Quantum Leap Zine List - Newsletters, Fanzines and Clubs compiled by Mary Anne Espenshade, update for 6/97 for more information contact mae@aplexus.jhuapl.edu (an html version can be linked at http://www.inwap.com/u/mae/ for anyone setting up a QL www page) * new information since last update Newsletters/Letterzines: -- Quantum Quarterly c/o Jim Rondeau 1853 Fallbrook Ave. San Jose, CA 95130 Newsletter, issues are $1.50 each, $6.00 for a 4 issue subscription. Jim took over editing duties starting around issue 20. Make checks payable to Jim Rondeau, indicate which issue you want your subscription to start with. Winner of the 1992 Fan Q Award for best QL newsletter. Currently (6/97) up to issue 30. Jim is also doing a fiction zine: * Snap! Crackle! Leap!, $20 ($25 overseas), available 5/97 and publishes zines for others: Chain Reactions, edited by Miriam Ferziger, $10 beautiful cover, all submissions through the Internet. The Return - 96pp, $8, 2/95 post-Mirror Image novelette by Barbara Walton, with cover by <=minds-i-view=> LeapTrek ($8) - The very popular cross universe stories by Katriena Knights, previously seen on alt.startrek.creative. -- Catherine Woldow Reprints are available from Jim Rondeau The Imaging Chamber was a quarterly letterzine, 1-5 $1.50/issue, 6-10 $4.50/issue (it's grew by _leaps_ and bounds!). Ended publication with #11, $3. She's also done a fiction zine: "Accelerator Accidents" -- The Leaper's Journal 4207 Sherbrook Drive Jackson, MS 39212 Debbie Kyzer is starting a new letter/opinion zine, announced 1/95. Planning quarterly or bimonthly publication. -- Leapin' In Linda Cooksey 304 Bluff St. Crawfordsville, IN 47933-1232 Monthly newsletter, single sheet, articles and announcements. Ended publication with #24 -- Quantum What? Constance Avino 1021 S. Elgin Forest Park, IL 60130 A cross between a newletter and a letter zine, lots of episode commentary. Won a Fan Q honorable mention in 1993, Best QL non-fiction. Ended publication with #15, remaining copies available from Jim Rondeau - #4, 10, 11, 13, 14 @ $2.50 each, #15 $6 (as of 5/95) -- Quantum Quest Ms H. C. Broadribb 5 Sandfield Road Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 8AW A British QL letterzine, up to issue 4 in 8/93 --- Fiction Zines (Published): -- Regenia Marracino Squiggle Press P.O. Box 696 Lewisville, AR 71845 Dare to Dance the Tide, a novel by Regenia Marracino and Carlotta Vaughn, 374pp, $26. They're also writing a sequel to Necessary Roughness. -- Lucy Green MacWombat Press 2500 Jackson-Keller, Apt. 601 San Antonio, TX 78230 Different Drummer, digest size zine, 76pp., 5 stories Impossible Dreams, digest size zine, 76pp., 4 stories all cross universe stories, each volume $8 (US), $9 (Canada), $11 (other) -- Carol Davis 1251 S. Wellesley Ave. #203 Los Angeles, CA 90025 A Dozen Points in Time - Carol writes all the stories herself for this one, the stories are constructed to be read in order. These are all now (7/96) out of print. #1 ($15) 256pp #2 ($15) 280pp, 8/93 #3 ($15) 207pp, 2/94 #4 ($15) 215pp, 12/94 #5 ($20) 111pp, 12/95 * #6, to be published summer '97, SASE for price plus some special topic zines: A Fork in the Road, sequel to "Mirror Image", 8/93, 285pp., $15 Heartstories, romantic QL stories - age statement required #1 ($12) 9/94, 106pp, no art #2 ($12) 5/95, 108pp, sold out, planning to reprint in 2/96 #3 accepting submissions, SASE for guidelines. -- Cathy Madden Unpretentious Press 14126 Sherman Way #518 