Katra: The Living Spirit

Katra: The Living Spirit is a gen, possibly het, Star Trek: TOS Klingon-centric anthology of poems and fiction published in New Zealand. 
Despite the fact it has an explicit het sister zine, this zine series required an age statement to order.
It is a sister zine to Katra: The Erotic Spirit, Katra: X, Elba and Katra: The Novella.
From the editor in issue #4: 
==General Reactions and Reviews==
==Issue 1==
Katra: The Living Spirit 1 was published in 1985, contains 34 pages and four stories. It has art by Mike McGann, Peter Graham, Lana Brown.
* Possibilities, part 1 by Lana Brown (2) (What happened to the Klingon Maltz after his capture? And why did Saavik need to visit his cell on Vulcan?)
* And Lay Her Essence Bare by Peter Graham (Cest'nei is 1/2 Romulan and 1/2 Vulcan and a starship commander. Now that she has been captured by her mortal Klingon enemy, can all she look forward to is death?) (This is the sequel to Shadows in the Air by Graham in Beyond Antares R-Rated #7. Note: due to how long the seventh issue of Beyond Antares R-Rated took to be printed, the sequel appeared before the first part of the story.) (9)
* Needs of the One by Lana Brown (27)
* One Decent Emotion by Erin Pennington (A conversation betueen McCoy and Spock as they adjust to life fallowing the Fa! Tor Pan ceremony on Vulcan.) (31)
* art by Lana Brown (front cover), Mike McGann and Peter Graham
Image:katra1art1.jpg|art from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:katra1art2.jpg|art from issue #1, Mike McGann
Image:katra1art3.jpg|art from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:katra1art4.jpg|art from issue #1, Mike McGann
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Katra: The Living Spirit 2 was published in September 1985 and is 95 pages long. 
* Viking’s Progress by Hazel Dodd (3)
* Possibilities Part II by Lana Brown (19)
* Chess by Helen Sargeant (33)
* Saavik: Statement of Truth, poem by Sandra Moosman (35)
* A Beginning... by Valerie DeVries (37)
* Fault In The Line by Robert Jan (63)
* Meanwhile... by Lana Brown (63)
* art by Lana Brown (cover), Gina Brown, Mike McGann and Robert Jan
 
Image:livingspirit2-1.jpg|inside issue #2, from "Viking's Progress"
Image:livingspirit2-2.jpg|inside issue #2, from "Viking's Progress"
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Katra: The Living Spirit 3 was published in January 1986 and contains 59 pages. 
* Dialogue by Susan Clarke (6)
* Questions by Martha Butler (6)
* Possibilities, part 3 by Lana Brown (10)
* Warriors in the Game, filk or poem by Sue Isle (32)
* Vrootgort Conflict by Hazel Dodd (34)
* They Also Serve... by Robert Jan (42)
* Syraneta by Barbara Maxwell (44)
* A Mild Looking Sky by Robert Jan (50)
* The Needs of the One, filk or poem by Adam Jenson (60)
* Cold Comfort by Erin Pennington (62)
* Some Hints on How to Survive in Space (by an ex-master-at-arms, Starbase II, retired, Michael Curry (66)
* art by Lana Brown (front cover), Mike McGann, Robert Jan (back cover), and Gina Brown
==Issue 4==
Katra: The Living Spirit 4 was published in May 1986 and contains 95 pages. It includes a section of LoCs. Art is by Lana Brown, Mike McGann, Helen Ross, Gamin Davis, Robert Jan, Gail Adams, K'Shona Jackson, Ann Robertson.
* Possibilities, part 4 by Lana Brown (4)
* A Glorious Way to Die, poem by Adam Jenson (26)
* Clan Gathering by Helen Sargeant (28)
* Iron Thoughts, poem by Sue Isle (34)
*Captured Artifact by Peter Redvers-Hill (36)
* Klingon Badass Song by K'Shona Jackson (41)
* Like a Shooting Star, poem by Vonne J. Shepard (43)
* They Shall Live Again by Frank Macskasy Jr. (44)
* Dry Storm, poem by K'Shona Jackson (59)
* A Klingon's Home Thoughts by Hazel Dodd (60)
* The Human Factor by Helen Ross (62)
* Impressions, poem by Peter Graham (65)
* Friendship, poem by Vonne J. Shepard (71)
* Klingon Children by Erin Pennington (72)
* Pestilence, Plague & the Klingon Empire by Gail Adams (74)
* Klingon Koncordance by Robert Jan (79)
* What are Friends For? by Kerry Nash (86) (some comments on this story here)
Image:katra4art1.jpg|art from issue #4, Lana Brown
Image:katra4art2.jpg|art from issue #4, Gamin Davis
Image:katra4art3.jpg|art from issue #4, Lana Brown
Image:katra4art4.jpg|art from issue #4, Lana Brown
Image:katra4art5.jpg|art from issue #4, Helen Ross
Image:katra4art6.jpg|art from issue #4, Mike McGann
Image:katra4art7.jpg|Thelin, art from issue #4, Lana Brown
Image:katra4art8.jpg|art from issue #4, Mike McGann
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Katra: The Living Spirit 5 was published in August 1986 and contains about 80 pages.
