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Laurie Haldeman

* POEM: "No Reprieve" Galactic Discourse #1, Feb. 1977 (p.90-91): Chapel at Spock’s deathbed, passed over again for Jim.

Anna Mary Hall

Alternate Universe 4 #1, 1974, 62p. (with Virginia Tilley & Shirley Maiewsky): First installment of a serialized novel.; Kirk is distracted by headache at a critical battle moment, and three planets are destroyed by the enemy. The guilt-ridden Kirk is drummed out of the fleet and sent penniless into the world. Spock and McCoy prevent him from committing suicide, and he becomes a freight navigator under an assumed name. However, he is recognized by an agent of Light Fleet - benevolent meddlers in societies, the same folks who employed Gary Seven, and whose aim is a peaceful galaxy. This issue ends with Kirk recruited to Light Fleet as an “Action Agent.” When a mission goes awry, Kirk is briefly captured on the Enterprise, but Spock and McCoy, trusting him, allow him to escape. A pleasant enough read with decent writing, though the angst was a bit overdone, and I found I didn't care much for the whole idea of Light Fleet - too much Big Brother, perhaps.

Alternate Universe 4 #2: "The Debt," 1976, 140p. (with Virginia Tilley , Daphne Hamilton & Shirley Maiewsky): My same criticisms apply to this second installment - everybody's guilt-ridden agonizing is heavy-handed and Light Fleet is a disturbing concept. But again, the writing is frequently quite good, and the plot kept me reading - or at least scanning for the most interesting bits. On assignment, agent Kirk is rescued from hanging by the Enterprise - alerted by Light Fleet. (Uhura, conveniently, is also an agent.) When McCoy discovers his communications chip, Kirk, per Light Fleet orders, escapes by staging his own suicide. Blaming himself for having betrayed Jim in obeying his Starfleet oath, McCoy becomes such a total wreck that Spock suspends him and he goes to soak his sorrows on leave planet Gagarin. Meanwhile, back in Light Fleet, Vulcan agent Malon is assigned to assassinate the Klingon leader to stop intergalactic war. She does so, but is devastated at having killed. She compares sorrows with Kirk, and they get permission to collect Dival, a Light Fleet telepathic psychologist, and go to Gagarin to put McCoy right. McCoy, however, detects and prevents the healer's telepathic contact, and cannot be cured in the short time left before Dival must go home to undergo a type of spontaneous fission in which a Child is formed. Distracted by McCoy's problems, Dival leaves it too late and goes into the "creation" phase with McCoy witnessing the weirdness. Meanwhile, the war has not stopped after all - Klingons attack Gagarin with a new, indestructible ship, and Enterprise roars into the fray. Dival's friends arrive to help him in his Creation, and Kirk shows himself to McCoy, opting for personal over professional loyalty. But McCoy has now seen too much. He is invited into Light Fleet, but refuses to abandon Spock and has them mind-wipe him, all except for the knowledge that Kirk is alive, which he is allowed to share with Spock. Oh, meanwhile... Malon has had to participate in a Vulcan gang-mind-meld and Spock - also drafted into the group - recognizes her from long ago and questions her supposed death and motives, but she escapes thanks to Light Fleet training. Enterprise, with a little help from Light Fleet, defeats the invincible Klingon ship - leaving Spock to ponder the impossibility of that victory and start putting 2 & 2 together. Kirk and Malon go off to new Light Fleet adventures.

"The Hunted and the Hunters" Interphase #1, July 1975 (p. 29-40): After a shuttle crash, Sulu is carried off by reptilian hunter-gatherers. After living with them for several months, learning the work and helping to guard against flying predators, he joins the tribe and becomes "knifemate" to one of the lead hunters (female). While carefully following the Prime Directive, he manages to show the people that they can turn the tables on the predators (my, my, what will that end up doing to the local ecology?) before he is retrieved. Well written; good aliens.

"Alternate Universe 4" Interphase #3, August 1976 (p. 16-21): [with Virginia Tilley]; Article. Explanation of the AU4 series.

C.E. Hall

"Disturbance" Log Entries #2, Feb 1976 (5p.): Tempers are running high on the Enterprise and the problem is traced to popular but sonic crystals.

