Mind Meld (Star Trek: TOS anthology)

Mind Meld is a series of gen anthology fanzines that focus on the Kirk-Spock-McCoy friendship. At least 7 issues were printed with color portraits, lots of charcoal work, and layout with borders varying for each story. Each issue contains a massive amount of art, some of which is offered below with the publisher's permission.
Issue #5 was the winner of many 1988 Surak Awards.
==Issue 1==
Mind Meld 1 was published in May 1984 (second printing: January 1987) and contains 222 pages. Front cover: T.J. Burnside; back cover: Carole Swoboda, Betsy Barr (inside front cover), other art by Cami Forsell, Barbara P. Gordon, Suzan Lovett, Andrea Kunz, Caren Parnes, Mary Mills, Merle Decker, Caro Hedge, Lydia Moon, Christine Myers, Gennie Summers, Evallou Richardson.
From the editorial by Sandy: 
* Editorials (2)
* That Elusive Emotion by Karen Hayden (4)
* September Song by Beverly Volker (5)
* Hold Back the Dark by Sandy Zier (Kirk is troubled by a dream in which McCoy is dying. Is it a part of the grieving process for Spock or a premonition of things to be?) (11)
* Endless Skies by Carole Swoboda (14)
* Sunbird by Jennifer Weston [Sequel to "Me and Thee" (Off the Beaten Trek #1) and "Until That Tomorrow" (Off the Beaten Trek #2). Continued in "Voyage Nocturne" in this issue.] (16)
* Brother of the Heart by Barbara P. Gordon (45)
* The Trust by Ingrid Cross (McCoy's sorrow and anger at Spock's death are complicated by 'a deranged subconscious that appears to be going Vulcan.') (48)
* Mind Meld by Betsy Barr (68)
* Fields of Yesterday by Terri Sylvester (70)
* The Warning by Ginna LaCroix (72)
* The Bequest by Suzanne Fine ("McCoy returns to Yonada to find Natira dead and an eight year old daughter that he did not know existed. He is drawn into intrigue which endangers Yonada and his daughter's life as well as his own.") (74)
* Erosion by Debbie Gilbert (121)
* Trinity by Beverly Volker (122)
* Quotes by Lynn Syck (124)
* Last Meld by April Valentine (125)
* Objectivity by Debbie Gilbert (128)
* Hannibal's Logic by Harriett Stallings (129)
* Afterwards by Lynn Syck (151)
* The Right Move by Laurel Ridener (158)
* To Help a Friend by Karen Hayden (160)
* Faces of Eternity by Laurel Ridener (162)
* Elegy for the Brave (164)
* By Way of Reply by Laurel Ridener (165)
* McCoy on Kirk by Lynn Syck (168)
* Vision of Death by Lynn Syck (169)
* Genesis by Lynn Syck (173)
* Journey to Understanding by Karen Hayden (174)
* Yesterday's Dream by Marion McChesney (176)
* Voyage Nocturne (Sunbird pt. 2) by Jennifer Weston (177)
* ads (222)
File:Mindmeld1-gordon.jpg|from issue #1, Barbara P. Gordon
File:Mindmeld1art12.jpg|from issue #1, Christine Myers, an example of Spock Smiles
File:Mindmeld1art2.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Mindmeld1art8.jpg|from issue #1, Cami Forsell
File:Mindmeld1art3.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Mindmeld1art4.jpg|from issue #1, Merle Decker
File:Mindmeld1art5.jpg|from issue #1, Gennie Summers
File:Mindmeld1art10.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Mills
File:Mindmeld1art6.jpg|from issue #1, Gennie Summers
File:Mindmeld1art7.jpg|from issue #1, Merle Decker
File:Mindmeld1art9.jpg|from issue #1, Andrea Kunz
File:Mindmeld1art11.jpg|from issue #1, Lydia Moon
File:Mindmeld1art18.jpg|from issue #1, Lydia Moon
File:Mindmeld1art13.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
File:Mindmeld1art14.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
File:Mindmeld1art15.jpg|from issue #1, Cami Forsell
File:Mindmeld1art16.jpg|from issue #1, Suzan Lovett
File:Mindmeld1art17.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Mind Meld 2 was published in May 1985 and contains 267 pages. It has a front cover by Caren Parnes.
