The K/S Press/Issues 001-010

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==The K/S Press 1 (September 1996)==
* contains 24 pages
* has LoCs for "Brothers in Time", "Finally", "Jagged Edges", "First Course", "Journey's End", "No Brighter Moment", "Let's Forget the Whole Thing", "November Sunshine", "Outcast", "Prism", "Reminiscence", "Secret Admirer", A Shot in the Dark The Small Slave, Their Hearts' Revenge, Worlds Apart, Unto Which Holy Estate in the zines Amazing Grace #3, T'hy'la #17, Counterpoint #3, #4, First Time #43, #44, Scattered Stars #8, Way of the Warrior #8, see those pages
* in the editorial, it is mentioned that "The K/S Press" is a "working title" and that there is a contest for a new name
* a fan says she is glad zine editors are picky about the work they accept and that her stories are usually rejected twice before getting published. As a reader she appreciates this; as a writer, it's frustrating.
* two con reports for Fantasticon, one that starts with: "This was the weirdest con I've ever been to." Another fan calls it "Bizzaro-con."
* a con report for Shore Leave 1996
* a fan remarks: 
* a fan in Germany writes that: 
* a fan describes someone's visit to her house: 
* Shelley Butler wrote about her illo, Beside Each Other: 
==The K/S Press 2 (October 1996)==
* contains 27 pages
* has LoCs for Captain's Log: Vaia, Captives, Choices, Correspondence, The Doctor's Indiscretion, Enid Pulver and the Romulan Invasion, Every Dog Has His Day, "Journey's End", The Legend, A Meditation on Leaving, No Brighter Moment, Never and Always, The Prince, No Witnesses, Prism, A Shot in the Dark, The Small Slave, Spindrift, Stranger than Fiction, Their Hearts' Revenge, The Tirizan, Unto Which Holy Estate, What Price Security in the zines First Time #44, Captives, Way of the Warrior #8, KaleidoScope #4, T'hy'la #17, Nome #9, First Time #34, #36, #43, #44, The Prince, Scattered Stars #8, Amazing Grace #3, Counterpoint #5, and Icefire, see those pages
* a fan writes: 
* a fan writes of alien genitalia: 
* a fan decides to not read a zine based on the title: 
* a fan writes: 
* about the subject of K/S art: 
* a fan writes about negativity in LoCs: 
==The K/S Press 3 (November 1996, content unknown)==
The content of issue #3 is unknown.
==The K/S Press 4 (December 1996)==
* contains 31 pages
* has LoCs for After Effects, Along the Way, Alternatives, Dealers in Kevas and Trillium, Divorce Vulcan Style, A Kirk by Any Other Name, The Land of Tears, The Last Straw, No Better Mirror, Masks, No Brighter Moment, A Mutual Fascination, "No Brighter Moment", One Night, Prism, Reason's Way, Rock of Ages, Rainy Day, Swan, Think of the Future Tomorrow, Velvet Deceptions, Sight Unseen, Stranger Games, Venus Descending, What We Have Written, Who Would Have Thought?, Worlds Apart in the zines KaleidoScope #5, The Way of the Warrior #8, T'hy'la #3,#17, Consort #2, As I Do Thee #2, #3, First Time #11, #20, #21, Within the Mirror #10, Scattered Stars #8, see those pages
* there is a bio of a fan in the "Heartbeats" section
* a fan proposes a K/S fiction and art annual award like the STIFfies. She volunteers to make the ballot.
* there is a long con report for FrisCon
* there are many letters from fans who say they prefer/require happy endings, that real life has too much pain and ugliness. Some fans remember death stories they read long ago that still haunt them and not in a good way.
* a fan writes in that she ordered zines from Pon Farr Press, received the cancelled check but no zines. The editor of the letterzine says,: 
* about the famous green penis suit: 
* a fan writes of the computer age: 
* a fan compares some zines today and of the past: 
* a fan talks of changing formats for fiction submissions: 
==The K/S Press 5 (January 1997)==
* contains 31 pages
* has LoCs for The Air is the Air, Alone, Along the Way, Another Man's Poison, Assumptions, Covenant, Compensation, Freedom is Standing in the Light, The First Christmas, Learn to Love, The Message of the Heart, Like a Song, A Personnel Matter, Lotions and Potions, The Matchmaker, Valley of Shadows, Prism, "Reminiscence", Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea in the zines As I Do Thee #5, KaleidoScope #5, Sun and Shadow, Consort #2, Vault of Tomorrow #13, T'hy'la #5, #17, Naked Times #4/5 #1, Scattered Stars #8, Kan't Stop Laughing, Beside Myself #4, Final Frontier #2, see those pages
* there was mention of the "logistics of an e-mail subscription," more info about exact cost and method to follow
* the artwork in this issue is reprinted from Stardate by Gerry Downes, but the editors were unsure of the artist. Gerry herself? Or Alice Jones? Gerry Downes is the artist.
