California K/S

The California K/S series of zines are big, solid zines (200+ pages) with color covers, interior art, poetry, and of course, lots of stories, all edited and published by Noel Silva. Many of her tribbers were also from southern California, and put out zines of their own. 
Some summaries below are by Gilda F.
==The First Issue: California K/S==
California K/S was published in June 1984 and contains 253 pages.
It has novellas by Alayne Gelfand and Kathy Resch and stories and poetry by Meg Fine, Ruth Kwitko Lym, Tere Ann Roderick, Noel Silva, TACS, Jan Sullivan, Robin Hood, Laura, Wendy Rathbone, Georgia Barnes, Sandra Gent, and Virginia Green.
The art is by Caren P, Gayle F. (back cover), TACS, Artemis, Sharon Garinger, Marilyn Cole, and Georgia Barnes.
The editorial: 
* I'd Prefer an Aspirin by Meg Fine (3)
*Continuum by Ruth Kwitiko Lym (art by Artemis) (4)
* A Song of Love by TACS (art by TACS) (6)
* San Francisco is a Beautiful Lady	by Tere Ann Roderick (art by Maureen B.) ("Together after VʼGer, Kirk wants a night out on the town together to seduce Spock, but their future, though clearer, is still unsure.") (10) 
* Soul Searching by Noel Lee Silva (art by Sharon Garinger) (40)
* Soliloquy by Jan Sullivan (art by Marilyn Cole) (41)
* Secret Garden by Robin Hood (44)
*Rain by Laura (44)
* Before Ever the Sea	by Alayne Gelfand (art by TACS) ("Kirk and Spock are both raped while on the Roman planet, creating a barrier between them when both try to hide that fact from each other, both afraid of how the other will react.") (45)
* Thoughts Before Kolinahr by Wendy Rathbone (103)
*T'hy'la Lost by Wendy Rathbone (103)
* The Shape of a Vulcan by Wendy Rathbone (104)
* Devil by Wendy Rathbone (104)
* The Brave by Robin Hood (105)
* Come by Robin Hood (105)
* K/S-vs-J/S-vs-K/X by Georgia Barnes (art by Barnes) (106)
*Tapestry of Two Lives - Kirk by Meg Fine (This poem won a 1985 K/Star Award) (114)
*Kirk and Spock Portrait Gallery by Caren Parnes (119)
*Tapestry of Two Lives - Spock by Meg Fine (126)
*Vampires by Wendy Rathbone (art by Caren Parnes) (131)
* Turning the Other Cheek	by Sandra Gent ("Kirk and Spock stay with Spockʼs mother while the ship is in drydock over Vulcan, with plans to tell her of their bond.") (133)
* A Bond of Fire by Noel Lee Silva (art by TACS) (142)
* A Snowball's Chance in Hell by Virginia Green (144)
* Beyond the Barrier 	by Kathy Resch (art by Marilyn Cole) ("Sent with another starship to check out a disturbance near the edge of the galaxy, all the telepaths on both crews are attacked by a psychic energy, causing Spock to break his bond to Kirk.") (146) 
* And Truth is a Bitter Wind	by Meg Fine ("While being taken to a starbase, the commander of a destroyed Romulan ship comes to learn the ways of the Federation and of the bond between the Enterprise captain and first officer.") (222)
* Return by Robin Hood (252) 
* More Than Friends by Wendy Rathbone (art by Sharon Garinger) (253)
File:Californiakstitlepage.jpg|title page
File:Californiaart1.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Californiaart2.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Californiaart3.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Californiaart4.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Californiaart5.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Californiaart6.jpg|from issue #1, Caren Parnes
File:Calks9.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
File:Calks11.jpg|from issue #1, Vel Jaeger as Artemis
File:Calks12.jpg|from issue #1, title page art by Caren Parnes and Steven Leonard
File:Calks13.jpg|from issue #1, Marilyn Cole
File:Calks14.jpg|from issue #1, Marilyn Cole
File:Calks19.jpg|from issue #1, Marilyn Cole
File:Calks20.jpg|from issue #1, Marilyn Cole
File:Calks15.jpg|from issue #1, title page art by Caren Parnes and Steven Leonard
File:Calks16.jpg|from issue #1, Maureen B.
File:Calks17.jpg|from issue #1, Maureen B.
File:Calks18.jpg|from issue #1, Maureen B.
File:Calks21.jpg|from issue #1, title page art by Caren Parnes and Steven Leonard
File:Calks23.jpg|from issue #1, Georgia Barnes
File:Calks24.jpg|from issue #1, sample text
File:Calks10.jpg|from issue #1, TACS
File:California1back.jpg|back cover of issue #1, Gayle F. -- Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
File:Californiaart7.jpg|inside page from issue #1, TACS. One reviewer said: "unfortunate piece by T.A.C.S. which (again) is memorable only for its. grossness." from Communicator #23 -- Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. A variation by the same artist is used in Naked Singularity #1 published a few months later. In that zine, Spock is eating a kiwi, rather than.....
File:Californiainsidetacs3.jpg|inside page from issue #1, TACS -- Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
File:Californiaart8.jpg|inside page from issue #1, TACS -- Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
	