The interior art is by Bev Zuk, Cami Forsell, TACS, Andrea Kunz, Merle Decker, Caro Hedge, Sharon Garinger, Mary Mills, Caren Parnes, Gennie Summers, Suzan Lovett, T.J. Burnside, and The Southern Cross.
From the editorial: 
* Editorial by Editor (2)
* LoCs by Various (4)
* Memoria Teneo by Terri Sylvester (10)
* Insights by Ginger Dawson (11)
* We Come to Serve by Ginger Dawson (14)
* Sunbird by Jennifer Weston (16)
* Reporting as Ordered by Susan Meinecke (118)
* Beyond the Starless Sea by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (120)
* The First Payment by Ginna LaCroix (123)
* Losses by Cheryl Resnick (134)
* Remember by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (135)
* Friendship by Donna Frost & Denise Chonka (136)
* Reflections on a Death by Debbie Gilbert (142)
* The Finest Gift by Suzanne Fine (Touching story of McCoy's first encounter with the warrior race of Cape Mans. McCoy accompanies Joha'an, a young Capellan on his Rite of Passage with tragic results.) (143)
* Intentions by Susan Meinecke (177)
* Salt in the Wound by Debbie Gilbert (178)
* Empty Spaces by Shirley D. Sipe (A few minutes together for Kirk and McCoy as the Enterprise returns to the Genesis planet.) (179)
* Dear Jim and Spock by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (Last instructions from Leonard McCoy.) (183)
* Second Chance by Sandy Zier (184)
* No Other Way by Ginna LaCroix (186)
* Thy Brother's Keeper by Ginger Dawson (Injured in a shuttle crash and marooned on an isolated planetoid, McCoy discovers he is not really alone when a small Vulcan child appears.) (187)
* Enterprise by Cheryl Resnick (194)
* The Silent Drummer by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (McCoy muses about his place in the Kirk-Spock relationship.) (195)
* Christmas Presence by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (196)
* In Retrospect by Susan Meinecke (198)
* To Absent Friends by Sandy Zier (200)
* Sawdust in the Stars by Beverly Volker & Nancy Kippax (Kirk, Spock, and McCoy travel back in time and join a circus.) (202)
* Blurbs by Editor (266)
File:Mindmeld2art1.jpg|from issue #2, Mary Mills
File:Mindmeld2art2.jpg|from issue #2, Merle Decker
File:Mindmeld2art3.jpg|from issue #2, Gennie Summers
File:Mindmeld2art5.jpg|from issue #2, Chris Myers
File:Mindmeld2art6.jpg|from issue #2, Bev Zuk
File:Mindmeld2art7.jpg|from issue #2, Mary Mills
File:Mindmeld2art8.jpg|from issue #2, Caren Parnes
File:Mindmeld2art9.jpg|from issue #2, The Southern Cross
File:Mindmeld2art13.jpg|from issue #2, The Southern Cross
File:Mindmeld2art10.jpg|from issue #2, T.J. Burnside
File:Mindmeld2art11.jpg|from issue #2, Andrea Kunz
File:Mindmeld2art12.jpg|from issue #2, TACS. One reviewer noted:"...I just can't believe [this is] artwork for gen zines....the drawings of Jim and Spock suggest otherwise..."Denise Dion's June 11, 2012 post to the K/S Zine Friends Facebook Group, quoted with permission.
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Mind Meld 3 was published June 1986 and contains 256 pages.
The art is by Gina Godwin, Fiona Graves, Jean Kluge, Pat Cash, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Caren Parnes, Merle Decker, Christine Myers, Connie Faddis, Cami Forsell, Nan Lewis, Suzan Lovett, and TACS.
