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Marcia Sales

"Runaway" In a Different Reality #5, September 1978 (p. 15-24): [with Marguerite Krause]; 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.

Juanita Salicrup


"Crossroads" Stardate: Unknown #2, November 1976 (p. 42-85): Spock/Chapel romance, sensibly and pleasingly presented. As the 5-year mission draws to a close, McCoy assigns Chapel to look after Spock during a month-long convalescence on Vulcan, specifically to force them to come to terms with their (non)relationship. When T'Pau brings a "candidate" bondmate, Spock confronts his own emotional needs, but by then has to work to win Chapel over.
[Sequel is "A Grief Well-Ended"- Stardate: Unknown #3.]

"A Grief Well-Ended" Stardate: Unknown #3, July 1977 (p. 87-99): [Sequel to "Crossroads, Stardate: Unknown #2]
Consummation of the Spock/Chapel bonding. Okay read, but a bit predictable and bland in comparison to the first installment.


* "The Ninth Circle" Galactic Discourse #2, July 1978 (p. 33-43): Rather nice behind-the-scenes from "Operation: Annihilate" as Spock and McCoy come to terms with Spock’s blindness.


"Paradise in the Mirror" R & R #10, Summer 1979 (p. 3-24): The ISS crew come to investigate a supposed rebel colony on Omicron Ceti 3, conducting their investigation, as we might expect, with torture, rape and a death sentence for the entire colony. However, this story really revolves around a final confrontation between Mirror-Kirk and Mirror-Spock, Kirk's suspicions of his first officer having been building since the encounter with our guys. Leila lures Spock to the spores by seduction, and logic at last compels him to "summon the future" by commandeering the ship for the rebel cause.

"Gift of the Masters of Times" Dagger of the Mind, 1980, p.5-28) /: Crossroads Series; Long after the deaths of Kirk and McCoy, a disabled Captain Spock is contemplating his future when some genies... oh, er, Time Masters... offer to reward his basic wonderfulness by granting him one change in time. He chooses to rescue Zarabeth. An interesting dilemma and resolution.

Catherine Salmon

"Cost of Survival" Abode of Strife #19, May 1993 (p.94-96): Kirk and Spock come to McCoy's deathbed; McCoy exacts a promise from Spock not to leave Kirk alone, because of Kirk's statement that he will die alone.

Teri Sarick

"Taking the Plunge " Abode of Strife #24, 1994 (p.14-16): Spock talks to the whales.

Gail Saville

"The Captain’s Woman" R & R #5, Nov 1977 (p. 67-70): Long Kirk monologue/poem talking to a lover about how he really means it this time... but there’s the ship.

"The Ultimate Shore Leave" R & R #5, Nov 1977 (p. 81-89): [Reprinted in Accumulated Leave #1]; Crew-woman creates her own Spock to enjoy on the Shore Leave planet, but ends up with the real one just as she is moving on to a little bondage. Fun, if predictable.

Daphne Sayers

"Is Love Just a Dream" Duet #8, 1984 (p.75-81): An injured Spock fantasizes that Kirk is his lover.

Sharon Schildknecht

"The Real Thing" Contact #4, Sept. 1977, (p.106-110) (with Martha J. Bonds): Spoof. Kirk persuades Spock to join him in a fund-raising game show, and is disconcerted when Spock bests him. The game is rife with zine allusions.

Mary M. Schmidt

"The Days Worth Living For" Galactic Discourse#5, April 1987 (p. 154-155): When Amanda's young Vulcan students all feel the death of the Intrepid, she switches the lesson to the historic Challenger disaster.

Mandi Schultz

Diamonds and Rust Series (with Cheryl Rice):
I don’t quite know what to think of these. On one hand they are annoying Mary Sue tales. On the other... well, the story-telling is suspenseful and compelling, and the writing good when not dwelling on the perfections and wardrobe of heroine super-spy Chantal Caberfae.


"Night Creatures" Alpha Continuum #1, 1976 (p.30-37): [not with Cheryl Rice, but seems to be part of Diamonds and Rust series, or at least related.] Chantal, who is not explained here, is sleeping with Kirk, who is reliving his days on Tarsus IV in his dreams. Kodos spared 14-year-old cadet Jim Kirk and his younger brother Sam in return for the boy's sexual favors. Not as interesting and nearly as salacious as the later stories.

