Bondmates (Star Trek: TOS zine)

For other uses of the term, see Bondmate.
Bondmates is a slash Star Trek: TOS anthology. 
==Bondmates 1==
Bondmates 1 was published in July 2006 and contains 138 pages. 
The cover titled "Composition #2" is by Shelley Butler. 
The interior art is by Liz, Starshadow, and AcidQueen. 
From the editorial: 
 
* No Regrets by Nadja Lee ("As I grew up, this wasn’t the future I thought I would have, but then as Spock would say, ‘No one can know the unknown.’" And "During a diplomatic mission, Spock fulfills his duties as ambassador while Kirk waits in their room and remembers their lives together on the Enterprise and after.") 
*A Fuzzy Memory by A.T. Bush ("'Indeed. However, it is not the attack itself.… When I saw her floating in the water…the three breasts, a rather bedraggled, striped tail. I was reminded of an account— unfortunately, only a partial description—of your sexual encounter with such a creature. Is that memory factual?'” And "Still not completely himself after the fal tor pan, Spock is unsure why an attack on Kirk by a felinoid female should stir up vague recollections of a past event.") (1)
* Aftermath, poem by Kelly Reiger (13)
* A Fuzzy Memory, fiction by A.T. Bush (15)
* Summer in the Wind, poem by Robin Hood (28)
*A Calming Love by Dale ("'Don't tell me what I can or can't talk about, Kirk!” The ambassador was becoming more belligerent, his voice...deeper and thunderous in volume was slurring a little more with his own anger. “I have a questiun!” Glancing around to make sure he had an audience, he continued, “Who's the 'Bitch' in your relationship? You, the mighty Captain Kirk...or his enigmatic Commander Spock?'” And "On Starbase 23 for a science convention, Kirk and Spock are informed that their presense there has more to do with the rebellion brewing on the planet.") (30)
*Untitled Poem by S.R. Benjamin (61)
* My Golden Warrior, poem by Kelly Reiger (63)
* Just Another Quiet Evening by Jenna Sinclair ("Spock must sooth his lover after Kirk returns from having to vote to convict a fellow Starfleet captain.")	 (64)
* To Touch a Sun, poem by Robin hood (78)
*No Greater Gift by Nadja Lee ("While watching Kirk interact with other humans, Spock wonders if perhaps he has been unfair to his bondmate of many years in his insistence that Kirk be more a Vulcan bond more than a human lover.") (80)
* The Bond II, poem by Kelly Reiger (88)
* Unsundered by Kathy Stanis ("Kirk is troubled by the attention he feels Spock is paying to a visiting Vulcan female scientist, especially since he feels Spock has closed himself off from him and their newly-begun affair.")	
*And the Hunter Home from the Hill by Starshadow ("After the fal-tor-pan, Spock struggles to remember and deal with newly awakened feelings as he and the rest of the bridge crew travel back to Earth.") (90)
* T'hy'la, poem by Kelly Reiger (124)
* And the Hunter Home from the hill, fiction by Starshadow (126)
* Night Touch, poem by Robin Hood (139)
File:Bondmates1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Liz - "Bonding"
File:Bondmates1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Starshadow - "IDIC" (the blowing scarf is the IDIC symbol)
File:Bondmates1-3.jpg|from issue #1, AcidQueen - "Summer Night"
File:Bondmates1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Starshadow - "Passion"
File:Bondmates1-6.jpg|from issue #1, sample poem
File:Bondmates1-7.jpg|from issue #1, sample text
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Bondmates 2==
Bondmates 2 was published in 2013. Art: Shelley Butler, Emushi, Hogebon, TRacionn, Marianne Mueller, Starshadow. Poetry: S.R. Benjamin, Robin Hood, and Kelly Reiger. Descriptions are from the publisher's flyer.
 
* Skilled Mariner by Elise Madrid ("Are Captain Kirk and Commander Spock having marital problems? Has Kirk reverted back to being a two-timing toots again? What's Commander Spock going to do about it? Find out what happens." -- "With a quick turn, Spock sidestepped Kirk's rush and brought him to the mats again. This time, he threw himself onto Kirk in an attempt to keep him from continuing this charade of a match. --"He tried holding Kirk down, but Kirk was having none of it. He continued to struggle against Spock's hold, forcing Spock to cling more tightly as Kirk used every weapon in his arsenal to break away.")
*Learning Curve by Anne Elliot ("What do you do when you've been betrayed by the one you loved the most? Your career down the turboflush. Your friends turned against you. Finding his life in stasis, until someone from his past extends a hand to help him out. " -- "I haven't kept a personal log for nearly a year now, not since they tried to use it against me at the court martial. Having all my secret thoughts and feelings pored over by the prosecution team was one of the worst experiences of my life. However, the habit is hard to break and sometimes I need to talk to something, even if it just an inanimate pile of circuits (no offence, Computer). And, of course, today is the perfect time to start a new log; the last day in this God forsaken hell-hole of a Starbase and the day before my new posting - my new life, you could say.")
*Next to Godliness by M.E. Carter ("If an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, what happens? That is the question when Captain Kirk and Commander Spock meets with the Kessubite and Wl'lre'ln delegations for a summit on resource allocation. It should have gone without a hitch until a strange quirk that the delegates are afraid of puts a kink in their romantic interlude. Find out who wins." -- "Did you see it?" Carina Enfor demands when Kirk halts a polite distance from the two groups. "Isn't it simply dreadful?" Her tone sends Kirk's respect theory out the window and sets his teeth on edge. "Forgive me," he replies as calmly as possible, "but we saw nothing. In fact, we found nothing at all wrong. I'm afraid you're going to have to-" "Nothing wrong? How can you say nothing is wrong?" Livid with indignation, the Kessubinte leader rounds on her Wl'lre'ln counterpart. "Tell him, Mister el-Zoren. You saw it, too. Tell him!")
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:2006 Zines
Category:2013 Zines