TM Alexander

Fan
Name:	TM Alexander
Alias(es):	Tam, Tami Marie, Robyn LaSalle, T.M. (K'feir) Alexander (persona) , Coyote Dreams, Jung, Sunny Bernaise, Cassandra Zeus, TM Allen, Stancio del Norte, N.E. Slashfan, rj burnett, N.E. Slashfan, Julian, ME, Seraph, Angi Towski, Mariah Burke, Emily Ross , Desiree Falcon, Mireanna, Sabryna, others
Type:	fanwriter, zine editor and zine publisher, con chair, fanartist, vidder
Fandoms:	BBC Sherlock, Nolanverse (Batman/Joker), 21 Jump Street, Smallville, Invisible Man, Miami Vice, Sentinel, due South, Man from U.N.C.L.E., XF, SH, Quantum Leap, Kiefer/Lou (Lost Boys, Young Guns, Renegades), others
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Other:	Currently self-published under Metamorphoses Press [1]
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TM Alexander/Tami Marie (known by many names, see sidebar) has left her mark on numerous fandoms over the past 25 years.

She is an award-winning writer, artist, zine editor and publisher (The Presses, Heart of the Matter Press, Otter Limits Press, Bodacious Press), and is the creator of the bfrksex.wav.

She also vidded under the name of Winged Cat Productions.

The below timelines are from her 2002 "fannish resume."

Alexander was a frequent collaborator with Paulie Gilmore. Occasionally, joint art was credited under the name "TAPA." Gilmore and TM Alexander also created and popularized the fandom, Kiefer/Lou.

Multiple Pseuds

Like her writing partner, TM used multiple pseuds, which could lead to some confusion, as well as suggesting a crowd!

The art credits for The Choir Boys were Jung, Angi Towski, KOZ, and Seraph, three of which were TM.

In the editorial of The Boys are Back #1, April Valentine listed the credits in which three of the four names listed were TM:

Heart of the Matter Press published Robyn LaSalle's "Interludes," and Tami Marie's "Lost in the Shadows" and "The Second Power" which were inspirational and eminently satisfying in my quest to feed my obsession.... Robyn's stories, the art of Paulie and Angi Towski... they started it all.

Interview

• Media Fandom Oral History Project Interview with TM Alexander (2012)

Awards Won

• Fan Quality (Fan Q): Best Zine, Best Editor, Best Novel, Best Story, Best Artist;
• Huggy: Best Novel, Best Story;
• STIFfie: Best Novel, Best Story;
• Waverly: Best Zine;
• ZebraCon Writing Contest: Zebracon 13, ZebraCon 14

Fiction

TM Alexander's first fan fiction story was written in 1981, a "sequel" to The Empire Strikes Back.

Her first zine fic may have been in 1986, "The Rain, Rain Go Away Affair," a Man from U.N.C.L.E. story in 11 & 2 #2.

In the editorial for Tales from the Tomato, she credits Journey's End by Rosemary C as the story that caused her to start writing Starsky and Hutch fiction.

See for the stories sorted by year.

Gen and Slash Versions

At times, Alexander wrote both gen and slash versions of stories. A fan in 2013 wrote:

"The Blue Daemon is a slash Sherlock novel by TM Alexander. I bought this novel on the strength of TM Alexander's extensive writing history ranging from Sentinel, Man From Uncle to X-Files and much more. She has written gen and slash versions of her stories in the past and I have read the gen versions, because I am mainly a gen reader.

Fan Casting

Alexander included some fan casting in some of her stories. One example was the series that included Achates' Quest.

In the foreword [of Achate's Quest, Robyn states this is a story of undying love, following her first zine from this series, Turn of a Friendly Card. The characters Beauxde' Ravenswood and Raimon Autumnwolf - Bodie & Doyle, by any other name - make another appearance as the leads for this zine.

Another example was The Brothers Kowalski. From that zine's forward by TM:

This story incorporates a canonical fact about the Due South universe that sadly never made it to the screen. According to the official press kit for the show, Ray Kowalski was supposed to have a "successful older brother" for whom their parents showed some favoritism.

[...]

We thought it would have made for a great episode to have the brothers work out their differences, but of course, that never happened...so when we sat down to plot out The Northwest Passage Series, we agreed that one of the stories would center on The Brother Who Should Have Been.

PJ is the person who taught me about "casting" original characters with actors. For the "role" of Michael Kowalski, we went with a person who we felt bore a strong enough resemblance to Callum Keith Rennie to make it believable — and after watching him in Brimstone, we knew Peter Horton fit the bill perfectly.

