a scanner; e-mail me for more details.
For those new to Avalon Mists, there are a few things that could be explained:
What, for instance, is Party on Avalon?
That
one is my fault. In my story Whirlwind, Coyote the Trickster told
Beth Maza
about a party that the Children of Oberon were throwing
on Avalon. The theme of the
party was BYOM, Bring Your Own Mortal. I never detailed
this party in my stories,
and opened it up to give everybody a chance. Each Child
of Oberon was supposed to
bring a mortal. The party is still going on; new stories
are always welcome but writers
should check those that have come before them to make
sure they don't double-book the
Children (and the more people who get in on this, the
longer I can put off writing my part
of it <g>)
What about TGC Rewrites?
I think
this project is dead in the water. A while back, several authors got together
and decided to take the "official" description of each
The Goliath Chronicles episode
off the Buena Vista site and rewrite them as we felt
they should have been. Each of us
volunteered for one. But for various reasons, only three
or four were ever completed. Any
writer interested in tackling a remaining episode is
cheerfully invited to do so! Just check
previous issues to see what's already been done.
What is Fanfic Debut?
This
is a place for new authors, either new to the fandom or new to writing
in general,
to showcase their work and get exposure and feedback.
What kinds of submissions does Avalon Mists want?
Artwork
-- of show or original characters.
Poems,
songs or filks
Jokes
/ humor
Fanfic
and/or crossovers
Essays
on themes relating to the Gargoyles universe
Character
Spotlights -- fanfic characters, usually; includes a description, background,
personality profile, pictures, list of story appearances,
etc.
Game-related
material -- for roleplaying games, collectible card games, etc.
Artwork
-- did I say that already? The more pics, the better!
Thanks for
reading! Feedback is always welcome. In the case of some authors who
prefer not to put their e-mail addresses on their articles,
send feedback to me at
vecna@eskimo.com
and I will forward it along.
Season's Greetings
to all!