Consort

Consort is a slash Star Trek: TOS anthology. It required an age statement to purchase. A gen sister zine called "The Consortium" was proposed in 1984, but it never made it off the ground. Some summaries below are from Gilda F.
==Issue 1==
Consort 1 was published in January 1985 and is 191 pages. It has a cover of Kirk and Spock by The Southern Cross. Other art is by TACS and Richard Pollet. 
The editor notes that this zine "contains one story of extreme violence and sadism."
*Aftermath by A. Corrigan (poem)
* Endure by Robin Hood (1)
* Assumptions by Jessica Daigneault. Artwork by The Southern Cross (After Kirk is subjected to the Klingon mindsifter, the mind meld done to help him has an unforeseen side effect between him and Spock.) (2)
* untitled limerick by D.L. Nelson (27)
* Wild Pursuits by Robin Hood (28)
* Chain of Fire, Chain of Ice by B.L. Barr (29) (Kirk and Spock marry the same woman, non-K/S story)
* Vaal-iant Friend by B.L. Barr (59)
* To Explore New Worlds by B.L. Barr (60)
* Evil's Playground	by Robin Hood (A Fuck or Die: Kirk and Spock are forced to have sex together by the Platonians and end up discovering their mutual love and desire for each other.)	(61)
* Threshold by Rachel Cassidy (76)
* Kirk's Meditation by Rachel Cassidy (79)
* Sounds of Silence by Marcella Belton. Artwork by The Southern Cross (Kirk is captured and raped repeatedly over a long period of time. The sequel is "Before You Can Reach for the Stars" in issue #2) (84)
* The Final Touch by Ann Walsingham (115)
* Beastiary I by B.L. Barr. Artwork by The Southern Cross (116)
* Beastiary II by B.L. Barr (117)
* Story Contest. Artwork by The Southern Cross (118)
* Keep That Thought by Vivian Gates (Kirk is upset by the growing distance between him and Spock even though he is partially to blame, but his fears of Spock finding out about his desires are soon put to rest.) (119) 
* 1+1=?	by Nikki Hendricks. Artwork by TACS and Richard Pollet (M/U Kirk is raped when first assigned as 1st officer aboard a mostly Vulcan ship, causing problems years later between him and his own Vulcan 1st officer.) (125)
* Joinery by Ann Walsingham (IBC)
Image:consort1-1.jpg| from issue #1, TACS for "1+1=?"
Image:consort1-2.jpg| from issue #1, sample page, calligraphy, poem
Image:consort1-3.jpg| from issue #1, TACS for Sounds of Silence
Image:consort1-4.jpg| from issue #1, sample text, first page of Sounds of Silence
Image:consort1-5.jpg| from issue #1, Richard Pollet for "1+1=?"
Image:consort1-6.jpg| from issue #1, Southern Cross for Assumptions
Image:consort1-7.jpg| from issue #1, Southern Cross for "Beastiary"
Image:consort1-8.jpg| from issue #1, Southern Cross for the "story contest"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Consort 2 was published in December 1986 and 272 pages. The front cover is by The Southern Cross. Interior art by Dorothy Laoang, Marilyn Cole, TACS, and Suzan Lovett.
One of Dorothy Laoang 's illustrations for the story "He Stopped for Me," was used in Enterprising Women to depict hurt/comfort.
This issue has an article by Mary Van Deusen about songtapes.
The editorial has comments on pre-orders: 
Also from the editorial: 
* Confessions of a K/S Author, humorous poem by Patricia Frazer Lamb (IFC)
* Assumptions 	[offline] by Mary Suskind Lansing ("Both Kirk and Spock wrongly assume the other is interested in him, and both wanting to give what the other wants, end up bonded.") (1)
* Suspicious Incident, poem by Flora Poste (20)
* Carousel	 by Flora Poste ("Kirk dreams of riding a carousel with Spock as the gold ring.") (20)
* Demon, poem by Roxane Acuna (23)
* Turnabout	by B.L. Barr (A/U: "The transfer between Kirk and Janice Lester canʼt be broken so he and Spock go to Vulcan for help until they can get Starfleet to believe their story.") (25)
* Change of Command, poem by Emily Ross (47)
* Warm Blanket, poem by Tere Ann Roderick (47)
* Making Your Own Song Tapes, nonfiction about making songtapes by Mary Van Deusen (48)
* The Leaving 	by Aimee Confer ("Kirk is depressed after Spock goes to Gol, 6 months after Spock leaves for Gol, neither he nor Kirk are able to get on with their lives and then find out that their bond has not been broken as both thought.") (54)
* Amok Time, poem by Gene Delapenia (63)