Vids

• The Ballad of Jim & Blair (The Sentinel)

Sample Art

1980s

• 
  from "Who Wants to Live Forever" in the zine, Karmic Concurrence #1 (1987)
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  from Karmic Concurrence #1 (1987)
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  from Tales from Sherwood (1988)
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  from Rose Tint My World #1 (1989)
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  from Rose Tint My World #1 (1989)

1990

• 
  from 11 & 2 #5 -- Kuryakin and Solo portrayed as Spock and Kirk - "So, where are all these Space Babes you'd said I'd get?"
• 
  from 11 & 2 #5 -- Kuryakin is portrayed as Dee Snider from the band, "Twisted Sister," Solo ponders: "I wonder if anyone would pay good money for a 'Twisted Russian'..."
• 
  from Interludes #1
• 
  from Dyad #4 (Miami Vice)
• 
  from Dyad #4 (Young Guns)
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  from Interludes #1
• 
  from Interludes #1

1991

• 
  from Rose Tint My World #3 - "Kiss Before Work"
• 
  from Rose Tint My World #3
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  from The Choir Boys (21 Jump Street)
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  from The Choir Boys (21 Jump Street)
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  from Miami Spice #1 for "On Your Shore"
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  from Miami Spice #1 for "The Tao of Love"
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  from Miami Spice #2
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  from Miami Spice #2
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  from Miami Spice #2

1992

• 
  from Renegade Souls
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  from Interludes #2
• 
  from Wild Cards #1
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  from issue #1, artist is Angi Towski -- From the zine: "[This] is a portrait which was done by request for a very dear friend, Rodger Gonder, who died of an AIDS-related fever on September 6, 1992. The characters are of no particular universe or pairing; they were two of Rodger's favorite actors, in a setting beloved to him (Egypt). Because the drawing had not been finished before his death, it is presented here in honor of his memory, for all to see. (The inscription at the top translates to: "Horus guards over two men holding hands in friendship and love."
• 
  from issue #1, Anji Towski (Man from UNCLE, Rocky Horror Picture Show)

1993

• 
  from Love of My Life
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  from Love of My Life
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  from Love of My Life
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  from Love of My Life, Kiefer/Lou fan casted as "Gilgamesh and the Savage"
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  from Wild Cards #2 (Lethal Weapon)
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  from Wild Cards #2 (Silence of the Lambs)
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  from Wild Cards #2 (Lovejoy)

1994

• 
  from Rose Tint My World #4, some switcheroo mirror future vision!, Napoleon Solo as a duck, ten years before Illya became Donald "Ducky" Mallard
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  from Rose Tint My World #4, Napoleon Solo as a fairy
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  from Interludes #3, titled "Right to Love, April 25, 1993" - This is a reference to The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
• 
  from Interludes #3
• 
  from Karmic Concurrence #2
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  from Karmic Concurrence #2, for the story, "Waiting for the Sunset" - Illya as a Jewish tailor
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  from Karmic Concurrence #2

1995

• 
  from Wild Cards (Thunderheart)
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  from The Boys are Back #3
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  from Tales from the Tomato
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  from Tales from the Tomato, a Starsky & Hutch fusion with Bill the Cat from Bloom County
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  from Interludes #4
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  from Interludes #4
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  from Interludes #4
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  from Interludes #4
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  from Interludes #4
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  from Interludes #5
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  from Interludes #5
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  from Interludes #5

1996

• 
  from Wild Cards #4
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  from Wild Cards #4

1997

• 
  from Wild Cards #5 -- Skinner and Mulder snuggling up to Mulder's massive...er, cell phone
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  from Wild Cards #5
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  from Mulder's Spooktown Cafe
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  from Mulder's Spooktown Cafe - Mulder, Scully, and what appears to be a goatsucker!
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  from seXFiles
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  from seXFiles

1998

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  from Missing Links #1, a rare portrayal of Simon Banks

1999

• 
  from Come to Your Senses #11
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  from Missing Links #2
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  from Missing Links #2
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  from Missing Links #2

2000s

• 
  from The Full Mountie (due South) (2000)
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  from The Full Mountie (due South) (2000)
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  from Discoveries (Stargate SG-1) (2001)
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  from Gatecrashers (Stargate SG-1) (2001)
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  from Unrequited (2002)
• 
  from Unrequited (2002)
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  from All the Roses Falling (Stargate SG-1) (2003)
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  from Come to Your Senses #26 (2004)
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  from Come to Your Senses #28 (2004)
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  from Sentinel zine Sentry Duty #9 (2005)
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  from Sentinel zine Sentry Duty #10 (2006)

Zines - Editor/Publisher

The zines below are ones that TM Alexander edited or published. Many of them also contain Alexander's art.