Van Nuys, CA 91405 Even Heroes Are Human, $13(US), $16(overseas), novel sequel to the trilogy -- H. Ann Walton Queen's Press 4003 Old Hearne Rd. Bryan, TX 77803-0635 Faces of Clay, $12.90, 100pp. cross universe novel - QL/Crime Story/with a little Twin Peaks thrown in - very nice. As Time Goes Bye ("That's 'by' Sam." "But, Al, time is always saying 'bye' to me") #1 ($12.90) 108pp, 3/92 #2 ($28) 280pp, 3/93, huge! #3 ($12) 92pp, 3/94, the last issue -- Rebecca Smathers 7307 Haskell Avenue #2 Van Nuys, CA 91406 Fate's Wide Wheel #1 ($18) 8/94 #2 Burning Memories ($18) 1/95 #3 ($20) 7/95, 200pp, color cover #4 planned for spring '96 -- Mark R. Dalpes 11210 W. 60th Ave. Arvada, CO 80004 Friends in Time - crossover zine Mark's Leaps - the author becomes a leaper I've never seen these and don't know anything more about them. -- Mystery Frank (Mysti) 1906 Alto Vista Ave. Baltimore, MD 21207-5242 email: m.frank7@genie.com Green Eggs and Ham, another excellent zine from Mysti, one of my top 3 choices. Lately she seems to be putting these out in clusters! 1 ($18.90) 115pp 2 ($21.90) 3 ($23.90) 235pp, 5/93 4 ($22.90) 202pp, 5/94 5 ($22.90) 194pp, 5/94 6 ($23) 154pp, 5/95 7 ($23) 173pp, 5/95 (6+7 incorporated stories from the cancelled zine "Welcome to the Next Level") 8 ($20) 160pp, 5/96 9 ($20) 160pp, 5/96 10 ($23) 200pp, 5/96, "Palm Reader", a novel by L. Elizabeth Storm * 11 5/97 12+13 already planned as well Mysti also publishes several QL slash zines. -- Lori Grenci HAWL Press PO Box 36812 Canton, Ohio 44735 email: dana6@ix.netcom.com Having a Wonderful Leap 1 ($15) 190pp, 3/96 - 4 stories, including an X-Files crossover, digest size, spiral bound 2 ($15) still accepting submissions "a collection of erotic QL stories, all rated NC-17 and containing explicit sexual content." Age statement required. Email Lori for a flyer describing the zine and stories in more detail or see their WWW page at . -- Martin Enterprises PO Box 7669 McLean, VA 22106-7669 In Another Life, Pt 1, $14.95 + $3 US, $4 Canada postage Pt 2, due 10/91 (?) Yet Another QL/BatB cross (though Sam leaps into someone other than Vincent for a change), primarily a BatB zine, just needs Sam to set up the revised universe -- Jennifer Adams Kelley 748 Dodge Ave. Evanston, IL 60202 I've Leaped & I Can't Get Up, 100pp, 5/93 I've Leaped & I Can't Get Up Again, 85pp, 5/94 silly leaps and cross-overs #3 - I've Leaped and I Still Can't Get Up, is planned -- Joyce Muskat 3203 Summertime Lane Culver City, CA 90230 The Janus Factor, 252pp, $21 + postage cross universe zine novel with "The Real Ghostbusters", by Cindy Rancourt -- Sharon Reynolds 330 E. 288th Street Willowick, OH 4409 195 A Leap To Late, $30.90 (includes postage), 250pp. As you may be able to guess from the grammatical error in the title (and every place else that "too" should have been used in the entire zine), this is not worth this price. #2: The Sands of Time ($32), 250pp. -- Kim Round CJR Press 733 Turnpike St., Suite 117 North Andover, MA 01845 Leaping In With A Net #1 ($18.90) 2/94, 180pp. #2 ($19) 10/94, 180pp. Prodigy Leapers stories, available from Peg Kennedy #3 ($16) ?