Encounters (Star Trek: TOS US zine)

Encounters is a gen Star Trek: TOS fanzine that ran for four issues from 1990 to 1995.
==Issue 1==
Encounters 1 was published in December 1990 and had 153 pages.
It has art by Gennie Summers, Laura Guyer, Leah Shaw, Jo-Ann Lassiter, Jeanne McClure, Elizabeth Beamon, Chris Webb, and Glenn Boreham.
* Not Necessarily Dead by Katherine Estes. Kirk is thought dead but he is actually on an Australian sheep ranch in the 1800s in order to prevent an evil entity from assassinating him. (2)
* Just What the Doctor Ordered by Autumn Lee. McCoy and a bartender are taken hostage by Klingons until she uses her talents to mix them some brew. (56)
* Ski Fantasy by Laura Guyer. Jim takes Spock skiing. (77)
* Sacrifice by Laura Guyer. Kirk, Spock and McCoy are caught in a rockslide, both Spock and McCoy are injured. (95)
* Misunderstood Miracle by Cindy Coffman (109)
* Momentary Lapse by Ray Hawk (120)
* Nightmare by Laura Guyer (122)
* Paradise Relived by Laura Guyer. Kirk encourages Spock to experiment with his emotions by controlled exposure to the spores while he conducts a fling with Leila. (128)
* Time Line by Kelly Graves (140)
* Of Destiny and Courage by Elizabeth Beamon. Saavik's meditations after the destruction of Hellguard. (148)
File:encounters1-0.jpg|inside page from issue #1, sample text
File:encounters1-1.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Linda Guyer
File:encounters1-2.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Gennie Summers
File:encounters1-3.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Jeanne McClure
File:encounters1-4.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Leah Shaw
File:encounters1-5.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Jo-Ann Lassiter
File:encounters1-6.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Laura Guyer
File:encounters1-7.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Leah Shaw
File:encounters1-8.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Gennie Summers
File:encounters1-9.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Linda Guyer
File:encounters1-10.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Leah Shaw
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Encounters 2 was published in 1991.
* Doubts, 10 pages, by Jill Thomasson (McCoy is suspicious of Kirk’s current love interest and sets out to prove she is dangerous.) (reprinted in The McCoy Files #2)
* other unknown content
==Issue 3==
Encounters 3 was published in December 1993 and had 190 pages. Cover by Leah Shaw.
* Savage Sunrise by Joanne Seward (p. 1-93)
* Yeti by Jill Thomasson (reprinted in The McCoy Files #2) (p. 94-111)
* The Cause Was Sufficient by Sherry Hopper (p. 112-115)
* Season's Greetings by Charmaine Wood (reprint from Freefall 2) (p. 116-120)
* The Discovery by Charmaine Wood (p. 121-127)
* Treasure Found by Charmaine Wood (p. 128-138)
* The Cat's Grin by Desiree Gaylord (p. 139-143)
* The Galileo Seven: Another Story by Heidi Bloebaum (p. 144-146)
* Encounter by Laura Guyer (p. 172-178)
* Death Sentence by Laura Guyer (p. 179)
* A Matter of Honor by Laura Guyer (sequel to A Matter of Friendship, DK Comp.) (p. 180-183)
* Fallen Hero by Laura Guyer (p. 184-186)
* Tao-Yo by Laura Guyer [prequel to Gunsmoke: Treasure of John Walking Fox] (p. 187-190)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Encounters 4 was published in December 1995 and had 144 pages.
* One Nerve Left by Joanne Seward (p. 1-11)
* Amnesia! by Leah Shaw. Female Vulcan officer awakes in sickbay with no memory. (p. 12-18)
* Be Not Proud by Cindy Coffman. A Vulcan carrying secret documents is injured in shuttle accident, his life saved by paramedic Megan and McCoy. (p. 19-39)
* I'll Dance At Your Coronation by Charmaine Wood. A retelling of the ending of the pro novel "Covenant of the Crown." (p. 40-43)
* Lessons Learned by Mary Schuttler. Kirk, Spock and McCoy become camp counselors for fifteen teenaged boys. (p. 44-57)
* The Needs of the One by Mary Schuttler. Joanna, heading a private relief company, works with her father on plague and generally messy conditions on Minedox. Kirk accompanies them, and the resulting liaison between him and Joanna produces a serious rift between McCoy and Kirk. (p. 58-67)
* A Different Sort of Paradise by Joanne Seward. Kirk works out the psychological aftermath of recovering his own life following the death of Miramanee and his child. (p. 68-80)
* The Trojan Horse by Jill Thomasson. An evil scientist, formerly McCoy's friend but now in league with Koloth because of lost research funding, fits an android of McCoy with a self-destruct in order to destroy Enterprise. (p. 81-98) (updated and reprinted in The McCoy Files #1)
* A Vulcan Chronicle by Sherry Hopper. A historian interviews Ambassador Spock, bringing up many quotes from the series. (p. 99-103)
* Another Mission Accomplished by Charmaine Wood (p. 127-128)
* A Shore Leave With a Difference by Charmaine Wood. McCoy takes Kirk to a classical music concert. (p. 129-134)
* The Let This Be Your Last Battlefield Syndrome by Steven Mendenhall (135-144)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1990 Zines
Category:1993 ZinesCategory:1995 Zines