"To Each His Own" Alpha Continuum #2, March 1977 (p.72-99): [Diamonds & Rust series, Chapter 3. ]; This installment one is worth the read for the shock value alone. Shore leave on Yemen, in the Argellius system, turns into a truly hideous nightmare for McCoy when a pleasant dalliance turns to incest, suicide and total breakdown. Chantal, having pushed Joanna McCoy to suicide while relentlessly pursuing her Target, struggles with unfamiliar affection for McCoy and resolves to try to repair what damage she can.

"Idols I Have Loved" Alpha Continuum #2, March 1977 (p.100-144): [Diamonds & Rust series, Chapter 4. ]; Chantal obtains treatment (that is, brainwashing) for McCoy from her espionage organization so that he can remain in his post. The doctor she takes him to, her old enemy/friend Brandy Burns, insists on payment with sex, which about gives her a breakdown herself. McCoy, unaware that he is being treated with hypnotism and psychotherapy, naturally falls in love with her, at which point she drops him and they quarrel. Chantal wants out of her Enterprise assignment, as she is growing too close to the crew. It is disturbing to see McCoy dragged through the wringer of his daughter’s death; it is much more disturbing to have him behaving normally and pursuing romance with another young woman just two weeks later. But again, the writing is compelling.

"Year of the Cat" Alpha Continuum # 4, March 1980 (p.3-7): [Diamonds & Rust series. Seems to be early in the series.]
Kirk and Chantal pining for each other, with Kirk telling himself "the way to get over a woman is to have her" and Chantal regretting having to lie to him all the time, until she finally comes to his bed.

"No Special Hurry" Alpha Continuum # 4, March 1980 (p.81-91): [Diamonds & Rust series - wrap-up. Editorial notes that Diamonds & Rust was supposed to be a multivolume series. Volume 1 was published, but volume 2 was never completed. In this story, the authors wrap up loose ends and summarize where the tale was intended to go.]
Kirk and Caidan indulge in verbal, drinking and physical sparring over Chantal. Caidan hates Kirk because he's the only one superspsy Chantal ever loved back. Chantal has once again lied to Kirk and left him, supposedly to go along -- as honor demands -- as slave to an alien messiah who happened by just in time to save the galaxy from some evil plot involving creation of a black hole and... uh, well... I'm sure it would have been a roller coaster. Again, while I don't care for Chantal, or the premises and plots of these stories, the excellent writing makes them all palatable.

"Where Sirens Sing" Alpha Continuum # 4, March 1980 (p.37-39): [not with Cheryl Rice, but in Diamonds & Rust universe]
Illo Interp. Kirk ponders the custom of referring to ships as "she." Chantal's answer is that men personalize them for the glory of early romance, and then whine that the beloved does not love them back, though it never had a heart to give.

Mary R. Schuttler

* "Banshee!" Antares #6, Oct 2000 (p. 54-61): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.2]; Nicely written but silly premise - a banshee haunting sickbay, almost killing Kirk until his link to Spock calls him in to the rescue - leaving Kirk knowing that he will die when he is alone.

"The Unexplained" Antares #6, Oct 2000 (p. 117-125): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: First Mission v.3]; A Halloween story; Kirk recounts a nasty episode from his childhood in which he, Sam, Gary Mitchell, and the unfortunate Petey play with a Ouija board in a haunted house and Petey ends up bludgeoned by an psychopath’s spirit.

"The Haunting" Antares #7, June 2001 (p.61-70): During an engineering fire, Kirk has the area flooded with fire suppressant, only to find that ensign Karen Jenkins was left behind to smother, and that Cody denies having given the all-clear signal that Kirk is sure he heard. Kirk suffurs sundry visitations by Jenkins' ghost, but it is only toying with him - which it reveals by frightening Cody into confessing to panic.

Alison Scott

"The Savage One" R & R #9, Spring 1979 (p. 185-188): Interesting if grim vignette of Zarabeth’s fate after “All Our Yesterdays.” Her son by Spock has grown into a true savage, a pre-reform Vulcan, the people who nearly destroyed themselves by their passions. And true to form, he destroys her.

"Selek"

"Contempt of Council" Antares #7, June 2001 (p.82-114): Events of the Genesis Trilogy, as experienced by Sarek: Spock's death and the resultant strain on his parents' marriage; his attempt to retrieve the katra from Kirk; the discovery that Spock's body lives, and request for fal-tor-pan; his advocacy for the crew at their court-martial.

* "Reminiscing" Antares #8, Jan. 2002 (p.25-48): As the aging Amanda recovers from a dangerous insect bite, Sarek reminisces over their courtship - a nicely written set of incidents in which Sarek winds up nearly drowning during a "walk on the beach" and then nearly dying from the resulting cold. Excellent characterization.

