TREKisM at Length

TREKisM at Length is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology edited by Vel Jaeger. The series collects and reprints content from the long-running newsletter TREKisM.
Art is included on Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
 
==Issue 1==
TREKisM at Length 1 was published in 1979 (reprinted with copy edits and the addition of "Footnotes on the Second Edition" in 1985) and contains 52 pages. Its content is short pieces from issues #1-8 of TREKisM plus some original content. The illos are by Henry Roll (cartoons on pages 25 and 47), Vel Jaeger (front and back covers), and LaVena Kay Kidd (everything else).
The editor's comments from the second edition: 
* Strange Trek by LeVena Kay Kidd (4)
* When the Munchies Hit by Barb Parcells (10)
* Not the Way to Go by David Buxbaum (11)
* Classified Communiqué by Catherine Whitehead (reprinted from Antithesis) (12)
* Little Lady Milque-Toast by Rosemarie Eierman (14)
* Black Warrior by Barba Parcells (15)
* Journey to Talos IV by Karen C. Hunter (16)
* Personalities by Vel Jaeger (20)
* Just What This Ship Needs... Another Vulcan by Vivian Meltz Bregman (reprinted from Vulcan Irregulars) (22)
* Mine Can Be No More Worse Than Someone Else's by Rosemarie Eierman (26)
* Of Women and Of Voyages by Vel Jaeger (27)
* Insufficient Data!!! by Rosemarie Eierman (28)
* A Star Trek Bibliography by Vel Jaeger (31)
* From the Diary of Chai Williams by Barb Parcells (33)
* Scales of Infinity by Vel Jaeger (34)
* A Romulan's Revenge by Vel Jaeger (35)
* Just One of Those Days by Vivian Meltz Bregman (reprinted from Vulcan Irregulars) (36)
* Ode to a Mass-Produced Klingon by Barb Parcells (43)
* Just How Fanatic a Fanatic Are You? by Vel Jaeger (44)
* A Fly in the Ointment by Barb Parcells (45)
* Trivialities Sector by various SIG members (48)
* Footnotes on the Second Edition (52)
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Image:tal1insideback.jpg|inside back cover, issue #1, LaVena Kay Kidd
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
TREKisM at Length 2 was published in 1981 (reprinted a third time with copy edits in March 1986) and contains 112 pages. It is compiled from issues 9-15 of TREKisM. Back cover: Vel Jaeger. Art & illustrations: James R. Moon, Vel Jaeger, Lavena Kay Kidd.
This issue had a long exchange of LoCs between a fan and the author of Captives regarding the K/S premise. See Captives.
 
