Enter-comm

Enter-comm is a Star Trek: TOS anthology published in Canada. 
It is one example of a mostly and sort-of gen zine that touches on K/S in a way that thirty years later, some fans may describe as pre-slash. 
==Slash==
In 1980, two fans included this zine in their list of K/S stories that they enjoyed. 
==Issue 1==
Enter-comm 1 was published in 1979 and contains 178 pages.
The art is by P.S. Nim, Todd Hamilton, JJ, Kathy Carlson (her portrait of Janice Lester originally appeared in Naked Times #2), James Odbert, Brendan Hawley and Cameron McLeod. There are also quite a few illos not credited in the table of contents.
* Prelude by Miles Coburn ("He wanted to dissuade Kirk from command... but... the desire for a starship was too strong.") (4)
* Sehlat by B.P. Hynes (22)
* Breaking Point by Wendy Rockburn ("Homeward bound from Babel, Amanda tells Kirk about a turning point in Spock's adolescence.") (23)
*Bright Dawning by Catherine M. Vye (30)
*Questions by Marjorie McKenna (31)
*The Morning After by Kandie Stripe ("McCoy's attempt to 'help' Spock after a night of celebration.") (32)
* Another Side to the Matter by Lyn Saunders (35)
*Do We Belong? by Nancy Chapman (44)
*Enterprise by Marjorie McKenna (45)
*James Doohan Interview (46)
*Through All the Weary Hours by Sheila Hawley (This appears to be, according to a review in The Clipper Trade Ship #30, a "sequel" with a different ending to "Bitter Sky, Winter Wind" by Virginia Green in Matter/Antimatter #1.) (50)
*For Auld Lang Syne by Wendy Rockburn ("Even a five year mission has to end sometime.") (reprinted in Computer Playback #5) (65)
*The End of It All? by Nancy Chapman (78)
*Time and Music by Abigail Waldren ("McCoy and the rest of the crew attempt to help Spock deal with the death of Jim Kirk.") (80)
*Land of Shadows by Doreen Brown (94)
*Parallel by Wendy Rockburn (103)
* "...and now for something completely different..." by Sue S (This is the first part an authorized sequel to "Turnabout Alternative" in King Grope. In it, Jim Kirk is permanently inhabiting Janice Lester's body and still the captain of the Enterprise. She discovers she is pregnant by Spock. - sequel is in the next issue) (104)
* Who Said, 'One More Time'!? by Todd Hamilton (127)
* Caption Contest (128)
*George Takei Interview ("At the Cleveland Star Trek Convention, on April 22, 1979, members of the U.S.S. Excalibur, again under the auspices of CHEZ-FM, were given the opportunity to interview Mr. George Takei. The following is an edited transcript of that interview.") (130)
* The Will of Kirk by Margaret-Anne Park (134)
*Starfleet Regrets by Sheila Hawley and Nancy Chapman (135)
*The Red Riding Hood Syndrome by Susan Smallpiece ) ("Spock's maternal grandmother visits the Enterprise.") (also published as a standalone zine) (137)
*Coming Home by Shawn Marks (166)
*Division by Marjorie McKenna (169)
* Absent Friends by Andrea Morton-Cummings ("Kirk and Sarek in their twilight years.") (170)
 
Image:ST Entercomm1-1.jpg|from issue #1, not credited
Image:ST Entercomm1-2.jpg|from issue #1, not credited
Image:ST Entercomm1-3.jpg|from issue #1, P.S. Nim
Image:ST Entercomm1-4.jpg|from issue #1, James Odbert
Image:ST Entercomm1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Kathy Carlson
Image:ST Entercomm1-6.jpg|from issue #1, Todd Hamilton
Image:ST Entercomm1-7.jpg|from issue #1 
Image:ST Entercomm1-8.jpg|from issue #1, not credited
Image:ST Entercomm1-9.jpg|from issue #1, Brendan Hawley
Image:ST Entercomm1-10.jpg|from issue #1, Todd Hamilton
Image:ST Entercomm1-11.jpg|from issue #1, Todd Hamilton 
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Enter-comm 2 was published in 1980 and contains 106 pages.