Joanne K. Seward

"Cultural Conditioning" Antares #1, 1997 (p. 21-53): Blonde, vulnerable Vulcan T’Risa comes aboard and inadvertently bonds with Kirk.

"A Bird in the Hand, A Bird in the Bush" Antares #4, Jan 2000 (p. 23-28): [Reprinted in: Orion Archives 2001: Third Mission v.1]; Starfleet asks Kirk to teach a seminar on the Prime Directive to the dismay of McCoy & Spock - and finds a fitting metaphor in fledgling cardinals.

Elizabeth M. Sharp

"The Garden" Log Entries #22, Jan 1979 (p.46-54): The Trio encounter a scientist who has been to the edge of the Galaxy and developed the silver-eye god syndrome. He can’t resist sending Spock & McCoy out to try to get back to the safe dome, with insufficient oxygen for both of them to make it. Most interesting piece in this zine, but needed more resolution; the author saves McCoy from his dilemma by having the god-monster relent.

K. Lee Shea

"Apologies" Duet #8, 1984 (p.132-148): Rambling but amusing tongue-in-cheek story of Kirk and Spock spending a couple of nights together in the "House of Harmony" on Vulcan to determine whether they are "bondworthy." Among the fun and games: Spock suffers cramp at an inopportune moment; Sarek and Amanda are portrayed as the in-laws from Hell; the Vulcan Vice Squad arrest Spock for having sex with an underaged Terran...

Denise Sheets

"The Price of Dilithium" R & R #10, Summer 1979 (p. 139-150): King Midon of the lusty planet Trieste demands that Kirk take his 25-year-old and obstinately virginal half-human daughter Seph to Enterprise and breed her, by rape if necessary, as a condition of obtaining Federation mining rights. She'll have no one... until John Kyle tries to protect her from two unsavory crewmen attempting the rape option. She doesn't particularly need defending, neatly dispatching both men with a form of martial art, but is smitten by the one man who wanted to defend her honor. This sends her into a hormonal cycle that makes her, Kyle, and her father happy.

April Showyrs

"The Delivery" Beyond Antares (CA) #10, April 1987 (p. 10-11): Janice Rand ponders her future as a hybrid baby is born on the Enterprise.

Susan Sizemore

"Montage" In a Different Reality #10, 1981 (p. 12-18): [with Cheryl Petterson]; The first of a series of connected, rather charming and witty, Mary Sue stories in this issue. Ruth Valley, an Antari with empathic healing powers, a computer rating equal to Spock’s, a daddy high up in the Fleet, astonishing work efficiency, and a complete disregard for authority, is assigned to the Enterprise after doing her cadet stint there. This plotless story pretty much just sets the scene. She becomes Sulu’s lover, calls Kirk ‘Bwana,’ beats Spock at chess, and establishes a hostile relationship with McCoy.

* "My Friend, the Witch Doctor" In a Different Reality #10, 1981 (p. 20-31): [with Cheryl Petterson]; The best of this set. Amidst witty little scenes following Ruth’s foibles, idiosyncrasies and love affairs, hostilities between McCoy and Ruth escalate (with McCoy even being so petty as to deny her coffee) until an epidemic on the ship forces them to acknowledge each other’s expertise and cooperate. Ruth realizes that she cannot cure, only heal; McCoy ends up calling her “Ruthie” and all is well.


"A Time-Honored Tradition" In a Different Reality #10, 1981 (p. 32): Vignette - the wake for Ruth’s roommate, killed downplanet by some carnivore.

Mary A. Smith

"Amok Time Revisited" Galactic Discourse #3, July 1980 (p. 92-97): Spock’s marriage to T’Pring - with everything going along in mind-numbingly logical fashion, until Spock (with much relief) is slapped into reality by McCoy - who had to treat Spock with a hallucinogen. Reasonable speculation of what that life might really be like, and nice awakening of Spock’s pride in his human bits.

Paula Smith


"Bubble" Menagerie #4, 1974 (6p.): [Reprinted in Menagerie #13, July 1977]
Parody of zine Babel, ed. by Margaret & Laura Basta.

* "The Thought of a Man" Interphase #3, August 1976 (p. 6-15): [Title from “a childhood rhyme...”I must do what I can / Is the thought of a man.”]
Nice little salvation story with McCoy risking lethal radiation from a crashed shuttle to try to get a distress signal sent in time to save Scott.

POEM: "The Ballad of Doc McCoy: A Shoot-'Em Up" Interphase #4, May 1977 (p. 104-105): A foolish Klingon challenges McCoy to a drinking match. Pretty crass; pretty funny.