Key: A=Award-winners, N=Nominated

• 11 & 2 (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) (A)
• 11 & 2 Holiday '87, '89 (A) (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)

• 852 Prospect #1-#2 (The Sentinel) (A)
• The 9th Invocation (The X-Files)
• Achates' Quest (Original Science Fiction - The GESE Universe)
• Along the Road of Dreams (Miami Vice)
• Bayou (The X-Files) (N)
• The Blue Daemon (BBC Sherlock) (A)
• Bright Lights, Black Leather (Miami Vice) (N)
• Broken Wings (The Sentinel)
• The Brothers Kowalski (Due South)
• The Choir Boys (21 Jump Street)
• Enoch Arden (The X-Files)
• The Full Mountie (Due South) (A)
• Funny Business (The Invisible Man)
• Gemini (The Sentinel)
• Grief Has Its Own Time Frame (Due South)
• Gris Gris (The Sentinel)
• The Heart of the Matter Affair (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)
• I Still Believe (Kiefer/Lou)
• Interludes (Kiefer/Lou)
• The Jamie Series (The Sentinel)
• Karmic Concurrence (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) (N)
• Lost in the Shadows (Kiefer/Lou)
• Love of My Life (Kiefer/Lou)
• Lovers' Leap (Quantum Leap) (N)
• Miami Spice (Miami Vice) (A)
• Missing Links (The Sentinel) (A)
• Mulder's Spooktown Cafe (The X-Files)
• Northwest Passage (Due South) (A)
• Paradigm Shift (The X-Files)
• Phone Sex (Miami Vice) (A)
• Pillow Talk (Mixed Media)
• The Practical Cats Affair (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) (A)
• Renegade Souls (Kiefer/Lou)
• Retribution (The Sentinel)
• Rose Tint My World (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) (A)
• Sea of Solaris (Original Science Fiction - The GESE Universe)
• The Second Power (Kiefer/Lou)
• Sentiments (The Sentinel)
• seXFiles (The X-Files) (N)

• Storm Signs (The Sentinel)
• Straight to Naughtyville (The Invisible Man)
• Transience (The Sentinel)
• Turn of a Friendly Card (Original Science Fiction - The GESE Universe)
• Twisted Sister (The Invisible Man)
• Walking in the Sky (Due South) (N)
• Web After Dark (The Sentinel)
• Werewolves of London BBC Sherlock (A)
• Wild Cards (Mixed Media) (A)

Other Zine Contributions

The zines below also include content by TM Alexander -- mostly additional art.

• 11 & 2
• 852
• Adult Situations
• All the Roses Falling
• Apothecary
• Assignment: StarStation Sahndahl
• Blizzard
• The Blue Daemon
• Carry On Wayward Son
• Come to Your Senses
• Comrades
• A Different Corner
• Discoveries
• The Dream Within a Dream Affair
• Dyad
• Dyad: The Vampire Stories
• Flight Log of the Atlantis
• Flights of Fancy
• Fruit Cocktail
• Gatecrashers
• A Good Coat and a Short Friend
• Harper Beat
• The Heart of the Matter Affair
• Hot Donuts
• The Kuryakin File
• Miami Vice Collected Stories
• New Beginnings
• On the Other Wall
• One Night Stand
• Passages
• The Second Power
• Sentiments
• Sentry Duty
• seXFiles
• Tales from the Tomato
• Tales from Sherwood
• The Terra Nostra Underground
• Three of Hearts
• Under the Gibbous Moon
• Unrequited
• X-Libras

Stories Published By Year

1986

• "The Rain, Rain Go Away Affair" The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 11 & 2 #2

1987

• The Circle of Stones Affair (gen); winner of 1988 Fan Q Award for Best Novel
• "The 11:59 Affair" - 11 & 2 Holiday '87
• "Who Wants to Live Forever" - Karmic Concurrence 1

1988

• The Dream Within a Dream Affair, nominated for 1989 Fan Q Award for Best Novel
• One Night Stand, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.); winner of Fan Q Award (1990?) for Best Novel
• Lost in the Shadows, "sequel" to vampire film The Lost Boys; gave birth to Kiefer/Lou fandom

1989

• "The Greensleeves Affair" - 11 & 2 Holiday '89
• Interludes #1
• "Islands" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World 1; The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
• "All I Know" ? Miami Vice slash (Crockett/Castillo) - Dyad #3
• "Fragile" - 21 Jump Street slash (Tom/Doug) - Dyad #4

