Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars is a gen Star Trek: TOS (with a fantasy slant) anthology.
The title of the zine series comes from a Barry Manilow song.
==Issue 1==
Riders to the Stars 1 was published in 1982 and contains 199 pages.
The original cost was: $9.86 in person, $10.86 bookrate, $11.86 bookrate special handling, $14.86 overseas.
The entire zine's pages are printed on only one side, something the editor noted will be remedied in the next issue, also see "Kor's Folly" below for more on production woes plus a plea: 
The art is by Bonnie Reitz, Christine Myers, Nadya Emanuel, Virginia Lee Smith, Kathy Carlson, Evallou Richardson (ERIC), Elaine Tripp and Vel Jaeger.
From the editorial: 
The poem, "Joys of Being The Trek Lit Writer" 
* Dedication (i)
* To Dree One's Weird, editorial by Cathi Brown (iii)
* In a Lilac Time—With Dragon by Sharron Crowson (A crystal takes Spock into fantasy) (1)
* Scotty's Lament, poem by Judy Darnell (34)
* Saga of a Scottish Vulcan by T'Catrina (35)
* Outward Bound, poem by Carol Hansen (38)
* Child of Light and Darkness by Denise Habel (Kirk shown worthy of being in the stars) (39)
* Joys of Being The Trek Lit Writer, poem by Denise Habel (55)
* Snow Job by Cathi Brown (55)
* Countdown to Destruction by Crystal Ann Taylor (62)
* Time of Returning, poem by Carol Hansen (64)
* Vampyre of Alann by Sandra Dennis Gray (Star Trek vampire story) (65)
* A Glimpse of a Wish, poem by Elaine Tripp (91)
* Changes, poem by Linda Neel (92)
* Mirrored Yesterdays by Lori A. Paige (93)
* Zarabeth, poem by Linda Hansen (98)
* Sleep, My Child, Dream of Stars by Nadya Emanuel (Spock procured an artifact on a distant planet. Due to the alterations it wrought in his consciousness, an alien was able to capture the mentalities and propel them beyond the confines of physical bonds. The experience was fascinating, but lives were affected.) (99)
* Kor's Curio Shoppe (191)
* Contributors (197)
* Ode to the Columbia, poem by Cathi Brown (198)
From "Kor's Folly": 
File:ridersstars1-7.jpg|inside page from issue #1, dedication
File:ridersstars1-2.jpg|inside page from issue #1, sample title page
File:ridersstars1-1.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Christine Myers
File:ridersstars1-3.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Christine Myers
File:ridersstars1-4.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Christine Myers
File:ridersstars1-8.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Christine Myers
File:ridersstars1-5.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Nadya Emanuel
File:ridersstars1-6.jpg|inside page from issue #1, not credited, art for the ode to the space shuttle Columbia
File:ridersstars1-9.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Kathy Carlson
File:ridersstars1-10.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Bonnie Reitz
File:ridersstars1-11.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Bonnie Reitz
File:ridersstars1-12.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Elaine Tripp
File:ridersstars1-13.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Evallou Richardson (ERIC)
File:ridersstars1-14.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Evallou Richardson (ERIC) for the vampire story (Kirk and Spock should perhaps take heed of the bat necklace...)
File:ridersstars1-15.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Evallou Richardson (ERIC)
File:ridersstars1-16.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Virginia Lee Smith
File:ridersstars1-17.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Virginia Lee Smith
File:ridersstars1-18.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Nadya Emanuel, title page on colored paper
==Issue 2==
Riders to the Stars 2 was published in September 1983 and contains 123 pages.
The art is by Barbara P. Gordon, Kathy Carlson, Melody Rondeau, Cathi Brown, Catherine Schlien, Shona Jackson, Sherry Veltkamp (over), Carol Hansen. It contains a Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan art portfolio by Gennie Summers.
