Out of Bounds

You may be looking for A New Future/Out of Bounds, a Star Trek: TOS collection of two novels by Rowena Smythe and Lynn Mitchell, or the Stargate Atlantis story Out of Bounds.
The Out of Bounds is series of K/S anthology zines edited by Pam Rose and Lezlie Shell and published by Unrepressed Press. 
Fannish lore says that Pam Rose took out a $400 loan from her credit union for the first issue of Out of Bounds when preorders didn't cover the printing bill. The actual printing costs for that first issue may have been much higher, see more about the struggle to get it published.
==Zines in the Series==
*Out of Bounds - 1981
*Out of Bounds, Too - 1982
*Still Out of Bounds, Old Friend! - 1982
*Out of Bounds, Again- 1983
*Out of Bounds: Overflow- 1983
*Out of Bounds: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - 1984
==Zine Proposal==
From a 1981 proposal:
==Banned in Tulsa==
Out of Bounds was the slash zine on the table when some of the Houston crowd were banned in Tulsa. They were asked to leave a con with professional guests because a publicity agent for Disney made a huge fuss about slash zines in the dealer's room. The con committee felt terrible about it, and refunded their table fee. 
Later, fans wrote a filk song commemorating the experience called "Banned from Tulsa." It was an homage to another famous filk song (1977), “Banned From Argo," by Leslie Fish.
It also led fans to hold their first IDICon K/S convention.
For more: see Banned from Tulsa.
==Struggle To Get It Published==
Morgan Dawn recollects one of the publishers describing the struggle to get the second issue of the zine published:
==Staying Power ==
The zines remained popular long after they went out of print. In 1993, Sandy Herrold posted the following recommendation to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission: 
==Works Inspired By==
In the 1980s, a filk group featured the fanzine in their series of Zine Melodies:
:OUT OF BOUNDS
:(sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things")
:Hustlers and vampires, young Kirk's other lovers,
:Spock's going crazy, Kirk's raped by his brother.
:Khan and Joachim prove that it's okay, too—
: Order your Clemnin, we have one for you!
==The Issues==
===Out of Bounds ===
Out of Bounds was published in 1981 and has 154 pages. Cover by Gayle F. It contains no interior art. 
Number of copies in the first print run: 400.
*When Dreams Come True by Pamela Rose (A/U: Spockʼs jealousy of Kirkʼs former lovers causes him to go through the Guardian to become Kirkʼs first love. Sequel: Second Chance.) (4)
*Second Chance by Pamela Rose and Marie A. (A/U "Spock becomes captain of the Phoenix to be near its chief of security, James Kirk, trying to make the best of the changes caused by his trip through the Guardian." Prequel: When Dreams Come True.) (17 )
* Something Wagered, Something Gained by C.J. McNally ("McCoy wagers Spock over a bowling game.") (64)
*Not Quite Enough by Pamela Rose (66)
*No Such Thing by Lezlie Shell (A/U "While recovering from an illness, Kirk joins Spock who is giving a series of lectures and meets his friend, a doctor that Kirk is repulsed by from the very start.") (67)
*Babes In the Woods by Ellen L. Kobrin (95)
*Bed of Silence/Bed of Silence by Rosemary C. (A/U "On the day he receives his captaincy, Kirk is taken by Mitchell to a brothel where the main attraction is a male 'devil'.") (99)
*Alterations by Billie Phillips (M/U "Spock goes back in time to prevent the gang rape of Cadet Kirk in order to make it possible for them to be lovers in this time.") (122)
*The Hustler by Marie A. ("Cadet Spock decides to investigate a well-known pleasure house where he buys the services of a young man who turns out to also be a Starfleet cadet." Sequel: A Priori.) (130)
*K/S Story by Pamela Rose (150)
*Y'All Come Back by A.T. Bush ("Thinking them in distress, McCoy beams down to find Kirk and Spock nude - and trapped by two bears.") (151)
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=== Out of Bounds, Too===
Out of Bounds, Too was published in January 1982 and has 162 pages. Front cover by Gayle F and back cover by Marie A.
*Sweet Surrender by Marie A. (M/U "Kirk and Spock take shoreleave together where Spockʼs hopes of getting a lasting commitment from his lover are upset by the appearance of Kirkʼs old nemesis, Finnegan.") (4)
*The Flight of the Butterphant by Billie Phillips (24)
*Who Was That Vampire I Saw You With Last Night? by A.T. Bush ("Kirk and Spock separately go to a masked ball where Kirk spends half the night trying to identify his bondmate.") (28)
*You Don't Always See What You Want by Crystal Ann Taylor (M/U: "Spock tries to rid his lover of his voyeurism by setting the Tantalus field on their counterparts in this universe as they make love.") (43)
*Determining Who Your Friends Are by C.J. McNally (Pre K/S. "While on a planet survey, Spock is bitten by a snake like creature and Kirk uses a tried but not really true method to extract the venom.") (55)
*Cave-In by Devery Helm ("McCoy takes matters into his own hands after he, Kirk and Spock are stranded in a cave when their shuttle crashes and Kirk and Spock are having a loverʼs quarrel.") (61)
*Outsider by Gail Lee (Non-K/S story, features other characters) (64)
*There's a First Time For Everything by Devery Helm ("Spock wakes from wet dream and when almost caught with an erection while on his way to the bridge, ducks into Kirkʼs cabin.") (78)
*Chameleon by Pamela Rose (82)
* Those Who Favor Fire by Lezlie Shell (A/U. "Kirk is unaware that Spock is slowly going mad after his divorce from TʼPring and that he plans to make Kirk his own anyway he has to.") (127)
File:Outofboundstoo-1.jpg|from "Out of Bounds, Too"
File:outofboundstoo-2.jpg|from "Out of Bounds, Too"
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=== Still Out of Bounds, Old Friend!===
Still Out of Bounds, Old Friend! was published in late 1982 and contains 102 pages. It is a novel 'Paradises, Found and Lost' by Pam Rose and edited by Lezlie Shell. It has a cover and a single piece of interior art by Marie A. 
This was one of the first zines to have a story based on the second movie, which came out in June.
 
