The Index to FORBIDDEN LINES, 1990-1994

Here's the index to all articles, stories, artwork, reviews, and whatever else was published in FORBIDDEN LINES Magazine, 1990-1994. This index does not include the 1989 anthology of the same name. This index first appeared at the end of issue #16, dated Summer 1994. That was the last issue of the magazine.

Any errors in the list are my own. Corrections and additions are welcome.

INDEX TO FORBIDDEN LINES 1990-1994

Issue #1: October/November 1990

Cover: "Lone Guitarist of the Apocalypse." Photo by David C. Ball

Fiction:

Tonya R. Carter, "Blue Mountains"

F. Brett Cox, "Love is All You Need"

Andrew Snee, "Maintenance"

D. Trull, "Jailbreak Over the Fourth Wall"                

Shannon Turlington, "Dark Eyes"

Joanne Wyrick, "Through a Glass Darkly"

Poetry:

Yeaton Clifton, "Uncounter," "Stellar Binding"

Jon Carson, "Echo," "Venus Bright"

Will Hooper, "Tantalus"

Joanne Wyrick, "Countess Anastasia to Her Lover," "Madoc by the Sea"

Comics:

Charles Overbeck, "Comhex"

Miscellaneous:

Charles Overbeck, "Ask the Count"

Issue #2: December/January 1991

Cover: "Eye for a Head." Clipart by Charles Overbeck

Fiction:

Tonya R. Carter, "The Creek"

Charles Overbeck, "Escape from the Dinosaur Hospital"

Charles Ozar, "Death of an American Family"

Angeli Primlani, "Orpheus"

Andrew Snee, "Fish"

Shannon Turlington, "Witches' Circle"

Paul B. Thompson, "Sodalis" [part 1 of 3]

Heather Valli, "Caffiend"

Poetry:

Amy Griswold, "Colonial Dreams," "nuclear nights with halo"

Joanne Wyrick, "Atlantic Crossing, 1942," "Sheldon Place"

Miscellaneous:

Charles Overbeck, "Ask the Count"

Issue #3: February/March 1991

Cover: "Love and Volts." Photo by Charles Overbeck

Fiction:

Angeli Primlani, "Transformation"

Tony Realini, "I Remember the Name of the Moon"

Paul B. Thompson, "Sodalis" [part 2 of 3]

Comics:

Alex de Grand, "A Rock 'n Roll Fairy Tale"

Interview:

Charles Overbeck, "Professor SF: An Interview with John Kessel"

Commentary:

Nathan Ballingrud, "The Writer as Mortal"

Reviews:

The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

Maps in a Mirror, by Orson Scott Card

Issue #4: April/May 1991

Cover: "Tao and the Soldier." Photo by Charles Overbeck

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "Mr. Eager Gnaws His Way to Freedom"

Tom Lucas, "Love May Be Called Appetite"

Charlie Martin, "Wine of Other Days"

Paul B. Thompson, "Sodalis" [part 3 of 3]

D. Trull, "Ten Letters, Starts with 'C,' Stupid Waste of Time"

Poetry:

Joanne Wyrick, "Atlantic Crossing, 1990"

Essay:

Bruce Sterling, "New Maps of Bohemia"

Clipart:

Dykki Settle, "The Grays are Here"

Reviews:

Nicoji, by M. Shayne Bell

The Real Story, by Stephen Donaldson

Hour Past Midnight, by Stephen King

Issue #5: Summer 1991

Cover: "Crack Baby from Vulcan." Clipart by Charles Overbeck

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "Food Chain"

Brad Boucher, "Forbidden Seas"

Tonya R. Carter, "Cold Turkey"

M. F. Korn, "Letters from Skitzo"

Ron Massa, "Stiletto Vignettes"

Dan O'Keefe, "Test of the Cube"

Paul C. Schuytema, "Ice Skimmer"

Andrew Snee, "Devil's Advocate"

Poetry:

Yeaton Clifton, "Legacy of Babel"

John Grey, "On Watching a Cowboy Movie in Deep Space"

Amy Griswold, "Message in a Bottle"

David Hunter Sutherland, "Deck 5"

Comics:

Cindy Holtslag, "The Blue Light"

Interview:

Yeaton Clifton: "The Man Who Makes Stars and Sells Planets: An Interview with Sheridan Simon"

