Otherwhere/Otherwhen

Otherwhere/Otherwhen is a K/S slash Star Trek: TOS zine series for Alternate Universe stories. It was published by Pon Farr Press between 1990 and 1993 and has three issues.
 
==Issue 1==
Otherwhere/Otherwhen 1 was published in 1990 and has 158 pages and a cover by Marilyn Cole
* House of One Thousand Jewels by Susan Douglass (A/U: About to be bought by the cruel Lord Stonn, the young human pleasure slave pleads with his favorite customer, the Lord Spock, to buy him instead. Sequel: Northern Star. "Lord S'pock gazes at me. His midnight eyes are pools of sorrow, hisf ace flushes green. He removes my clutching hands and lays my shivering body upon the bed. He is silent. The flowing strands of his hair ripple across his broad shoulders. I cannot go to him. I cannot burden him with my misfortunes. I am nothing to him. I am only a whore, a warm, passionate creature to satisfy his lusts for a night…")
* The Trolian Bridge by Anna Parrish ("Kirk watched Spock whenever he could. Peace filled the human. The only thing wrong was the guilt he felt. No matter how hard he tried to tell himself that there was no real wrong in what he was doing, he didn't believe it. The chances of the other Kirk still being alive were slim. Still, this is my body now, he thought as he ran his hands over it…")
* The Captain's Boy by Patricia Laurie Stephens (A/U: Kirk “adopts” a young Vulcan prostitute. ""You'll like swimming," Kirk said enthusiastically. Stormy was horrified. Kirk had been planning a little romantic interlude in the surf, but under the circumstances, changes his mind. Miserable looking little bastard, he thought as he rubbed the towel roughly over protruding bones an shivering, greenish flesh…")
* Lost in the Mirror by Sharon Pillsbury (M/U: Events from Kirkʼs past stand in the way of Spockʼs desire to take him as his bondmate. " Kirk looked toward the science station, watched as Spock lifted a shaking hand to activate a control button. Far too pale, thin to the point of emaciation, he wondered if the Vulcan had been eating at all. At the end of each duty shift, Spock had gone directly to his cabin and remained there according to Farrell's report. Kirk hadn't been in a position to know. He, too, had sought the sanctuary of his own quarters, never leaving until it was time to report for duty. Locking himself away, hiding from the pain. Trying not to think of Spock…")
* Seven Years Blues by Janna Steele (also in Unholy Alliances)
* There is Always Hope by Linda Frankel
* Thirst by Alexis Fegan Black
* also art by Shellie Whild, Virginia L. Smith, Carol A. Pierce and poetry.
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Otherwhere/Otherwhen 2 was published in 1992 and has 162 pages. Art is by Marilyn Cole and Jamie Belle.
* Brief Encounter by Karla Kelly (After being mugged on a backwater planet, Spock is offered employment by the first officer of the Republic, James Kirk, who mistakes him for a prostitute. "Slightly dizzy, Spock leaned against an antique street lamp, rechecking his physical systems. The effects of the phaser stun seemed longer lasting than usual. Perhaps something in the atmosphere worked to prolong the sense of dislocation. “Well, I never thought I’d see a Vulcan soliciting.” Spock looked up to see a sandy-haired human smiling warmly at him. The human’s eyes raked his body with an intensity Spock could almost feel. The uniform announced its wearer as Frist Officer of the REPUBLIC, a starship sharing this leave planet with the ENTERPRISE. Before Spock could respond that he was not soliciting, the young man nodded sharply once, then said, “Come with me. I just got paid, and whatever you charge, I bet you’re worth it…”") (3)
* My Slave, poem by Jamie Belle (10)
* Dominance, poem by Jamie Belle (11)
* Second Chance - novel by Patricia Laurie Stephens (On his way to Iowa following his motherʼs death, a depressed Admiral Kirk and his counterpart from another dimension trade places, each man believing they have nothing left to hold them in their own. "Jamie had never really been alone, not in the way he was in this life. He’d never felt what he was feeling now; a loneliness and longing that even the presence of friends could not appease. And he, as Jim surely did, could never justify a marriage such as his parents had. A marriage where one partner was gone for several years, then home for a few months, and leaving again. So he had no choice but to go on alone, restoring his – Jim’s – reputation. And he found himself understanding how Jim had paired up with the Vulcan; someone who was with him always, someone who could share every aspect of his life. It must have been perfect. So then, why had they broken up?")
* K/S Vocabulary by Jamie Belle (161)
* Love's Flame, poem by Jamie Belle (162)
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Otherwhere/Otherwhen 3 was published in May 1993 and has 156 pages. 
On title page: 
This issue also prints a copy of Open Letter to Fandom by Alexis Fegan Black Regarding Zine Pirating.
The editorial is one that was also printed in 5 of Hearts. 
* Fail the Night, poem by Robin Hood (4)
* The Gift by Anna Parrish (Spock meets a Kirk from the A/U. "“Sometimes second best is almost as good as the original,” a voice said from beside me. I shifted my attention and saw a young man. He was blond and sturdy, with twinkling hazel eyes and an unruly lock of hair that tickled his forehead. I saw the resemblance between him and James Kirk immediately. He looked like Jim did the very first time I saw him, the day he took over the ENTERPRISE. His scent was so much like Jim’s my whole body tingled with awareness. He grinned knowingly at me. “You don’t know me, not exactly, but I’ve seen you around Starfleet Headquarters.” “Indeed?” How odd to hear my timbre sound so composed…") (5)
* Joining, poem by Jamie Belle, illoed by Belle (13)
* Hollow Eyes, poem by Robin Hood (14)
* Mirrored Passion Redux by Shelley Butler - a novel expanded on a short story that appeared in Naked Times #26, Mirrored Passion. (A/U: The transfer to the M/U lasts 3 days and in that time both Spock and Kirk believe that they have fallen in love with each otherʼs counterparts. "He regarded the human with the pleasure of discovery. For he was as aesthetically beautiful as his own captain, but with the intriguing difference of his innocence. It was becoming too seductive, too beguiling. He had to maintain control. It was only by control that he had become so successful in the Empire. By mastering any weakness and without the encumbrance of emotional desire, he knew exactly how to govern others. And now into his universe comes this human who dares to tear apart his kingdom, to devastate the perfect order of his world. And yet the thought of succumbing to this man was almost irresistible. So as he carefully removed his hand from the paradise of Kirk’s mind, the feelings he had held dominion over for so long came pouring forth in a torrent and he was helpless for the first time in his life…") (15)
* Dreamer's Night, poem by Robin Hood (123)
* The Answer, poem by Jamie Belle, illoed by Belle (124)
* Beauty and the Vulcan Beast by Anna Parrish (Humor: A retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.) (125)
* Hard Copy by Alexis Fegan Black (Kirk steals an information disc from the M/U Spockʼs desk and finds that things did not happen quite the way he remembers while he was in the M/U. "When the Empire’s most infamous Vulcan had turned his back (gone to the head, actually), Kirk had palmed the disk and slipped it in the waistband of his trousers. Maybe he’d been hoping that sinister Spock would catch him. (He didn’t.) Or maybe he’d been wondering if the Vulcan wanted him to take it. (So he did.) After all, he rationalized, it was just lying there, an open invitation sealed with a warning. Bait – especially to anyone who knew any version of James Kirk.") (141)
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:1990s