"But can he type?" Obsc'zine #2, August, 1977(p.61): Kirk auctioned as sex slave... until he has to be destroyed. (Kirk Portfolio illo interpretation.)

* "Virgin Territory " Obsc'zine #2, August, 1977 (p.64-66): Kirk is required to deflower a 12-year-old princess. Nicely done, with a good resolution. (Kirk Portfolio illo interpretation.)

* "Bound" Obsc'zine #2, August, 1977(p.69): Poem. A new take on the Vulcan bonding - Kirk has bonded with Spock to save him in pon farr and now finds that he, too, is only capable of sex every seven years. The loss fills him hate for Spock. (Kirk Portfolio illo interpretation.)

"The Kama Vulcan " Obsc'zine #2, August, 1977 (p.78-82): Ya gotta be in the mood for puns for this one -- lots and lots of puns. But if you are, it’s a hoot.

"I Might" Galactic Discourse #5, April 1987 (p. 88-89): Mad Magazine primer-style recounting of "I, Mudd."

Helen Sneddon

POEM: "Know Any Jokes? Alnitah #2 Nov. 1975 (p.19): [Reprinted from Fizzbin]

POEM: "'Twas Hogmany on the Starship" Alnitah #3 1976 (p.12): More Christmas mischief from the senior officers.

"Captain Slog" Alnitah #3 1976 (p.32): Vignette; Kirk bemoaning how sick and tired he is of... a number of things and people. Cute.

* "Open House" Alnitah #4 July 1976 (p.3-15): [reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]
Romp told from McCoy’s pov. He pushes for shore leave and they get it - on Vulcan - and also have to give a ship tour to a group of Vulcan children, one of whom wrangles with McCoy, creating a stink (literally) in the laboratory and also dropping hints of a prank Spock pulled as a child.. McCoy’s voice is excellent and the story quite funny.

"Whirr Click" Alnitah #7 Jan. 1978 (p.31-35): Romp. A bug in the computer system has it swapping answers to questions around, with amusing results -- including McCoy stumping Spock with a song about a "choochoo."

"No Other Love" Alnitah #7 Jan. 1978 (p.37-43): An aged Kirk, faced with slow death by increasing debility, persuades Spock and McCoy to assist him in going through the Guardian to return -- young again -- to Edith Keeler. They find that, this time, he has managed to save her as well as the future. Implausible on all counts, but sweet.

POEM: "The Trouble With Quibbles" Alnitah #8 Aug. 1978 (p.19): Scott quarreling with Kirk over his reason for attacking the Klingons in "Tribbles." Accompanied by nice Gordon Carleton cartoon.

"Queen of the May" Alnitah #9 Jan. 1979 (p.21-29) /: Kirk and Spock try to convince a primitive village not to sacrifice their young maidens to the local volcano, only to discover that the villagers are quite right all along -- the volcano really does protect them from the Klingons and other outsiders, and requires the sacrifice. A nice twist on the arrogance of Starfleet's finest.

* "Operation Goldilocks" Alnitah #10 March 1979 (p.33-40): Entertaining little tale of Spock calling Kirk and McCoy in to assist him in rescuing a wild female sehlat stuck in a ravine. Things get sticky when they find Baby Bear, badly injured, and need to convince the male that they mean no harm..




* "The Moon Was Yellow" Alnitah #11 July 1980 (p.18-21): Chilling tale of why Vulcan has no moon... not anymore.

* POEM: "One Star Too Many" Alnitah #11 July 1980 (cover): With illo. An astronomer's discovery of a nova in counterpoint to the destruction of that far world.

"Finnegan's Wake" Alnitah #15 Aug. 1983 (p.4-14): Romp. Finnegan plays a last trick on Kirk, without realizing that he has played into the hands of Klingon raiders. Taken captive, Kirk uses one of Finnegan's old tricks to escape - which involves Uhura doing a ping-pong dance and having a celebratory drink with Spock.

* "When in Rome" Alnitah #15 Aug. 1983 (p.34-42): Spock is bitten by a plant whose psychotropic properties McCoy is investigating, and is mentally propelled into Vulcan's racial memory and life as a tribal raider while McCoy tries to come up with a chemical concoction to jolt his healing center back into action. Spock kills, eats meat... and is about to take the woman he has abducted when McCoy gets through. Spock quite logically decides to hold him off for a time. Clever premise for getting Spock into pre-reform times.