/95, 130pp. Genie Leapers stories, available from Gillian Eldridge Kim also has a QL zine novel coming out in 5/95 - Dead Reckoning, send her a SASE for more information -- Lorraine Bartlett 435 McCall Rd Rochester, NY 14616-5248 Leaping to Conclusions, $7, 110pp. a one-shot, wonderful covers, good stories -- C-Zine c/o Jennifer Bohn 4471 Darrell Drive Bloomington, IN 47403-9308 Leaps and Fishes I: To Write What Once Went Wrong $15, 99pp A new zine from the Internet group "The C-Leapers" came out in August 1996. A collection of stories, poems and artwork by members of the group, it currently includes serious and humerous leaps, plus a waiting room story. Email the co-editors Julie Jakel (jj1152@mcis.messiah.edu) or Jenni Bohn (c-leaper@bluemarble.net) for more information. -- Cheryl Bellucci c/o Newsletters To Go PO Box 340058 Dayton, OH 45434-0058 Tracy Finifter 56 Sicard St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901 For more information you can contact Tracy by email at finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu Leaps Unbound #1, $20, 190pp., available 4/94, color cover by <=minds-i-view=> Usenet folks Cheryl, Tracy and Gina Goff put this one together, they are now working on #2, for spring '95. -- Michael Ruff - Ruff and Ready Press 1776 Scottsville-Mumford Rd. Scottsville, NY 14546 Look Before You Leap, order from Peg Kennedy #1, $14.50, 130pp. #2, $16.50, 140pp. #3, $14.50, 110pp. 5/93 #4, $17.50, 172pp. 5/94 #5, $15, 118pp. 5/95, Kate Nuernberg cover of Sam and his dad. #6, $20, 246pp. 5/96, a novel, "Rosemary for Remembrance" by Michele Plourde-Barker, cover by Kate Nuernberg -- Julie Barrett Threadneedle Press P.O. Box 940012 Plano, TX 75094-0012 email - barrett@iadfw.net A Matter of Time - if you want to try a zine, this is one of the top ones to get. #1, $14, 130pp, wonderful cover, excellent stories #2, $14, 120pp, another nice cover, more fine stories, recycling tips #3, $14 #4, $14, 115pp, 10/93 #5, $14, 104pp, 12/94 - 3D trick cover Future issues are on hold while Julie writes a QL novel. Quantum Chain, #1 and #2 digest-size "chain" stories - out of print The Hologram - a zine review and ad quarterly, $2/issue or $8/year subscription Julie took this over starting with issue #5. 1-4 were published by the Project Quantum Leap club and are available from Peg Kennedy In addition to zines, Julie has QL buttons, T-shirts and stickers for sale, SASE or email for her catalog. -- Lorraine Anderson P.O. Box 463 Three Rivers, MI 49093 email: rainera@juno.com More Misadventures, 175pp. - $11 from Peg Kennedy More Misadventures Lite, 7/95, 42pp. $5.75 -- Sandy Hall 2014 Oakpoint Court Columbia, MO 65203 Oh Boy! - another of my favorite zines! Edited by Sandy Hall (shall02@mail.coin.missouri.edu) and Sharon Wisdom (gwisdom@nemonet.com). #1, $17 #2, $22, 236pp #3, $22, 250pp #4, $31, 520pp - HUGE novel "Love and Glory" #5, $19, 226pp, "The Unseen Season", 5/94 * #6, $18.50, 5/97 -- Peg Kennedy + Linda Knights New Leaf Productions 413B 19th St, Suite 121 Lynden, WA 98264 These folks distribute LOTS of zines and edit some themselves. SASE for postage rates. They now also have email and you can get an electronic version of their catalog. firefox@nas.com - Peg or lknight@nas.com - Linda Quantum Mechanics, edited by Peg #1, $17, 200 pages #2, $16 4th class, (+ $1.50 for first) #3, $8, 64pp, 5/96, nice cover, more Nola Frame-Gray cartoons. Adventures in Slime and Time - Ghostbusters and QL (!) #1 ($14), Three Ghostbusters stories, two QL and one that combines the two and throws in Shadow Chasers for a little variety. #2 ($14), Two QL stories and three Ghostbusters stories. #3-5 - these issues are just GB stories, no QL Best of Two Worlds ($5.50) novel sequel to "Second Circle" in Oh Boy #1. Sam has returned from leaping and