Act 5

Act 5 is a slash Star Trek: TOS anthology fanzine. 
Regarding the title: Some sources refer to the full-title as "Act 5, Scene One," but the second part of the title is simply how the different issues are labeled. 
This series has a sister zine called Act Five Fantasies.
==Original Submission Requests==
For issue #1: 
For issue #2: 
==A Complicated Distribution and Publishing History==
There are two issues of "Act 5." A third issue was proposed but never got off the ground, as was a fourth issue. There is, however, a sister zine called Act Five Fantasies.
While the zines were edited by Ann Carver, there were problems with the distribution of the zines and several letters of complaint regarding unfilled orders appeared in On the Double. 
This zine was discontinued after a personal statement in Datazine #47 in 1987 from Ann Carver in which stated she was gafiating and was settling her affairs: 
In Datazine #57 Mkashef Enterprises announced that they had obtained "the print rights" to issues One, Two and Fantasies and were in no way associated with Ann Carver. Instead they would be making available a completely new print run and thanked fans for "their understanding and appreciate your assistance in helping us bring these zines back to fandom."
In 1999, Dovya Blacque expanded on Mkashef Enterprise's recent acquisition: 
In 2011, a fourth issue was also proposed: "Act Five, Scene Four: All TV scripts have (or had) four acts. Act Five is a K/S "what happened after the fourth act?" zine; stories about Kirk and Spock‘s reaction to all or some of what happened in the episode or what could have happened, what divergent results might have come at the end of an episode, etc. The limits of the stories are only bound by your dreaming/writing brain! All stories must be episode related." from a submission request in The K/S Press #170 This issue was also apparently benched.
==Issue 1==
Act 5, Scene 1 was published in December 1985 and contains 154 pages. The art is by Caro Hedge, Pendragon, and C.A. Pierce
From the editorial: 
 
* Volcano	by	Robin Hood (2)
* Editorial	by	Dovya Blacque		(3)
* The Hunger	by	Natasha Solten		(4)
* Personal Logs 1	by	Robin Hood		(5)
* Across Night	by	Natasha Solten		(6)
* Dagger of the Soul	by	Natasha Solten		(7)
* Dagger	by	Natasha Solten		(21)
* After the Rain	by	Dovya Blacque		(22)
* He's My Darlin'	by	Robin Hood		(25)
* Triacus	by	Tere Ann Roderick		(39)
* Wonders & Wings of Wind	by	Robin Hood		(40)
* Of These I Seek	by	Allison K.		(41)
* A Prison Without Bars	by	C.A. Pierce		(58)
* From the Light	by	Robin Hood		(59)
* Pale Dreams	by	Natasha Solten		(60)
* Between the Dark and the Daylight	by	Tere Ann Roderick		(61)
* Colors of You	by	Mary Woodruff	(81)
* An Appointed Hour	by	Mary Woodruff		(82)
* Home from Eden	by	Vivian Gates		(83)
* Winter's Melt	by	Robin Hood		(96)
* Dark Valley	by	Natasha Solten		(97)
* The End of the Old	by	Donna Vanderlaan		(99)
* Could It Suffice?	by	C.A. Pierce		(116)
* Perchance to Dream	by	Dovya Blacque		(117)
* You Had to Be There	by	Faille		(119)
* Basilisk or Balm	by	C.A. Pierce		(126)
* La'Yan (part 1)	by	Dovya Blacque		(127) (from the publisher: "A distress call from Zefram Cochrane turns the ENTERPRISE back not long after having left Cochrane and the Companion. With the Companion burnt out by her contact with the commissioner, Cochrane chooses to rejoin the galaxy. On the way to his new life, some complex and highly personal revelations come about concerning Kirk and Spock, their feelings for one another… and their feelings for their just-found friend." (Part Two of “La’Yan” appears in Shades of Grey #1, part three is in Shades of Grey #4)
* The Raven and the Sun	by	C.A. Pierce		(154)
* Zine ads (155)
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Act 5, Scene 2 was published in April 1986 and contains 168 pages. The art is by Marilyn Cole (front and back covers), Carol A. Pierce, Caro Hedge and Shellie Whild.
A fan in The LOC Connection #9 writes a LoC in which she mentions that there was a "supplement" to Act 5, Scene 2, one which contained a version of The Air is the Air. In the "hand out" the author, Vivian Gates invited fans to write a continuation of her story. Dovya Blacque took her up on her offer and wrote, "Compensation" which she published in As I Do Thee #5 along with a reprinted version of "The Air Is The Air". Dovya obtained permission for both the sequel as well as to reprint the original.
* One Man's Nightmare is Another Man's Dream	by	Cyrni Asher		2
* Editorial	by	Dovya Blacque		3
* Desert Heart	by	Andrea Arat		4
* Personal Logs 2	by	Chris Waken		5 (Commander Spock is about to meet his new captain for the first time.)
* Web of Love	by	Tere Ann Roderick		6
* Transporter Control	by	Donna Rose Vanderlaan		7
* Shattered Spirits	by	Robin Hood	8
* Half Notes in Vulcan	by	Carol A. Pierce		9 (The disastrous trip to Vulcan for Spock's bonding ceremony is over, and the command team has just begun to explore their feelings for each other when Spock begins acting irrationally. It's not a recurrence of the pon farr, so what could it be?); (Returning from Vulcan after his Pon Farr, Spock begins to show definite signs of mental illness. McCoy works to understand what is happening to his friend and to help.)
* Refiner's Fire		by Tere Ann Roderick		23
* Saved	by	Berla Bowlby		24
* Riddles	by	Faille		27 (The Enterprise discovers a planet that just might be the homeworld of the Preservers.)
* Mourning Has Broken	by	Lisa Joas		42
* Very Much Alike	by	Alexis Fegan Black		43 ( When Spock meets John Christopher he quite naturally compares him to his captain and begins to contemplate thoughts he had never previously allowed himself to think.)
* Vulcan	by	Romilly Kerr		45
* Reflections	by	Faris Vincent		46
* Where Have All the Playthings Gone? by		Alice Mills		47 (Trapped on Miri's planet without access to either the ship's computers or their communicators, the captain's condition worsens. Spock is forced to watch as Kirk's life drains away, and there is only one person who can help.); (We learn of additional violence that occurred on Miri's planet. Spock's involvement in this violence troubles him months after their return to the Enterprise. Kirk turns to McCoy to ask for his special kind of 'old fashioned country doctoring'.)
* Whispered Words	by	Romilly Kerr		68
* Only Spock	by	Donna Rose Vanderlaan		69
* Death by Inches	by	Chris Waken		70
* Privacy Time		by Robin Hood		71 (The flames of pon fan-have returned. Kirk saves Spock, but the cost is tremendous. Burdened with guilt, Spock wills himself to die.)
* Storm Lover	by	Natasha Solten		83
* Knowing	 by	Noelle Harrison		84
* Beyond the Curtain	 by	Tere Ann Roderick		87 (It was only when Spock conversed with the image of Surak on Excalbia that he understood that his feelings toward his captain extended far beyond friendship.)
* Little Things Mean a Lot	by	Roberta Haga		109 (vignette)
* Lost in Forever	by	Tay Garian		113 (Starfleet has ordered Kirk, Spock and McCoy to return to the Time Planet to discover the origins of the Guardian of Forever. The captain is tempted to use the Guardian to return to Edith, but it is Spock who steps through the gateway and becomes enmeshed in his own past.)
* Admonition	by	Tere Ann Roderick		138
* Spacemen and Matadors	by	Merita Seda		139 (When the Enterprise discovers a planet ruled by Khan's descendants, Kirk and Spock are forced to perform as matadors in the bullring for the Emperor's pleasure.)
* Regret and Renewal	by	Faris Vincent		168
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
	
	
	 
==References==
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:1985 ZinesCategory:1986 Zines