The art is by Pat Stall, Vida Hull, P.S. Nim, Merle Decker, Mike Verina, Monica Mitchell, Brendan Hawley, Cameron MacLeod, William (Bill) Smith, and Kathy Carlson.
* The Captain's Corporation by Helen Sneddon) (reprinted in Computer Playback #5) (4)
* Off-Duty, part 1 by Anne Snell (8)
*A Matter of Trust by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #2) (12)
*No Beach to Walk On by Marjorie McKenna (30)
*Anniversary! by A. Bunker, Esquire (31)
*The Will of Landru by Crystal Ann Taylor (32)
* Boundless Love by Pat M ("Kirk closed his eyes. he couldn't bear to watch this final parting... From now on he was on his own.") (35)
*Poem, Boundless Love by S. Meek (61)
*Sailship by Marjorie McKenna (62)
*ST-TMP review (63)
*Sandpiper by Wendy Rockburn (65)
*The Test by Sharon Fall (79)
*One Finger Symphony by Eileen Roy ("McCoy helps a despondent Christine deal with her feelings about Spock.") (also in Warped Space #43 and Kraith Collected Volume #6) (80)
* Home Again by Jean Stevenson ("A reunion with Joanna told from her point of view.") (83)
*Beyond the Fringe by Anne Snell (reprinted from Enterprise Log Entries #15) (86)
*Addendum by Linda Grech (89)
* Difference That is No Difference by Sue aka The Android (sequel to "... and now for something completely different." This is the second part an authorized sequel to "Turnabout Alternative" in King Grope.) (91)
* Bones by Linda Grech (112)
*Survivor by Wendy Rockburn (114)
*The Wait by Marjorie McKenna (116)
*Miranda by A. Phyller (118)
*A Relatively Close Encounter by Susan Smallpiece ("Meet Angelica, another of Spock's relatives.") (119)
*Off-Duty, part 2 by Anne Snell (153)
*The Sky's the Limit by Abigail Waldren (157)
 
Image:enter2art1.jpg| from issue #2, Brendon Hawley, caricature of Gene Roddenberry
Image:enter2art2.jpg| from issue #2, Michael Verinia
Image:enter2art3.jpg| from issue #2, Kathy Carlson
Image:enter2art4.jpg| from issue #2, Merle Decker
Image:enter2art5.jpg| from issue #2, P.S. Nim
Image:enter2art6.jpg| from issue #2, Pat Stall, for Difference That is No Difference
Image:enter2art15.jpg| from issue #2, Pat Stall, for "Difference That is No Difference"
Image:enter2art16.jpg| from issue #2, Pat Stall, for "Difference That is No Difference"
Image:enter2art7.jpg| from issue #2, William Smith
Image:enter2art8.jpg| from issue #2, Vida Hull
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Enter-comm 3 was published in 1980 and contains 152 pages. This issue may have mild same sex themes.
The artwork is by Desire Gonzales, Barbara P. Gordon, Kathy Carlson, Gee Moaven, P.S. Nim, James Odbert, Richard G. Pollet, Maureen McKenna, and Gail LaBossiere.