Leigh Hall

* "Shadows Over Deneva" Antares #1, 1997 (p. 54-70): McCoy & Spock come to terms with Spock’s blinding in "Operation: Annihilate."

* "Out on a Limb" Antares #2, 1998 (p. 30-45): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.2]; McCoy, Spock & Sulu encounter a determinedly altruistic alien life form.

Beth Hallam


"Incident in a City" Alnitah #1 Nov. 1975 (p. 3-6): During "City on the Edge of Forever", tensions between Kirk and Spock are exacerbated when Spock accidentally spills some green blood.

"Paternity Order" Alnitah #1 Nov. 1975 (p. 30-37): A crewwoman gives birth to a child with pointed ears, and the entire crew take a new attitude towards Spock.

"A Spoonful of Sugar" Alnitah #2 Nov. 1975 (p. 31-43): A yeoman afflicted with xenophobia is stranded with Spock in the aftermath of an earthquake, and resolves to overcome the problem.
* "Spare the Rod" R & R #3, Spring 1977 (p. 52-55): Charming vignette of Charles Grayson acceding to young Spock’s earnest but not-quite-verbalized wish to be told a story. Told first-person from Grayson’s pov.

"All in the Family" Alnitah #6 June 1977 (p.2-11): Kirk has been permanently removed from command due to injury. When Starfleet's policy of having captains of the same race as the majority of their crews effectively prevents Spock from captaining Enterprise or, indeed, any other ship, McCoy resigns in a huff and has to eat his words at Spock's request. The new captain, whom the bridge crew treat badly, turns command over to Spock in a crisis, risks himself to correct a radiation problem, and supports Spock's promotion to captain.

"The Day of the Guinea Pig" R & R #5, Nov 1977 (p. 54-64): [Reprinted from Son of Grope]; [Reprinted in Accumulated Leave #1]; Testing a new pon farr-relieving drug on Spock, from McCoy’s pov. It seems to keep Spock sane but very sexy, and he chases everything in a skirt - quite successfully.

* "McCoy Cleans His Teeth" R & R #10, Summer 1979 (p. 117-122): Written in response to the editor's statement that she would not publish a story "about a character brushing his teeth," this is an entertaining "bad day" story in which Enterprise events conspire to make everything go wrong for the Doctor, from nearly electrocuting the Captain to Spock ruining his much-anticipated tooth-paste.

Karen Halliday

* Healer of the Wraith (novel) Orion Press, 1999, 233p.: After an emotionally devastating plague mission, McCoy finds himself subject to first nightmares and then hallucinations of his own interrogation by Romulans. With Spock's assistance in mind-meld, he unlocks memories of time aboard the Romulan scout Wraith and his relationship with its healer, Tr'San. The truth places him in an awkward situation vis-a-vis Starfleet Command, and somewhat at odds with Kirk as McCoy and Spock come up with an illegal solution to the problem.
What can I say... I wrote the McCoy story I wanted to read. It was a heck of a lot of fun to write, especially getting him out of the ship, which was problematic for a long time, and the final confrontation with Nogura.