* Editorial Ramblings by Vel Jaeger
* Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise Go Somewhere Thataway by the Kidds p. 1-8
* A Star Trek Dick & Jane
* Con Reports: p. 9-19
** Star Trek America Con, NY City, Labor Day weekend 19789
** Stellar Con V, Greensboro, NC, March 21-22 1980
** Florida Space Festival, Tampa, March 23-24 1980 by George Takei
** Kansas City, July 25-27, 1980 - DeKelley & Grace Lee Whitney (Phone Interview with Gene Roddenberry, AugustTrek 1980 p. 20-21)
* A Message for the Letter Log by Karen Hunter p. 22-24
* The Sound of Muzak by David E. Buxbaum p. 25-27
* Breeding Programs - article explaining the new Klingons p. 28-31
* Captain's Contemplations by Mike Koenigsberg p. 33-40
* Trekkish Holidays - the Halloween Incident by V. L. Thorn p. 41-44
* A Few Words form Scotty, p. 46 (report of James Doohan interview at Georgetown College, 1979)
* The Collectibles Enterpriser by David G. MacLean, p. 47-49
* Star Trek, the Book: a Review by Peter Scott, p. 50-51
* A Klingonii Rebuttal, p. 52
* Klingon Trivia Quiz, p. 53
* Toodleloo, Mary Sue by Moria by Donna Washburn p. 54-57 (slash, parody) 
* Trekish Holidays, part II: Trek Us All With Boughs of Holly by David E. Buxbaum p. 58-60 (actually 9p - mistyped page numbers)
* Love and War Among the Vulcans by Karen Hunter (A) p. 62-65
* Puzzles, p. 66-68
* Lights Out by David E. Buxbaum p. 69-70
* Star Dreck by Jean MacKay Jackson, p. 70-71
* A Most Logical Misunderstanding by Peter Scott p. 72-73
* Ship Security, Sulu Style by Michael Koenigsberg p. 74 - 76
* A Mother's Son by Vivian Meltz Bregman 7p (numbering off)
* A Hairy Log by Ginger Lee, p. 80
* Insufficient Data by Rosemarie Eierman, p. 81-86
* Idylls in a Romulan Mode by Vel Jaeger, p. 87-88
* Klingon Ethnological Studies, p. 89-90
* Romulan Astronomy by Robert S. Sayes, p. 91
* Trek-M's Speak their Minds on... Star Trek: the Motion Picture, p. 93-99
* Letters, p. 100-107 (An exchange of LoCs between a fan and the author of Captives regarding the K/S premise. See Captives.)
* Zine plugs, p. 108
* Contributors, p. 109-110
Poetry:
* Reincarnation by Jacki Gasiorek, p. 19
* The People by Amy Saenz, p. 21
* Mission #80 by V.L. Thorn, p. 27
* Epitaph to Norman by V.L. Thorn, p. 32
* What's a Rhaandarite? by Vel Jaeger, p. 32
* The Visit by V.L. Thorn, p. 44
* I Am Not T'Pring by Amy J. Saenz, p. 45
* XVIII by Amy D. Whit, p. 45
* To Grieve with Thee by Rosemarie Eierman, p. 51
* Mr. Scott by V.L. Thorn, p. 57
* The Christmas Incident by V.L. Thorn, p. 60
* If a Starship Had a Fireplace by LaVena Kay Kidd, p. 61
* Eagle by Barb Parcells, p. 68
Image:tal2-1.jpg|interior sample from issue #2, Vel Jaeger
Image:tal2-2.jpg|interior sample from issue #2, LaVena Kay Kidd
Image:tal2-3.jpg|interior sample from issue #2, LaVena Kay Kidd
Image:tal2-4.jpg|interior sample from issue #2, Vel Jaeger
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Trekism at Length 3 was published in 1983 and contains 262 pages. 
It was edited by Vel Jaeger. 
The art is by Vel Jaeger, Virginia Lee Smith, LaVena Kay Kidd, Bonnie Reitz, Leah Rosenthal, Christine Myers, Toni Hardemen, Beverly C. Zuk, Melody Rondeau, Elaine Tripp, Barbara J. Yanosko, and Gennie Summers.
According to TREKisM #28, this issue contains "all of the art that was commissioned for Kirk but never printed because of a difference of artistic opinion among the editors."
* Midnight Soliloquy by Linda C. Brown (7)
* An Enigma by Vel Jaeger (8)
* An Unexpected Pleasure by V.L. Thorn (9)
* The Legacy by Vel Jaeger (25)
* Small Comforts by Beth Carlson (26)
* Deus Ex Machina by Emily C. Ross (28)
* Mischief by Debbie Gilbert (30)
* Maturity by Debbie Gilbert (31)
* A Mother's Response by Rowena G. Warner (32)
* Sanctuary by Linda C. Brown (33)
* Thoughts on a Spring Night by Linda Slusher (reprinted in Kalin Kollected) (34)
* Paradigm by V.L. Thorn (36)
* By Your Side by Patt Demetri (39)
* Barter the Stars by Barbara J. Yanosko (40)
* Mind If I Join You? by Vel Jaeger (95)
* By Sun and Candle-light by Beth Carlson (97)
* Chanson by Emily C. Ross (102)
* Not Again by Patt Demetri (105)
* A Fold in the Wolf by Moira Washburn (106)
* It Could Have Been Glorious by Catherine L. Whitehead (112)
* Saving the Captain's Royal by Beth Carlson (113)
* Not Out of the M**D Yet by Peter C. Scott (115)
* Help! by Patt Demetri (124)
* The Best Medicine by Rowena G. Warner (127)