Reviews:

Bone Dance, by Emma Bull

The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice

Summer of the Night, by Dan Simmons

Issue #6: September/October 1991

Cover: "Memories of Rene." Photo by Paul B. Thompson and Jen Rourke

Fiction:

Michael Burris, "Pets"

Bill Dodds, "Fatal Peak"

Vic Fortezza, "The Power of Prayer"

Douglas Hewitt, "The Bait"

Leland Neville, "Human Communication"

Dan O'Keefe, "Nowhere to Go"

Michael C. Peralta, "Muse of Fire"

Comics:

J. Slaughter, "Love Damnation"

Poetry:

John Grey, "Visiting a Graveyard Planet"

Jacie Ragan, "The Boarder"

Elena Venero, "Five Toxic Events"

Interview:

Paul B. Thompson, "The First Lady of Horror: An Interview with Lisa Cantrell"

Reviews:

Fellow Traveler, by William Barton

Only Begotten Daughter, by James Morrow

Issue #7: November/December 1991

Cover: "Pinhead." Photo by Keith Payne

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "Ghost Witch and Brute Doctor"

D. Douglas Graham, "The Ward"

K. Huebner, "Vanishing Point"

Dan O'Keefe, "Tales of the Screeching Skull"

Angeli Primlani and Joanne Wyrick, "Desichado"

Paul C. Schuytema, "Waiting for the Blinding Sun"

Poetry:

John Grey, "Mechanic"

Paul Weinman, "Scaled Atrophy"

Article:

Charles Overbeck and Paul B. Thompson, "Raising Hell in High Point: On the Set with

Hellraiser III."

Reviews:

The Dark Tower III, by Stephen King

Jinx High, by Mercedes Lackey

Sexpunks and Savage Sagas, by Richard Sutphen

Issue #8: January/February 1992

Cover: "Ferret Rampage." Photo by Jon Fulbright

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "Basketball and the Naked Man"

Jennifer Bellak, "Seller of Dreams"

Michael Burris, "The Head"

Monica Eiland, "Anne's Pen"

Comics:

D. Trull and Cindy Holtslag, "The Cereal Murders"

Poetry:

Holly Day, "In Innocence"

Laura Gowdy, "Vertigo"

Sam Silva, "Dreaming Beyond Evening of the Dawn"

Reviews:

Tender Loving Rage, by Alfred Bester

Phantom, by Susan Kay

The Elvenbane, by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey

Issue #9: March/April 1992

Cover: "Number 32." Drawing by Blair Wilson

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "Heroes"

M. Leigh Martin, "Small Sacrifices"

Logan McNeil, "Carla the Chimp"

John Riley, "Rocket City"

Del Stone, Jr., "Verdor"

Poetry:

Holly Day, "Dreams"

John Grey, "Third Year in Space"

Laura Gowdy, "Airmail"

Sandra Rico, "Mechanics"

Interview:

Bob Burchette, "The Subversive Housewife: An Interview with Connie Willis"

Comics:

Blair Wilson and Sparrow, "My Presidential Teeth"

Reviews:

In the Blood, by Nancy A. Collins

Haroun, by Salman Rushdie

Issue #10: May/June 1992

Cover: "The Flower." Drawing by Mike Ehinger

Fiction:

Matt Ehinger, "Pilgrims to the Armageddon Flower"

Amy Griswold, "The Life of Julio Valdieza"

Jerry Holman, "Amber Waves of Grain"

Cindy Holtslag, "Jerry Kinlow and the IGA Gang"

Patrick Ryan, "Laredo"

Jon Schwartz, "They's a-Coming"

Paul B. Thompson, "Pink Bells, Tattered Skies"

Poetry:

Herb Kauderer, "The Foreman"

Errol Miller, "The Captain of the Ship," "The Gathering Kingdoms of Earth"

Interview:

Charles Overbeck, "Poppy, Bright and Dark: An Interview with Poppy Z. Brite"

Reviews:

Zombies of the Gene Pool, by Sharyn McCrumb

Sheltered Lives, by Charles Oberndorf

Thorn and Needle, by Paul B. Thompson

Issue #11: July/August 1992

Cover: "Grays' Anatomy," Drawing by Mike Ehinger

Fiction:

Lawrence Barker, "The Manual of Amatory Necromancy"