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==The Second Issue: Greater California K/S==
Greater California K/S was published in 1985 and contains 194 pages and 9 stories.
It has stories and poetry by Ruth Kwitko Lym, Kathy Resch, Dovya Blacque, Natasha Solten, Artemis, M.E.B., Alta, Patt, Ann Carver, Donna Vanderlaan and Alexis Fegan Black. The art is by Georgia Barnes, Marilyn Cole, Gayle F, Caro Hedge and Maureen B..
* The Human Kind of Love, fiction by	Indra (Kirk is ordered to temporarily take command of an all-Vulcan ship while Spock sees to the overhaul of that shipʼs computers.) (3)
* Possibilities, poem by Kathy Resch (45)
* A Question of Trust 	by Jan Sullivan (Spock is angered when McCoy, accidently learning that Spock and Kirk are bonded, and he reacts badly.) (47)
* The Universe, poem by Ruth Kwito Lym (53)
* Tease, poem by Kathy Resch (54)
* An Exchange of Ideas, Survivors, Child of the Mind, poems by Dovya Blacque (57)
* Charisma, fiction by Natasha Solten, also in Charisma #1 (After his personal logs from the five year mission are illegally published, Kirk fears Spockʼs reaction to what he was written concerning their friendship and Kirkʼs feelings for the Vulcan.) (59)
* Dream Dance, poem by Natasha Solten (77)
* When the Night has been Lonely, poem by Artemis (78)
* And the Road Has Been Long, poem by Artemis (79)
* Night in Winter, fiction by Tere Ann Roderick (Kirk is withdrawn and depressed and Spock finds that even with oneʼs bondmate one sometimes has to talk things out as they do when Spock wakes one night to find Kirk up.) (80)
* Merlin, Puzzle, Soul, Vulcan, poems by Alta (91)
* Nivar, Kirk & Spock, poem by Alta (92)
* Forever Fire, fiction by Robin Hood (Spock talks Kirk into returning with him to Sarpedionʼs past to supply Zarabeth with things to make her exile easier.) (93)
* Unsolicited Invitation, poem by M.E.B. (107)
* From Choice | From Choice by Vivian Gates (A/U: Just as Kirk is getting his doctorate, his servant Spockʼs time of indentureship is ending.) (111) 
* Arguments Can Be Fun, poem by M.E.B. (107)
* Only Fantasies, art portfolio by Marilyn Cole (109)
** Prince of Darkness
** Vulcan Enslaved
** Anticipation
** Narcissus Unfulfilled
** Bondslave
** Of Human Bondage
* Heat, poem by Natasha Solten (125)
* Control, Me Too, A Possibility, poems by Patt (127)
* Lights, Easy Love poem by Patt (128)
* Before I Sleep	by Ann Carver (Kirk fears he is “tempting the gods” when, after being bonded to Spock for 6 years and having the Enterprise, he feels that he has all one could wish for.) (129)
* Storm, Whispers, poems by Ann Carver (130)
* Are There Stars, poem by Alexis Fegan Black (144)
* In Shame's Wake	 by Dovya Blacque (Spock is distressed by what is revealed when, taken over by Kollos, they have a conversation with Kirk about jealousy and desire.) (146)
* Premonition, Is Logic the Answer, Observing, poems by Donna Vanderlaan (rewritten and reprinted in Thunder & Lightning) (164)
* Seed of the Triad	by Marilyn Cole (When Kirk and Spock beam down to an arctic planet, Spockʼs telepathic abilities accidentally kill the male of the last of his species but with Kirkʼs help is able to take his place is creating a "child" with the last female.) (166)
File:Greater-1.jpg|from issue #2, sample text
File:Greater-2.jpg|from issue #2, title page
File:Greater-3.jpg|from issue #2, Georgia Barnes
File:Greater-5.jpg|from issue #2, Gayle F
File:Greater-6.jpg|from issue #2, Maureen B
File:Greater-7.jpg|from issue #2, Marilyn Cole, titled "Bondslave"
File:Greater-8.jpg|from issue #2, Marilyn Cole, titled "Of Human Bondage"
File:Greater-9.jpg|from issue #2, Marilyn Cole, titled "Prince of Darkness"
File:Greatercal2-1.jpg|Art for Seed of the Triad by Marilyn Cole
File:Greater-4.jpg|from issue #2, Georgia Barnes, note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==The Third Issue: Still More California K/S==
Still More California K/S was published in 1986 and contains 160 pages. Art by Marilyn Cole, Gayle F, Maureen B., Alexis Fegan Black, Wendy Rathbone, and Shellie Whild.
* The Same Old Story		by Gloria Jean Oberste		(IC)
* Before I Left		by Donna Vanderlaan		(1)
* The Meaning of Joy	by	Donna Vanderlaan		(2)