* When It Hurts Too Much to Cry by Moria Washburn (129)
* Rights by Patt Demetri (143)
* Starfleet Academy Exam by Stephen Mendenhall (144)
* The Written Word in the 23rd Century by Stephen Mendehall (146)
* The Casting Department by Stphen Mendenhall (149)
* Conventional Adventures by Catherine L. Whitehead (153)
* Who's Who at SF Cons by LaVena Kay Kidd (157)
* Please, Spock by Patt Demetri (179)
* Again by Patt Demetri (180)
* Just a Hand Behind by Patt Demetri (181)
* Over the River and Through the Woods by Devery Helm (184)
* In One Ear by Debbie Gilbert (187)
* Star Trek: The Home Movie by Fran Panabaker and Wanda Butts (187)
* And Be Alone on Earth by Karen C. Hunter (203)
* M-5 Again by Jon B. Green (223)
* Spock Experiments by Karen C. Hunter (228)
* Schemes and Counterschemes by Rosemarie Eierman (231)
* The Wager by Karen C. Hunter (234)
* The Main Course by Rowena G. Warner (237)
* The Lesson by Robert S. Sayes (238)
* Birthday Boy by Debbie Gilbert (241)
* Nocturne by Beth Carlson (243)
* Perceptions by Emily Tripp (245)
* Carol by Emily C. Ross (246)
* Upenda by Vel Jaeger (246)
* Miserere by V.L. Thorn (247)
* No Home by Patt Demetri (247)
* Postscript to a Funeral by Linda Slusher (248)
* Walls by Vel Jaeger (248)
* Eulogy from a Country Doctor by Rowena G. Warner (249)
* Grief by Patt Demetri (250)
* The Gift of Insight by Debbie Gilbert (250)
* New Dawn by Patt Demetri (251)
* Aftermath by Karen C. Huter (252)
* Perfection by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #3) (255)
* Reverse Image by Ginna LaCroix (also in Trek Encore #3) (256)
*The End? by Patt Demetri (261)
* Home at Last by Patt Demtri (262)
Image:trekismal3art1.jpg|from issue #3, Virginia Lee Smith
Image:trekismal3art2.jpg|from issue #3, LaVena Kay Kidd
Image:trekismal3art4.jpg|from issue #3, Leah Rosenthal
Image:trekismal3art5.jpg|from issue #3, Christine Myers
Image:trekismal3art6.jpg|from issue #3, Vel Jaeger
Image:trekismal3art7.jpg|from issue #3, Beverly Zuk
Image:trekismal3art8.jpg|from issue #3, Christine Myers
Image:trekism3art.jpg| art for the poem from issue #3, "Thoughts on a Spring Night" by Linda Slusher, art by Bonnie Reitz
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
TREKisM at Length 4 was published in 1984 and contains 162 pages. It was edited by Vel Jaeger and illustrated by Lavena Kay Kidd. The front cover is by Kidd, and the back by Jaeger. 
This zine is a single novel called "A Matter Of Time" by Lee Phillips.
Summary: "An action-adventure tale with Spock at the center, involved with Klingons; Kirk, McCoy, and some new characters play pivotal roles in new settings."
Another summary: The Enterprise has been vanquished in a battle with the Klingons. McCoy has been seriously injured, Kirk blinded and Spock taken prisoner by the Klingons. The story tells of McCoy's efforts to help Kirk, the Klingons treatment of Spock, and the adventures that lead to the reuniting of the three friends.
From a flyer: 
From the author's preface: 
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==Issue 5==
TREKisM at Length 5 was published in 1985 and contains 228 pages. Its covers were printed on a warm grey classic laid card stock. It was edited by Vel Jaeger, contributing editor was Kim Knapp. Front cover is by LaVena Kay Kidd, back cover by Vel Jaeger. Other art by Barbara Walker and Gennie Summers.
DATA ENTRIES
* Frost on the Typewriter by V.L Thorn, art by LaVena Kay Kidd (2)
* Trek Omen" by V.L. Thorn (originally appeared in TREKisM #26) (6)
* James T. Kirk vs The Computer by Jon B. Green (originally appeared in TREKisM #31) (7)
* Logic and the Vulcan Mythos by Karen C. Hunter (originally appeared in TREKisM #16) (8)
* The Engineer's Log by Jon B. Green (originally appeared in TREKisM #33) (10) 
* To Seek Out New Life by Katherine Gillen (originally appeared in "SigNature" Jan/Feb and Mar/Apr 1984, was also printed in Communications Console (May/June 1984)) (11)
* The Babel Perspective by Barbara J. Yanosko, art by Gennie Summers (14)
* Insufficient Data by Rosemarie Elerman (originally appeared in TREKisM #16-30) (20)
* Star Trek 1½ by Debbie Gilbert (originally appeared in TREKisM #29 and Communications Console (May/June 1983)) (36)
* The Search for Spock by Rosemarie Eierman, art by Barbara Walker, and LeVena Kay Kidd (37)
* Our Readers Respond: commentaries on issue #3 (45)
 