* Twenty Years of Love by Terri Sylvester 2)
* Medusan Nightmare by Julie Lange Arch 4)
* A Matter of Aesthetics by Ginger Dawson 21)
* A Vulcan Sleeping Trance by Beverly Volkar 23)
* Revenge by Ginna LaCroix 29)
* Triumvirate by Gloria DeLeon 69)
* Anachronisms by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck 70)
* Warmth by Jan Davies 72)
* Baptism by Fire by Ginger Dawson (McCoy and Spock are stranded on a planet where exposure to the sun will cause insanity in Spock and, eventually, McCoy. Unable to touch Spock, McCoy can do little to help. After the rescue McCoy realizes the experience has strengthened their friendship.) (73)
* The Commander by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck 79)
* Who Mourns for Adonais by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck 80)
* Until the Fear Subsides by CinDe Deren & Diane Miskiewicz ( McCoy and Spock have been rescued after six months as prisoners of the Klingons. A battered McCoy is convinced that his mind has been permanently damaged by the mind sifter and that Spock broke under torture. To compound his problems, his rescuers are Vulcans whose consideration and precise medical care fail to meet his emotional needs. As much as he dislikes the idea of a meld with Spock, he finally sees it as their only hope of coming through the ordeal intact.) (82)
* Instant Replay by Sandy Zier 117)
* Christopher's Criterion by Betsy Fisher 128)
* Speculation by Jane Yambe 130)
* Circles Within Circles by Lynn Syck & Laurel Ridener 131)
* Shore Leave by Lynn Syck 152)
* The Tribbles With Troubles by Lynn Syck and Laurel Ridener 153)
* The Other Side of Forever by Kathy Milligan 156)
* In The Deep Places of Earth by Merle Decker 163)
* Enemies by Jan Davies 186)
* Stardance by Ginger Dawson (Spock has arranged a very unusual birthday gift for Dr. McCoy.) (187)
* Begin Again by Su Fine 195)
* And Promises to Keep by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck 196)
* You Think You've Got Tribbles? by Ginger Dawson 255)
* The Tribbles Are Coming by Mary Mills (256)
File:Mindmeld3art1.jpg|from issue #3, Chris Myers. One reviewer commented: "The anguish on their faces...Wow.."Denise Dion's June 11, 2012 post to the K/S Zine Friends Facebook Group, quoted with permission.
File:Mindmeld3art2.jpg|from issue #3, Chris Myers
File:Mindmeld3art3.jpg|from issue #3, Gina Godwin
File:Mindmeld3art4.jpg|from issue #3, Caren Parnes Caught in the Act
File:Mindmeld3art5.jpg|from issue #3, Merle Decker
File:Mindmeld3art6.jpg|from issue #3, Connie Faddis - Earth, Wind, Fire & Air
File:Mindmeld3art7.jpg|from issue #3, Nan Lewis - The Heart of Our Galaxy
File:Mindmeld3art8.jpg|from issue #3, Suzan Lovett - Menagerie, four characters and the artist's renditions of their animal "symbols"—McCoy (bear), Kirk (bird of prey), Spock (black panther) and finally, the Enterprise (unicorn)
File:Mindmeld3art9.jpg|from issue #3, Jean Kluge: "Foray Into the Twilight Zone (Or, I Think the Man in the Hat Did Something Terrible)"
File:Mindmeld3art10.jpg|from issue #3, Mary Stacy-MacDonald: "The Stars of Home"
File:Mindmeld3art11.jpg|from issue #3, TACS: "Ye Olde Time Photo Session"
File:Mindmeld3art12.jpg|from issue #3, Pat Cash
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
Mind Meld 4 was published in July 1987 and contains 218 pages.
The art is by Cheryl Zier, Myrtle Mitchell (inside front cover), Caro Hedge, Mary Mills, Merle Decker, Chris Soto, Christine Myers, Shellie Whild, Gennie Summers, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Gina Godwin, Cami F, Andrea K, Sherry Veltkamp, Fiona Graves, Steve Saunders (back cover), and Caren Parnes (front cover).
