Kirk, haunted by nightmares, is unable to deal with the aftereffects of the neuro-neutralizer.
Kirk took a deep breath. “I find I’m in desperate need of company, Spock.” Only as he spoke did he realize he was shaking. He hadn’t noticed even as he dressed, but his voice shuddered with the increased beating of his heart.
Originally published in 1985 in the print fanzine Act Five, Scene One. Posted to ksarchive on March 22, 2018.
“Dagger of the Soul, N. Solten, is based on the episode concerning the use of the tantalus field against Kirk. He is now having horrible after shocks from it, and nightmares. He seeks out the comfort of Spock. Spock is shown as always being there to help. Spock tries to hide his love for Kirk, but eventually, with one of Solten’s usual wonderful endings, she again wraps up the story with an extremely moving end. I greatly enjoyed reading this because it focused on their emotional feelings for each other, rather than their sexual ones. A lot of depth, and the ending was loving and strong.” (x)
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Six months after Spock’s death, Kirk returns to Genesis, sure that his friend is still alive. NOTE: This story was originally published in 1983 when Spock was canonically dead.
Originally published in 1983 in the print fanzine T'hy'la #3. Posted to ksarchive on March 16, 2018.
“Kirk is going off in a small craft returning to Genesis in search of Spock. He had felt Spock call to him before they had left Genesis. If s cool how. even not having seen ST3, we still know Kirk would move hell and high water to get to Spock. I love how Kirk bemoans that he didn’t tell Spock he loved him, at the end there in the radiation chamber. He just couldn't—why. why? My heart is breaking.” (x)
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Rated: ADULT (NC-17) Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash Story Type: Angst Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe Warnings: None Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 15885 Read: 366 Published: 03/08/2018 Updated: 03/08/2018
Kirk and Spock decide to spend a week’s leave in a cabin, but the planet’s inclement weather and Spock’s need to make a life altering decision, may ruin their plans.
Originally published in 2005 in the print fanzine Beyond Dreams #8. Posted to ksarchive on March 8, 2018.
“I’m really running out of superlatives when it comes to describing Anne’s writing. This story is just fabulous, and I guarantee it will stay with you for a very long time to come.” (x)
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A collating party was an event where friends were invited over to physically help put together the finished pages of a fanzine. It was a volunteer effort and a major social event.
“Print shops used to charge a LOT extra for collating. I was fortunate that aside from the very first issues of my first zine in 1975, which were only 20-30 pages along, I didn’t have to do that as I found a print shop in the San Francisco Bay Area that specialized in small press books, and because they had specialized equipment collating was free.
In a collating party, stacks of individual pages were placed in sequence around the perimeter of a table. Zineds (zine editors) would invite local fans over, and people would walk around the table picking up pages in sequences - over and over and over again, until the process was complete and the zines could be bound.“ - CatalenaMara, message from a private mailing list (January 2018), quoted here with permission
Fans had a love/hate relationship to the postal service. On one hand, it brought all sort of goodies like fanzines to the mailbox. On the other hand, despite the fact it provided a valuable service and often very well, fans frequently derided the very organization that provided their main method of communication. (x)
“So many zines got lost in the mail if sent via 3rd class mail. People didn’t necessarily want to pay extra for 1st class. 4th class (book rate) was pretty reliable, but back then it could be iffy because if a zine was numbered, if the post office did an inspection it would categorize a zine as a periodical, not a book. In that case it could not go via 4th class. 3rd class was for packages and was most frequently used, but it was very slow and not reliable. Packages could take anywhere from two weeks to a month - or longer - to be delivered.” - CatalenaMara (x).
Much like current fans referring to ffn.net as “the pit” and tumblr as a “hellsite,” pre-internet fans referred to the postal service with many derogatory nicknames like “The Pest Office/Post Awful/Post Offal/U.S. Snail/Postal Disservice/U.S. Maul/CENSORED!” (x)
Cadet Spock decides to investigate a well-known pleasure house where he buys the services of a young man who turns out to also be a starfleet cadet.
Originally published in 1981 in the print fanzine Out of Bounds.
“I think the thing I like best about this story beside the sweet way James Kirk goes about initiating Spock into the mysteries and pleasures of sex, is the total lack of angst on his part. The captain-to-be makes good money doing this on his vacations from the Academy, and generally takes pleasure in doing his job well. The description of Kirk in his white satin jumpsuit and white knee high boots is to die for, and what happens thirteen years later when Kirk assumes command of the Enterprise balances the story beautifully.“ (x)
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Spock is reluctant to bond with Kirk after the fal tor pan, and Kirk fears he’ll lose Spock forever if Spock can’t decide if he still wants him.
Originally published in 2000 in the print fanzine Beyond Dreams #2.
“The idea of their reunion after Spock’s death is so emotionally charged and such a natural basis for a romantic story. Ms. Greener’s story, however, takes a serious look at problems that both men are forced to deal with as they comes to terms with the changes in their lives. I like the idea that Spock does not emerge unchanged from the fal-tor-pan, but instead suffers painful memory loss and a resulting uncertainty about the direction his new life should take. Kirk has been changed by the experience as well and has his own demons to face. The central question of the story is whether the two men, who had previously been bonded, should resume their life together.“ (x)
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After the events of “Journey to Babel,” Amanda learns during an emergency that Spock is capable of human friendship.
Originally published in 1985 in the print fanzine R&R #21.
“I loved this story. It gives a very nice insight into Spock and Kirk thru Amanda’s eyes. And of course, I loved how Sarek was barely holding himself. Good work and thanks for sharing!” (x)
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In science fiction fanzines in the ‘50s and '60s, it wasn’t uncommon for small zines to come with a loose sheet of paper headed, You are receiving this zine because.