FANTASTIC REALMS:
* An Enigma by Vel Jaeger (originally appeared in TREKisM at Length #3) (52)
* Tales from the Vulcan Hearth by Karen C. Hunter (53)
* How the Vulcans Lost Their Wings (54)
* The Sky God's Daughter (56)
* The Gift of the Gods, art by LaVena Kay Kidd (57)
* Sui Generis by V.L. Thorn (58)
* Cat-Kin by Emily Ross (originally appeared in TREKisM #36) (60)
 
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES:
* Pandora's Bowl by Suzan Lovett, art by Lovett (63) (reprinted in Antinomy)
* Shipping Out by Emily Ross (72)
* Choices by Isabel Klein (73)
* Though Years Be Past by Kim Knapp, art by Kidd (76)
* Who Mourns for Adonais? by Lee E. Heller (83)
* Innuendo by Kim Knapp (Christine Chapel is obviously very angry at Dr. McCoy, but he has no idea what he could have done to deserve her wrath.) (84) (originally appeared in TREKisM #35)
* Where are the Clowns by Isabel Klein, art by Kidd (85)
 
THE INCOMPLEAT PUZZLER:
* Word Searches by Rosemaie Elerman (105)
* Star Trek Speaks: Cryptograms by Elerman (110)
 
STRICTLY FOR LAUGHS:
* What's in a Name by Moria Washburn (114) (originally appeared in TREKisM #16)
* Count Dratula by Laurel Ridener and Lynn Sych, art by Kidd (116)
* An Attirely New Day by Rosemarie Eierman (121)
* Intelligence Quotha by Moriea Washburn (originally appeared in TREKisM #26) (122) 
* Food, Glorious Food by Kidd, art by Kidd (125)
* Ode to Star Trek on a Fringe Station by Bonny Backslider (originally appeared in TREKisM #32) (131)
* Starfleet Bartender's Guide by Kidd, art by Kidd (132)
 
THE HUMAN ADVENTURE:
* Soliloquy at Gol by Ellen Hulley (140)
* Hobson's Choice by Kim Knapp (141)
* Yesterday's Shadow by Vel Jaeger, art by Jaeger (142)
 
FROM HELL'S HEART:
* Ebony Brass by Kidd, art by Kidd (148)
* Joachim's Lament by Debbie Gilbert (originally appeared in TREKisM #27) (150)
* Puzzlement by Debbie Gilbert (151)
* Premonition by Patt Demetri (152)
* Reflection by Patt Demetri, art by Jaeger (152)
* Through the Link by Denise S. Chonka, art by Jaeger (154)
* Desolation by Allie Werhan (originally appeared in TREKisM #35) (156)
* Solitaire by V.L. Thorn (originally appeared in TREKisM #26) (156)
* Invocation by Mikki Reynard (originally appeared in TREKisM #38) (157)
* Yesterday by Patt Demetri (157)
* A Little Death by Lee E. Heller (158)
 
THE NEEDS OF THE MANY:
* Tears and Laughter by Karen C. Hunter, art by Barbara Walker (160)
* High Stakes by Emily Ross (163)
* D'amour e'Klingon by Lee Phillips, art by Jaeger (165)
* Agent Provocateur by V.L. Thorn, art by Jaeger (166)
* Final Option by Debbie Gilbert (168)
* The Needs of the One by Barbara J. Yanosko, art by Yanosko (169)
* The Childlost by Ellen Hulley, art by Jaeger (171)
* Lost by Pat Demetri (171)
* To Lose a Son by Debbie Gilbert, art by Jaeger (172)
* In the Garden of Thought by Denies S. Chonka and Donna Frost, art by Jaeger (We join McCoy in the Garden of Thought at Sarek and Amanda's home in SkiKahr. It is immediately following the Fal Tor Pan and McCoy is trying to understand the 'dark and empty' space inside him that he cannot fill or banish.) (175)
* Vulcan Transition by Allie Werhan (178)
 
