Today you’re getting a fanzine download! As many of you know, I don’t currently have a functional scanner, but I found a finished scan in my files for you! A Matter of Time aka Avon 6 by A. R.
As most of the zines from the Avon range, this is a single story. It’s not very long, but it fills a gap in what tropes I’ve otherwise seen used in the fandom: time travel to historical periods.
As a period, the one in this fic (WW II) isn’t one of my favourites to fictionalise, and - as all time travel stories - this fic requires a bit of handwaving, particular also regarding a certain character’s language skills (and the author’s lack thereof), but I found it satisfyingly plotted and otherwise convincing in its resolution. I also enjoy it for the obvious reasons: the A/V double act and a bit of h/c for Avon. It’s also satisfyingly winter-y for the purposes of this calendar.
Set in season 4, it is an Avon & Vila story, but also features some convincing OCs, and “old friend” and the rest of the Scorpio crew.