decides to take a vacation a get a PhD in Literature. (This came out in May '91, so it does not include later revelations) Beyond the Mirror ($13) post MI novel by Gail J. Christison, 176pp. Continuum ($17.50) five stories by Taerie Bryant, 152pp. Chain Reaction ($12.50) collection of chained together stories, 230pp. Choices - The Devil His Due ($16) an "interactive" story by Linda Knights Interesting idea, but some flaws in the execution, some of the pointers don't match up and one section is circular. Heart Leaps ($13) A collection of four long stories by Gail J. Christison. 114pp with a <=minds-i-view=> cover. Leap Into Knight ($5.50) - also by Sandy, a QL/Forever Knight story Mirror Image - Real Ghostbusters and QL novel by Sheila Paulson, hopefully available by the end of 1996. Marty Siegrist is doing the cover. Paradox (formerly Two Doctors in Time), 146pp. $13 compilation and revision of a 7th Doctor story serialized in TARDIS Time Lore. Who Was that Masked Man ($7) An actor's concordance, for QL. -- Alvyren Press Mary Jean Holmes current address unknown Outatime - a QL/Back to the Future novel by J. Robert Holmes, Mary Jean Holmes and Mary Wood, 84pp, 1991 -- Kay Simon Penreddy Publishing P.O. Box 460658 Aurora, CO 80046-0658 Out of the Blue, $14, 104pp. Nice adventure stories, all original universes, some poetry, not illustrated. -- Sheila Paulson Out of the Frying Pan, 5/91 available from Peg Kennedy, $11. Sheila is a long-time writer, but this is her first zine, wonderful issue, one of my top 3 QL zines. Definitely an Al issue. -- Kate Nuernberg 441 Windy Ridge Rd. Front Royal, VA 22630 Play It Again #1 - Very nice, somewhat darker in tone, $13 + $3 postage, 152pp. #2 - this sucker is HUGE, over 350 pages, $28 + $4 postage. #3 - big, but not as big as #2, $18 in person, $21 by mail #4 - 210pp, $16 in person, $19 by mail, 5/94 #5 - $17 in person, $20 by mail, 1/95, great cover #6 - two novellas, Shakedown by Pat Poole and An Innocent Man by Kate Nuernberg. planned for '96, not taking other submissions at this time. -- Darlene Fisher Ann Teitelbaum Almost Foolproof Press/Starlite Press P.O. Box 2455 Danville, CA 94526 QL+ ..., #1 is $7.50, 67pp. unillustrated Sam's Run - Sam in Logan's Run (movie version) not worth getting these are both out of print now -- Lee Kirkland 19211 E. Scott Place Denver, CO 80249 Quantum Beast - All's Well that Ends Well QB - "The Waiting Room", a "sequel", the concurrent events in 1995 -- Dapplewood Press Sharon Wells P. O. Box 9907 N. Hollywood CA 91609-9907 Sharon is doing another series- Sam Beckett - Man About Time #1 Quantum Jones: The Search for the Golden Doors ($12 + 3 postage) #2 Star Leap ($14 + 3) #3 Double O Sam, planned for fall '92 (?) -- Quantum Mechanics, 6 stories by Jessica Farrow, $12.95, 62pp. (probably out of print, current address unknown) -- Rosita Rodriguez 11669 Valerio st. #202 N. Hollywood, CA 91605 Sands of Time, $10, a single story -- Freedom of the Press Shari Ramseur 1257 Magnolia Ave. San Carlos, CA 94070 Shattered, 142pp, $14 alternate Shock Theatre ending, novel Fear No Evil, $20 a Mirror Image sequel, May 1994 R-rated, sounds overly violent for QL to me (order both for $31) -- Nanci Casad P.O. Box 49 Savoy, IL 61874 Standing on the Edge of Time, $15, 125pp, 4/93 Standing on the Edge of Time #2, $16, 138pp, 4/94 currently taking submissions for #3 Nanci also has collections of articles and reviews, $14.00 each by mail: The QL, Scott and Dean