Fantasy (Star Trek: TOS zine)

You may be looking for Fantazy, a multimedia zine.
Fantasy is a gen Star Trek: TOS and some multimedia anthology with twelve regular issues and one special edition called "Fantasy LTD".
It is a sister zine to Plak Tow.
Summary from the publisher: "...in true Blood Fever tradition. Step past the threshold of reality and travel through time and space to a place yet unknown to mankind of today. Be there as Make-Believe becomes reality."
File:fantasygroup.jpg| group shot of issues #1-#10
File:fantasytrekflyer.jpg|a 1988 flyer, printed in The DeForest Dispatch #19
==Issue 1==
Fantasy 1 was published in January 1983 contains 46 pages. It is a Plak Tow extension novel by Bonnie Guyan, illustrated by Christine Myers. It's focus is Spock.
"What you call the world of Star Trek goes far beyond the imagination. The mind of a true genius gave birth to the original concept, but thousands of fans have documented and created such detail that the world of Star Trek has crossed from make-believe to a reality of its awn. Join a young writer as she steps past the threshold and travels through time and space to a place yet unknown to mankind of today. It is there that both you and she will first meet an officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise..." from The McCoy List
* The Fabric of a Dream by Bonnie Guyan (35 pages)
* other unknown content
==Issue 2==
Fantasy 2 was published in January 1983 and contains 43 pages. On the cover: "Remember Rodenba" and has the subtitle: 'How Do I Love Thee'. It is a gen hurt/comfort novella with a focus on Dr, McCoy. Front & Back covers & 6 full-page interiors by Christine Myers.
"The blood fever still burns in this novel. Let your fantasy mingle with this McCoy romance. Excerpt: 'Spock... wait up a minute,' McCoy caught up. 'There's something I wanted to ask you ... I'd like to know if... a... if you'd stand up for me at the wedding... be my best man.. you know,' he fumbled."from Datazine #56
"A shuttlecraft crash sends McCoy and Spock into a mysterious world where the Doctor finds a young woman who he loves and lends to his decision not to return to the Enterprise." from The McCoy List
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Fantasy 3 was published in 1983 and contains 54 pages. It has the subtitle, "All the King's Men."
"Imagine the times of old when knights were bold and kings and queens ruled the world from their castles and dungeons. Now, imagine a Spock/Chapel romance set in these surrounding."from Datazine #56
"Following the supposed death of the ship's First Officer, McCoy joins with Kirk to unveil a mastery of disguise. A romance set in the times of knights of old when kings and queens ruled the world from their castles and dungeons.from The McCoy List
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
Fantasy 4 was published in April 1984 contains 50 pages. It is subtitled: "The Kinship." 
The art is by Christine Myers. It is a story about the families of Spock and McCoy – including Spock’s sister and Dr. McCoy’s half-Vulcan daughter Dr. Joanna McCoy. Author makes it easy to pick up this story at Chapter 6 even if you don’t have the earlier issues.
"Less than a week after the final declaration of McCoy's death, a sub-space message arrives requesting that Kirk be present at the memorial service in the doctor's home town. The request came from none other than Joanna McCoy, Bone's daughter. This fanzine is included with the purchase of The Kinship while supplies last.from Datazine #56
"Spock and Kirk are requested by Joanna McCoy to attend the memorial service for her father. A difficult time for all until word comes that the doctor is alive. Their joyful reunion is interrupted by an adventure that threatens all of their lives.from The McCoy List
File:fantasy1art1.jpg| from issue #4
File:fantasy1art2.jpg| from issue #4
File:fantasy1art3.jpg| from issue #4
File:fantasy1art4.jpg| from issue #4, Spock and his half-sister, this art was used as the cover of standalone zine, The Kinship 
==Issue 5==
Fantasy 5 contains 44 pages.
"Return to Vulcan to find out what Finagle's Law is really all about in the 'After the Series' look at 'Amuck Amock.' Plus, the music and poetry of Star Trek comes alive in this issue. Tunes you've all heard on the show are here for you to play. Music written for keyboard and guitar." from Datazine #56
==Issue 6==
Fantasy 6 was published in 1987.
