The Plain and Simple Zine

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The Plain and Simple Zine is a slash Garak/Bashir Star Trek: Deep Space 9 fanzine. Many issues included fiction with BDSM and all issues required an age statement to purchase. 
==Reactions and Reviews==
==A Change in Distribution Plans==
From a April 1996 flyer: 
==Issue 1==
The First Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1995 and contains 100 pages. 
* Plans by DVS (6 pages)
* A Tailor's Thank You by DVS (12 pages)
* The Doctor's Answer by DVS (12 pages)
* Revelations by DVS (won a 1995 STIFfie Award) (8 pages)
* Garak's Trip by DVS ("Written before the end of the third season, has Garak going along on a atrip to a medical conference with Dr. Bashir. Along the way, they get to know each other, and a relationship develops. There is a lovely confrontational scene between Garak and one of Bashir's former professors, who has the hots for our young doctor!") (won a 1995 STIFfie Award) (50 pages) 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
The Second Plain and Simple Zine was published in Summer 1995 and contains 84 pages. It required an age statement to purchase. 
"All art, with the exception of the border and fillo on the verso of the contents page, by TACS. The editors want to express total delight with her lovely contributions!"
This delight, however, for fans, had to be postponed -- This issue was originally planned to have art by TACS, however, according to an insert in the zine: 
The stories were printed on different colored paper ranging fom white to pink to yellow and green.
From the editorial: 
 