* A Modicum of Magic	by	Indra		 (Spock is abducted from his bondmateʼs cabin and taken to a magical land.) (3)
* I Promise	by	Chris Waken		(33)
* Twilight Rising	by	Chris Waken		(34)
* Love Itself Must Rest	by	Tere Ann Roderick (Kirk takes a desk job after mistakenly thinking Spock is going back to Vulcan permanently two months after VʼGer.)		(36)
* The Silent Stars	by	Robin Hood		 (Just as Kirk and Spock become lovers and plan to bond, Spock is called upon to act as a healer for a Vulcan in pon farr whose mate is not near but Kirk misunderstands when he discovers them together.) (70)
* Black's Gold	by	Donna Vanderlaan		(76)
* Decision	by	Nima		(79)
* Isolation	by	Alta		 (A/U: Kirk wins the slave Spock in a card game but changes his mind about selling him after seeing the conditions in the slave market.) (80)
* Wishing	by	Tere Ann Roderick		(96)
* About Love	by	Tere Ann Roderick		(97)
* Where are You Tonight?	by	Donnna Vanderlaan		(98)
* Sea Thief		by Vivian Gates		 (an A/U Kirk is brought into Captain Spockʼs cabin when he is found stealing from the shipʼs stores.) (100)
* As I Held You	by	Donna Vanderlaan		(109)
* The Longest Day	by	Dovya Blacque		(110)
* One Hell of a Night	by	Donna Vanderlaan		 (Kirk and Spock are caught in a sudden storm while on a planet survey and take refuge in a house that reminds Kirk of a haunted house out of a movie, a comparison that they find is closer than they first thought.) (111)
* Gv'Tha Fra V'Tan	by	M.E.B.		(129)
Art:
* Marilyn Cole		(front and back covers)
* Gayle F
* Maureen B.
* Alexis Fegan Black
* Wendy Rathbone
* Shellie Whild		(inside back cover)
File:Stillmore-2.jpg|Maureen B
File:Stillmore-3.jpg|Marilyn Cole
File:Stillmore-1.jpg|Gayle F, note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized.
==The Fourth Issue: California K/S 4 Play==
California K/S 4 Play is undated (all of the art is dated 1986) and is 226 pages long. It contains 25 stories, poems and illustrations.
Stories and poetry by Flora Poste, Angel C. Soie, Robin Hood, Cybel Harper, Judi, V.B., D.A. Martin, Alta, Faille, Liz Ellington, Venisa I. Duvetyn, and Nima.
Art by Gayle F., Chris Soto, Marilyn Cole and Maureen B..
* Fair Exchange	by Sarah Shrader (A post-STIV situation, after Kirk's trial for the destruction of the Enterprise, where Spock accompanies a depressed Kirk to his beach home outside of San Francisco. The Vulcan helps the human re-dlscover their relationship and overcome his guilt over all that has happened.)
* Just by Looking 	by Angel C. Soie (a post-STTMP vignette where Spock demonstrates his newly-developed telekinetic powers to Kirk while the two are getting ready for bed.)
* A Night of Rain	by Robin Hood (a short piece and presents an aged Kirk waiting for Spock to come home.)
* No Other Touch	by Cybel Harper (It concerns Spock accompanying Kirk on shore leave, as the captain is feeling guilty over a recent, traumatic mission. )
* After the Fall	by M.E.B. (64 pages)
* Revenge	by D.A. Martin (a Klingon holds a phaser on captives Kirk and Spock and orders them to make love to each other. They are rescued before things get too serious, but they soon continue on the ship.)
* "Living" In America by	Faille (post-STIV situation where Kirk reflects back on he and Spock's two "first times" as Spock helps an inebriated McCoy back to his cabin.)
* Patterns by Liz Ellington (Kirk and Spock each separately tell McCoy about their feelings for each other.)
* New Beginnings	by Venisa Duvetyn (invisible aliens secretly prompt Kirk and Spock to act on their feelings, as the resulting sexual activity helps to ensure the fertility of the alien race.)
* The Eighth Day	by Indra (34 pages long, sequel to "Romulan Code, Romulan Regrets" (by Jessica Daigneault), which appeared in Daring Attempt #3. "The Eighth Day" begins eight days after the explosion in the prison which injured Spock. Kirk and Spock must now try to continue with their lives and hope that Kirk is really as resigned to their forced bond and sexual situation as he claims to be.)
File:4play-1.jpg|Caren Parnes
File:4play-2.jpg|Marilyn Cole
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
	
 	
	
	
 
 
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:Kirk/Spock
Category:1984 Zines
Category:1985 Zines
Category:1986 Zines