From the editorial: 
* To Sing Our Song by Terri Sylvester (2)
* Omega/Alpha by Lynn Syck & Laurel Ridener (3)
* Existence by D.A Martin (4)
* A Cacophony of Silence by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (6)
* Vulcansong by Betsy Fisher (30)
* Free Will by Kathy Resch (32)
* The Beauty of It by Betsy Fisher (34)
* The Turning Point by Ginna LaCroix (37)
* Like Tattered Cloth by CarolMel Ambassador (66)
* The Doctor by D.A Martin (68)
* Small Fans by Jennifer Weston (70)
* The In-Between Time by Lynn Syck & Laurel Ridener (78)
* Like a Shooting Star by Vonne Shepard (78)
* The House of Sarek by Yvonne Fern ("McCoy is staying with his friends at the home of Sarek following the FaI Tor Pan. They are trying to came to terms with all that has happened as they prepare to return to Earth. Before they leave, Sarek makes a very special request of McCoy.") (79)
* Gracie at Bat by Cheryl Zier (108)
* The Ways of Spock by Ellen Morris (110)
* Log Entries by Ginna LaCroix (112)
* Medical Logs by Sandy Zier ("McCoy's logs as he and his shipmates return to Earth after the Fal Tor Pan.") (125)
* Whither Though Goest by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (129)
* The Reasons by Ginna LaCroix (130)
* All the Way Home by Mary Rottler & Lynn Syck (132)
* Where are You, Spock? by Vonne Shepard (140)
* Birds of a Feather by Mimi English (142)
* Seven Intrepid Travellers by Vonne Shepard (179)
* Friends Forever by Vonne Shepard (180)
* Shared Light by Ellen Morris ("We share McCoy's thoughts and feelings as he experiences the Fal Tor Pan.") (182)
* A Cry of Loneliness by Debbie Cummins (186)
 
File:Mindmeld4art1.jpg|from issue #4, Merle Decker
File:Mindmeld4art3.jpg|from issue #4 Fiona Graves
File:Mindmeld4art4.jpg|from issue #4, Fiona Graves
File:Mindmeld4art5.jpg|from issue #4, Sherry Veltkamp
File:Mindmeld4art6.jpg|from issue #4
File:Mindmeld4art7.jpg|from issue #4
File:Mindmeld4art8.jpg|from issue #4
File:Mindmeld4art9.jpg|from issue #4, Gina Godwin
File:Mindmeld4art10.jpg|from issue #4, Gina Godwin
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
Mind Meld 5 was published in July 1988 and contains 230 pages.
The art is by Connie Faddis (front cover), Caren Parnes (back cover), Cheryl Zier, Myrtle Mitchell, and Caro Hedge.
From the editorial: 
* Silhouettes by Vonne Shepard (2)
* Where are the Snows of Yesterday? by Barbara Trimble (3)
* Friends by Ginna LaCroix (18)
* Cries of the Children by Debbie Cummins (20)
* Kolinahr: The Missing Peace by Michelle Perry (67)
* He Lives by Ginna LaCroix (68)
* On Watching Star Trek by Yvonne Fern (76)
* Truth by Ginna LaCroix (78
* Salt in the Wound by Mary Volkmer (79)
* The Balanced Scale by Ellen Morris (93)
* Remnants by Betsy Fisher (94)
* Change of Procedure by Sara Hale (96)
* Intrusion by Sandy Zier (116)
* The Way to Empire by Ellen Morris (118)
* Betrayed by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (122)
* Whalesongs by Cheryl Resnick (147)
* Stopping By an Unknown Galaxy on a Rotten Evening by Flora Poste (148)
* Analysis of a Friendship by D.A. Martin (150)
* Mind Cannibals by Sharon Pillsbury (152)
* Rescue by Cheryl Resnick (230)
There is extensive art in this issue; below is one example from each artist.