At first, the reasons were basic (“You tribbed,” “You typed,” “You edited,” “You traded your zine for it”). Gradually the list of possibilities grew sillier, containing many in-jokes and shout outs to specific fans or fannish memories. (x)
AU - On shoreleave with Gary Mitchell, Kirk buys and frees a Vulcan slave who turns out to be the son of the Vulcan ambassador who has been missing for 3 years.
Originally published in 1982 in the print fanzine “Final Frontier” #1. Posted to ksarchive on March 7, 2018.
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Summary: Kirk struggles to write Spock’s eulogy. “Missing scene” from “The Wrath of Khan.”
Originally published in 2011 in the print fanzine T'hy'la #31. Posted to ksarchive on February 5, 2018.
“Rarely has a story of not even six pages packed such a wallop. If you doubt that at this point there can be anything new to write about in K/S fanfic, then this will change your mind.” (x)
At Starfleet Academy, Finnegan’s roommate, a harsh, overbearing and insecure bully, takes the idea of a practical joke too far, injuring Cadet Kirk and leaving a guilt-ridden, not so cocky Finnegan in the wake of his brutality. Years later, now a starship captain, Kirk meets Finnegan again. His old feelings, and a still unresolved psychological block from the events at the academy, surface and threaten his mental health as well as his quickly deepening relationship with Spock.
Originally published in 1990 as the print fanzine “The Long and Winding Road.” Cover art by DEW. Posted to ksarchive on March 4, 2019.
Have you been part of fandom for at least ten years (even non-consecutively)?
We’re Casey Fiesler and Brianna Dym, longtime fan community members, and also researchers in the Department of Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder. We’re conducting a survey about how fan communities migrate across platforms! So if you’ve used multiple platforms in that time (Livejournal, Tumblr, AO3, Usenet…), we would love to have you participate!
The survey is a mix of multiple choice and open answer, and you can answer as much or as little as you like. The survey should take on average about 15 to 20 minutes to complete. (There will be more questions depending on how many platforms you’ve used, though you can skip through questions if necessary.)
We will ask for some demographics (any of which you can skip) so that we can describe how fan communities are different from other communities, but won’t require any identifying information – unless you would like to give us your email address so we can inform you about the results of the study.
So by the 1980s all is well in terms of Star Trek fandom and the media, right?…Well, that depends on what type of Star Trek fan you are. For slashers, the public eye was something to be feared and avoided. (Read more about the risks of being an early slash fan on Fanlore).
But on occasion, even the unwanted eye could be friendly, as in the above 1984 Baltimore Sun article. Nonetheless, most of slash fandom was not pleased with their fan fiction being exposed to a wider audience.*
Source:
The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) · Fri, Mar 16, 1984 · Page 13 “Under-the-counter magazine presents alternative Treks” by Wiley Hall 3rd
Spock found himself “strangely drawn” to Gary Seven’s black cat, Isis, in “Assignment: Earth.” At the very end of the episode, we saw her as a cat-eared woman. She explains to us why, and demonstrates to Spock why he should go after his heart’s desire.
Originally posted as part of the 2003 Spock-Fuh-Q-Fest.
“This is a rather unusual and refreshing story told from a somewhat unconventional point of view – that of Gary Seven’s cat which here is in actual fact Gary’s travelling companion and comes from the same world as Gary himself and has some rather interesting skills including the ability to shapeshift at will. In this particular adventure, she assumes the persona of Isis, the Egyptian goddess of love and indulges in a little “interference” to ensure that Kirk and Spock overcome their differences and get together. I must admit this was a very enjoyable tale and it was nice to see Kirk and Spock’s relationship from an unusual outside perspective.” (x)
Betrayed is about the friendship between Kirk, Spock and McCoy and how they work together to save McCoy.
Originally published by Orion Press in 1998.
“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.” (x)
In the Mirror Universe, after Kirk is taken from his home and sent to Starfleet Academy, he meets a Vulcan upperclassman with whom he has a deep and instant affinity.
“A really good Mirror Universe story. I liked the picture of Kirk as the slum boy sent to the Academy to become a spy. And the instant rapport between him and Spock was almost the only reason two such disparate people could become friends. The delicate balance of their friendship in that place was handled extremely well. I’d like to see a sequel.” (x)
Star Trek can make as many new series and movies as they like, and still nothing will ever truly beat the golden awkwardness of this one shining minute of dialogue.
New Zine Announcement! A Spock Hurt Comfort Fanzine! I am calling for submissions of stories, art and poetry. The focus is on Spock, the Triumverate, Kirk and Spock or even Spock and McCoy (Spock has to be in there). I would prefer gen hurt comfort, which includes physical, mental, emotional. Deep relationship, but no overt sex (yes they can be bonded, but no overt sex). No rape or pillaging. :slightly_smiling_face: This will be published as a combination zine. It will be sold as a pdf and a print fanzine. Each contributor will receive a pdf or a discount on a print zine. There will be minimum requirements for trib copies and the each submission will be beta’d and edited for characterization, plot, grammar, etc. by an experienced, but gentle editor. We would prefer new material, but would be willing to consider previously published online material if it was heavily revised. If interested in submitting something please contact me, Doctor Beth
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock, Leonard McCoy Additional Tags: Slash, Established Relationship Summary:
After events in Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, a betrayed and crestfallen Kirk, who had walked out on Spock months earlier, realizes nothing trumps the love of his life.
Inspired by Marilyn Cole’s cover for the fanzine Naked Times #11. One fan remembers how popular this drawing was: “Eons ago, some of us had t-shirts with this drawing on them. They said ‘Beat me up, Scotty’! Quite the crowd pleasers!” (x)