Daphne Hamilton

Alternate Universe 4 #2: "The Debt," 1976, 140p. (with Virginia Tilley , Anna Mary Hall & Shirley Maiewsky): My same criticisms apply to this second installment - everybody's guilt-ridden agonizing is heavy-handed and Light Fleet is a disturbing concept. But again, the writing is frequently quite good, and the plot kept me reading - or at least scanning for the most interesting bits. On assignment, agent Kirk is rescued from hanging by the Enterprise - alerted by Light Fleet. (Uhura, conveniently, is also an agent.) When McCoy discovers his communications chip, Kirk, per Light Fleet orders, escapes by staging his own suicide. Blaming himself for having betrayed Jim in obeying his Starfleet oath, McCoy becomes such a total wreck that Spock suspends him and he goes to soak his sorrows on leave planet Gagarin. Meanwhile, back in Light Fleet, Vulcan agent Malon is assigned to assassinate the Klingon leader to stop intergalactic war. She does so, but is devastated at having killed. She compares sorrows with Kirk, and they get permission to collect Dival, a Light Fleet telepathic psychologist, and go to Gagarin to put McCoy right. McCoy, however, detects and prevents the healer's telepathic contact, and cannot be cured in the short time left before Dival must go home to undergo a type of spontaneous fission in which a Child is formed. Distracted by McCoy's problems, Dival leaves it too late and goes into the "creation" phase with McCoy witnessing the weirdness. Meanwhile, the war has not stopped after all - Klingons attack Gagarin with a new, indestructible ship, and Enterprise roars into the fray. Dival's friends arrive to help him in his Creation, and Kirk shows himself to McCoy, opting for personal over professional loyalty. But McCoy has now seen too much. He is invited into Light Fleet, but refuses to abandon Spock and has them mind-wipe him, all except for the knowledge that Kirk is alive, which he is allowed to share with Spock. Oh, meanwhile... Malon has had to participate in a Vulcan gang-mind-meld and Spock - also drafted into the group - recognizes her from long ago and questions her supposed death and motives, but she escapes thanks to Light Fleet training. Enterprise, with a little help from Light Fleet, defeats the invincible Klingon ship - leaving Spock to ponder the impossibility of that victory and start putting 2 & 2 together. Kirk and Malon go off to new Light Fleet adventures.


* Untitled. Alpha Continuum # 4, March 1980 (p. 32): Illo interp. McCoy's - and Kirk's -- fears are realized when the doctor vanishes into the transport beam.

Rusty Hancock

"Reunion" Alpha Continuum # 4, March 1980 (p. 73-79): Former shipmates of Will Decker gather in a pub to toast his memory, and end up discussing their own affairs with Deltans.

Carol Hansen

"And Thou Beside Me" R & R #5, Nov 1977 (p. 50-53): [Reprinted in Accumulated Leave #1]; Kirk, Janice and others taking a little R&R on a pleasant planet, are encompassed by little cloud-creatures who paralyze them but then fulfill their sexual fantasies by impersonating their partners. Standard fare.

"More Than a Brother" R & R #10, Summer 1979 (p. 93-116): The sterile race of Xlotlans captures the landing party to use as breeding stock to regain fertility, sending clones of the captives back to the Enterprise to prevent detection. The premise seems full of holes, but the main dilemma of the story is a good one - Kirk and Chapel forced into sexual intimacy to avoid her rape, and dealing with that on their rescue and Kirk's return to his true love Uhura.

Ann Hart

"Premonition" Abode of Strife #19, May 1993 (p.97-98): Vignette between the Commander from "Balance of Terror" and his wife, prologue to the episode.

Bobbie Hawkins

"Theragen Again" Galactic Discourse #4, April 1983 (p. 146-150): Post-"Tholian Web". The crew has become so fond of Theragen as a cocktail mixer that most of them are drunk. This leads to a mild confrontation between Kirk and McCoy, and a Spock/McCoy reconciliation over Theragen and brandy which leaves Spock so drunk that he does not even object to McCoy "tucking him in". Nice scene.

Christine Hawkins

"Extracts from the Personal Log of Dr. Leonard McCoy, M.D." Beyond Antares (AU) #34 Aug. 1993 (p.25-47): McCoy is holed up in Sickbay fending off a vampire Spock.

Richard Heim, Jr.

"Apostasy" Berengaria #1, Sept. 1973: Space battles, aliens on board murdering everyone, and generally wretched writing.

"Equicon '74" Berengaria #3, July 1974: Con Report.

"Strange Time, Familiar Place" Berengaria #4, March 1975: Odd little piece done as a history project. The Enterprise crew assist a historical team to blast through an archaeological barrier; Sulu is transported to 12th century Japan with a laser cannon and becomes power-mad.

Lee Heller

"The Shores of Aulis" Galactic Discourse #5, April 1987 (p. 145-151): Post-STIII. Flashbacks of Kirk's intermittent encounters with his son, as Kirk prepares to tell Carol of David's death. Kirk first learned of David when the boy was five; Carol keeps putting off telling the boy of his father; as a teenager, David is drawn to the New Humans, and an angry final confrontation with "Uncle Jim." Very much in character, believable and well-written.