* there is a long, thoughtful letter on the appeal of "unhappy" endings
* a number of tributes on Mark Lenard (the actor who portrayed Sarek) and his recent death
* readers nominate some favorite lines from zines on various topics
* contains a LoC index for all contributions to Come Together and The K/S Press in 1996
* mentions a computer disk by Jo Savage that lists 95% of all K/S authors, zines and stories; she says she will print it out for those who are "computer-impaired"
* a fan writes that she is very upset about the way they treated Shelley Butler at World Con regarding her K/S art
* from the editor: 
* contains a ballot for the Philon Awards: 
* a letter by a fan who writes that the fandom needs to be more supportive of new writers: 
* a fan writes: 
* the editor provides some web site addresses, and notes: 
* a fan writes of transferring K/S art from the zine Out of Bounds, something she had purchased at Shore Leave: 
* there is a very short letter from a zine writer: 
==The K/S Press 6 (February 1997)==
* contains 34 pages
* has LoCs for Alone, Along the Way, After Effects, Baby, Decision Time, In the Dark, Endgame, The Insane Root, Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, The Missing Piece, The Mountain High, Not All Who Wander are Lost, Our Side of the Mirror, Prism, The Price of Freedom, Quirk of Fate, Tiger by the Tail, Stranger than Fiction, Twenty Questions, When Rain Comes, WHIPS in the zines KaleidoScope #5, First Time #40, #43, #45, Within the Mirror #11, #13, T'hy'la #4, #16, Scattered Stars #8, The Price of Freedom, Companion, see those pages
* fan writes that she composes filks and poems in her head while she washes dishes and keeps a tape recorder in the kitchen for that purpose
* fan comments she is not the only one who thinks Courts of Honor could have used a tighter edit (lose 200 pages and several plot lines)
* a fan comments on how many Trek fans and K/S fans look down on and sneer at K/S stories that are romantic and explains how this is wrong
* a fan writes that her husband doesn't care what she reads and has no objections to the K/S zines laying around, but he objects to any K/S art hanging on the wall in the house
* a Stiffie Award ballot is included
* how to pronounce Philon Award—it's "Fee-Lawn,” with the final syllable having a very soft 'n' sound."
* includes the first music video review! "Star Trek Music Videos" by Chris Soto, it was first reviewed in Come Together, it is 15 vids, gen and K/S, some songs used: "In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins, and features the battle between Kirk and Khan in Star Trek II, as well as original scenes from Space Seed, I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, tells the story of Kirk’s loss after Wrath of Khan, Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx, deals with the events in STIII, along with several scenes from the classic series, This Time sung by Neil Diamond. The song is about a second chance at love, and features scenes from The Voyage Home, One Hand, One Heart by Neil Diamond, has scenes from "Amok Time,"
* announces that the next issue (March) will also be available by e-mail ($12 for one year, $10 for six months)
* fans talk about the Star Trek loot they got for Christmas
* a fan's long story about getting another fan who lived closer to the store to buy the last two Star Trek dolls at Kay Bee Toy Store: 
* some Heartbeats bios for several fans, one from Germany who says her husband "knows" about K/S, writes the checks for her zines, is happy that she's happy, but doesn't know how explicit the fiction is and doesn't read English well but: 
* a German-speaking fan says she got her first K/S zine in 1988: 
* The editors write: 
* fan from England writes: 
* a fan writes that she is much less likely to accept an unhappy ending in a novel than a short story: 
* a fan explains: 
* a reader comments: 
* a writer says reading this letterzine, as well as some others' stories, helps her with writer's block. She jokes: 
* fandom and the internet—a comment by Killa: 
*a reader says: 
*more on criticism and LoCs: 
*more about the art of review: 
*a fan recollects meeting Mark Lenard at a 1981 British con called Aucon: 
==The K/S Press 7 (March 1997)==
*contains 32 pages
*has LoCs for Academy Aftermath, Along the Way, Assumptions, Brothers in Time, Baby, Chapter 37, Covenant, Evil's Playground, A Friend in Need, "First Course", The Gorn Story, Journey's End, Learn to Love, Lotions and Potions, Male Bonding, Mindsifting, On Which to Build, Quirk of Fate, Resting Place, A Shot in the Dark, Tiger by the Tail, Twenty Questions, When Rain Comes WHIPS, Worlds Apart in the zines Scattered Stars #8, Kaleidoscope #5, Consort #1, Amazing Grace #3, First Time #45, T’hy’la #17, Within the Mirror #11, Daring Attempt #7, Another K/S Zine, Worlds Apart, Heroes in the Wilderness, Shades of Grey #1, see those pages
*a request for LoCs: "Don’t you want to tell that author how much you loved that story and how much you want her to write again?"
*some info on technology: “Just a little reminder for those submitting on disk, which we love. Our processing program in WORD 6 or WINDOW 3.1.”