* There But For the Grace by Wendy Rockburn ("A chance encounter with a Starfleet Captain who lost his two closest friends reaffirms Jim Kirk's appreciation of Spock and McCoy.") (4)
* Circles by Marjorie McKenna (12)
* Precious Friend by Jimmye Galli (13)
* The Walk by Desire Gonzales (14)
*Castaway by Mary Aldridge (15)
*If!, poem by C. Mallet (18)
*Ceremony on Troyius by Elizabeth Holden (19)
*Why?, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (22)
* The Time That Was by Mary A. Smith (23)
* Denouement by Sheila Hawley (40)
*Quest, poem by Catherine M. Vye (42)
*Things Have Changed, poem by Richard G. Pollet (43)
*In the Matter of the D'R-am-bri by Mary Aldridge (44)
* Miri's Paradise Syndrom by Jay Geagan, Sean Narum and Mark Klassen (52)
*A Battle Won by Desire Gonzales (53)
* Elisium, poem by Jimmye Galli (57)
* Odd Manv by Gene S. Delapenia (59)
* The Flight, poem by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #3) (60)
*Argelian Interlude by Darien Duck (61)
*Beyond the Mirror (story and poem) by Linda Maclaren and Gina Martin (reprinted from Dreadnought Explorations #5) (67)
*A Fable by Gene S. Delapenia (82)
*A Lonely Night by Wendy Rockburn (84)
* The Wasted Time by Toni Cardinal-Price (87)
* V'ger, poem by Marjorie McKenna (90)
* Returns, poem by Victoria Clark (91)
* The Dictates of Conscience by Wendy Rockburn (92)
*Welcome Aboard, poem by Barbara Storey (99)
*Tribble Trek: The Trouble with Humans by S. Meek and Tina Pole (reprinted from Zenith #2) (100)
*Denial, poem by Jimmye Galli (104)
*Vulcan Sonnet: Legendary, poem by Elizabeth Holden (106)
*The Secret by Wendy Rockburn (107)
* Meeting Once, poem by Catherine M. Vye (109)
*Postscript by Abigail Waldren (110)
*Reunion, poem by Pat M (114)
*The Man in the Captain's Shirt by Wendy Rockburn (117)
*The Volcano by Elizabeth Holden (119)
*Rebirth in an Instant, poem by Toni Cardinal-Price (140)
*Nomad, poem by Richard G. Pollet (142)
* Some Small Way, poem by Desire Gonzales (143)
*Immortality, poem by Marjorie McKenna (144)
*Rainbow Connection by Andrea Morton-Cummings (145)
*To the Fallen One, poem by Catherine M. Vye (152)
 
Image:entercomm3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:entercomm3-2.jpg|from issue #3, P.S. Nim
Image:entercomm3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Gail LaBossiere
Image:entercomm3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Gail LaBossiere
Image:entercomm3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Gail LaBossiere
Image:entercomm3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Gail LaBossiere
Image:entercomm3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Richard G. Pollet
Image:entercomm3-8.jpg|from issue #3, Kathy Carlson
Image:entercomm3-9.jpg|from issue #3, Gee Moaven
Image:entercomm3-10.jpg|from issue #3 
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
Enter-comm 4 was published in February 1981 and contains 158 pages.
* Sometimes Just The Nearness by Denise Tatiwell, illustrated by Merle Decker ("Trapped by unknown forces and many of the crew ill, including Kirk, McCoy strives to cure the illness while Spock works to release the ship.") (4)
* 23rd Century Woman by Richard G. Pollet (33)
* Beyond The Mirror, part 2 by Linda Maclaren and Gina Martin, illustrated by Janet Rosenfeld ("Mirror-Kirk's experiences on the other Enterprise have given him some surprising new perspectives.") (34)
* Sage by Marjorie McKenna, illustrated by Gee Moaven (42)
* The Key by Wendy Rockburn ("After the events of "Amok Time", Uhura eases Spock's mind with music.") (45)
* My Friend by Sharon C.P. Fall (49)
* If Only by Crystal Ann Taylor, illustrated by Pat Kilner (50)
