Star Trek TOS Zinedex: Authors (A)

AcidQueen (Birgit)

1. McCoy / Yeoman Tonia Barrows series (NC-17)
Very explicit; also fun, kinda cute, and reasonably in-character.

"Classic Education"   2003, 4p.
Tonia sends McCoy his costume for a party - schoolteacher, complete with ruler, and shows up at his cabin as a schoolgirl looking for trouble - which he obligingly provides.

"Personal Service"   2003, 5p.

Tonia and McCoy frolic as man and maidservant.

"Getting Physical"   2004; about 4 pp

Time for Yeoman Barrows' physical, and McCoy gives her the works.

2. Spock / McCoy series (NC-17)
Very explicit; not brutal, and reasonably in-character.

"Fascinating"   ?, 20p.

Mirror-Spock, for reasons never determined, has planted an exceedingly inconvenient but highly entertaining post-meld suggestion in McCoy's head - being in Spock's presence arouses him secually, and Spock's utterance of the word "fascinating" instantly triggers frantic sexual activity and/or attack. Believe it or not, the characters are pretty much in character in this delightful erotic romp. I particularly like Kirk's reaction when he walks in on the boys just as Spock has discerned the problem and is taking action to resolve it - he re-keys the doorlock to protect their privacy.

3. Nasty Mirror Universe series (NC-17)
Very explicit; very brutal. Not generally to my taste.

"Break"   2004, 4p.

Kirk discovers that McCoy is having an affair with Tonia without the captain's permission, and takes his anger out on her with considerable verbal and physical brutality - and a knife.
Jon Aiken

"Tea Time" Stardate: Unknown #3, July 1977 (p. 4-19)

A black hole catapults the Enterprise into Earth's past, where the gang must retrieve a dataprobe by eluding both colonial and British capture to join in at the Boston Tea Party. Good fun, though the plot could have used some tightening.

Alinda Alain

"Mistress of Terror" Abode of Strife #19, May 1993 (p.20-43): On a diplomatic mission with Sarek to Vulcanoid planet Junshia, Spock refuses the advances of a warrior-woman, who takes revenge by attacking Kirk sexually and mentally, putting Spock and Kirk's bond in danger.

Mary Aldridge

"A Place in the Stars" Entercomm #5, 1982 (p.81-101): A female relation of Kang confronts the Klingon council to assert the rights of women to be warriors and space-farers.

CarolMel Ambassador

"Sleepwalker" Abode of Strife #19, May 1993 (p.58-60): Vignette of Kirk repeatedly reliving Spock's death.

Teresa Marie Annette

"Life After Life" Entercomm #5, 1982 (p.37-51): Spock uses a mind meld to retrieve brain-dead Kirk from heaven. The writing is fine, but too much sugar and mysticism for my taste.

Marie Aranas

"Encounter in Xanadu" R & R #5, Nov 1977 (p. 3-20): Mirror Kirk finds himself changing after a forced mind-meld with his Spock. Having captured a resistance fighter, he forces himself upon her, but the rape turns to tenderness.

"The Seed" R & R #9, Spring 1979 (p. 125-139): [Sequel to “Encounter in Xanadu” (R&R 5) and “A Change in the Mirror” (R&R 8)]; Kirk of the ISS Enterprise finds morale much improved now that they are working for the Resistance. On a mission to steal a coder, Kirk is captured and kept as a sex slave for the First Minister, but rescued by Rae (from Encounter in Xanadu) and his now trusted friends Bones and Spock.

Michele Arvizu

* "Turnabout Survival" Berengaria #10, June 1978 (p. 2-34): Janice Lester gets revenge by abducting the Big Three and switching Kirk and Spock into one another's bodies. The consequences and reactions are very well drawn - Spock is mortified, Kirk is enjoying the adventure; both bodies are in physical danger because Spock is burning up Kirk's and Kirk can't keep Spock's autonomic system going. Lester presents herself to her victims as a monster. Kirk and Spock finally trick her into switching them back by pretending the transfer is spontaneously degenerating as it did in "Turnabout Intruder." They have to play each other well enough to fool both Lester and McCoy.


* "The Gathering" (p. 36-57) Berengaria #10, June 1978 (p. 2-34): McCoy visits at the deathbed of his mother-in-law, runs into his ex, Ariana, and they end up in bed. Back aboard Enterprise, he suffers from debilitating depression exacerbated by drink. Things come to a head when Spock arrives with an abdominal obstruction and McCoy is too impaired by drink and exhaustion to do the surgery - but persuades a cautious M'Benga of his diagnosis. The McCoy/Spock and McCoy/Kirk heart-to-hearts make a number of good points about the friendships and have some good lines, but are over-done and over-emotional - far too much talking for these guys.