ALTERNATE VISIONS:
* Mudd's Menagerie by Stephen Mendenhall, art by Jaeger (181)
* New Blood, Old Blood by Moria Washburn, art by Kidd (188)
* Speculation, Stardate: 8142.4 by Mikki Reynard, art by Jaeger (196)
* Out of the Ashes by Barbara J. Yanosko, art by Kidd (200)
* In Which We Serve by Isabel Klein, art by Kidd (205)
* Phatasma by Rosemarie Eierman, art by Kidd (227)
Image:trekismfive.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:trekism5art1.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:trekism5art2.jpg| from issue #5, art by Suzan Lovett for her story Pandora's Bowl. The art seems to lack many of the characteristics of Suzan Lovett's signature style - the faces and body lack proportion and the intricate detailed background and border motifs are missing. This may be due to a variety of factors, among them the reproduction limitations inherent in print fanzine art. Still, given its relatively late date (1985) in the artist's career, at a time where she had already begun developing her style, make this an unusual departure.
Image:trekism5art3.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:trekism5art4.jpg| from issue #5, Barbara Walker
Image:trekism5art5.jpg| from issue #5, LaVena Kay Kidd
Image:trekism5art6.jpg| from issue #5, art by Vel Jaeger, The Romulan Commander from "Through the Link"
Image:trekism5art7.jpg| from issue #5, Gennie Summers
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
TREKisM at Length 6 was published in 1985 and contains 200 pages. The art is by LaVena Kay Kidd and Vel Jaeger.
* The Wine of Astonishment by Kim Knapp (1)
* Portfolio: Prelude to the Eternal Loser, art and poetry by Vel Jaeger (43)
* Portfolio: Early Harvest, art and poetry by Vel Jaeger (45)
* Portfolio: Visionary, art and poetry by Vel Jaeger (46)
* Portfolio: Chrysalis, art and poetry by Vel Jaeger (49)
* Portfolio: Alpha Quest, art and poetry by Vel Jaeger (50)
* Technically Speaking (collected columns from TREKisM #32, #33, #34, #36, #37, #41, #42, #43, #44) by Peter Scott
* TreKomedy Korner by Elliot Miller and Louis Rakita (compiled from TREKisM #28, #29, #30, #31, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44) (65)
** Episodes that Never Quite Made It (66)
** Did You Ever Wonder -- (72)
** Trekwiz I (72)
**Trekwiz II (74)
**The Now I've Heard Everything Quiz (76)
** World's Hardest Trekwiz I (76)
**Worlds' Hardest Trekwiz II (78)
** World's Easiest Trekwiz I (78)
** World's Easiest Trekwiz II (79)
* Private Pleasures by Deborah Goby (80)
* The Evil that Men Do by Isabell Klein (81)
* Mind-Slave by Anne B. Collins, D.V.M. (120)
* Portfolio: Art and Poetry by Vel Jaeger (126) (reprinted from Voices to the Stars)
** An Endless Presence (126)
** A Mortal Stumble (129)
** When Only Anger Reigns (130)
* Time in Two by Barbara Yanosko (132)
* Relics, a novel by Deborah Goby (reprinted from TREKisM #43)
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==Issue 7==
TREKisM at Length 7 was published in 1986 and contains just over 150 pages. It contains reprinted stories by Karen Hunter that have appeared in other zines. It contains no interior art.
From the editorial: 
* Academy Cadets (reprinted from Kirk (1) 
* Parting of the Ways (reprinted from Saurian Brandy Digest) (2)
* Outbreak on Ostergard (reprinted from Saurian Brandy Digest) (14)
* Journey to Talos IV (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #1) (26)
* Challenge (reprinted from In a Different Reality #23) (30)
* Love and War Among the Vulcans (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #2) (44)
*Logic and the Vulcan Mythos (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #5) (48)
* Jettison! (reprinted from R & R #20) (51)
* Vulcan Woman (reprinted from R & R #20) (67)
* Argument/Acceptance, poem (reprinted from In a Different Reality #22) (89)
* Last Mission (reprinted from Saurian Brandy Digest #19) (90)
* And Be Alone on Earth (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #3) (104)
* Officer Material (reprinted from Maine(ly) Trek #4) (121)
* Spock Experiments (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #3) (132)
* A Message for the Letter Log (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #2) (135)
* The Bare Facts (reprinted from Kirk, was originally titled "A Problem in Supply") (138)
* The Wager (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #3) (140)
* Aftermath (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #3) (143)