* In the Soup by Mary E (16 pages)
* Just Desserts by Mary E (a companion piece to In the Soup) (8 pages)
*Belated Present by DVS (6 pages)
*Garak Comes Home by DVS ("About the tailor's return after Tain's death, to his ruined shop. Guess who helps him pick up the pieces of his life?") (24 pages)
*After the Lexington Left by DVS (5 pages)
*Restoration by DVS ("In which a certain part of Garak, removed upon the occasion fo his exile, is reconstructed by our good doctor.) (25 pages, "Depending on which version you get, this is either 29 or 25 pages. Yes, playing with the fonts again!")
Image:plainsimple2-1.jpg|sample page from issue #2
Image:plainsimple2-2.jpg|sample page from issue #2
==Issue 3==
The Third Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1995 and contains 100 pages. The cover is by TACS.
According to the editorial in issue #2, this was to have had a story by a guest author, something that did not materialize: "The Third Plain and Simple Zine will be ready this fall. It will feature guest writer Anne Fairchild with a h/c story, and the rest will again be DVS stories, unless we get some responses to the Lexington story starter. Please remember that we would like to avoid S&M or undue violence in these stories. Thank you!"
From a 1995 ad in Late for Breakfast #27: "The zine features two fantastic TACS illos and is 85 pages long. Age statement required as usual. This is a slash zine. Do not order if you don't like the idea of two alien men in love!"
* The Bodyguard by DVS ("Garak is guarding Bashir's body-but that isn't all he wants to do with it!") (won a 1995 STIFfie Award) (18 pages)
* The Lie by DVS ("Garak and Bashir are together, but all is not well....") (4 pages)
* In These Arms of Mine by DVS ("Trapped after an explosion on DS9, Garak reveals some truths to Bashir's dead body - but Bashir isn't really dead and when he recovers....!") (11 pages)
* The Conspiracy by DVS ("The DVS version of what might happen during the next season. Garak, Odo, O'Brien and Dax team up to fight the Dominion - but what about Bashir. This is the long story of the zine.") (48 pages)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
The Fourth Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1995 and contains 100 pages. It has a front cover by TACS which won a 1995 STIFfie Award. 
* The Legacy by DVS (16 pages)
* Some Forms of Torture by DVS (19 pages)
* Terra Incognita by Anne Fairchild ("Dukat takes his revenge upon Garak - by harming Bashir. This story does deal with a rape -- and Garak's efforts to take care of Bashir after it happens. It's a hurt/comfort story with lots more comfort than hurt!") (41 pages)
==Issue 5==
The Fifth Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1995, contains 100 pages, and has a cover by TACS.
* The Wedding by DVS ("If the only way to keep Garak on the station was to marry him, Could Julian do it? And what does Garak think of it all? (69 pages)
* Courting Rites, Part 1 by Eros (3 pages)
* Gifts by Anne Fairchild (a Christmas story) (13 pages)
==Issue 6==
The Sixth Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1996, 100 pages, and a cover by TACS.
* It's All A Question of Timing by Karen Colohan (10 pages)
* De'yla by Charis Phelan (5 pages)
* Face to Face by Mandy (14 pages)
* Rescued by Stanley (15 pages)
* Following Orders by DVS ("... what might really happen to Bashir and O'Brien after O'Brien refused to obey an officer's order -- and how Garak picks up the pieces, of course!") (40 pages)
==Issue 7==
The Seventh Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1996 and is 81 pages long. Fiction by DVS, Gene Delapneia, Catherine, Karen Colohan. All art by TACS.
* Applying Heat by DVS (Saving Bashir--and accidently, O'Brien--from malfunctioning machinery leaves Garak in the Infirmary--and with a little problem, which only Bashir can cure. But what happens after?) (26 pages)
*Aftermath by Catherine (Right after "Our Man Bashir", our man, Bashir gets a yen for his Cardassian friend) (7 pages)
*Cornflower Blue by DVS (Four pages teasing Karen for her fondness for the "cornflower blue" as a description of Garak's eyes. DVS says the color describes something quite different!) (4 pages)
*Night Visit by DVS (Running from Dukat, Garak hides in Bashir's--occupied--bed. Will friendship survive?) (9 pages)
*Autumn Glory by Karen Colohan (It's 20 years later and Bashir has come back to DS9. Guess who is still there?) (7 pages)
*Gossip by DVS (Bashir helps out his friend Garak with his sand baths--but is that all they're doing? Bajorans don't look kindly on bath boys, and gossip is running wild on DS9) (23 pages)
*Valentine’s Dance by DVS (Dax talks Bashir and Garak into helping with a charity dance--but charity isn't the only thing that starts at home.) (4 pages)
==Issue 8==
The Eighth Plain and Simple Zine published in 1996 and is 84 pages long. 
*The Pattern Of Our Future (53 pages) by DVS (In a sequel to the wedding story in #5, Garak and Bashir settle down to wedded bliss. It's not so bad when Garak's daughter arrives, but when Bashir's father shows up, things start to get a little crowded!)
*Soul Searching (24 pages) by Stanley (Garak has disappeared from the station, and Bashir goes looking for him--on Cardassia)
*Solutions (7 pages) by DVS (One version of what Bashir does about Garak and Ziyal and Cardassian saunas!)
==Issue 9==
The Ninth Plain and Simple Zine was published in 1996 and contains 130 pages. It has art by Sophie.
*When I Said You Were Mine by DVS (13 pages) 
*The Fork by Lydia (4 pages)
*Reflections by Golden Dye (13 pages)
*Every Picture Tells A Story by Lydia (20 pages)
*The Spider and The Fly by Mary E. (13 pages)
*Trouble by DVS (67 pages)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9==
==Issue 10==
The Tenth Plain and Simple Zine was published in May 1997 and is 163 pages long. 
The front cover is by TACS as is the zine's single illo.
There is a story in this issue by Joanna Russ who used the pseud, Janet Alex.
Publisher's note in the zine: 
From the zine: comments about "Unclassified Affections" and "Spirals" -- 
* Exercise by Andrea Evans ("A holosuite story about more than exercise.") (3)
* Conversations by DVS ("A story told in nine conversations.") (25)
* House Call by Joanne Francis ("Garak gets sick.") (35)
* A Perfect Day by Mary Knasinski ("Holosuites and two clever men.") (44)
* Turnabout by Eros ("How does Bashir pay Garak back for breaking into his holo-program?") (65)
* Plucked by DVS ("Story on the same theme (as Turnabout?).") (68)
* Agent of Love DVS ("Bashir and Garak are playing secret agents in the holo suites again.") (76)
* Darts by DVS ("For everyone who is getting mighty tired of O’Brien’s harping on Bashir’s enhancements—Elim tells him off.") (93)
* Troubadour by Karen Colohan ("For those getting tired of ‘first time’ stories. ") (104) 
* Too Much Presumed by Terrie H Drummonds ("A post Dr. Bashir story.") (112)
* In the Night by DVS ("Inspired by Terrie's story!") (130)
* This Secret by DVS ("Another post-Presume story inspired by Terrie!") (133)
* The Explanation about the next two stories (142)
** Unclassified Affections by Janet Alex ("There’s more to the Ferengi than you think.") (143)
** Spirals by Eros ("It's not slash, but I kinda miss poor Bareil") (160)
Image:plainandsimple10-1.jpg| from issue #10
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10==
==References==
 
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