POEM: "Turn Around" Alnitah #15 Aug. 1983 (p.42): Someone (presumably McCoy) laments Christine's infatuation with the Vulcan she can't have instead of the human she can.

St. John

"Virgin Territory" Candlelight & Flames #1, date unknown - 90's? (p. 39-48) (with Anna Parrish ): Mirror-Universe sex farce (believe it or not). Despite his reputation and his legendary organ, Kirk of the ISS Enterprise is a virgin and, because of the fearsome grandmother in his head, won't remedy that until he's married. Things come to a crisis and Spock takes advantage of the opportunity to have a shotgun wedding. Pretty funny.


"Satisfied Hunger" Candlelight & Flames #1, date unknown - 90's? (p. 104-108): First-person from Kirk's pov as Kirk and Spock dance around their attraction for one another and Spock finally takes the initiative to kiss Kirk in the turbolift. In short order, they make love, then each play martyr for the other when captured by slavers on a planetary m ission. Kinda standard sex fantasy.

Pat Stall

Untitled Contact #3, March 1977, (p. 82): (Writing Contest) Spoof solution to the contest snippet, Kirk being on Spock’s foot. Brief & cute.

Harriet Stallings

"Beginnings in Retrospect" Galactic Discourse #3, July 1980 (p. 102-119) (with J. Ferris): Kirk and Spock spend a shore leave in a cabin in the Canadian winter, agonizing over their declaration of mutual love and what that means to each. They don’t actually seem to resolve anything, and despite a few pleasant scenes, the story gets tedious as Spock worries about his own protectiveness of Kirk and Kirk keeps wondering if Spock means sex when he says love. Ends with them on the new ship after V’ger, each still wondering what they are to each other.

"When Captain Kirk Speaks..." Galactic Discourse #4, April 1983 (p. 21-25): Romp. Kirk's accidental signature attached to a porn-company brochure causes the entire crew to invest.

"Field of Honor" Galactic Discourse #4, April 1983 (p. 178-183): [with JenniferFerris]; Post-TMP. Kirk and Spock confront the problems their friendship poses for their work, as Spock ponders whether to resume his Enterprise post. Kirk believes that Spock retrieved him from a mission on Andulsia out of concern for his welfare, and that if he'd had a few more minutes, he could have prevented the civil war that annihilated the planet. Spock insists he made a proper command decision.

"Inquiry Within" Galactic Discourse #5, April 1987 (p. 40-43): Distracted by meditation on his son's estrangement, Sarek has a run-in with stalking critters in the desert.

S.M. Stephenson

"Strategist" Log Entries #23, April 1979 (p.15-17): Cute vignette - McCoy presents Spock with a lollipop after his vaccination, as a lure to get Kirk down to Sickbay for his own booster.

Jean L. Stevenson

"The Guardian Knot": Beyond Orion #2, July 1977, p. 92-102; Events of "Yesteryear" - and the return to "our" timeline - from Sarek's pov. Interesting premise, well-written.

"To Lead, To Follow" Dagger of the Mind, 1980, p.36-65: Vulcan History Series. A Surak tale.

Jackie Stone

"First Year" Alnitah #11 July 1980 (p.4-14): Young Spock deals with homesickness and culture shock during his first year at Starfleet Academy.

Lynn Syck

"Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night" Galactic Discourse #5, April 1987 (p. 25-36): [with Laurel Ridener]; Post-STIII. To prevent court-martials for his crew, Kirk is blackmailed into accepting a counterspy mission designed to get him killed. The crew, along with Sarek, uncover the plot and elude Starfleet to rally 'round again.

"If Only" Antares #1, 1997 (p. 6-15): [with Mary Rottler]; Spock & Picard visit McCoy after Kirk is killed; Spock to persuade the doctor to come to Vulcan, where Kirk’s katra will be installed “in a rock” until they are ready to join him.

* Betrayed (novel), Orion Press 1998, 175p: [with Mary Rottler; color cover by Christine Meyers]; McCoy suffers hellish imprisonment -- and guilt -- for causing a devastating plague. Back on the Enterprise, Kirk's own guilt for testifying against the doctor drives a wedge between him and the crew until they manage to pull back together to find the Orion/Klingon truth behind the frame-up. Excellent characterization and dilemmas, though the "hurt" part of the HC seems over-done -- surely the guy would be dead by about page 30 or so.

Sally A. Syrjala

"The Outing" Log Entries #23, April 1979 (p.11-14): On a camping trip for R&R after "The Immunity Syndrome," Spock and McCoy end up joining forces to nurse the captain through an illness, cementing their friendship.