Here With You [zine]

COVER ART by Enednoviel

HERE WITH YOU is published by Over the Rainbow Productions, ÓMay 2010. This zine was created as a tribute to Kaye Austen Michaels for her contributions to Starsky & Hutch fandom.

THIS IS A MIXED ZINE and contains both gen and slash stories. Since this zine contains adult material, it will not be knowingly sold to anyone under 18. This is an amateur publication created for entertainment only. There is no intent to infringe on any rights held by any holders of rights to Starsky & Hutch.

EDITED AND PROOFED by Laura McEwan. Any extraneous errors are hers.

OVER THE RAINBOW PRODUCTIONS

c/o Laura McEwan
padawan_laura@yahoo.com

Oh, I am what I am, I’ll do what I want,
but I can’t hide.
I won’t go, I won’t sleep, I can’t breathe,
until you’re resting here with me,
I won’t leave, I can’t hide, I cannot be,

until you’re resting here with me

~Here With Me by Dido

To my dear Kaye Austen Michaels,

You know how you can think, “I’ll just do this little thing here, and then this little thing there, and it’ll be short and sweet and-whoa, what the hell just happened?”

Yeah. Funny thing…

The zine you hold your hands was meant to be a one-off, just a small collection of stories, meant solely to amuse you and bring a smile to your face. Something slightly larger than your average “In Appreciation” card, so you would know just how much the Starsky & Hutch fandom loves you and appreciates you. A way to show you, “We’re here with you.”

And my timid, cautious (and filtered from you!) requests on my Live Journal for stories and art were met with a bouncing parade of authors and artists, anxious and able to write or create something for you.

It grew. No longer short and sweet, it became a bigger secret, kept carefully by those in the know. My updates were greeted with assurances that stories were in the works. And when they started to arrive, I started to get nervous!

I reached out to Flamingo and Keri, who patted my hands and chucked me under my chin, and said, “Don’t worry-we’re here to help you.” Triangulated phone calls between three time zones occurred and email inboxes filled fast with advice, suggestions, and .pdf proofs. Without the two of them, I’m not sure this would have turned out as well as it did, and so a huge heaping scoop of thanks belongs with them. With chocolate on top. And sprinkles. (Red and white ones, of course!)

I’m extremely humbled, and proud, of the work that has been printed here. Every author, artist, and beta put best-faith efforts into this zine. There are even two stories in here-one a sequel to the other-written by a first-time author! All because of you.

There’s a little gen, more slash, and a whole lot of love and admiration. We hope you enjoy it and that it will bring a smile to your face for a long time.

With all my best to you, darling Aurora, and all my love.

~Laura McEwan

To the authors and artists of “Here With Me”:

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you-for putting your trust in me, your faith, and your time and effort into the works you submitted here. To the old hands-it’s so wonderful to read more from you! And to the newer authors-and the newest-well done. I’m so proud of you, I could burst.

~Laura McEwan