The novel follow both Kirk and Khan from the time of the TV episode 'Space Seed'through the end of Star Trek II and beyond, filling in the gaps in canon. Joachim, the pretty blond from the movie, has a major part. The story ends with a note: "I beg the reader to excuse the scientific flaws in this work. But it is Star Trek: where Trek is concerned in our hearts..."
Chapter Titles
*Overture
*To Serve in Heaven
*The Best of Times
*To Rule in Hell
*The Worst of Times
*Invictus
*A Far Better Thing
*Madness Maddened
*Age of Foolishness
*Out of the Pit
*Season of Light
*The Chase
*Interlude
*The Sword Falls
*Season of Darkness
*Another Paradise
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===Out of Bounds, Again ===
 
Out of Bounds, Again was published in 1983 and has 160 pages with cover art by Gayle F, back cover by Marie A. There is no interior illustration.
"This issue is dedicated to Pete Fisher who knows what "Dreamlovers" are all about."
From a blurb about this issue in "Out of Bounds, Too": 
*Carnival's End by Madelein Lee ("Kirk and Spock have a disagreement over a security manʼs crush on Kirk.") (also in Aftermath and Nocturne) (1)
*It's Not Easy Being Green by Devery Helm (Humor: "Kirk decides to help Spock through his next pon farr.") ("...WE BRING YOU THE RUNNER UP OF THE "...AND THEN SPOCK DIED" WRITING CONTEST. DEVERY, HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF?") (20)
*Amaranth by Pamela Rose and Marie A. (M/U:" Kirkʼs guilt over Edithʼs death is compounded by his visit to this universe, causing his descent into drug addiction to hide from it.") (28)
*Just Another Shore Leave, or, Tales of Y'All Come Again (and again) Saloon by Debra Kingsley and Linda Dittemore ("McCoy is held hostage until Kirk and Spock agree to perform a live sex show for the owner of the bar McCoy was frequenting.") (46)
*Immortalized by Taffie Bush ("Bonded to Spock, Kirk worries over how to tell Spock about a sculpture of himself on display by a former lover.") (59)
*The Osiris Syndrome, or, One Trick Crony by Homo Erectus (Humor: "Spockʼs ghost appears to Kirk in order to request that Kirk retrieve a book from Spockʼs quarters and use it to relieve the effects an unfulfilled pon farr has left on his body.") ("THIS IS THE WINNER OF THE " AND THEN SPOCK DIED." WRITING CONTEST WE PROPOSED IN OOB, TOO. FIRST OF ALL, SINCE THE STORY IS WRITTEN UNDER A PEN NAME, WE HAVE TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT NEITHER OF THE EDITORS WROTE THIS. CLEAR? NEXT, WE OFFER A WARNING TO ANY OF YOU WHO DO NOT POSSESS WARPED MINDS (why are you reading this zine?). THIS IS BLACK HUMOR IN THE EXTREME. IF YOU DON'T LIKE BLACK HUMOR, DON'T READ IT! AND IF YOU DO, FOR PETE'S SAKE, DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT LATER. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.") (73)
*Prelude by Lynna Bright (Pre K/S: "Cadet Kirk meets the man who becomes his first male lover until the manʼs graduation from the academy parts them.") (80)
*Those Who Dare by Marcella Belton (A/U "Spock kidnaps Kirk in order to make him his bondmate, but Kirkʼs “training” is interrupted by a Romulan healer who wants Kirk for his own.") (101)
*Filksong by Shell and Rose (to the tune of "Gilligan's Island") (158)
*a review by Pamela Rose of Dreamlovers by Pete Fisher -- "It has not been our habit to recommend or suggest much of anything in OUT OF BOUNDS. We're too lazy for one thing, and for another we tend to ignore reality as much as possible. However, I recently discovered a pro book that would be of definite interest to most readers of our zine.")
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===Out of Bounds: Overflow===
Out of Bounds: Overflow was published in 1983 and has 86 pages. 
The front and back covers are by Marie A.. There is no interior art. 
The zine's dedication: 
*Coming of Age by Madelein Lee ("David Marcus goes to a gay bar on his 18th birthday, hoping to lose his virginity.") (1)
*Angel Unaware by Mary Lowe (M/U: "Kirk taunts Spock with his body, unable to understand Spockʼs desire for him.") (also in Angel Unaware and Other K/S Stories) (5)
*We Learn by Doing by Devery Helm ("Two of the men of Vaal try to use the knowledge they acquire from watching Kirk and Spock make love.") (12)
*In Spite of Consequences by Kris Brown ("Kirk is raped by Parmen and then by a controlled Spock while on Platonius but is unable to deal with the responses evidenced from him and Spock during the ordeal.") (19)
*Penetration by Homo Erectus (38)
*The Heart Has Its Logic by Patricia Frazer Lamb ("Spock is unaware that the Kirk he used on the shoreleave planet to get through his pon farr was the real thing, something Kirk hopes to tell him someday.") (43)
*Replay by Peter Fisher (Non-K/S story.) (64)
*Joseph's Brother by Pamela Rose (M/U: "George Kirk, drunk and desperate to get off Earth, rapes his younger brother and then sells him to Kodos, military governor of Tarsus 4." Sequel: Josephʼs Brother Pt 2.) (68)
*For the Man Who Has Everything by Lezlie Shell (Humor: "Unable to find a Christmas gift for Spock, Kirk finally decides on “anything” Vulcan.") (reprinted from The Best Little K/Smas Zine in Texas) (75)
* Compatibility Unlimited Galactic Personality Profile (a questionnaire for a dating profile, tweaked as if James Kirk filled it out) (87)
 
