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Title
December 2019 Addendum
Date(s)
- 1991 - 2011 (Creation)
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1 box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Victoria McManus is a resident of Philadelphia, PA. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, under the names Victoria Janssen and Elspeth Potter, and includes both novels and short stories. Her first novel was the alternate-world fantasy The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), which has been translated into French, German, and Russian. Her next novel, The Moonlight Mistress (2009), features the early days of World War One and werewolves; it has been translated into Italian and has an electronic-only sequel available, “Under Her Uniform.” McManus' third novel The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), is a sort-of sequel to The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover, focusing on different characters. In 2021-2022, under the name of Victoria Janssen, she released A Place of Refuge, a new science fiction queer romance space opera consisting of three books: Finding Refuge, Accepting Refuge, and Embracing Refuge.
Her first published short story was "Water Music" (2000), which appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2001 from Cleis Press, and she has since written a number of other stories that have been anthologized in various erotica collections. Her nonfiction mostly appears at the blogs Heroes and Heartbreakers (romance) and The Criminal Element (mystery, suspense, and thrillers). She also reviews anonymously for Publishers Weekly.
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Series I: Manuscripts
1-1/1: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, 1999; and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/2: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, 2000; and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/3: "Water Music" (2000), typescript 'copy editor' copy, 2000
1-1/4: "Water Music" (2000), typescript with handwritten edits [Cleis Press copy], September 2000
1-1/5: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, undated
1-1/6: "Water Music" (2000), and "Cookies" [unpublished], rejected typescripts, undated; and related correspondence, 2003
1-1/7: "Perilous" [later reworked and titled "Camera", 2001], typescript with handwritten edits, undated
1-1/8: "Green Pajamas" (2002), typescript, undated
1-1/9: "Green Pajamas" (2002), rejected typescript and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/10: "Green Pajamas" (2002), typescript, undated
1-1/11: "Camera" (2001), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/12: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], typescript and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/13: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], revised typescript and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/14: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], typescript with handwritten edits, typescript, and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/15: "Free Falling" (2002), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001 - 2002
1-1/16: "Rite of Passage" (2002), typescripts and editorial correspondence, 2002
1-1/17: "Twisted Beauty" (2002), typescript, 2002
1-1/18: "Wire" (2003), typescript, undated
1-1/19: "Ducal Service" (2004), typescript, undated; and related correspondence, 2006, 2008
1-1/20: "Lip Service" [later titled "Worship", 2004], typescript and related correspondence, 2004
1-1/21: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001
1-1/22: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescripts with handwritten edits, 2001?
1-1/23: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescript, undated
1-1/24: "Mo'o and the Woman" (2006), typescript, undated
1-1/25: "Poppet" (2006), typescript drafts with handwritten edits, October 2005; typescript drafts with handwritten edits, undated; reviewer comments, September 2005; and notes, September 2005
1-1/26: "The Token" (2006), typescript, undated; and editorial correspondence, 2006
1-1/27: "The Magnificent Threesome" (2007), typescript, undated
1-1/28: "The Magnificent Threesome" (2007), typescript, undated; and related correspondence, 2006
1-1/29: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" (2007), typescript and related correspondence, 2002
1-1/30: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" (2007), typescript with handwritten edits, November 2002
1-1/31: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" [originally titled "21 Short Films...", 2007], partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2007?
1-1/32: "Blindspot" (2008), typescript, undated
1-1/33: "Detox" (2007/2008), typescript with track changes, 2005?
1-1/34: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 154, October 2007
1-1/35: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 155 - 290, October 2007
1-1/36: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2007 - 2008?
1-1/37: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript chapter 4, 2008?
1-1/38: "Poppies Are Not The Only Flower" (2008), typescripts, 2004 - 2005; and cover flats of anthology Lipstick On Her Collar (2008)
1-1/39: "Toy" (2008), typescript and correspondence, 2005
1-1/40: "The Airplane Story" (2012), typescript, undated
1-1/41: "The Airplane Story" (2012), typescript and correspondence, 2006
1-1/42: "Cookies" [unpublished], typescript, 2001
1-1/43: "Cucumber Song" [poem, unpublished], typescript, undated
1-1/44: "The Forest People" [unpublished], typescripts with handwritten edits and reviewer notes, 2006
1-1/45: "The Forest People" [unpublished], typescript, 2006?
1-1/46: "Four Walls" [unpublished], text of story on email with editorial comments, 2001
1-1/47: A Greener Shadow [unpublished], typescript with handwritten reviewer comments; and handwritten notes, 1998
1-1/48: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript, 2001; and related correspondence, 2001 - 2002
1-1/49: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript and related correspondence, 2002
1-1/50: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript with handwritten edit and related correspondence, 2002
1-1/51: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript, typescripts with handwritten edits, and related correspondence, 2001 [contest entries]
1-1/52: 1919 [unpublished], partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2005
1-1/53: 1920[unpublished], handwritten notes, 2004 - 2005
1-1/54: 1920 [unpublished], 'Zero Draft' typescript, pages 1 - 114, 2005
1-1/55: 1920 [unpublished], 'Zero Draft' typescript, pages 115 - 231, 2005
1-1/56: 1920 [unpublished], partial typescript, August 2005
1-1/57: 1920 [unpublished], typescript pages, 2005?
1-1/58: 1920 [unpublished], typescripts of first chapters with editorial comments, 2005
1-1/59: "Ode to my Trench Coat" [unpublished], rejected typescripts, 2005
1-1/60: "The River Land" [unpublished], typescript draft, July 2006
1-1/61: "The River Land" [unpublished], partial typescript draft, undated
1-1/62: "Trapped" [unpublished], typescript, 2006
1-1/63: Trench Monsters [unpublished] typescript draft chapter 1, August 2006; and photocopies reference materials
1-1/64: "A Visitor to the Planet of the Retros" [unpublished], handwritten notes, 1994
1-1/65: Notebook containing Blake's 7 fanfiction, 1991 - 1996, undated
1-1/66: Notebook containing notes and story drafts, 2001 - 2011
1-1/67: Notebook containing notes for fantasy novel, 1998