File:Mindmeld5art1.jpg|from issue #5, art by Chris Soto for "Friends"
File:Mindmeld5art2.jpg|from issue #5, art by Fiona Graves for "Mind Cannibals"
File:Mindmeld5art3.jpg|from issue #5, art by Cami Forsell for "Where are the Snows of Yesterday"
File:Mindmeld5art10.jpg|from issue #5, an example of a page with an embellished poem, words by Michelle Perry, border by Caro Hedge
File:Mindmeld5art4.jpg|from issue #5, art by Christine Myers for "Cries of the Children"
File:Mindmeld5art5.jpg|from issue #5, art by Merle Decker for "He Lives"
File:Mindmeld5art6.jpg|from issue #5, art by Bev Zuk for "Analysis of a Friendship"
File:Mindmeld5art7.jpg|from issue #5, art by C. Sibbett for "Betrayed"
File:Mindmeld5art8.jpg|from issue #5, art by Mary Mills for "Salt in the Wound"
File:Mindmeld5art9.jpg|from issue #5, art by Laurie Huff for "Change of Procedure"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
Mind Meld 6 was published in August 1991 and contains 282 pages. 
The front cover is by Chris Soto, the back cover is by Caren Parnes (reprinted from Mind Meld #1). 
The interior art is by Chris Soto, Suzan Lovett, Christine Myers, Leah Shaw, Bev Volker, Bev Zuk and cartoons by Mary Mills. 
 
In the preface the editor's singled out Marian Kelly's story Journey of a Soul, along with Lovett's artwork for the creation of this issue: 
 
* Brothers, poetry by Diana King (2) 
* Never Alone by Lynn Syck & Laurel Ridener, art by Bev Zuk (3)
* A Major Crisis Amongst the Ursus Major Miners by Kay Stagg (also in Lifeline, The Spirit of the Enterprise, Gathering Storms, The Silent Cry, A Major Crisis Amongst the Ursus Major Miners) (20)
* Kobayashi Maru, poem by Ginna LaCroix (22) 
* Unspoken Truths by Mary Rottler & Lynn Syck, art by Chris Soto (23)
* The Silent Cry by Key Stagg (also in Lifeline, The Spirit of the Enterprise, Gathering Storms, The Silent Cry, A Major Crisis Amongst the Ursus Major Miners) (47)
* To NCC-1701A, poem by Ginna LaCroix (54) 
* Another Private Little War by Sandy Zier, art by Leah Shaw (55)
* Court-Martial by Laurel Ridener & Lynn Syck (100)
* Journey of a Soul by Marian Kelly (Includes superb color artwork by Suzan Lovett) (103)
* Freeze Frame, poem by Betsy Fisher (164) 
* Secrets by Beverly Volker, art by Sherry Veltkamp (165)
* There Will Be No Peace by Ginna LaCroix, art by Chris Myers (197)
File:Mindmeld6art13.jpg|from issue #6, Leah Shaw for the story Another Private Little War
File:Mindmeld6art1.jpg|from issue #6, Leah Shaw for the story Another Private Little War, McCoy is holding the hand of his dying patient, trying to give comfort.
File:Mindmeld6art2.jpg|from issue #6 for the story Journey of a Soul, Suzan Lovett, a depressed McCoy contemplates leaving the Enterprise as he gazes on his daughter's baby shoe. The baby shoe plays a symbolic role at the end of the story. The halo effect surrounding McCoy's face is from his telepathic contact with an alien, something that neither McCoy nor the reader are aware of at the time. Like the shoe, the shimmering is a recurrent theme in the story and both elements serve as important clues to the reader. The shimmering effect is also example of Lovett's artistic experimentation in some of her early Star Trek work.