"Aaron IV, one of the most beautiful plantets in the Beta Sector of the galaxy. The peaceful home of a nomadic people known as the Cainjack. Brown-skinned with dark hair and eyes, they resembled what most would think to be an American Indian of the planet Earth. One of the Coinjock's tribes was known as the Mantea, and this is where the first of three legends begins. Join the Enterprise in three separate stories: 'Shaman,' 'Manto,' and 'The Legend' as we take a look back at the Native Americans of yesteryear! Even those of you who shy away from Indian legends will want to have these McCoy adventures." from Datazine #56
* Shaman by Bonnie Guyan (21 pages) (McCoy has long been fascinated by the Indian cultures of Old Earth. Now he is on a planet with a settlement said to be identical to those Indians. While accompanying Kirk and Spock on a horseback trip into the mountains of this planet, McCoy is seriously wounded. The reality of his life divides. He exists on the Enterprise, fighting to survive the bullet wound; and he exists an the planet with the gentle Indian woman - Moheya - caring tor him.)
* The Legend of Lone Sky by Bonnie Guyan (14 pages) (McCoy, Kirk and Spock step through the Guardian into the American Southwest in the year 1851. They are sent to a Cheyenne village where they must try to prevent the destruction of these gentle people. Unknoun to all, McCoy has a special destiny apart from fighting the enemies of the Cheyenne.)
* Manteo by Bonnie Guyan (15 pages) (Aaron IV, is one of the most beautiful planets in the Beta Sector of the galaxy. The peaceful home of a nomadic people known as the Coinjock. Resembling the American Indian of the planet Earth, their tribal laws and mysteries became painfully clear to McCoy as he battles both the forces of man and nature to learn the secrets of the distant mountains.)
==Issue 7==
Fantasy 7 was published in 1987 and contains 30 pages. It is a reprint of the novel "Rape of a Rock" which was also in Plak Tow #4.
Spock's mind has been wiped clean by the mind-sifter and he is about to be placed in a sanitarium until he can be transferred to Vulcan. Ue learn of the events that led up to the tragedy and we are with McCoy as he bids a gentle farewell to his friend. Months later, Kirk and McCoy return to Vulcan uhere they accompany a partially recovered Spock on a trip into the mountains. Their adventure endangers McCoy's life, but helps restore Spock's memory and leads to his return to the Enterprise.
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7===
==Issue 8==
Fantasy 8 It contains a single novel called "Whalehead." It was published in 1987 and contains 53 pages.
"Journey across the span of three hundred years as yesterday becomes tomorrow. Join McCoy as his future becomes his past. Excerpt: 'With every fiber of my being, I want to stay here at Whalehead... but I want you to realize that the world I come from and your world of today contain a lot of similarities... but just as many if not more differences.from Datazine #56
" As the result of a shuttle accident, McCoy along with Kirk and Spock are transported back to a coastal village of the Twentieth Century. Withaut hope of rescue, they finally face the reality of facing a future in a frightening new world. McCoy's future has become his past though, as time no longer becomes a constant.from The McCoy List
==Issue 9==
Fantasy 9 was published in 1988 and contains 47 pages.
"For those who loved Fantasy 8 and the story 'Whalehead,' here's the sequel you've been waiting for. Interest piqued by the unanswered questions the Enterprise crew found in the 20th century New England? Well, here are the answers, and they're beyond anything you could have ever imagined. So, if lighthouses and surf-pounded beaches tantalize your imagination, you won't want to miss 'Whalehead Revisited." from Datazine #56
"Lighthouses and surf-pounded beaches continue to tantalize
the imagination in the sequel to 'Whalehead'. Unanswered questions the Enterprise crew found in the 20th century New England now come to light with a blinding force. McCoy's past has come forth to haunt his future." from The McCoy List
==Issue 10==
Fantasy 10 was published in 1988 and contains 48 pages. It is the final issue of the regular issues. It contains "Duplication of the Heart", the first chapter which appeared in a previous issue. It is a love story involving a transporter malfunction.