* Trust, vignette by Kathy Resch (64)
* Reluctant Consort	by A.T. Bush ("Kirk and Spock must have a bonding ceremony in order for Kirk to play the role of Spock's consort in his investiture as T'Pau's temporary heir.") (68)
* This Uncertain Morning, poem by Flora Poste (77)
* Hostage, poem by B.L. Barr (78)
* Would It Have Been Different?	by Donna Rose Vanderlaan (A/R: "Nearing death, Kirk wonders what might have been if he had had the courage to deny Starfleet and retrieved Spockʼs body from the Genesis planet and taken it and McCoy to Vulcan.") (79)
* Untitled #27, poem by Gene S. Delpenia (80)
* Untitled #28, poem by Gene S. Delpenia (80)
* New Year's Eve, poem by Flora Poste (81)
* They Also Serve, poem by Flora Poste (81)
* Decision, poem by Kathy Resch (82)
* Before You Reach for the Stars	by Marcella Belton ("After being freed by Spock from the Klingon who had imprisoned him as a sex slave, Kirk is frightened when Spock declares his intention of making Kirk is own." Prequel: Sounds of Silence.) (83)
* Dreams of You, poem by Natasha Solten (97)
* Dating Game	by Mary Suskind Lansing ("After a crewwoman asks him out on a date, Spock gets the idea and then the courage to ask out the person he truly wants - Kirk.") (98)
* Home of the Heart	by B.L. Barr (As the whales are released, Spockʼs memories of Kirk as his bondmate are finally recalled.) (113)
* Reason's Way	by DVS ("Every time Kirk gets drunk he proclaims his love for Spock but forgets about it after sobering up.") (119)
* Limits, poem by Emily Ross (136)
* Fading, poem by Tere Ann Roderick (136)
* He Stopped for Me	by Robin Hood ("Kirk dies and Spock follows soon after him.") (also in There are Always Possibilities #1) (137)
* Make Me a Miracle by Robin 	Hood ("An alien gas makes Kirk act strangely violent. While Kirk and Spock are at a conference with a lanetʼs ruler, Kirk begins to act strangely and Spock is unable to determine why, or why he is unable to control himself.") (139)
* Winners and Losers, poem by Noelle Harrison (149)
* Reprisals	by Vega Barga ("Starts off from the point of view of the Romulan woman commander who is seeking revenge, it is the first story of a trilogy. Kidnapped by the now insane and male “female” Romulan commander, Kirk is changed into a woman by the same process and impregnated by his bondmate when Spock is chemically induced into pon farr, making reversal of the process impossible.") (150)
* Last Night, poem by Rachel Abbot (169)
* Born of Trust, poem by Camille Spera (170)
* Canyons of Memory, poem by Roxane Acuna (171)
* Verdict	by B.L Barr (A/U: "Kirk is on trial. Arrested on Vulcan, Kirk is returned to Earth for trial for his theft and destruction of the Enterprise before he and Spock can rebond following the fal tor pan.") (172)
* Yesterday... Today...Forever, poem by Robin Hood (181)
* Feathered Beast, poem by Robin Hood (181)
* Balance, poem by Kathy Resch (182)
* But Where is Home?	by Mary Suskind Lansing ("Unable to feel emotions, but remembering the bond, Spock is willing to “service” his bondmate but Kirk begins to believe that he will have to let Spock go rather than continue this way.") (183)
* Whom I Loved, poem by Flora Poste (195)
* Kirk Rampant	by Ursula Tulle (contains non-consensual s/m - "Takes place in the mirror universe, M/U Commander Kirk, newly assigned 1st office on the ISS Enterprise, discovers an instant rapport with the Vulcan science officer, one that saves and then changes his life when Captain Pike decides to use Kirk in his sexual perversions.") (196)
* Ni Var, poem by Rachel Abbot (210)
* Transport Observation, poem by Donna Rose Vanderlaan (211)
* Agonistes, poem by Tere Ann Roderick (211)
* The Brush of Your Hand, poem by Donna Rose Vanderlaan (212)
* Costume Ball	by B.L. Barr ("Kirk and Spock dress up as Batman and Robin at a masquerade.") (213)
* Divorce Vulcan Style	by Mary Suskind Lansing ("It deals with the well-known problem of Kirk's addiction to danger, when Spock goes into pon farr Kirk flies to Vulcan to aid his bondmate, and while there comes to terms with himself and what his forcing them apart has cost him." Prequel: Parted And Never Parted.) (217)
* The Angelican Torture Bed, poem by Flora Poste (270
* The Pleasure Bed, poem by Flora Poste (211)
* Consort, poem by Natasha Solten (272)
 