1990

• The Second Power slash "sequel" to film The First Power, (Kiefer/Lou)
• "Home for the Holidays", "Starting Over" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World #2
• Interludes #2 - various stories and poems 21 Jump Street
• The Choir Boys stories and poems (21 Jump Street)
• "Til Tomorrow" Young Guns "In Hiding" 21 Jump Street - Dyad #5
• "Crossroads" and "Parallel Lines" 21 Jump Street slash - Dyad #6
• "Under the Cherry Moon" Miami Vice "Aloha-Oy!" 21 Jump Street - Fruit Cocktail

1991

• "Break on Through to the Other Side" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World #3
• "Feel So Different" (Miami Vice), "Crazy Little Thing Called Lovejoy" (Lovejoy), and assorted poems - Wild Cards #1 (multimedia
• "Young Love" Young Guns slash - Adult Situations #5
• "The Tao of Love" and assorted poems - Miami Spice #1
• "Closer to Heaven", "Light of the World" and assorted poems Miami Spice #2
• "Lovers' Leap" - slash, various stories and poems Quantum Leap
• Carry On, Wayward Son - winner of Fan Q Award for Best Miami Vice Novel

1992

• "Never Too Old" (Lethal Weapon), "Lamb of Love" (The Silence of the Lambs), "Save It Till The Morning After" (Miami Vice), assorted poems Wild Cards #2 (multimedia; Pillow Talk (collection of stories and poems, assorted fandoms)
• "In Days of Olde" and "My Generation" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World #4
• "Incense and Peppermints" Quantum Leap, "Talking in Your Sleep" Twin Peaks - Dyad #7

1993

• "Blood Moon" (X-Files), "Once and For All" (Magnum PI), "Agent Cooper's Guide to Peaking" (Twin Peaks), "Dreamer's Ball" (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), "Psychobabble" (The X-Files), "Sleepover" (Dept S), "Pathos" (Disney's Three Musketeers), "God Bless the Child" (Magnum PI), "Lap of the Gods" (Stargate: SG1), "No Secrets" (Lethal Weapon), and assorted poems - Wild Cards #3 (multimedia)
• "Ship of Fools" - Karmic Concurrence #2
• "Harden My Heart" Miami Vice slash - Dyad #8
• "Whose Sex Life Is It, Anyway?" 21 Jump Street slash - Dyad #9

1994

• "Ante Up" (21 Jump Street), "Key West" (Miami Vice), "Original Sin" (The X-Files), "The Hatred of a Minute" (Starsky & Hutch), "Paradox" (Twin Peaks/The X-Files), "The Memory Lane Affair" (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), "Addendum" (The X-Files), "Different Corner" (Renegades), and assorted poems - Wild Cards #4 (multimedia)
• "Promises", "Truth or Dare", "Snow Kiss'd" and "A Midsummer Night's Fantasy" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World #5
• I Still Believe
• "Birthday Gift" Renegades slash story, Boys Are Back #2
• The 9th Invocation - The X-Files novel, slash (Mulder/Skinner) and gen versions
• Turn of a Friendly Card - novel set in original homoerotic science fiction universe
• Interludes #3 - various stories and poems

1995

• "Homecoming" (Miami Vice), "Heart's Filthy Lesson" (The X-Files), "Pleasure Little Treasure" (SeaQuest), "Mighty Aphrodite's Revenge" (Hercules), "Spare the Rod" (The X-Files), "Change the World" (original cop characters, homoerotic), "Estrus" (The X-Files/The Silence of the Lambs), "Something to Sink Your Teeth Into" (Jaws), "Grounds for Divorce" (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), and assorted poems - Wild Cards #5 (multimedia)
• "Port in a Storm", "Desperately Seeking Sonny", "A Boy and His Dad", "Pillow Book" (winner of Fan Q Award for Best Miami Vice Story), and assorted poems Miami Spice #3
• Achates' Quest - novel, sequel to Turn of a Friendly Card, original fiction
• Interludes #4 - Various stories and poems
• Tales from the Tomato - Starsky & Hutch

1996

• Bright Lights, Black Leather Miami Vice novel; nominated for Fan Q Award
• Interludes #5 - Various stories and poems
• Love of My Life - Various stories and poems of original homerotic fantasy stories
• "Cabin Fever", "Til Death Do I Part", "I Cling Forever", "Never Too Late", and "Before the Grace of You Go I" and assorted poems - Rose Tint My World #6
• The 9th Invocation (The X-Files) novel; gen & slash (Mulder/Skinner) versions

