RoS Fanfic

A fanzine or zine is a collection of fan fiction, poetry, filks (original or adapted songs), artwork, cartoons, etc. created by fans.

The following fanzines are not-for-profit endeavors by fans for fans, and not intended to infringe on the copyrights of HTV, Gatetarn, Goldcrest, Showtime, or Richard Carpenter. This information was compiled by Spirit of Sherwood.

Printed Fanfic

Albion/Apocryphal Albion/Albion Special

Albion (1-13) is the longest running (since 1987!), award-winning Robin of Sherwood zine. The latest issue, Albion 13, appeared in 2005.
Albion Special (1-4) contains award-winning RoS novellas.
Apocryphal Albion (1-7) is an award-winning, "what if" RoS zine.
To order send a SASE to:
Laura Chevening Blunk
1128 Pennfield Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44121
USA
Email: lestel@sbcglobal.net
Submissions for new issues are welcome.

Wildwood

A 1997 award-winning Robin of Sherwood anthology zine, full-color front cover depicting both Robins, Marion, all merries, b/w back cover depicting Guy and the Sheriff, 238 pages, 15 stories, 21 poems and filks, 65 pages with illustrations. For ordering info, write to:
Rache
1245 N. Kings Rd. # 7
West Hollywood, CA 90069
USA
Email: Hedgebeast@aol.com

Lady Wolfshead

Beautiful 1994 zine with stories centering around Marion. Price is US $9 plus US $3 shipping (in the US). To order send a SASE to:
Mick Spencer
117 Kim Acres Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
USA
Email: nspencer@epix.net

Outlaw Tales

A 1995 RoS zine.
c/o Cindy Barwin & Kitty Gamarra
8500 Ashton Avenue
Inver Grove Heigts, MN 55075
USA
Email: CJBarwin@aol.com

Oaken Heart

A 1993 award-winning RoS zine that covers all the seasons and characters of the show. It's available for US $12.00 first class from (SASE for other details):
P.L. Heyes
928 W. Thomas Street
Rome, NY 13440
USA

Loxley

Beautiful 1990/1991/1992 zine (issues 1, 2 & 3) with stories centering around Loxley. To order send SASE to:
Kate Raymond
P.O. Box 516
Midlothian, IL 60445
USA
Email: KateMorn13@aol.com

Turn of the Wheel

Good general 1992 RoS 'zine plus shared-universe RoS stories. To order send a SASE to:
MaryAnn McKinnon
P.O. 216 Blunk Avenue
Plymouth, MI 48170
USA
Email: MaryAnnMc@aol.com
Turn of the Wheel 2 is expected to come out in 2005.

Celtic Oak

A 1996 RoS zine.
Lisa Morrissey
3503 4th Street
Des Moines, IA 50313
USA
Email: LisaRosa@aol.com

Saxon Chronicles

Saxon Chronicles focuses on the Anglo-Saxon heritage with stories which feature Saxon magical/mystical elements, illustrate the conflict between Saxon and Norman, etc. They currently have 3 volumes available:
  1. Saxon Chronicles #1 - 1996
  2. Scirwude (Saxon Chronicles #2) - 1998
  3. Travellers Tales (multimedia, many crossovers, several RoS stories) - 1998
Saxon Chronicles #3, Yngland's Boc, was to appear in 2003.

For the UK and Europe, SC 1 & 2 cost £16.50 each and TT cost £17.00 (including postage, padded envelope & recorded delivery). Order from:

Louise Bath
19 Hilston Ave.
Halesowen, West Midlands
England B63 4BT
E-mail: louiseaquaesulis@supanet.com
WWW: Saxon Chronicles
For North America the zines are available from their agent, Agent With Style.
Submissions for further zines are welcome, guidelines are available.