Michael Burris, "Melvin Moon and the Hairball"

Calvin Clawson, "The Torcher"

Matt Ehinger, "At the Hour of the Triumph of Death, a Murderer"

Fuzzy Somoza Haziz, "The Swineherd"

Richard Kostelanetz. "1,001 Contemporary Ballets"

J. Michael Major, "Afloat in the Sea of Knowledge"

David Niall, "The Manlan"

Poetry:

Danith McPherson Clausen, "I Saw"

Bobbie Saunders, "Sundown"

Interviews:

Paul B. Thompson, Bob Burchette, Dykki Settle, Charles Overbeck, "Where Right Angles Meet: Interviews with Philip Klass and Henry Miller"

Reviews:

Monsters--Three Tales, by Joseph A. Citro

Dark Dixie: Tales of Southern Horror, by Ronald Kelly

[These were books on tape, cassettes, not printed volumes]

Issue #12: Fall 1992

Cover: "Pope Poppy." Painting by Diego Marcial Rios

Fiction:

Nathan Ballingrud, "Memories of Green"

Lawrence Barker, "Wet-Soft-So-Old"

Richard Behrens, "The Patsy"

Bill Dodds, "Inside Job"

Michael J. Pakula, "Epistle from the Damned"

Jon Schwartz, "Fish Boy Blues"

Del Stone, Jr., "Mr. Dark"

Rod R. Vick, "The Jupiter Stone"

Tom Weber, "Dr. Sagoon's Revenge"

Interview:

Paul B. Thompson, "Only Begotten Doubter: An Interview with James Morrow"

Reviews:

The Sons of Noah & Other Stories, by Jack Cady

Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card

Issue #13: Winter 1993

Cover: "The Order." Engraving by Diego Marcial Rios.

Fiction:

Michael Burris, "O.B.E."

Lorin Emery, "Pink Velvet"

Richard Kostelanetz. "Openings"

James Loverde, "Francois Villon and the Jealous Poet"

Warren G. Rochelle, "Boys of Summer"

Eric Sasson, "Introduction to Being"

Joan Shields, "The Troll"

Del Stone, Jr., "Joey's Friends"

Lynne Taetzsch, "This Week at the Dental Clinic"

Ken Wisman, "Snowman"

Poetry:

Ace Boggess, "Unlocked"

Portfolio:

"The Art and Politics of Diego Marcial Rios"

Reviews:

Jellyfish Mask, by William Ramseyer

The Tale of the Body Thief, by Anne Rice

Issue #14:Summer 1993

Cover: "Roach Wars." Drawing by Frank Forte

Fiction:

Ace Boggess, "Ghost Writer's Fantasy Romance"

F. Brett Cox, "Wishing and Hoping"

Jerry I. Lawson, "Identity Crisis"

R. R. Mallory, "The Mark of Oman"

Gregg Palmer, "Darklands"

Brian Skinner. "Watching"

Rick Skinner, "Roach Wars"

Ken Wisman, "The Devil's Eye"

Poetry:

Richard Davignon, "Mother Love," "Notice"

Article:

Paul B. Thompson, Charles Overbeck, Shannon Wikle, Elizabeth Thompson, Bob Burchette, "Apparition Cancelled"

Charles Overbeck, "I Can't Stand It Anymore"

Reviews:

Blackburn, by Bradley Denton

The Multiplex Man, by James P. Hogan

Midnight's Lair, by Richard Layman

The Adult BBS Guidebook, by Billy Wildhack

Issue #15: Winter 1993 [So marked. It should have been 'Winter 1994']

Cover: "Kiss Me, You Fool." Engraving by Diego Marcial Rios

Fiction:

Andre LaPalme, "Heading Somewhere"

Rocco La Bosco, "Fireman Dreams"

Jeff Janoda, "Hands Across the Stars"

Jodie Mecanic, "The Neotenic"

Michael J. Pakula, "LAP Dogs of the Apocalypse"

Bob Rehak, "Spring Tapestry"

Robert Rhine, "My Brain Escapes Me"

Del Stone, Jr., "Kiss Me, You Fool"

Robert Sutter III, "The Crumb"

Reviews:

Jamie and Other Stories, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Created By, by Richard Christian Matheson

Issue #16: Summer 1994

Cover: "Satan." Drawing by Frank Forte

Fiction:

Paul Alexander, "Enter Evil, as the Wolf"

Lawrence Barker, "The Testament of Gaius Drusus Hippero"

Richard Behrens, "Carnival"

William R. Eakins, "Samsara"

Michael Hemmingson, "Beguiling Malady"

D. W. Hill, "The Appetizers of the Gods"

Bob Rehak, "Dog's Walking Day"

Del Stone, Jr., "Town, Square"

Russell Underwood, "Dark Meat"

Portfolio:

Asylum Studios, "The Art of Asylum Studios"

Article:

Charles Overbeck, "Dealey Plaza, 30 Years Later"

Art for Weird's Sake: The Art of FORBIDDEN LINES, Part 2

As FORBIDDEN LINES continued, our circle of writers and artists expanded to include people beyond the immediate Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. area. Because Charles Overbeck took a special interest in the design and illustration of the magazine, I didn't always know much more about the artists other than their name and the quality of their work. I would say the caliber of artists we attracted was generally higher than the writers who submitted stories. Of course we were getting in 20-30 stories a week, and far fewer art submissions. The main reason for this was that we tended to solicit illustrations from specific artists for particular stories. Charles handled most of our photographic needs in person--authors' photos used in interviews, for example.

In the final issue (#16, 1994), I compiled a complete index of all articles, reviews, stories, and artwork that appeared in FORBIDDEN LINES. Below is a JPG of the Artists' Listing. The numbers represent the issue in which the artists had work appear:

While I'd like to recognize and offer examples of every artist's work, that would take a lot of time and much space. So here's a kudo to everyone who contributed their time and talent to the unique publication that was FORBIDDEN LINES.

Eugene 'Gene' Gryniewicz's style was distinctive, and well suited to the darker side of FORBIDDEN LINES' fiction. More than just macabre, his work has a tragic quality. There's a lot of suffering in his characters' eyes.

From FL #7: "The Ward," by D. Douglas Graham.

Illustrated by Gene Gryniewicz.

From FL #6: "The Power of Prayer,"

by Vic Fortezza. Illustrated by

Gene Gryniewicz.

From FL #15: "Hands Across the Stars,"

by Jeff Janoda. Illustrated by

Gene Gryniewicz.

From FL #16: "Carnival," by Richard

Behrens. Illustrated by Gene 

Gryniewicz

Starting around issue 10 we found the brother writer-artist team of Matt (the writer) and Mike (the artist) Ehinger. Since we're talking art here, we'll focus on Mike.

Mike had a really fine technique. His eye for composition and style were top notch, as can be seen in this cover he did for issue 11:

UFO abductions were a hot topic in 1992. Bob Burchette and I had the opportunity to interview skeptic Philip J. Klass when he came to Chapel Hill to appear at the Morehead Planetarium. To compliment the Klass interview, I asked Mike if could render Rembrandt's famous 1632 painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" as if aliens were examining an abducted human. He succeeded brilliantly. The result is my personal choice as best FORBIDDEN LINES cover ever. Yes, I did call it "Gray's Anatomy."

"And next, the anal probe."

Mike also did the cover of issue 10, illustrating his brother Matt's story "Pilgrims to the Armageddon Flower."

FORBIDDEN LINES #10, Winter 1993

Cover art by Mike Ehinger

Mike handled his assignments with beauty and panache. I don't know if he went on to a career as an artist or illustrator, but his talent was obvious.

Full page illustration by Mike Ehinger for

Michael Burris' story, "OBE," FL #13.

Another artist who, ah, graced the pages of the later issues of FORBIDDEN LINES was Frank Forte and his colleagues at Asylum Studios. Frank's work appeared first in issue 11, but he made every issue after that to the last, #16. His style could best be described as 'Madhouse Horror.'

FORBIDDEN LINES #14, Summer 1993

Cover illustration by Frank Forte

for Rick Skinner's story, "Roach Wars."

Everything is distorted in Frank's work, distorted yet disturbingly familiar. 

Like Blair Wilson, Frank often provided random illustrations as samples of his work. There is a distinct EC Comics flavor to Frank's work. Charles Overbeck worked Frank's drawings in wherever he could. In FL #16 we published an Asylum Studios portfolio, featuring Forte's work along with Asylum mates Mike Bliss, Bob 'The Doc' Murdock, Scott DiAngelis, Al Columbia, and Matang Gonzoles.