From the editorial: 
* To Dree One's Weird (editorial notes) (ii)
* Shadows in the Sun - Z'yaan by Bonnie Reitz (1)
* Viewpoint by Elaine Tripp....16)
* Coming Home (A Vulcan Ni-Var) by Liz Persic (17)
* Dreamscape by Carol Hansen (21)
* It's A Grand Old Ship by Denise Habel (36)
* My Home by Denise Habel (36)
* Journal: Forget..by Sharron Crowson (37)
* A Gambler's Choice...by Liz Persic (39)
* Could You Understand? by Liz Persic (40)
* Let the Stormy Moment Fly..by Rosemarie Eierman (41)
* In the Wave of a Stormy Day...by Rosemarie Eierman (44)
* Decisions by Carol Hanson (50)
* Wrath of Khan Portfolio by Gennie Summers (51)
* The Meeting by Bruce Melton (61)
* Throw Out the Two Line by K. Huffman (80)
* Home..by Millie Fabricius (81)
* Mudd's Wonder..by B.J. Scurlock (83)
* Story Contest (96)
* Exasperation by Lucy Cribb (98)
* Duty Above All by Lucy Cribb (98)
* Fire Crystals of the Unknown by Simone Mason (99) (also in Emanon #5 and Tasmeen #2)
* What If....by Carol Hansen and Cathi Brown (120)
* Fairy Tale by Elaine Tripp (122)
* Contributor's Page......(123)
* Ads (124)
File:ridersstars2-1.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Catherine Schlien
File:ridersstars2-2.jpg|interior page from issue #2, B.P. Gordon
File:ridersstars2-3.jpg|interior page from issue #2, sample title page and text
File:ridersstars2-4.jpg|interior page from issue #2, B.P. Gordon
File:ridersstars2-5.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Shona Jackson
File:ridersstars2-6.jpg|interior page from issue #2, sample filk, sample poem
File:ridersstars2-7.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Shona Jackson
File:ridersstars2-8.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Cathi Brown
File:ridersstars2-9.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of the Star trek Wrath of Khan Gennie Summers art portfolio - Uhura
File:ridersstars2-10.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of the Star trek Wrath of Khan Gennie Summers art portfolio - Saavik
File:ridersstars2-11.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of the Star trek Wrath of Khan Gennie Summers art portfolio - Carol Marcus
File:ridersstars2-12.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of the Star trek Wrath of Khan Gennie Summers art portfolio - David Marcus
File:ridersstars2-13.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of the Star trek Wrath of Khan Gennie Summers art portfolio - Joachim
File:ridersstars2-14.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Kathy Carlson
File:ridersstars2-15.jpg|interior page from issue #2, Kathy Carlson
File:ridersstars2-16.jpg|interior page from issue #2, part of a Ni-Var by Liz Persic
==Issue 3==
Riders to the Stars 3 was published in October 1985 and contains 104 pages.
The art is by Sherry Veltkamp, Christine Myers, Carol Hansen, and Kathy Carlson.
* To Dree One's Weird, editorial (2)
* Prescription for Madness by Sherry Crowson ("The Enterprise has been sent to Beta Darrien where a plague is devastating the planet's children. McCoy works with Dr. Calida Ayalai the resident doctor, to isolate the virus causing the disease and to find some way to save those already afflicted. Just as McCoy isolates the virus, he becomes the first adult victim of the plague. Now the fight is for McCoy's life.") (3)
* Moonlight by Carol Hansen (58)
* cartoon by Robbin Mujica (62)
* Birds of Paradise by Simone Mason ("The Enterprise is ordered to make a routine check on the Terrans Plus colony on Paradise Planet, however, the planet is far from a paradise.") (63)
* From a Lonely Star by Lisa M. Maitland (86)
* Be Afraid of the Dark by Carol Hansen (87)
* A Very Special Dream by Dawn Lawn (91)
* cartoon by Robbin Mujica (94)
* The Telling by Bruce Melton (Timothy is Spock's son -- "The second installment of the Timothy Kalomi series, where Spock makes Timothy's previously unknown existence known to his family.") (95)
File:riderstothestars3-1.jpg| from issue #3
File:riderstothestars3-2.jpg| from issue #3
File:riderstothestars3-3.jpg| from issue #3
File:riderstothestars3-4.jpg| from issue #3
File:riderstothestars3-5.jpg| from issue #3
==Issue 4==
Riders to the Stars 4 was published in October 1985 and contains 118 pages. Includes novellas by Bonnie Reitz and Nadya Emanuel.
==Issue 5==
Riders to the Stars 5 was published in November 1987 and contains 224 pages. Novellas by Emanuel and Crowson; stories by Slusher, Smith, others.
* Editorial
* The Quality of Mercy by Linda Slusher (3)
* Stars and Beyond by K. Huffman (26)
* The Xythan Link by JoAnn McCoy and B.J. Martiniez (27)
* The Touch of an Alien Hand by Carol Hansen (48)
* May All Your Guesses Be Right by CarolMel Ambassador (50)
* Klingon Komplications by Diana Smith (51)
* Kolinahr by Anne K. Monnig (77)
* A Difficult Task by CarolMel Ambassador (78)
* Feet of Clay by Nadya Emanuel (79)
* Final Tribute by Anne K. Monnig (77)
* Double Visions by Sherry Corson (151)
* Vitality by K. Huffman (199)
* White Robed Vulcan by Ann K. Monnig (200)
* Beauty and the Beast by Carol Hansen ( 201)
* For All Eternity by Anne K. Monnig (224)
* art by Gennie Summers (front cover), Teeger, Carol Hansen, Nadya Emanuel and Sherry Veltkamp
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1980s