"A mystery involving Spock, Christine and McCoy. Excerpt: "'In the middle of the floor, Spock lay, the carved handle of a dagger protruding from his chest. "He's dead, Jim," McCoy spoke up, continuing to kneel helplessly beside the body. "There wasn't a thing I could do..."' But what Spock has been killed?" from Datazine #56
"Dungeons and thrillers unite as the first chapter
that originally appeared in Plak Tow combines uith its long auaited exciting conclusion. When superior beings interfere with the crew of the Enterprise, McCoy is drawn in as a spectator to witness the mysterious bonding between Spock and Christine Chapel. But...which Spock? from The McCoy List
==Issue 11==
Fantasy 11 was published in 1988. It is a sister zine to Plak Tow and has the subtitle, "The Best of Plak Tow 1." On the title page, "A Plak Tow Extension." All fiction is by Bonnie Guyan.
"The first of the Best of Plak Tow Series. And this one is starting out with a rib-splitting collection of the funniest Star Trek stories you could ever imagine! In one of Rayelle Roe's tales, we find Spock and Kirk taking lessons in milking a cow! ... while Carol Mularski has us visit a world where spoken language is music -- more or less. And to top it all off, Cheree cargill gives us an hysterical, verbal cartoon of the Star Trek crew. Plus three other stories that will have you rolling when you see the world of Star Trek through the eyes of laughter." from Datazine #56
* Star Struck by Cheree Cargill (8 pages) (A cartoon in writing that shows an off-color version of where no man has gone before! Prepare to howl out loud as the true personalities of the Enterprise crew surface.)
* Foot in Mouth Disease by Bonnie Guyan (4 pages) (After a night of over-indulgence! McCoy, Spock and Kirk awake to find themselves trapped inside a cargo hold. A comedy of dialogue that gives the word 'hangover' a new meaning.)
* The Devil in Music by Carol Mularski (8 pages) (On a planet where its natives communicate entirely in musical tones, Spock performs a musical number that nearly gets the entire Enterprise crew shot at sunrise!)
* Who by Bonnie Guyan (5 pages) (A feathery, one-eyed dustmop becomes McCoy's 'pet' uhile on shore leave, but little do Kirk ar Spock know that 'Harold', as the creature is dubbed, has the ability to make dreams come true. A few erotic, as well as tender fantasies are revealed, much to each individuals embarrassment.)
* Basilisk by Bonnie Guyan (2 pages) (Kirk and Spock pull a con job on an unsuspecting McCoy. Will the Enterprise Three become 'dragon bait' ....?)
* Is This Any Way to Run a Shoreleave by Rayelle Roe (12 pages) (Following a miserable illness, McCoy sends Kirk and Spock on a forced shoreleave...but the surroundings are not what the pair might have chosen for themselves. Barnyard antics explode as Kirk teaches Spock to milk a cow, in turn, Spock testing culinary delights on his Captain. But, vengeance is sweet. A little treat is prepared for McCoy on the last day of the shoreleave.)
==Issue 12==
Fantasy 12 was published in 1989. It is a sister zine to Plak Tow and has the subtitle, "The Best of Plak Tow 2."
"The second of the Best of Plak Tow series. Spock/Chapel fans, here's a mystery/romance you won't be able to pass up. Translated from one of the ancient Plak Tow fanzines, it's being presented once again for the world of fandom to enjoy. Excerpt: "The cave was shallow, but it provided the shelter he searched for, and Spock carefully placed Christin's unconscious form on the ground..." Enjoy the touch of Toni-Cardinal Price in "The Moon of Trius 2." And for McCoy fans everywhere, the "Circle of Fire" has been rekindled. A far beach, touched only by the moon and a circle of fire creates the place where emotions long hidden are finally freed." from Datazine #56
* The Moon of Trius 2 by Toni Cardinal-Price (33 pages) (An epidemic breaks out on a colony, and the Enterprise is called to help. Never suspecting the manipulation of alien creatures, Spock and Christine set about making a serum to cure the illness. One of the colonists that has already died though, turns out to be a lost love of the Vulcan's - Leila Kalome - and despite Kirk's and McCoy's efforts, little can appease Spock's shielded grief.) (also in Plak Tow #1)
* Circle of Fire by Bonnie Guyan (4 pages) (Seated within the halo of light provided by a campfire, Spock and McCoy share the pain of loss. Ridden with guilt over the death of Spock's wife, McCoy finds solace through the Vulcan himself...while Spock finds comfort in a treasured gift from the doctor.)
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 12===
==Special Edition: Fantasy LTD==
Fantasy LTD was published in 1989 or 1990.
From an ad in For Your Information #5 (December 1990): 
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
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