Judi Hendricks

"This, Our Infinity" Pegasus #1 Nov. 1976 (p. 3-47): Spock is "off his feed" again but this time he's made plans and has a half-Vulcan bride conveniently waiting on a nearby planet. While they are off honeymooning, Kirk & McCoy's party are caught in a recoite mine cave-in and rescued when highly-telepathic Meriel picks up a mental distress call from McCoy. During the rescue, Meriel is injured in turn, and saved by McCoy's potions in concert with Spock's melding. Nothing sterling, but good solid characterization, a nice read.

"Snake in the Grass" Pegasus #1 Nov. 1976 (p.55-64) [with Jan Rigby]: Lt. Dale Kirk, in charge of the ship's lab animals, is plagued by a large snake no one else can see - a remnant from the Shore Leave planet. Cute.

Teresa Hewitt

"If Only I Were the Daughter (of the High Ambassador of a Desirable Shore Leave Planet...)" Alnitah #11 July 1980 (p.15-17): The spoiled title character abducts Kirk for a little silly bondage entertainment.

Broun Hilde

"When the Dream Ends" Duet #8, 1984 (p.5-21): Spock has broken off their relationship because of Kirk's inability to stop flirting. Depressed and irritable, Kirk ends up drinking an exotic alcoholic brew that makes him think the crewwoman he's taken to his bed (who likes it rough) is Spock, and that they have reconciled. When she discovers that the Captain lusts not for her but for his first officer, she reports to McCoy that Kirk has raped her. Nice courtroom scene, with Spock playing Perry Mason to prove Kirk's innocence of the charge - after which the men are reconciled.

Robin Hill

"Countdown" Alnitah #4 July 1976 (p.31-34): A reluctant McCoy has been chosen as guinea pig for Spock and Kirk's tinkering attempts with a complicated electronic gizmo. Cute shaggy-dog short.

"Dilithium Crystals Are Forever" Alnitah #4 July 1976 (p.36-37): Vignette: Kirk as 007.

"The Soul Cicuit" Alnitah #7 Jan. 1978 (p.2-13): The Enterprise gets a new computer control circuit and begins a nasty campaign against Uhura in a fit of jealousy over Kirk.

"To Your Mind" Alnitah #8 Aug. 1978 (p.24-28): Visiting on Vulcan, Kirk is rather inexplicably approached by a Vulcan woman who mind-melds with him to show him how a Vulcan makes love, and wishes him to reciprocate by demonstrating the Terran style.

Leslie Hobart

"Night" Alpha Continuum #2, March 1977 (p.44): Illo interp: McCoy with an arm that doesn’t seem quite his. Nightmare vignette. McCoy is running, trying and failing to escape a transformation. He believes he wakes in a rec room and heads for the way out, but we discover that he has in fact been lost from a landing party.

"The Real McCoy" Alpha Continuum #2, March 1977 (p.52-62): McCoy is imprisoned for rape, theft and sacrilege perpetrated by a doppelganger, then rescued against his will by a mysterious woman. An entertaining little thriller with some nice tongue-in-cheek dialogue.

Meg Hogue

* "Change of Habit" Alpha Continuum #2, March 1977 (p.11-21): Christine Chapel hits menopause and becomes refreshingly feisty, sparking McCoy’s interest. Nice McCoy lines: “Everyone tells the truth in confession. Those are the rules.” and “... if you’ll remember, I never propositioned the other Christine.”

Elizabeth Holden

"Forbidden Fruit" Entercomm #5, 1982 (p.117-120): Pleasant little short of young computer-whiz Spock being drawn to the study of the stars, while Sarek is on Earth to oppose the expansion of Starfleet into space exploration.

Robin Hood


* "Beside Myself III" Beside Myself #3 (/), undated (p.45-50): This, despite poor proofing, was worth the rest of the zine. A transporter accident splits Spock into his human and Vulcan halves, and Kirk discovers it's the Vulcan side he likes better, though it's the human side who has a crush on him. A fun idea, well executed.

Mariann Hornlein

"The Last Uncharted World" Beyond Orion #2, July 1977 (p. 81): Vignette. Kirk and Spock head off to explore the afterlife together.

