Category: Friday Fiction
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More TV’s Wackiest Family: The Bradys

Showdown at the P.T.A. Corral Johnston 1969 Yes, I have Brady Bunch issues. I just can’t help myself. In this episode, Mike is elected president of the PTA. Note the front cover calls it PTA prexy. (What is a “prexy”? Is it this? or this? ) All sorts of shenanigans…
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Remember Dark Shadows?

The Demon of Barnabas Collins Ross 1969 Any of you old enough to remember the vampire soap opera Dark Shadows? I remember it as a show I was not allowed to watch but tried to sneak a peak whenever I could manage it. I believe one of my friends had…
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Cherry Ames

Cherry Ames Senior Nurse Wells 1944 Friday is our day to indulge in fiction choices. Again, we need to reiterate that fiction is really a function of your community’s taste and space issues. Cherry Ames is right up there with Nancy Drew and the gang. Cherry was getting dated for…
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Hello, Angels!

Charlie’s Angels Goff and Roberts Spelling -Goldberg Production 1977 “Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy…” Time for some more Friday Fiction Fun! Holly and I keep finding some of these things that are simply to awesome to ignore! Yes, kids we…
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Friday Fiction Fun: Let the swooning begin

Dangerous Fabio and Staub 1996 Submitter: Remember Fabio? The supposed epitome of male beauty? (Yeah, I remember him too and from my male perspective, definitely not the epitome of male beauty, that would be me! (yeah right!) 🙂 The story seems to be typical paperback romance faire, but what is interesting…
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Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

The Brady Bunch “The Treasure of Mystery Island” Matcha 1972 Okay, we don’t usually do fiction, but frankly I was starting to just get annoyed with old career books and a few humorless librarians that have told me I am hurting America, libraries and civilization as we know it. Yeah.…