Star Trek TOS Zinedex: Authors (K)

Brenda Kelsey

Fifty Ways (novella) ScoTpress, April 1985, 59 p.: So that Spock, entering pon farr, will not have to bend to T'Pring's plot to bond with him, Kirk and McCoy (his t'hy'lae) act as reflectors for him and help him survive the blood fever while Joanna and Dr. Rood care for them all. T'Pring is publicly shamed by Spock apparently having chosen two human males as lovers over herself even when driven by plak tow; she will not be able to find another mate, and Stonn has married T'Prilia who had been intended for Spock if he were willing to give up Starfleet.

* Lovely -- a Little Problem (novella) ScoTpress, April 1991, 100p.: Farce: with Enterprise in quarantine after the tribble trouble, Spock becomes gamesmaster while one of the diplomatic group makes trouble. Hilarious.

Nancy Kippax

"Eulogy" Contact #1, 1975, (p.?)
"Not of That Feather" Contact #1, 1975, (p.?)
"The Silent Connection" Contact #1, 1975, (p.?)
"An Act of Love" Contact #2, May 1976, (p.?)
"Kert Rats: A Star Trek Fable" Contact #2, May 1976, (p.?)
* "The Human Touch" Galactic Discourse #1, Feb. 1977 (p.72-88): Kirk, watching at McCoy’s bedside through the doctor’s crisis point, reminisces about his first encounter with McCoy when the doctor pulled him through a bout of polio and he pulled the doctor out of his shell.

"Then to Piece the Broken Chain" Contact #3, March 1977, (p. 1-22) (with Beverly Volker): To appease an ambassador on a taxi run, Kirk turns command over to Spock and becomes navigator. When Spock makes a decision with which Kirk disagrees, the relationship appears doomed until they come to their senses - with a little prodding from McCoy. Theme is strengthening the relationship through trial. Fine illustrations by Alice Jones.

"Feu D’Amitie" Contact #3, March 1977, (p. 56-60): On an early mission, Kirk and Spock cement their friendship as they are pinned down on a deathly hot planet, waiting for Enterprise to recover them.

Phase II, Chapter 3: "The Reunion" Contact #3, March 1977, (p. 115-152) (with Beverly Volker): Kirk and Spock became estranged - something to do with a love affair of one or both - 30 years ago; now they meet and reconcile as Enterprise is being decommissioned. There is tension between Spock and his son Stack, now commanding the Encounter with Peter Kirk as his first officer. The premise is interesting enough, but this episode was really pretty dull and a tad smarmy, just all the old crew catching up on the past many years, and some eulogies for the Enterprise.

* "The Healing Time" Galactic Discourse #2, July 1978 (p. 90-114): [with Bev Volker]; At a medal ceremony for Spock on Vulcan, McCoy reminisces about their early days together, vying with one another for Kirk’s attention. The feud is resolved after a shuttle crash in which Kirk is poisoned and they learn to cooperate and trust to save him. Kind of a well-used situation, but nicely written.

* "The Hidden Truth" Galactic Discourse #3, July 1980 (p. 172-222): [with Beverly Volker]; McCoy’s mixed feelings on hearing of the birth of his first grandchild sparks reminiscence of an early falling-out between him him and Kirk and Spock. McCoy had just heard that his ex, Ariane, had died suddenly, and was dealing with conflicting emotions around that and the consequences of caring, when Kirk and Spock went off on a planetary mission together leaving him feeling excluded. Spock was in fact suffering a Vulcan endocrine transformation called Tyanar which is painful and causes loss of all pain control, though should be controllable with rensolin. Not wanting anyone to see him in that condition, he only reluctantly agreed to accept Kirk’s company, with the clear understanding that any revelation to others (including McCoy) would be a violation of trust. However, Spock underestimated the danger and Kirk eventually called in McCoy, demanding that he treat him on the spot to protect his pride. McCoy adamantly refused and took him to Sickbay, with all the privacy-securing provisions he could manage. Throughout the long treatment, Kirk remains furious with McCoy and McCoy withdraws into a shell, performing his function as doctor but without his usual fussing, compassionate bedside manner. Afterwards, McCoy feels unloved, that no one needs Leonard McCoy, just the skilled Doctor. Kirk begins to catch on that something else must be afoot, and attempts to reconcile, but McCoy rebuffs him, stating that it isn’t something he wishes to discuss with him. When McCoy attempts a reconciliation himself, he is dangerously injured in a turbolift crash. While his future hangs in limbo, Kirk and Spock rally to him. They also discover the tape from Joanna, and all are reconciled looking at events from one another’s perspective. Back in the “present” McCoy calls the others to a toast for his new grandchild, but has decided not to go visit, deliberately setting his family on the shelf again, and Kirk accepts his decision. (Though this seems a tad out of character, I like it - the guy really is running away, and he’s going to keep running.); A few unfortunate uses of “special” and all forms of the word “care” get overworked. Also, it is tiresome to always have to have someone at death’s door to effect a reconciliation. Otherwise, well written and a compelling exploration of the fragility of friendship within a plot that keeps the story going.

Vicki Kirlin (Rogers)

Vicki Kirlin edited Berengaria, 1973-78.

"Child of Earth" Berengaria #3, July 1974: Pretty interesting little story about a Vulcan woman stranded and captured by apish people intent on torturing her to exorcise ghosts from their village, and her rescue by a dragon-riding fellow from another group of people. He heals her, they fight off the villagers, she heals him, and they finally communicate by mind-meld and fall in love. But she has to go home and see if she is allowed to return because of prime directive considerations.