Image:hestoppedforme.jpg| from issue #2, illo for "He Stopped for Me" by Dorothy Laoang; used by Camille Bacon-Smith in Enterprising Women to depict the trope hurt/comfort; Bacon-Smith notes that this piece is influenced by Edvard Munch 
Image:consort2-1.jpg| from issue #2, Marilyn Cold
Image:consort2-2.jpg| from issue #2, TACS
Image:consort2-3.jpg| from issue #2, Suzan Lovett -- "Another noteworthy piece of art (can one use such a trivial adjective to describe a piece that causes excess salivation and tachycardia?) is by Suzann Lovett dated 1979, in her inimitable Courts of Honor style. This is simply sexy as it gets." from The K/S Press #22 
Image:consort2-6.jpg| from issue #2, Suzan Lovett
Image:consort2-4.jpg| from issue #2, Marilyn Cole
Image:consort2-5.jpg| from issue #2, sample text
 
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Consort 3 was published in 1992 and is 181 pages long. It is a collection of about 8 stories and many poems. 
* I Gave at the Office by Natasha Solten (When Spock is forced to donate sperm to the Vulcan genetics bank, he needs his bondmateʼs help.)
 
* Commutative Diagram	by Mary Suskind Lansing (Lonely, and fighting an attraction to Spock, Kirk goes along with a mail order bride set up by a drunk McCoy.)
* Dying Embers	by Anna Parrish (Kirk begins to have dreams of past lives, in all of which he and Spock are lovers and Spock dies saving him.) (The author writes later: "If you read CONSORT 3 and notice GODxxx in my story "Dying Embers," please be advised that I did not put it there. The editor inadvertently inserted it in ay writing without my approval. I have NEVER and will never purposely use that word in my stories or in my zines." from The LOC Connection #45 ) 
* Aftermath	by Liz Darcy (After he is told of Sarekʼs death by Picard, Spock goes through the memories transfered to Picard from Sarek and discovers that his father knew of his bond to Kirk.)
* What Would I Wish for You	by Flora Poste (While on a planet survey, Kirk and Spock are subjected to an unknown mind probe.)
* Into the Future by Robin Hood (Kirk tries to get his bondmate to tell him how it felt to die though Spock is at first resistant to reliving both their pain.)
* Parted and Never Parted, part two by Mary Suskind Lansing (After Kirkʼs actions to save Spock result in the death of crewmembers, McCoy pushes him into forcing his bondmate to leave the Enterprise. Sequel: Divorce-Vulcan Style.) 
* content by Patricia Frazier Lamb
* art by Arleen Geller and The Southern Cross
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==References==
 
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