The Mystic Forest

This is a 1999 zine dealing with the magical and mystical aspects of Robin of Sherwood. For pricing and ordering information please contact Aislinn at:
The Mystic Forest
c/o Aislinn
P.0. Box 94009
Toronto, Ontario
M4N 2L0
Canada
E-mail: edvall@pgr.auracom.com (Darlene) or poetgirlpurple@yahoo.com (Aislinn)

Tales of Sherwood Forest

This is a regular RoS zine, started in November 2000. Membership covering three issues a year costs:
Europe : £ 10.00 - $ 18.00 - Euro 15.00
Rest of the world : £ 15.00 - $ 26.00 - Euro 22.00
The latest issue is #21 (September 2007).
Ms. Anne-Marie Caluwaert
Hallaarstraat 60
B-2222 Itegem
Belgium
Phone or fax : +3215248372
or
Mr. Eric De Bock
Jezuietenlaan 36
B-2610 Antwerp
Belgium
Phone : +3238279526
E-mail: talessherwoodforest@mail.be
WWW: Tales of Sherwood Forest
Submissions are welcome in any format. Anything is welcome ... articles, letters, fan fiction, artwork, reviews, queries and adverts ... Deadline for contributions to issue 22 is the 15th December 2007.

Nothing's Forgotten

This is a new zine that Rolf Granlund is doing. It was supposed to be debuting in 2005, but the birth of Rolf's son has delayed it - the target is now Fall 2006. The deadline for submissions has passed but the information address is:
Rolf Granlund
Hooded Man Press
5545 Yarmouth Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43623
USA
E-mail:
rolf_granlund@hotmail.com

Legend, Saxon Chronicles, Legends of the Greenwood, Tree of Life, Sherwood Legacy, Forbidden Forest, Silver Arrow, In the Shadow of the Wheel, Robin of Loxley: The Missing Years, Robin of Sherwood: The Early Years, etc.

Legend 1-6 (Janet P. Reedman): long-running, award-winning general 'zine.
Saxon Chronicles: see above.
Legends of the Greenwood (Joanne Vitek): nice, general RoS 'zine.
Tree of Life 1-4 (Todd Parish): very good general RoS 'zine.
Sherwood Legacy 1-3 (Kitty Gamarra & Cindy Barwin): RoS shared universe/novella/anthology.
Forbidden Forest 1-3 (Kitty Gamarra & Jan Fennick): popular adult 'zine.
Silver Arrow 1-6 (Julie Phipps): long-running, British RoS zine.
In the Shadow of the Wheel, Vol 1 & 2 (Jenni, Cindy Fairbanks & P.L. Kennedy): classic, fan-written RoS novels.
Robin of Loxley: The Missing Years (Sharon Wells): adult, fan-written novel.
Robin of Sherwood: The Early Years (Sharon Wells): general RoS anthology.
New Leaf Productions
Peg Kennedy & Linda Knights
413B 19th Street
Suite 121
Lynden, WA 98264
USA

Albion 13, Jewel of Sherwood, The Sacrificial King, The Lady of Sherwood, Saxon Chronicles, Shadow Twin, The Siege of Huntingdon, Tales from Sherwood

Albion 13: see above.
Jewel of Sherwood (Mary Beth Edwards): slash story.
The Sacrificial King: general RoS 'zine around concept of the King who lives and dies for his land.
The Siege of Huntingdon (Kathryn Pepmiller Connery): general RoS story.
The Lady of Sherwood (Kathryn Pepmiller Connery): sequel to 'The Siege of Huntingdon'.
Saxon Chronicles: see above.
Shadow Twin (Linda Frankel) : slash novella.
Tales from Sherwood: general RoS 'zine.
Agent With Style
9821 Hawkins Creamery Road
Damascus, MD 20872-2339
USA
WWW: Agent with Style - Robin of Sherwood zines
The Saxon Chronicles Website has contents listings for some of the 1989 RoS zines (Albion 3, Albion Special 1, Apocryphal Albion 1, In the Shadow of the Wheel Vol. 1, Legend 1, Who's Blake's III, and Who's Blake's 4) and the 1991 RoS zines (Albion 5 and Apocryphal Albion 3).

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Last updated Thu 1 May 2008