*a con report for Escapade #7
*on happy endings: "In a short story, I can accept an unhappy ending that still has hope for improvement in circumstances, but in a novel, I definitely need an upbeat ending."
*fan recalls a very early K/S zine in Australia, one that predated Alternative. "It was spirit-duplicated and by the time I saw it, a lot of the print had faded to unread ability."
*a fan dislikes reading fiction on the internet and lists various reasons: you can't read a computer screen in bed and sometimes stories don't download well. "I doubt there’s very much cross-reading between Internet readers and zine readers anyway."
*many fans comment that they don't like traditional romance pro novels but enjoy K/S
*much discussion about LoCs and how much of the plot line should they give away, how much detail should they include
*a reader say: "I’ve decided to get myself a pseudonym like everyone else, partly for fear of embarrassment and partly for the sheer cloak-and-dagger fun of it."
*the start of K/S Day: 
*a fan comments: 
*fan writes: 
*a zine editor writes: 
*a zine editor remarks: 
*a writer explains what makes a story a K/S story: 
*a fan contemplates the internet and sees a value for possible zine submissions: 
*on the subject of violence and “ravishment”: 
*a writer responds to Killashandra’s query in the previous issue about posting stories to the internet: 
*a comment about the Stiffie Awards: 
*some more thoughts on the STIFFIE Awards: 
==The K/S Press 8 (April 1997)==
*contains 36 pages
*LoCs regarding Baby, Academy Aftermath, Adrift, "Brothers in Time", Chapter 37, The Cook, the Captain, His Lover and the Gourmet, A Deltan Decameron, I'll See You in My Dreams, Finnegan's Folly, Logical Decisions, Lotions and Potions, Male Bonding, Manna, The Mountain High, A Political Marriage, Quirk of Fate, Setting Sun, Rising Star, Shadow Play, The Stars Far Away, What is Truth?, When Rain Comes, WHIPS, A Place to Call Home, The Picnic, Miles to Go, the zine Duet #20, and the zine KSX.
*The editors write: 
*a fan explains an earlier comment, and comments on feedback: 
*regarding happy endings in fanfic: 
*a fan writes: 
*a fan writes about miniskirts and sexism: 
*a fan wants to clear something up: 
*a fan encourages others to keep K/S on the minds of other fans: 
*a fan writes of K/S Day: 
*a fan comments on excessive violence in fanfic, saying that she'd been seeing way too much of it: 
*a fan writes of The Gorn Story: 
*regarding violence, this fan writes: 
*Regarding the concern that internet posting will kill K/S, a fan writes: 
*another fan comments on online K/S: 
*regarding K/S online: 
*a fan's suggestion for controlling and shaping online K/S: 
*a fan writes of the internet: 
*Jenna S writes about K/S and the internet: 
*a fan comments on genderswitching in fic: 
*a fan writes of keyboards and handwriting: 
==The K/S Press 9 (May 1997)==
*contains 30 pages
*has LoCs And Everyone in Their Time, The Cook, The Captain, His Lover and The Gourmet, Baby, Forbidden Colors, Hovering, Logical Decisions, Manna, Looking Outward Together, "Love and Logic", The Measure of Success, On Our Beach, A Political Marriage, A Privacy of Storm, Quirk of Fate, Setting Sun, Rising Star, Star Tripper, A Strange and Beautiful Flower, ...And in this Dream, A Thought for Christmas, The Wall, What is Truth?, When Rain Comes in the zines A Gathering of Blacque, Heroes in the Wilderness, First Time #4, #5, #9, #45, Naked Times #17, The 25th Year, Against All Odds, Progressions, see those pages
*the editors say: 
*a fan writes: 
*from a fan in Germany: 
*another fan says: 
*a fan writes: 
*more from a fan about online fiction and zines: 
*a fan writes: 
*from a fan: 
*about happy endings: 
*about internet fic and quality: 
*a fan writes: 
==The K/S Press 10 (June 1997)==
*contains 25 pages
*has LoCs for About Time, Dating Game, Charisma, Fantasy Out of Hand, Manna, Fragile Barriers, Mercy In the Desert I Learned of Heat, La Ronde, A Moment's Surrender, Noon Tomorrow, Oh What a Tangled Web, Out of Eden, A Political Marriage, Setting Sun, Rising Star, To Protect and to Serve, Skeletons in the Closet, Two Solitudes, Sounds of Silence, What is Truth?, When Rain Comes, Without Guilt, WHIPS, Yin and Yang in the zines Naked Times #17, Consort #2, Charisma #1, First Time #1, #2, #4, #10, #18, #45, Heroes in the Wilderness, KSX #2, T'hy'la #4, Within the Mirror #11, Amazing Grace #3, and Nightvisions, see those pages
*a fan writes: 
*a fan writes: 
*about Kirk and Spock being gay: 
*the K/S Library is born: 
==References==
Category:1996 Zines
Category:1997 Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines