Authors Savior, Jaina & Apatija- Rachel Morgan Femslash (& Why Kim Harrison Keeps Jerking Us Around)

Deeply in love, Ivy is repeatedly frustrated by her partner's atrocious taste in men, yet always comes back to her . . . wait a minute, this isn't my Poison Ivy/Harley Quinn show. This is my show on the "Dead Witch Walking" series written by Kim Harrison, now eight books and still going strong. But that doesn't mean there aren't similarities. The ultimate "will-they-or-won't-they", the close friendship and working relationship of the stubbornly straight witch Rachel Morgan and the very bisexual vampire Ivy Tamwood continues to dance teasingly close to romance - yet always infuriatingly steps away again. And Harrison's public statements on the subject are frequently belied by the words she writes. (Seriously, if they're not going to hook up, then stop making it look like they are.) Fortunately, none of that has stopped talented fanfic authors from pulling Rachel's head out of her ass and giving Ivy what she's been waiting for. We'll talk to three of those authors - Jaina, whose stories include "Return to the Hollows" and "Let Sleeping Vamps Lie"; Savior, author of the ongoing novella "Entre l'amour et la mort"; and Apatija, writer of the "Kitchen is Mine" series. There will also be a discussion of "Black Magic Sanction", the latest installment which was just published on February 23rd, 2010, and what (if anything) it means for our hopes for Rachel/Ivy in the future.