* You Can’t Get There From Here by Wendy Rockburn, illustrated by Richard Karasinksi ("Spock, Kirk and McCoy are kidnaped to prevent them from being the Federation's representatives at a very important ceremony. Story tells of their humorous adventures as they attempt to get to the ceremonies on time.") (52)
* Stalemate by Jimmye Galli (77)
* Candle in the Dark by Wendy Rockburn, illustrated by Nan Lewis ("McCoy's letter to Joanna telling of Spock's disappearance and the reaction of Jim Kirk.") (79)
* The Morn Of Armageddon by David Hewens ("All is lost and the Enterprise is doomed...or is it?") (81)
* In A Different Reality by Darien Duck ("In an AU where V'Ger never appeared and Decker left with the Enterprise, McCoy and Spock work to help a despondent Kirk, and discover a connection between Spock's departure and Kirk's acceptance of the Admiralty.") (85)
* Spacerrata by Sharon Fall (103)
* Sirensong by Jimmye Galli, illustrated by Janet Rosenfeld (104)
* A Foretaste Of Death by Caroline Nixon ("Christine is leaving the ship, and Spock pays her a bittersweet farewell.") (106)
* The Price of Inflation by Judy Atwell (110)
* Beyond The Mirror Part 3 by Linda Maclaren and Gina Martin, illustrated by Beverly Zuk ("Mirror-Kirk and his crew quietly begin to plot revolution.") (113)
* Absence Makes The Heart... by Teresa Marie Annette, illustrated by P.S. Nim ("Kirk is dismayed by the change in Spock when he reappears during the V'Ger crisis.") (124)
* Past to Present by Teresa Marie Annette (127)
* To Repent Past Transgressions by Jimmye Galli (128)
* S’havri by Janet Rosenfeld, illustrated by Kathy Carlson ("After Spock's death, Kirk rediscovers him in a different form.") (131)
* The Wings That Fly Us Home, by Jacky Fulton (141)
* In Thought by Sharon C.P. Fall, illustrated by P.S. Nim (142)
* Something Worth Having by Billie Phillips, illustrated by Mike Verina ("After a mission gone badly wrong, Spock doesn't remember what happened and Kirk refuses to talk about it, and the stress almost tears their relationship apart.") (144)
image:enter4art1.jpg|from issue #4, Merle Decker
image:enter4art2.jpg|from issue #4, Janet Rosenfeld
image:enter4art3.jpg|from issue #4, Richard Pollet
image:enter4art4.jpg|from issue #4, Gee Moaven
image:enter4art5.jpg|from issue #4, Pat Kilner
image:enter4art6.jpg|from issue #4, Nan Lewis
image:enter4art7.jpg|from issue #4, Beverly Zuk
File:Enter4art15.jpg|from issue #4, Beverly Zuk
image:enter4art8.jpg|from issue #4, E. Winder
image:enter4art9.jpg|from issue #4, P.S. Nim
image:enter4art10.jpg|from issue #4, Kathy Carlson
image:enter4art11.jpg| from issue #4, Michael Verina
image:enter4art12.jpg| from issue #4, Gee Moaven
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
Enter-comm 5 was published in January 1982 and contains 165 pages. 
It has art by Nan Lewis, Kathy Carlson, Richard G. Pollet, Desire Gonzales, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Janet Rosenfeld, Pat Kilner, P.S. Nim, Ann Crouch, and Merle Decker. 
* Editorial (3)
* Sunshine for Sale by Pamela S. Rose (reprinted in Only Trek #2) (4)
* From the Rim of Starlight, poem by Richard G. Pollet (10)
* Prediction, poem by Gene S. Delapeneia (11)
* To Spock in Meditation, poem by Ruth Kurz (13)
* A Test of Pride by Joyce Tullock ("A torrential rainstorm has destroyed an archaeological research project with which Dr. McCoy was serving. This story reveals the feelings of Kirk, Spock and others as they search for the Doctor, and of McCoy as he struggles to survive.") (14)
The Dying Light, poem by Marjorie McKenna (29)
* The Night Before Christmas, poem by Anne Rowland (30)
* Hail, Hail, poem by Monica Mitchell (31)
* Destiny's Dreamers by Pat Mitchell (33)
* Longing, poem by Marion McChesney (35)
* Directions, poem Pat Mitchell (36)
* Life After Life by Teresa Marie Annette (37)