"The Pit" Obsc'zine #3, May 1978 (p.76-79): Kirk and Spock are trapped in a pit, Kirk with a sprained ankle and Spock delirious from snake venom. Spock sees Kirk as T'Pring and rapes him.
"From Both Sides" Galactic Discourse #2, July 1978 (p. 79-85): Rather alarming little story, a sequel to “The Maze” (Joan Winston, Metamorphosis 2) in which Kirk has received a spanking (good grief!) from his liege lord Spock for disobeying an order. He then behaves in a super-Vulcan fashion to show his brother Spock and father Sarek their error in trying to make him so. Ick.

"The Valley of the Shadow" Log Entries #23, April 1979 (p.46-53): Evil Klingons capture and torture Spock and send him to a slave planet. When Kirk finally rescues him, Starfleet has assigned an Andorian as replacement first officer, and Spock is reluctant to destroy the man's career by reclaiming his post. Spock and Kirk suffer parting anguish until the Andorian gallantly seeks a transfer. Kinda silly premise.

Tom Howard

"A Change of Heart" Beyond Antares (CA) #10, April 1987 (p. 21-27): While awaiting whatever, post STIII, Uhura is assigned as advisor for a Vulcan-location vid series, and finds herself kidnapped along with the star, who has a Dorian-Grey-ish relationship going. Interesting twist on that story, despite heavy reliance on magic here.
The Day Spock Went Berserk Beyond Antares (CA) #11, Oct. 1987 (p. 26-27): Farce. Chris bakes a pie to which Spock has a bad reaction; McCoy diagnoses rabies.

Winston Howlett

* "Afro-Disiac" Dagger of the Mind, 1980, p.105-111: Uhura Series; Uhura, her lover Tai, McCoy and Tonia Barrows find themselves fleeing a mob after failing to interpret local gestures on shore leave. Witty writing, and a nice touch is that Howlett never does explain the mystery signals.

Karen Huff

"Night of Miracles" Abode of Strife #19, May 1993 (p.100-113): It's a Wonderful Life, for Kirk. Kirk believes Spock, McCoy and the rest of the bridge crew to be dead, blames himself, and escapes from the hospital with intent to drown himself. Angel Charlie, a former prostitute who's been trying to earn her wings for 300 years, is sent on the case. A charmer despite the sentimentality of angels and heaven; Charlie is an excellent character.

Laurie Huff

"A Final Duty" Galactic Discourse #1, Feb. 1977 (p.62-69): An explosion leaves Kirk in pain with the prospect of indefinite life support and no chance of recovery. Spock releases him. McCoy talks Spock out of turning himself in to the authorities. Standard get ‘em.

Linda Hunter

"Beth" R & R #2, Winter 1976 (p. 31-32): A kind of shapeshifting telepathic creature plays Mary Sue, hitching a ride on the Enterprise and fascinating Scotty, Spock and Kirk in turn.

"The Natural Thing To Do" R & R #3, Spring 1977 (p. 48-51): [reprint from A Vulcan Odyssey]; Three nice little vignettes of Spock’s babyhood.

"Discovery" R & R #3, Spring 1977 (p. 58-66): Sequel to “Beth” in the previous issue. Beth takes care of Spock in pon farr.

"Member of the Family" R & R #4, Summer 1977 (p. 62-79): Spock’s human cousin Kathleen, who has been recently widowed, over-uses her father’s invention - a memory-stimulator - to spend time with her lost husband. Spock helps her resolve the loss by playing on their mutual childhood memories.

"The Decision" R & R #4, Summer 1977 (p. 80-84): [Follow-up to "In a Bed of Stone" by Jean Lorrah, R & R #2]; Mirror Universe Sarek & Amanda story, as they negotiate over what to do about the fact that Amanda is pregnant.

Carol Hunterton

"Imitation of Life" Beyond Orion #2, July 1977 (p. 51): Vignette of Kirk in a dream world, insane after witnessing Spock's death.

"And So To Bed" Beyond Orion #2, July 1977 (p. 82): Vignette. A new take on McCoy's divorce - and drinking, tracing them to impotence.

Bill Hupe

Shadows (novel), 1987, 225p.: [Abode of Strife #6]; Great Michael Goodwin cover portrait of Kirk in his middle-age specs is the only redeeming point of this long, tedious and unpleasant tale of death and disfigurement.