File:Mindmeld6art3.jpg|from issue #6, in this Lovett drawing for Journey of a Soul, Spock mindmelds with McCoy in an attempt to rescue him from the alien. Should the attempt fail, McCoy will have to be killed, something McCoy accepts. The faint blue aura around McCoy shows the alien's presence in his mind. The scene is drawn intimately with a soft focus and an emphasis on Spock and McCoy's hand's touching. The artist has also drawn the viewer's eye towards towards the IDIC pin on Spock's cloak which, in the story, is a signal to McCoy that Spock is here to either rescue or destroy him. The multiple layers of meaning is a hallmark of Lovett's art.
File:Mindmeld6art4.jpg|from issue #6, in this final image in the story Journey of a Soul, Kirk and Spock watch McCoy leave the Enterprise for a new life after being telepathically joined with an alien. "Kirk felt the rise of emotion as he remembered the tiny shoe that had survived McCoy's journey. Life, in the form of his daughter, indeed, life in any form -- the battle McCoy had fought so nobly -- and was destined to fight again. What more could any man ask than to serve those who needed him?" 
File:Mindmeld6art5.jpg|from issue #6, Sherry Veltkamp for the story Secrets, McCoy and Scotty come to the aid of Captain Kirk during a battle on the Enterprise
File:Mindmeld6art12.jpg|from issue #6, Sherry Veltkamp for the story Secrets
File:Mindmeld6art6.jpg|from issue #6 for the story There Will Be No Peace, Chris Myers. 
File:Mindmeld6art7.jpg|from issue #6 for the story There Will Be No Peace, Chris Myers, from top left to right: Spock's brother, Kirk's son David, Spock and Kirk.
File:Mindmeld6art8.jpg|from issue #6 for the story There Will Be No Peace, Chris Myers, portrays Captain Klaa
File:Mindmeld6art9.jpg|from issue #6, Chris Myers for the story There Will Be No Peace 
File:Mindmeld6art11.jpg|from issue #6, Chris Myers for the story There Will Be No Peace
 
 
File:Mindmeld6art14.jpg|from issue #6, Chris Soto - an example of a failure of reproduction combined with Soto's sometimes lightly drawn technique; artists took their chances when they trusted their art to editors and printers!
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==Issue 7==
Mind Meld 7 was published in August 1992 and contains 286 pages. Art by Chris Soto, Bev Zuk, Sherry Veltkamp, Leah Shaw, Chris Myers.
From the editorial: 
* Dedication (iii) (with poetry by Cheryl Zier)
* Editorial (vii)
* Table of Contents (1)
* T'hy'la, poetry by Kelly Matthews (2)
* Personal Best by Collette Mak, art by Bev Zuk (3)
* Convert by CarolMel Ambassador (77)
* You... and Him, poetry by Ginna LaCroix (80)
* Predestined by Mary Schuttler, art by Sherry Veltkamp (82)
* On an Ice World, poetry by Michael Bubrick (106)
* Rite of Passage by Jean Rohrer, art by Leah Shaw (107)
* Old Habits Die Hard by CarolMel Ambassador (153)
* Dilemma, poetry by Ginna LaCroix (156)
* The Game of Life by Laurie D. Haynes, art by Sherry Veltkamp (157)
* Travelers Return by Ginna LaCroix, art by Chris Soto (179)
* Resurrection by Lynn Syck (209)
* Different Reality by Mary Rottler and Lynn Syck, art by Christine Myers (211)
File:Mindmeld7art1.jpg|from issue #7, Bev Zuk for "Personal Best"
File:Mindmeld7art2.jpg|from issue #7, Sherry Veltkamp for "Predestined"
File:Mindmeld7art3.jpg|from issue #7, Leah Shaw for "Rite of Passage"
File:Mindmeld7art4.jpg|from issue #7, by Chris Soto for "Travelers Return"
File:Mindmeld7art5.jpg|from issue #7, Christine Myers for "Different Reality"
File:Mindmeld7art6.jpg|from issue #7, Christine Myers for "Different Reality"
File:Mindmeld7art7.jpg|from issue #7, Sherry Veltkamp for "The Game of Life"
File:Mindmeld7art8.jpg|from issue #7, Sherry Veltkamp for "The Game of Life"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7===
==References==
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