* An Oddity, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (52)
* The Boredom Syndrome , poem by Sansoucy Kathenor (54)
* A Place in the Stars by Mary Aldridge ("A female relation of Kang confronts the Klingon council to assert the rights of women to be warriors and space-farers.") (60)
* The Decision, poem by Karen Hayden (67)
* Koloth Hatches His Revenge by Linda Maclaren, Gina Martin, & Carol Yocum. (68)
* The Reason Why by Darien Duck ("McCoy's account of the events of Spock's first Pon Farr.") (81)
* Discovery, poem by Sharon C.P. Fall (85)
* In Concert, poem by Anne Rowland (87)
* Vulcan Sonnet: Mythical, poem by Elizabeth Holden (88)
* A Toast to Innocence by Kate Bennett (89)
* sounding Board, poem by Ruth Kurz (107)
* Reunions/Private Thoughts, poems by Linda Neel and Sharon Fetter (108)
* Shopping Spree, poem by Anne Rowland (114)
* two cartoons by Monica Mitchell (116)
* Forbidden Fruit by Elizabeth Holden ("A short short of young computer-whiz Spock being drawn to the study of the stars, while Sarek is on Earth to oppose the expansion of Starfleet into space exploration.") (117)
* Truths by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #3) (122)
* Touching and Touched by Anne Rowland (164)
* The Most Recent Violation of the Prime Directive, poem by Neil Foster (back cover)
Image:entecomm5-1.jpg|from issue #5, Nan Lewis
Image:entecomm5-2.jpg|from issue #5, Kathy Carlson
Image:entecomm5-3.jpg|from issue #5, Kathy Carlson
Image:entecomm5-4.jpg|from issue #5, Richard G. Pollet (a jab at Janice Rand that alludes to her promiscuity) 
Image:entecomm5-5.jpg|from issue #5, Mary Stacy-McDonald
Image:entecomm5-6.jpg|from issue #5, Pat Kilner
Image:entecomm5-7.jpg|from issue #5, Monica McGaskell
Image:entecomm5-8.jpg|from issue #5, P.S. Nim
Image:entecomm5-9.jpg|from issue #5, Ann Crouch
Image:entecomm5-10.jpg|from issue #5, Merle Decker
Image:entecomm5-11.jpg|from issue #5, Merle Decker
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
 
==Issue 6==
Enter-comm 6 was published in May 1983 and contains 150 pages. Art by Caro Hedge, Maureen B., Pat Kilner, Vel Jaeger, Ruth Kurz, Desire' Gonzales, and Barbara Hernon. 
* Editorial (3)
* A Cat's Life by The Canadian Feline Contingent (4)
* Bird in a Gilded Cage by Kate Bennett (4)
* Leila by Billie Phillips (22)
* Loneliness by Anne Rowland (23)
* By My Side by Patricia Demetri (24)
* The Ring by Linda Neel (25)
* Miracles and Dreams by Phillippa Kirkby (26)
* Vulcan Collage by Shellie Whild (45)
* The Kismet by K. V. Wylie (46) ("Is Dr. McCoy the Wayfarer who will save the people of Peron? A fatally ill McCoy is believed to be.")
* Beyond Antares by Gene S. Delapenia (71)
* Re-Emergence by Kathy Resch (72)
* Night Shade by Vel Jaeger (76)
* Lament for the Lost by Melanie Athene (79)
* Dreamweaver by Pamela Edwards Becker ("She's been spending every sleeping moment managing a bunch of rowdy males.") (80)
* One of Those Days by Anne Rowland (89)
* Enterprise Christmas by Pam Boure (93)
* Tropical Trek by Diane Miskiewicz ("His pack was so full he looks like a deformed camel. Anyway, he wants to know if the owner of the black, lace 36-D wants it back.") (94)
* Revealed by Pam Boure (104)
* Vulcan Soliloquy by Elizabeth Holden (106)
* There are Always Possibilities by Anne Rowland (117)
* Infinite Curiosities by Teresa Marie Annette (119)
* Triskelian Remembrance by Teresa Marie Annette (120)
* The Doctor's Ode by K.V. Wylie (121)
* Choices by Anne Rowland (122)
* Memories by Sharon F (123)
* The Hero's Welcome by Gene S. Delapenia (131)
* The Needs of the One by Susan Mienecke (132)
* The Take by Frances Wilson (134) ("McCoy and Spock are on a mission to trade with the people of the Norii System for their crystallized minerals and to find a missing James Kirk.")