Scrapbook #1, 104pp The QL, Scott and Dean Scrapbook #2, 126pp The QL, Scott and Dean Scrapbook #3, 116pp The QL, Scott and Dean Scrapbook #4, 130pp The Dean Stockwell Scrapbook, 1944-1993 Career, 117pp -- Bruce R. Jividen 725 West 2125 South Woods Cross, UT 84087-1710 Starcrossed - A Starman series cross-universe zine, with lots of QL. This started out as a Starman/QL project. The editors later widened it to anything crossed with Starman, but Sam leaps into every character and even a network executive. #1, $18, going to second printing 2/95 -- Mary Bloemker 16 Tammera Trail Birmingham, AL 35215-4028 email: MDBloemker@worldnet.att.net Temporal Times Mary Bloemker has a mixed media time travel zine that includes QL, Doctor Who and Voyagers! and has lots of cross universe stories. #1, 2 QL stories #2, 3 QL stories, one crossed with Nick Knight (original 1989 pilot that became Forever Knight, but has substantial differences). #3, $9, 5/96 - three QL cross universe stories, two with Real Ghostbusters and one with Shadow Chasers (sounds like too many ghosts for Al!), and a Voyagers! story. #4, taking submissions, with publication planned for 5/97. -- Susan M. Garrett Penguin Press 14B Terrace Ct. Toms River, NJ 08753 Temporary Difficulties Beyond Our Control... Please Stand By July 26, 1979 Now out of print. digest size, single story zine, written by Susan, lovely wraparound cover by Ann Larimer -- Gillian Eldridge 175 Lakeside Boulevard #15-224 Landing, NJ 07850 g.eldridge1@genie.geis.com The Thrill of the Leap #1 - $21, available 10/94, 192pp. #2 - taking submissions Age Statement Required - Straight Adult stories based on Scott's characters in QL, MB, NR, E+L -- Elizabeth Hlabse 4869 Columbia Rd. #202 N. Olmsted, OH 44070 Time and Space Can be a Bitch, 10/1/95, $10 (checks to Beth Hlabse), 65pp. cover by Kate Nuernberg, art by from Beth Hlabse, eah4@po.CWRU.Edu: Terri Librande and I are going to put out a one shot zine--dedicated to Dennis Wolfberg. It is going to contain stories, poems, artwork, etc. focusing on Gooshie. BTW, if there's any profit made, we're going to donate it to Dennis's charities. -- Roxanne Shearer Koogler Rt. 2 Box 179 Fairfield VA 24435 Time Knight, $15 + postage ($1.25 book rate, $2.90 1st class) -- Ann Wasserman 806 Oakton Evanston, IL 60202 or Linda Sibio 6353 N. Wayne Chicago, IL 60660 The Totally Amateur, Completely Unauthorized, Unabashedly Hormonally-Driven, Ultimate Fan Guide to Quantum Leap With a title like that, it sounds promising! Here's what their posting has to say: Article: 24084 of rec.arts.sf.tv From: richard655@aol.com (Richard655) Subject: QL Episode Guide Date: 2 Apr 1994 16:49:03 -0500 A friend and I are putting together a QL episode Guide. It consists of ten segments, each bound seperately. The first covers the first season, the next eight cover seasons two - five broken into two parts each. The tenth will have in-depth crew listings, episodes listed by various formats, threads found running throughout the series and more. Each episode has an eight page (more or less) synopisis, cast listing, air and leap date, who Sam leaps into, and other vital information such as what Al is wearing, good lines, and whether or not there is a kissing scene. The Guide is called - "The Totally Amateur, Completely Unauthorized. Unabashedly Hormonally-driven, Ultimate Fan Guide to Quantum Leap." Each section costs $12.00. If interested, send $2.00 for a sample episode to Madness Takes Its Toll - 806 Oakton - Evanston, IL - 60202. -- Melissa Wilson/Joseph Young 10675 Mathieson St. San Diego, CA 92129 With Every Quantum Leap and Bound delayed due to moving and computer problems --- AAA Press 5 Sandfield Rd. Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 8AW Past Imperfect, digest size, 80pp, 1/94, lovely art by Joan Jobson, $7(US - cash) Present Tense, digest size, 80pp, $8(US - cash) A Question of Charity (novel), mid 1994, out of print --- Zines (Planned): Mary A. Schmidt 1915 Greenway Cross #8 Madison, WI 53713-3036 Bohemian Rhapsody - roles of Scott Bakula, planned for 5/96, -- M. I. Akhtar Flat 3 7 Freeland Rd Ealing, W5 3HR UK Quantum Tales - looking for submissions as of 5/96. -- Stacie Morano 5 Red Oak Dr. Palermo, NJ 08230 Quantum Treks - a QL/Trek combination, completing #1, accepting submissions for #2 --- Clubs: Project Quantum Leap c/o Margaret Colchin 8716 Dunaire Dr. Knoxville, Tennessee 37923 $17/year (US), $19 Canada, $25 overseas, newsletter- The Observer #1-10 -- Quantum League James McNair 19 Millburn Dr. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9B 2W8 $15/year, newsletter- The Newsleaguer, meets monthly -- The Quantum Leap, Scott and Dean Fan Club PO Box 28 Mount Gravatt East QLD 4122, Australia $19US/year (convert to Australian Dollars in an international money order mad out to Lynette Clifford) --- T-shirts from (unfortunately) Creation: Creation 145 Jericho Turnpike Mineola, MY 11501 3 designs, black T-shirt with the logo in pink or blue, a white T-shirt with a picture in blue and green of Sam and Al and scenes from different years like in the opening credits, a white T-shirt with a picture of Sam in orange and red. Price each - $13.98 + $2.00 postage. Creation also has mugs and buttons with QL pictures. -- Ashton Press Ann Wortham 1402 Allison Ave. Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 T-shirt with art by Leah Rosenthal (zine illustrator, co-author of Bizarro and regular cartoonist in Starlog), "Who's Sam This Time?" (Sam as the fourth Doctor), $14, XXL $16, loads of colors (I got bright orange), write to Ann for details. Also a tote bag with the same picture, $13. -- Innovation Corp. 3622 Jacob St. Wheeling, WV 26003 (this is probably no longer valid) The QL comic book #1 reprinted with convention '92 articles and pictures. Innovation folded late in 1993, so the comic only went 13 issues, you'll have to look for them in comic specialty stores. Another comic book company, Acclaim, has announced that it will be doing a new QL comic book starting 12/96. -- Poison Pen Press 627 East 8th St. Brooklyn, NY 11218 1993 QL calendar, $10.95 + $2 postage Buttons: -- Joni Maroon RR #7 Box 7430 Swartz Road Moscow, PA 18444 Joni has many different photo buttons made from pictures taken at the QL Conventions. Buttons are $1.25 each plus $1 postage for each 5 buttons. Send a SASE for a flyer of the pictures to choose from. There are lots of pictures of Scott and Dean plus ones of the writers, Don and Deborah, guest stars, and Dean's star on Hollywood Blvd. 1994 - At MediaWestCon, Joni was taking orders for a T-shirt with a wonderful photo of Scott on the front. She took the picture at Quantum Con '94. -- Sherlock 7359 Canterfield San Antonio, TX 78240-3108 Fan artist Sherlock has 59 QL designs done as magnets, buttons or with Velcro backs. They are hand made (in color) and individually priced, between $3 and $6, so send a SASE with .52 postage on it for a picture catalog.