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DHD-6 • The Talisman Part Two: Warrior of Truth
Agt Spooky's Supernatural & J2 Zines • Awards for Tiger Tyger & Glow • Eastern Media Con 2008

DHD-6 DHD-6 NEW!
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136 pages, J/D slash
$20.00 + S&H

• Doctor and Colonel Smith by Glow

     "How has your week gone?" Warren asked to begin the session.
     The smartass in Jack was dying to say something like "Well, we didn't nearly annihilate any entire populations this week, so it had to be better than last," but of course, he couldn't. Sometimes, he wondered, though, what Warren would think if he knew what they did. Would it make therapizing them any easier? They were probably tough enough as it was. He didn't envy Warren.
     "It was all right," Danny answered.
     "Did you have a chance to discuss any of what we talked about last week?"
     "Danny doesn't think we're supposed to talk about therapy outside of therapy." Jack had actually meant that to come across as funny. He wasn't prepared for how pissed off Daniel got.
     "Oh, here we go again. What are you, tattling now? Maybe you could try understanding what I'm saying to you instead of harping on it like a broken record."
     "Are you feeling like Jack doesn't make enough effort to understand you?"
     "Jack understands what he wants to understand."
     "What the hell does that mean?" O'Neill protested. Hell, they weren't in the office five minutes and already they were at it. Wasn't this therapy thing supposed to be helping them?
     "Active listening is hard, especially with people we spend a lot of time around," Warren was stating calmly. "Sometimes we react to what we think we heard rather than what someone has said to us."
     "I listen," Jack defended.
     "You hear, you don't always listen." Daniel was using his linguist tone, trying to make Jack look like a dolt.
     "Maybe because you use a lot of words to not really say any damn thing at all."

After maintaining a sensual yet stormy relationship for three years, Jack and Daniel suddenly find themselves in the running for most complicated patients in couples' therapy. What brought them there? Glow does a remarkable job of teasing out the mitigating factors while reminding us why these two disparate men wound up together in the first place. The necessity of hiding their SGC identities while at the same time trying to learn to communicate honestly makes therapy a complex endeavor indeed. This story is witty, emotional, cathartic and sensual at the same time. You'll want to have a seat on the couch right alongside them as Jack and Daniel explore their innermost selves.

• Control Issues by Emrys

     The brighter lighting in the observation room showed him his reflection in the glass. He looked pale. Ignoring his own image, he stared down at the gate, the circle that had become the center of his universe. It had given him friends and a place in this world. Yet, the cold metal ring could take it all back in an instant.
     Lost in thought, he started when the door behind him opened. Trying to hide his annoyance at the interruption, he glanced sideways in the glass to see who had entered. He identified Jack in the makeshift mirror, wearing dress blues, come to pay his own respects to the dead. The colonel would be leaving after the silent memorial to inform Radcliffe's family of his death.
     Pausing in the doorway, O'Neill then began moving slowly towards him. With Daniel turned away from him, the colonel's expression became unguarded, clearly believing he was safe from scrutiny. Daniel pretended to be looking down into the gate room, but instead he was studying Jack's face, finding something there he'd never seen before. His breath froze in his lungs as the mirrored surface provided him a glimpse of raw, unfiltered O'Neill.
     Jack wanted him.

An off-world mission ends tragically, taking the lives of too many SG-7 members. Afterwards, Daniel must come to terms with crushing guilt, his grief, and worse, his relief that none of the dead were members of SG-1. At the same time, he has to deal with his desire for Jack O'Neill, a passion he is certain is not reciprocated. And then, during the immediate pain and anguish of the mission gone wrong, Jack's inability to hide his own feelings changes the playing field. Emrys writes an interesting and involved story of pain, desperation, and redemption.

• No Greater Sorrow by Glow and Tiger Tyger

     "This is real, O'Neill. You have been missing for three days and your team contacted me to aid in their search for you. Ba'al's ship has just entered hyperspace. The time you believe has passed, has not."
     Jack was too horrified to say anything. He remained on the deck for a long time, ignoring Thor's entreaties to rise and to eat, his comfortable, happy dream slipping through his fingers like sand on the planet below. His heart sank so low he didn't want to hear anything, didn't want to know anything else.
     Daniel.
     It had been a lie.
     It had all been a lie.
     It had all been a fucking lie.
     That was all his mind could think, could understand.
     He wept quietly, letting the tears flow.
     And finally, when he tried to stand, the grief . . . the feeling that his Daniel had died, bore him straight into unconsciousness.

Jack is taken captive by an old Goa'uld nemesis who wants to gather the remains of the information that the Ancients left inside his mind. Under the control of an insidious device, O'Neill believes he is living the life he has always wanted, with the person he most desires by his side. When he is brought back to reality, he is furious, hurt, and decidedly confused. Years in the other world had taken place, while only a few days have passed on Earth. Jack must come to terms with what has happened, and learn to relate to Daniel all over again. But how do you go back to reality when you can't shake the dream? And what will happen if Daniel ever finds out the truth? This collaboration between Glow and Tiger Tyger has brought out the best in both authors, and the story is beautifully crafted as well as having a deep, driving emotional culmination that will satisfy all readers.

Talisman 2 The Talisman
Part Two: Warrior of Truth
NEW!
By Tiger Tyger
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100 pages, slash
$20.00 + S&H

     Aware that they could possibly die here, he lay back against the small bed and composed their limbs, using what little Force-energy he could find and locking it into a small shield around them. Slightly warmer, Qui-Gon closed his eyes and thrust his own body energy into his Master, urging him to live, to survive.
     . . . He had no regrets, and was surprised that he held within his heart no sense of fear at becoming one with the Living Force. He knew that others would mourn him and for that he felt an echo of their grief for a moment, before sinking deeper into a meditative state where the pain of freezing fingers and toes was diminished.
     His last thought was that Yoda would live.
     That was all that mattered.

Talisman 2: Warrior of Truth is a continuation of the Talisman series which began with Warrior of Light. In this installment of the series, Qui-Gon Jinn must face many challenges, beginning with rescuing his master from his wreckage on a force-null planet, endure his Trial, and learn much during his early years as a Knight. Along the way, he maintains his friendships with Yoda, Master Soningar Yu, Master Healer Tess, and his best friend, Her'an Storn. He also must come to terms with his own issues with love, his feelings about the loss of Rix, his troubled friendship with Mace Windu, as well as his sexuality.

For those fans of Supernatural, we are pleased to be guest hosting a site for our friend AgtSpooky, whose zines feature Wincest and J2 RPS fiction. Click here to visit her site, where you can read about the zines and order your copies!

Light & Shadow Press is proud to announce that as part of The Huggy Awards Hall of Fame at the last ZebraCon, our own TigerTyger and Glow were both accepted into the Sentinel Hall of Fame.

Light & Shadow Press is proud to be sponsoring Eastern Media Con 2008 at the Newark Airport Hilton, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 3-5, 2008.

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