Charles' idea of a 'Please Subscribe' Ad, FL #11

Illustration by Frank Forte.

The old mailing address has been redacted.

The most celebrated artist associated with FORBIDDEN LINES must be Diego Marcial Rios. Like Blair Wilson and Frank Forte, Diego heard about FORBIDDEN LINES and offered us black and white versions of some of his engravings and woodcuts. They are strongly influenced by his Latin background, featuring surreal, macabre renderings of themes close to the artist's heart--war, oppression, the grip of drugs and religion on the lives of the poor. We used two of Diego's works as covers: FL #12 'Pope Poppy' and FL #13, 'Kiss Me, You Fool.'

FL #12 Cover by Diego Marcial Rios:

"Pope Poppy"

FORBIDDEN LINES #13, Winter 1993

Cover art by Diego Marcial Rios, for

Del Stone's story, "Kiss Me, You Fool."

From Diego Marcial Rios' website:

A Brief History of Subversive Woodcuts

April 7, 2015

There is something dramatic about black and white. The black/white woodcut media is an excellent media to express complex political and social beliefs. Woodcut or relief images consist of powerful black and white images with limited lines and grays areas. The results are striking!

During Medieval times in Europe, monks used prints from woodblocks to express their moral and social concerns.  In later centuries, in Europe great artists such as Albrecht Durer and many others artist used   black/white woodcuts to illustrate social problems and deep religious beliefs.  During the late early 20th century, the famous Mexican graphic artist Posada used relief prints to illustrate social issues faced by common Mexicans. During the depression era of the 1930’s many artist including Orozco and Kollwitz produced the woodcut media to express social problems.

Today the woodcut /relief media is still used by many artists to illustrate books, magazines and even blogs.  Woodcuts designs are also often used as the graphic images for clothing and newspapers articles. I have continued the tradition of producing social critical art in the woodcut / relief media.  Long live the woodcut and relief media!

Last time I mentioned all the fine work our staff artist Cindy Holtslag did for FORBIDDEN LINES. In many ways her magnum opus with us was the "The Cereal Murders," a 22 page graphic story written by Donald Trull and brilliantly illustrated by Cindy. This is the kind of story I would have published every issue, had we the resources to do so:

From FL #8, January/February 1992:

"The Cereal Murders" by D. Trull.

Illustrated by Cindy Holtslag.

"Murders" is the story of a breakfast cereal mascot (Freddie the Ferret) who, facing the end of his reign with Fruity-Toots cereal, takes justice into his own hands . . . The sardonic nature of Trull's story is made all the sharper (and funnier) by Cindy's 'wholesome' art style.

FORBIDDEN LINES was a modest part of the great zine scene in the 1990s. It came and it went, but while it lasted it featured the work of a lot of talented people. Most of them were quite young; Charles Overbeck was 22 in 1992; Cindy Holtslag was a few years younger. I was 34 in 1992, the old man of an editorial board that mostly consisted of college students. Many of the contributors, writers and artists, I have not heard from since the magazine ended. I wish them all well.

I will post the full index of FORBIDDEN LINES as its own entry.

Next: "Pink Bells, Tattered Skies" The Invisible Surrealist

Forbidden Art: The Look of FORBIDDEN LINES, Part 1

Read on!

It was essential to the format of FORBIDDEN LINES that the magazine look as experimental as the text. The earliest issues relied heavily on clip art by Charles Overbeck and myself. Clip art was very much de rigueur in those days. It was cheap, it was weird, and it was a quick and dirty way to illustrate a zine.

From FL #5: "Diane Sawyer and the Space 

Aliens," an experimental short-short by

Ron Massa. Clip art by me.

We had a few artistically inclined people in the Writers' Group even when we did the anthology. Yeaton Clifton, then a undergraduate Physics major, did a couple of illustrations (and poems) for the anthology. He also contributed to the magazine. His style was distinctive. He used dabs of paint on paper or poster board. They were in color, but we were only able to reproduce them in black & white. I called his style Cartoon Impressionism:

From FL #3: "I Remember the Name of the

Moon," by Tony Realini. Illustration by

Yeaton Clifton.