* Commitment by Ellen Kobrin (150)
==Issue 7==
Enter-comm 7 was published in May 1984 and contains 115 pages.
It was edited by Maureen McKenna, Marjorie McKenna, Jacky Fulton, and Darien Duck.
* Editorial (2) (It consists of this: "This zine is dedicated to all fans who hate reading editorials and all editors who hate writing them." )
* The Perception Point by Frances M. Wilson, illustrated by Carole Swoboda (3)
*Klingons by Patricia Demetri (27)
* Captain's Cross by Meg fine, illustrated by L.S. Swisher (28)
* Until Now... by Crystal Ann Taylor (30)
* An Old Sweet Song of... by Debbie Painter, illustrations by Shelley Veltkamp (from issue #3, The love between two friends is shown as McCoy cares for Spock who is fatally ill as the result of the radiation accident that killed James Kirk.") (31)
* City Sounds by Jane McRae Nauman (39) (also appears in (Dreadnought Explorations Collected Edition #2)
* Devoid of Touch by Crystal Ann Taylor, illustrated by Charlene R. Sobczak (41)
*Acquital by Diane Miskiewicz and Cinde Deren (42)
*The Hagis is in the Fire for Sure by Meg Fine, illustrated by L.S. Swisher (59)
*Reaching Out, Letting Go by Jannean Elliott, illustrated by Ann Crouch (60)
* Transporter Blues Again by Meg Fine, illustrated by L.S. Swisher (115)
Image:entercom7art1.jpg| from issue #7, Ann Crouch
Image:entercom7art2.jpg| from issue #7, TACS
Image:entercom7art3.jpg| from issue #7, L.S. Swisher
Image:entercom7art4.jpg| from issue #7, Sherry Veltkamp
Image:entercom7art5.jpg| from issue #7, Sherry Veltkamp
Image:entercom7art6.jpg| from issue #7, Charlene R. Sobczak
Image:entercom7art7.jpg| from issue #7, L.S. Swisher
Image:entercom7art8.jpg|i from issue #7, TACS
==Issue 8==
Enter-comm 8 was published in June 1986 and contains 176 pages.
It won the 1987 Surak Award for Best Fanzine Design. 
The art is by Emet Morris, Kathy Carlson, Cami Forsell, Desire Gonzales, and Nan Lewis.
* Come to the Stars by Marjorie McKenna (inside front cover)
* Cloud Dweller by Meg Fine (3)
* The Substitute by Charmaine Wood ("Leonard McCoy is on a leave of absence from the Enterprise, but we get a very good insight into the doctor through the eyes of his substitute.") (4)
* McCoy's Haiku by Desire Gonzales ("McCoy is stranded on a landing party assignment by an ion storm. Injured and alone he is rescued by the only inhabitant of the planet, a large humanoid female.") (9)
* Cathardis by Pam Boure (10)
* Viewpoints by Meg Fine (12)
* Time... and Time Again by Claudia Crawford (nominated for aFan Q) (13)
* McCoy's Discovery by Cathy Gilchrist (72)
* A Captain's Haiku by Desire Gonzales (89)
* "Ol' Indestructible" by Betsy Fisher (91)
* The Sallin Gift by Madona Skaff ("McCoy has received a gift from the Sallins, a crystalline stone with the power to intensify thoughts and dreams. The stone is so powerful that Spock is affected along with McCoy.") (92)
* The Hidden Side by Pam Boure (102)
* Aftermath by Desire Gonzales (103)
* The Heat of the Battle by L.S. Swisher (104)
* Shadows by Betsy Fisher (105)
* Reminiscence by Pam Boure (111)
* Price by Desire Gonzales (112)
* The Logical Solution by Madona Skaff (114)
* Love Letter to Mister Spock by Betsy Fisher (inside back cover)
Image:enter8art1.jpg| from issue #8, Kathy Carlson
Image:enter8art2.jpg| from issue #8, Nan Lewis
Image:enter8art3.jpg| from issue #8, Desire Gonzales
Image:enter8art4.jpg| from issue #8, Cami Forsell
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1979 ZinesCategory:1980s