1997

• Bayou - The X-Files novel, slash (Mulder/Skinner) and gen versions
• "Rendezvous", "The Last Great Innocent", "Rush", "Trinity", "Change of Scenery" and various poems seXFiles - nominated for several Fan Q Awards
• "Poe" - Mulder's Spooktown Cafe (The X-Files)
• Sea of Solaris - collection of stories in original homoerotic science fiction universe
• Gemini - The Sentinel novel, slash and gen versions
• Sentiments - The Sentinel

1998

• "Sin City" and "Sleepless Nights" - Missing Links #1 - The Sentinel
• "Queen for a Day" and assorted poems - 852 Prospect #1- The Sentinel
• Transience - The Sentinel

1999

• Broken Wings - The Sentinel novel, slash and gen versions
• Sentiments Too - The Sentinel; winner 2000 Fan Q Award Best Sentinel Story
• "Doubting Ellisons", "Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes", "The Iceman Hurteth" and assorted poems Missing Links # 2- The Sentinel

2000

• Northwest Passage - Due South novel (Fraser/RayK), winner of 2001 Huggy for Best Due South Novel
• "Strictly Canadian" - The Full Mountie (Fraser/RayK), winner of 2001 Huggy for Best Due South Story

2001

• Funny Business - The Invisible Man
• Gris Gris - The Sentinel novel, slash and gen versions
• "San Diego Surprise", "Old Haunts", "Beach Blanket Boink" -Straight to Naughtyville #1
• Grief Has Its Own Time Frame - Due South

2002

• Retribution - The Sentinel
• Twisted Sister - The Invisible Man

2013

• The Blue Daemon BBC Sherlock Johnlock

2014

• Werewolves of London BBC Sherlock Johnlock

Conventions Attended

D=Dealer, G=Gofer, S=Security, A=Art Show, H=Host

• 1983 - MediaWest*Con 3, Alexander's first con (Tam's comment: "I'm home.")
• 1984 - MediaWest*Con 4 (G)
• 1985 - MediaWest*Con 5 (G)
• 1986 - MediaWest*Con 6, SpyCon (Chicago) (D), Windycon (Chicago) (D)
• 1987 - OmniCon (Ft. Lauderdale) (D), MediaWest*Con 7 (D), Greenwood Con (England) (D, ScorpioCon (Chicago) (A) (D), SpyCon (D), ZebraCon 9 (D), Windycon (D), BabelCon (Grand Rapids)(D)
• 1988 - Contraption (Detroit) (D), MediaWest*Con 8 (D), SlutCon (Boyne City) (H), ScorpioCon (D)
• 1989 - MediaWest*Con 9 (D), SlutCon 2 (Traverse City) (H), ZebraCon 10 (D), Pretty Good Con (Lansing)(D)
• 1990 - "A Beach to Walk On" Con (San Diego) (D), RevelCon (Houston) (D), MediaWest*Con 10 (D), Shore Leave (Baltimore) (D)
• 1991 - RevelCon (D), MediaWest*Con 11 (D), Shore Leave (D), ZebraCon 11 (D), GrandCon (Grand Rapids)(D)
• 1992 - MediaWest*Con 12 (D), Some Baltimore Trek Con (D)
• 1993 - MediaWest*Con 13 (D)
• 1994 - Confusion (Detroit) (D), MediaWest*Con 14 (D)
• 1995 - MediaWest*Con 15 (D), ZebraCon 12 (D)
• 1996 - MediaWest*Con 16 (D)
• 1997 - MediaWest*Con 17 (D), ZebraCon 13 (A) (D)
• 1998 - MediaWest*Con 18 (D)
• 1999 - SentiCon 1 (H), MediaWest*Con 19 (D), ZebraCon 14 (D)
• 2000 - SentiCon 2 (H), MediaWest*Con 20 (D),SergeCon (Toronto) (H)
• 2001 - SentiCon 3 (H), MediaWest*Con 21 (D), ZebraCon 15 (D)
• 2002 - SentiCon 4 (H), MediaWest*Con 22 (D)
• 2003 - MediaWest*Con 23 (D)
• 2004 - SentiCon 5 (H), MediaWest*Con 24
• 2005 - MediaWest*Con 25
• 2006 - SentiCon 6 (H), MediaWest*Con 26
• 2007 - MediaWest*Con 27
• 2008 - MediaWest*Con 28
• 2009 - MediaWest*Con 29
• 2010 - MediaWest*Con 30 (S)
• 2011 - MediaWest*Con 31 (S)
• 2012 - MediaWest*Con 32 (S)
• 2013 - MediaWest*Con 33 (D), (S)
• 2014 - MediaWest*Con 34 (D)
• 2015 - MediaWest*Con 35
• 2016 - MediaWest*Con 36