The Mirage (novella) Eds,: Martha Bonds, Susan Dorsey, Leslie Fish, Pat Stall; Published by Beverly Volker & Nancy Kippax (Contact), November 1976, 85p.: Spock visits an aging, arthritic Kirk. When he learns that Kirk is dying, he persuades him to have an android body built for himself at an experimental facility. Kirk is excited at the prospect but rejects it at the last minute, demanding to die in his own body. Spock seems very out of character here.
Leslie Fish's monumental illustrations add interest to the piece.
[Reprinted in Berengaria #10, June 1978, p. 2-34]

Conduct Unbecoming (novel) Orion Press, 1997. 188p.: [Fine color cover by Christine Myers.]
Spock rescues a terribly (and sexually) traumatized Kirk from Orion slavers. Kirk is in denial to a dangerous degree, to the point that he beats up Spock. Eventually they work it out, then discover that there is a clone of the Orion who had captured and tortured Kirk. A bit much trauma and breast-beating by all parties, but a compelling story.

Jane Aumerle

"The Sword at the Gate" Stardate: Unknown #3, July 1977 (p. 116-129): Aftermath of "Paradise Syndrome." Spock forces a meld to allow Kirk to accept and grieve Miramanee's loss. The team play gods to minimize contamination of the Amerindian culture, with Kirk designating Salish - beaten half to death by the crowd hoping to please the god - as the medicine chief and an umarriageable girl as priestess. Believable interpretation.

Jim Ausfahl

* "The Kenederis Incident" Antares #2, 1998 (p. 64-88): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.3]; The Keneds, their planet quarantined because of prior plague, are suddenly both afflicted with the plague themselves and suffering from violent attacks. Enterprise comes to the rescue. McCoy gets infected when a patient he’s about to autopsy revives, and Spock works with him to find a treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment that works on McCoy leaves the Keneds brain-dead, whether their infections are mild or severe. It turns out that the Keneds are actually a bacterial creature themselves, inhabiting a variety of species on the planet, accounting for their planet’s multiple sentient species who all consider themselves Kened. The plague is from a similar creature that has taken up residence.
"Intruder" Antares #4, Jan 2000 (p. 47-77) / Jim Ausfahl: [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: Third Mission v.1]; post-STV; crew encounters mothership apparently engaged in biological warfare; McCoy eventually concludes that it is restocking life forms for preservation purposes - its “battle” is to seed the universe with life
** "The Ambassador’s Taxi" Antares #6, Oct 2000 (p. 30-53 ): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.3]; Points for new lifeforms. The dreaded ambassador turns out to be Hoorash, a tree-like silicate life form requiring high temperatures. Spock & McCoy visit him in his “pup tent” in the shuttle bay, inside little egg carts. Duties finished, Hoorash is anxious to get home to Suzr before his deathly-ill and dearest lifemate dies. So, the E cuts across Klingon space. Hoorash has to rescue them by stealing dilithium crystals from the Klingon ship, but is injured in the process. McCoy manages to save him by transfusing a solder alloy Scotty rigs up. When they reach Suzr, he does the same for Hrashass, buying her years of life.
** "A Serpent in Eden" Antares #6, Oct 2000 (p. 62-116): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: Second Mission v.2]; Though I couldn’t follow the set-up for this little Chekov whodunit, it was delightfully written with a plausible new civilization. Chekov goes undercover as Socath, a Seeker in a rigid (pre-contact) caste society, trying to figure out what has become of a vanished starbase. He is only allowed to speak in questions, which is one of the finest points of the story. He is immediately nabbed to be on a jury in a murder incident and turns detective. Evidence points to Romulan involvement - all such evidence is hushed up by Jonax, their jury’s Holder of Hidden Knowledge. I didn’t quite follow the resolution - the Holder evidently decides the time has come to reveal his Hidden Knowledge - the existence of other planets and peoples - because some kind of danger of paradox is now past.
"The Pearl" Antares #7, June 2001 (p.21-57): Scott is inexplicably found dead shortly after McCoy has given him a clean bill of health. McCoy and Spock join forces to determine that the death has been faked, and then to rescue both Scott and his kidnapper, a species inhabiting its planet's oceanic vents.
The Plumber's Helper (novella) Orion Press, 2002, 116p. (p.21-57): While escorting a mother-daughter pair of engineers to assist with a sanitation breakdown on a colony on Gamma Virginis, Enterprise diverts to rescue a hibernating survivor (Giacomo Eletto) from a derelict NASA Jovian Platform. The platform turns out to have been sabotaged at the start of WWIII. Since the colony turns out to have an odd medical problem - a parasite that gets by the filtration, and whose victims die if treated - McCoy is called into action. McCoy quickly recruits Giacomo, who was an M.D., into Sickbay service. Giacomo turns out to be an ancestor of McCoy's. He is also an expert tracker due to his Cherokee heritage, and routs the colony's saboteur by sneaking into the compound on a handy-dandy buffale. The saboteur turns out to have been well-meaning; the parasites are genetically engineered and can repair damaged tissue. A pleasant read, but far too many coincidences, and not up to Ausfahl's better short stories. Best bit was the medical tutorial - "Beat the Reaper" - in which the program has access to the trainee when the trainee has access to the program, and pops up at all hours with a victim's life counting down.

"Planet of the Killer Chickens" Antares #8, Jan. 2002 (p.49-54): Security Chief Skorr (the avian) has to show Captain Chekov how to establish proper pecking order during Federation membership negotiations -- literally. Jim's usual good fun.