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===Out of Bounds: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves===
Out of Bounds: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves was published in 1984 and has 136 pages. Cover art by Gayle F and Marie A. The interior art is by Southern Cross.
"This issue is dedicated to Barb Lewis. She's always there to help. For typing, furniture moving, collating, binding, cheering up, listening, laughing, joking, licking envelopes (and male anatomy), chauffeur, co-defendant, friend, and what fandom is all about. You are appreciated, Barbara! (And we'll rent her out for weddings and barmitzvahs.)"
*Domestic Affections by Janet Alex ("When McCoy mistakenly thinks Spock is raping Kirk when he accidently sees them making love, it makes it harder for him to accept the situation when he learns the truth.") (1)
*Screw You by Devery Helm (Humor: "Kirk is surprised to end up bonded to Spock after helping him through pon farr.") (31)
*Reflections of Gol by Madelein Lee (M/U: "Spock kidnaps and sequesters Kirk to insure his bondmateʼs fidelity while he goes through the discipline at Gol.") (40)
*Why In the Hell Did You Do That?, poem by CJ "sick and tired of all that slop" McNally (44)
*The Seduced by Barb Lewis ("Spock is called to his captain's quarters in what turns out to be nothing but Pikeʼs fantasy on Talus 4.") (In 1996, the author wrote on a mailing list "that everybody thought was K/S but wasn't.") (45)
* Fantasy #6 by Madelein Lee ("Kirk finds himself part of the ceremony after disrupting Spockʼs wedding when he follows him to Vulcan for his next pon farr.") (50)
* The Inner View by C.J. McNally (54)
* Fantasy #2 by Madelein Lee (59)
*Vulcan Eyes, poem (61)
*Handball by Homo Erectus (62)
*Cupids Quiver by Marnie Strom (72)
*Break Thou My Sanctuary by Janet Alex (A/U: "Spock buys a human slave but tries to fight the attraction and love he comes to feel until fate intervenes and he enters pon farr.") (also in Daring Attempt #2. This story is a riff on The Price and The Prize) (77)
*Jealousy by Vivian Gates (97)
*Joseph's Brother (part 2) by Pamela Rose (M/U: "After Kodosʼ flees, Kirk is becomes the bedtoy of Captain Garrovick, who makes it possible for Kirk to enter the academy and eventually command the Enterprise." Prequel: Josephʼs Brother Pt 1.) (104)
*A Priori by Vivian Gates ("Spock experiments sexually with a scientist on the outpost he inspects in order to insure that, if he ever meets Kirk again, he will have the experience he needs to hold him." Prequel: The Hustler.) (121)
*Journey to Georgia, a play by Pamela Rose (Humor: “Journey to Babel” Southern style.) (129)
 
Image:outoftramps-1.jpg|from "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," Marie A
Image:outoftramps-2.jpg|from "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" 
Image:outoftramps-3.jpg|from "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," The Southern Cross
File:BreakThouMy by Southern Cross.jpg|from "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," The Southern Cross, see fan comments for this art, Oasis
 
 
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==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:1980s