* Long Day on Lanania by Hazel Dodd (McCoy is on medical leave and stranded on the miserable planet of Lanania waiting for transportation to Earth. What he believes will be a tedious two day wait becomes intriguing and dangerous as he becomes involved with espionage, murder and the delivering of a Kiingon baby.)
* Once & Future Friend by Gamin Davis (A young Spock travels to Earth with his mother to meet his cousin Johnathan and discover friendship.)
* Klingons are Tough by Leon Gammell (Set on the frontier world of Rigel III, Korak proves the principle of survive and succeed.)
* Dove's Aftermath by Vonne Shepard (Exactly what did happen to Kang and Mara after the alien incident aboard the Enterprise? Both Klingons and Humans learn an lesson.)
* the continuing saga of Possibilities by Lana Brown
* an article on Kurdenshin, the Way of the Klingon Warrior by Shona Jackson
* more on the Klingon KonKorndance by Robert Jan
* poetry by Vonne Shepard, Shona Jackson and other
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==Issue 6==
Katra: The Living Spirit 6 was published in November 1986 contains 109 pages. It consists primarily of a single novel called "The Far Side of War." It has art by Lana Brown and Robert Jan. It is A4 and and as coloured card covers. 
* The Far Side of War by Sue Isle (Kang zantai Dvistrill and his First Officer Kereth tai Varak have been given a mission to attend the Congress of the UPP as delagates of Klinzhai. But all is not in the name of peace. What is the madness that drives Kang to a desperate act? What does the supposedly Free Trader Treven Gannon mean to Kereth? For whom does she really work for? Kirk has a handful of problems. Tension is high. Something lurks beyond the fringe, waiting, and this time the Organians cannot help.)
* Fuzzies by Marina Butler (humor)
* Harvey Mudd and the Doctor by Leon Gammell (crossover with Doctor Who) (A strange rescuer gets Mudd out of another sticky situation.)
* Kirk's Promise by Gamin Davis
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7==
Katra: The Living Spirit 7 was published in June 1987 and contains 104 pages.
* Confrontation by Helen Ross (Rumors about Saavik's parentage come to a head and McCoy finds himself in the hot seat.)
* Reflections on the Past by Gail Schultz (Carol Marcus remembers the happiness and possibilities of the life she couldn't have.)
* Second Possibilities by Kerry Nash (Working on ideas proposed by Lana, Kerry takes Saavik Maltz, Kor, and a certain child and sets her own series of possibilities of what happened after ST III.)
* A Horta's Story by Deirdre Forde (Can a Horta feel love for a human? A special friendship is tested.)
* Teacher's Pet by Lana Brown (Uhura plans a special gift for a certain tutor, but things go badly when the Klingons get involved.)
* vignettes by Hazel Dodd, Ian McLean, Robert Jan, Linda Slusher
* insights into Klingon life by Leon Gammell
* part two of Born of a Woman by Helen Sargeant
* other work by C. Andrew Hooper, Gail Adams, and Shona Jackson
* poetry by Sue Isle
* art by Lana Brown and others
==Issue 8==
Katra 8 was published in 1987. 
==Issue 9==
Katra 9 was published in 1988 and contains 121 pages.
* Imperatrix: Oathbreakers by Sue Isle
* A Popular Fallacy by Lana Brown
* Behind Every Great Man by Linda Slusher
* I Think Therefore I Am by Hazel Dodd
* The Plug by Jeremy Broadribb
* other fiction by Helen Sargeant, Kerry Nash, and Frank Macskasy
* poetry by Helen Ross, Shona Jackson, Peter Graham
* art by Lana Brown, Gennie Summers, Andrew McGee, Roslyn Paterson and others
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1980s