Deck Five Digest

Deck Five Digest is a gen Star Trek: TOS digest-sized fanzine. 
At one point, there was to be an unrelated zine entitled "Deck 5. See Steve Barnes.
==Issue 1==
Deck Five Digest 1 was published in June 1981 and is 56 pages long.
The art is by Laura Virgil, Nona Christensen, Becky Morton, Mary Lowe, James Doyle, and Camille Richmond. 
From the editorial: 
* Sensory Distortions, editorial (3)
* ...And a Time to Every Purpose... by Cynthia Lockwood ("The mission is over and his brother, Sam, is dead. Kirk must come to terms with this loss.") (4)
* A Subtle Suggestion by Feida Roam ("Tantalus V is a memory, however Captain Kirk's problems have only just begun.") (7) 
* Brother’s Keeper by Ruth Berman ("It is a sometimes whimsical McCoy get'em, Spock and McCoy are stranded on a planet. McCoy is badly injured and Spock takes care of him.") (reprinted from T-Negative #15; also in Starbase M.T.L. #6) (17)
* Ghosts by Bridget Mintz Register (26) 
* Before the Decision, poem by Amanda Wesley (37)
* Smidgen of Passion, fiction in script form by Pam Rose ("McCoy requests leave in Georgia. Could it be? It is...the Ponn Pecan!") (38)
* Captain's Waltz, poem by Amanda Wesley (45)
* Graven Image by Mary Lowe (an intro for a story in Obsession #2) ("Spock has summoned McCoy to Vulcan to ask his help in cloning a duplicate of the deceased James Kirk.") (46)
* Symbiosis by Mary Lowe (reprinted in (Only Trek #2) (51)
* Equal Time (56)
Image:deckfivedigest1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Laura Virgil
Image:deckfivedigest1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Lowe (Kirk dreams of candy bars, one of the many fannish pokes at Kirk's weight)
Image:deckfivedigest1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Becky Morton
Image:deckfivedigest1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Lowe
Image:deckfivedigest1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Lowe
Image:deckfivedigest1-6.jpg|from issue #1, Camille Richmond
Image:deckfivedigest1-7.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Lowe
Image:deckfivedigest1-8.jpg|from issue #1, James Doyle (spoofing on "Dick Tracy" comic)
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Deck Five Digest 2 was published in June 1981 and is 50 pages long. 
The art is by Jan Meek Beckworth, Laurie May, Keith Tate, James Hunt, and Mary Lowe.
The editorial mentions that the zine "has changed hands many times" during the publication of this issue. The editors are Katharine Scarritt and Deborah Townsend.
* Sensory Distortions, editorial (3)
* The Decision by Elizabeth Koenig (Years of of association with humans has shaken Spock's identity. Now he must return to Vulcan to find his answers. (4)
* Star Trek The Motion Sickness by Dave Weston (supposedly the original draft for ST:TMP, a parody) (7)
* Knights Meeting by Jan Meek Beckworth (17)
* Raspberries and Cream by Rhea Brainerd (19)
* Ni Var by Jan Meek Beckworth (23)
* Time of Waste by Valerie DeVries (24)
* Comment by Elizabeth Koenig (39)
* (Untitled) by Teresa Sarick (40)
* Lt. Teddy by Landa Brannick (A group of animals, including a Sehlat, are brought aboard the Enterprise for transport. McCoy tries to keep the SehIats presence a surprise until Spock's birthday.) (41)
* The Answer by Mary Lowe (47)
Image:deckfive2-1.jpg|inside page from issue #2
Image:deckfive2-2.jpg|inside page from issue #2
Image:deckfive2-3.jpg|inside page from issue #2
Image:deckfive2-4.jpg|inside page from issue #2
==Issue 3==
 
Deck Five Digest 3 was published in March 1983 and is 88 pages long. Editor is Jan Beckwith, and it contains art by Pat Kilner, Linda Warren, Jan Beckworth, and Linda Richards.
* Sensory Distortions (3)
* Command Decision by Catherine FitzSimmons (4)
* Forever After by Rhea Brainerd (5)
* An Enterprising Idea by Jan Beckworth (a kinda, maybe, not really, but almost Mary Sue story) (10)
* Sweet Vengeance by Diane Miskiewicz (14) (McCoy, motivated by good intentions, manages to alienate Spock, Scotty and Kirk.)
* Khan's Revenge by Cathy Fitzsimmons (Just how did OLD Khan and Chekov meet all those years ago?) (24)
* The Announcement by J.A. Stafford (26)
* Empath by Teresa Sarick (40)
* Lady of the Stars by GiGi Porter (41)
* The Wind at My Sails by Rhea Brainerd (43)
* Confrontation: Kirk Versus McCoy by Rhea Brainerd (44)
* And the Moon is Full and Bright by Patty Bushman (serious trouble aboard the Enterprise, and the good doctor is right in the middle. McCoy is bitten by an animal that turns out to be a werewolf. As a result he becomes one himself. His friends, with the help of a woman claiming super natural powers, attempt to remove this curse.) (46)
Image:deckfive3-1.jpg|inside issue #3
Image:deckfive3-2.jpg|inside issue #3
Image:deckfive3-3.jpg|inside issue #3
Image:deckfive3-4.jpg|inside issue #3
==Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Deck Five Digest 5 was published in 1983 and contains 76 pages. The cover is by Pat Kilner.
* Khan's Revenge by Cathy Fitzsimmons (Just how did Khan and Chekov meet all those years ago?
* An Enterprising Idea by Jan Beckworth (A kinda, sort maybe, not really Mary Sue story)
* And the Moon is Full and Bright by Patty Bushman (Serious trouble aboard the Enterprise and the good doctor is right in the middle.)
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1981 Zines
Category:1980s Zines