"The Day the Dragons Went to War" Berengaria #5/6 [Dec 1975?] (p. 62-66): A sweet little tale of an elder dragon telepathically recounting to dragon-children the story of their first encounter with humans - the Enterprise landing party. The dragons, believing the humans responsible for injuries to one of their children, are about to wage bloody, fiery war, but thanks to Spock's telepathy all is sorted out.

"The Lost Child" Berengaria #5/6 [Dec 1975?] (p.79-102): Mary Sue with kings and dungeons. On planet Kletonia, the King orders his newborn princess daughter destroyed because his beloved queen died giving birth; the nurse rescues the baby, who ends up a crewwoman on Enterprise, now headed for Kletonia. The woman, Charleen, has dreams revealing her heritage; she and Spock are also both having visions of the Captain in danger. She arrives to the acclamation of the people just in time to reconcile with her father before he dies, leaving her the new queen. Oh, and by the way, Kirk is also in love with her. Ends with Kirk kidnapped by her rebellious cousin (who accuses her of treachery for agreeing to a Federation treaty). His rescue awaits in part II. Dull to my taste, which doesn't run to royalty.

"I Cry" Berengaria #5/6 [Dec 1975?] (p.103): Post-apocalyptic vignette in which gnomes have stolen and hidden away children under the earth to eventually repopulate when the surface becomes habitable again.

"The Lost Child" Part 2 Berengaria #7, April 1976 (p. 3-19): A castles & dungeons story. Kirk is captured and tortured by one of the parties in clan warfare/castle intrigue until he is rescued by the telepathic princess.

Karen Klink

"A Peaceful Shore Leave" Obsc'zine #3, May 1978 (p.74): Kirk spends shore leave with an attractive Klingon -- all as a set up for a pun punchline.

Luba Kmetyk

"Friendship and Obligation " Obsc'zine #2, August, 1977(p.12): Short-short of Spock and partner fearing discovery by their friend... the twist is that his partner is McCoy.

Ellen Kobrin

"The Last Orders" Galactic Discourse #2, July 1978 (p. 29-30): Dying Kirk’s missive to Spock, prescribing that he share with McCoy.

Naomi Konoff

"Maybe There Won't Be" R & R #11, Fall 1979 (p. 102-106): Kirk, newly appointed to Enterprise freezes in a crisis; Gary talks him out of resigning his commission.

Marguerite Krause

"McCoy On: The Party" In a Different Reality #5, September 1978 (p. 12-14): McCoy's musings on the ship Christmas party.

"Runaway" In a Different Reality #5, September 1978 (p. 15-24): [with Marcia Sales]; No ST characters, but Starfleet appears in this story of a boy running off from his colony farm to join a gang of space pirates.

"The Coming of Stiber" In a Different Reality #5, September 1978 (p. 26-51): Spock is married to Marcia/T'Marse Saken, a Vulcan-Human hybrid with leanings to her human side. The story details their sudden need to take leave in their cabin during Spock's pon farr, McCoy's struggle with the ramifications of the resulting pregnancy, an attack that leaves Kirk incapacitated, Marcia injured, and Spock in charge, having to rescue a bunch of ambassadors willy-nilly. Spock, T'Marse and Baby Stiber (named for Jim - Tiberius) go off to set up an exploratory scientific vessel which will be staffed by compatible families, a little space utopia.

POEM: * "The Team" Galactic Discourse #3, July 1980 p. 9: Each of the trio wistfully musing on what a great pair the others are.

"Gemini Tale" In a Different Reality #13, 1982 (p. 4-30): [Sequel to "Growing Up" in IADR #7]
[Sequel to this story is "A Time For Every Purpose" in IADR #8]
In this series, Spock is bonded to Vulcan Marcia/T'Marse, with whom he has sons Stiber and Leonard and daughter T'Cim. Spock's family, another Vulcan family, some Andorians and some Humans are all flying the ship Na'Guryam under Spock's command, taking sundry contract jobs.
In this episode, Spock is stranded on a planet with two Andorian brothers and a party of hostile civilian humans after his passenger ship crashes. The Na'Guryam is prevented from coming to the rescue, though T'Marse can sense Spock's difficulties, by theft of their warp drive among other problems. With pon farr coming on, Spock goes off to die. Just in time, the Betelgeuse arrives with Kirk and McCoy aboard, beams T'Marse and engineer Wetzel Thomas (who, as a human, can stand to be around her in these trying times) aboard and whisks them off to save Spock. The rescue results in a pair of telepathic twins 15 months later. About a year before Spock's next Time is due, he receives a telepathic distress call from Kirk... leading to the next installment.

Caroline R. Kummer

"First Class" Antares #2, 1998 (p. 12-29): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.4]; A cadet exercise goes awry on account of Orions. A young pair are re-playing Kirk & Spock.
"The Face of the Enemy" Antares #2, 1998 (p. 46-62): Heading back after stealing the cloaking device, the Commander manages to capture Spock on another Romulan vessel.
* "After Paradise" Antares #6, Oct 2000 (p.4-15): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.3]; Kirk discovers that Spock has been working himself to death during the asteroid chase from “Paradise Syndrome” and teaches him a lesson about trusting his crew.