Before long we secured the services of Cindy Holtslag, also an undergrad at the University of North Carolina (I think she joined us while just a freshman). Cindy had a charming, relaxed style that might seem at odds with the edgy, creepy tone of the magazine, but her humor and humanism were an invaluable asset to FORBIDDEN LINES.

From FL #11: "The Torcher," by Calvin Clawson.

Illustration by Cindy Holtslag.

An ironic story in the noir manner.

The bartender is not Mikhail Gorbachev.

Back cover, FL #5, by Cindy Holtslag.

Just for fun. The gag line reads:

"By the year 2000--

64% of the solar system will be colonized

Books and magazines will be obsolete

Everyone will drink freeze-dried orange juice."

Notice the little girl is reading 

FORBIDDEN LINES #2!

Bad parents! Bad!

Also in FL #5 (busy woman!) Cindy rendered her own

six-page version of "The Blue Light," by the Brothers

Grimm. This is page 5 of 6. 

I love the girl's expression in the last panel!

And . . . in FL #5, "Ice Skimmer," by

Paul C. Schuytema. Cindy could do nicely

evocative images as well as comic ones.

There is much more of Cindy's work in FORBIDDEN LINES. Her work is featured in most every issue after the first, tapering off in later issues as we broadened our artists base and Cindy discovered the rigors of college life. More from Cindy Holtslag later.

Another student artist who worked for FORBIDDEN LINES was Alex DeGrand. As I recall he knew Charles Overbeck, perhaps through Charles' work on THE PHOENIX campus news magazine, or through the daily newspaper, THE DAILY TAR HEEL. Alex's work debuted grandly (pun intended) in issue 3 with his "A Rock and Roll Fairy Tale."

From FL #3: A Rock and Roll Fairy Tale," 

written and illustrated by Alex DeGrand. 

This was a 26-page satire about breaking

into the music business. This is my favorite 

panel. "The Clugg" is the name of DeGrand's 

fictional band.

Alex illustrated other stories for us later. 

From FL #9: "Small Sacrifices," by 

M. Leigh Martin. Illustrated by Alex DeGrand.

Alex had a talent for drawing furious females.

Because we printed so many strange, often horror-themed stories, having artists who could render the bizarre visible was a must. Another talented, frequent contributor was John Sowder.

From FL #9: "Rocket City," by John Riley.

Illustrated by John Sowder.

I am always struck by this image and how

much it reminds me of those old Laser Books

covers from the 1970s. For example:

Every Laser Books cover had the same 

format, an outsized face on the cover.

(Did you spot the author's name?

"Augustine Funnell?")

John's artwork is better.

John Sowder's technique worked really well in FORBIDDEN LINES. He could do cosmic, horror, and humorous images equally well.

From FL #7: "Ghost Witch & Brute Doctor," 

by Lawrence Barker.

Illustrated by John Sowder.

FL's answer to Virgil Finlay?

From FL #11: "Melvin Moon and the Hairball,"

by Michael Burris. Illustrated by John Sowder.

(Where's punk Waldo?)

Besides illustrators, FORBIDDEN LINES attracted some pure, abstract art. It didn't get any more abstract than Blair Wilson.

From FL #9: "My Presidential Teeth," by

Blair Wilson. 

From FL #11: Random artwork by Blair. 

He called his style "Squigglism."

Blair was very much a creature of the zine scene. Charles would ask him for work, and Blair would send an envelope of bizarre, wonderful, and unique images. They weren't usually illustrations per se. They were strange tales told in a single intricate drawing.

Here's another:

Back cover, FL #11. Never mind the finger; 

we loved our readers.

Next: Art for Art's Sake; Weird for Weird's Sake: Art from FORBIDDEN LINES, Part 2.

A Story from FORBIDDEN LINES: "Verdor," by Del Stone, Jr.

Here we have an example of the original fiction published in FORBIDDEN LINES. In this case, "Verdor," by Del Stone, Jr. Illustrated by the talented Cindy Holtslag, then a UNC student and FL's staff artist. Graphics and layout by Charles Overbeck.

From FORBIDDEN LINES #9, March-April 1992:

I've redacted the addresses of illustrator Mike Moon and author Holly Lisle, as they are private (and probably way out of date). The Regulator Bookshop still exists and deserves your patronage.

"Verdor" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 1992, but alas, did not win.

Next: samples of FORBIDDEN LINES artwork