* Tears and Laughter (reprinted from TREKisM at Length #5) (146)
* Saavik's Farewell, a poem (reprinted from Academy Chronicles #7) (149)
* Understanding, a poem by (reprinted from Academy Chronicles #8 (150)
==Issue 8==
TREKisM at Length 8 Edited by Vel Jaeger and Kim Knapp. Published in 1987, 374 pages, art by Ken Feduniewicz, Toni Hardeman, Vel Jaeger, and LaVena Kay Kidd. On the cover: "Celebrating 20 Years of Star Trek." Poetry by Demetri, Ellen Hulley, and Elain Shappard. Non-fiction by Lynda Carraher, Karen C. Hunter and Stephen Mendenhall.
Vel Jaeger's comments about her story, "Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend": 
* Lest We Forget by Deborah Goby. Cadet Uhura, about to begin the Academy training, has a personal introduction to space history. (2 pages)
* The Winds of Change by Elizabeth Small. An undercover mission sends an Enterprise crewmember aboard the USS Belinda, a ship with a poor performance record, an unhappy crew, and suspicious connections with Klingon smugglers. (31 pages)
* To Love Again by Deborah Goby (3 pages)
* Not Quite Paradise by Kim Knapp. Ever wonder what happened to Nurse Chapel when she was exposed to the spores of Omicron Ceti III? It wasn't paradise for her at all. (4 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #1)
* Confrere by Jane Land. Lady Amanda has a revealing converstion with Nurse Chapel following the events of "Journey to Babel". (9 pages)
* Dandelions in the Wind by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* A Private Little Ambition by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* Who Is James T. Kirk? by Karen C. Hunter. Analysis of Kirk's personality. (6 pages)
* Interlude by Elaine Sheppard (poem)
* Conventionally Speaking by Lynda Carraher. Short pieces used as opening statements at convention panels:
** Are We Taking Trek Too Seriously?
** Where's the Magic In Star Trek?
** Humor in Written Trek
** A McCoy Panel
** A Spock Panel
** Poetry
** Changes in Star Trek: A Retrospective by Stephen Mendenhall. Article (5 pages)
* Dialogue in the Clouds by Ellen Hulley (1 page)
* Requiem for Fools by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* The Lighter Side of Star Trek: the E Team by Stephen Mendenhall (2 pages)
* Trelane by Elaine Sheppard (poem)
* An Uplifting Tale by Lynda Carraher (2 pages)
* Chekov's Daydream by Deborah Goby (2 pages)
* Eternally Ensign? by Isabell Klein (9 pages)
* No Parking by Deborah Gorby. McCoy runs full speed into the brick wall of a Terran traffic bureaucracy, and ultimately involves everyone on the Enterprise -- much to the annoyance of his captain. (16 pages)
* Knowledge Sleeping by Bonita Kale. A novella-length saga featuring a historical novelist conducting what should have been simple research on a planet considering membership in the Federation. Before long, the Enterprise is embroiled in a native plot to overthrow the immortal Emperor. A baffling plague and telepathy add to the mystery. (81 pages)
* We Three Kings by Deborah Goby. A routine scientific assignment for Chekov and Sulu is disrupted by an urgent plea for help, which occurs under very unusual circumstances. (5 pages)
* The Youngest Brother by Karen C. Hunter. Story from the Tales from the Vulcan Hearth series. (4 pages)
* Tales of the Fifth Year by A. C. Willment. 125 pages of short and long stories focusing on the last year of the Enterprise's 5-year mission. Longer works feature McCoy in "Dining with the Devil," Spock in "Prodigal Son," and Kirk in "Fear in a Handful of Dust.' Old friends and new appear in a wide variety of situations and themes -- and to tell any more would spoil some wonderful surprises.
** Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (4 pages)
** Other Lives (4 pages)
** Dining with the Devil (35 pages)
** The Vivisection (3 pages)
** Prodigal Son (32 pages)
** With the Tongues of Men and Angels (5 pages)
** Fear in a Handful of Dust (37 pages)
** Absent Friends (5 pages)
* Kaleidoscope by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* A Fatal Honor by Kim Knapp. Joachim's last moments in "The Wrath of Khan." (2 pages)
* Ripple Effect by Leigh Caskey. Dr. Chapel learns of Spock's death in a tragically abrupt manner. (4 pages)
* Anomalies by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* Auld Lang Syne by Kim Knapp. The mutinous Enterprise crew has an unexpected ally in their escape from Spacedock in "The Search for Spock." (3 pages)
* Contrapunto by Ellen Hulley (poem)
* Exiles by Karen Rhodes. Kirk and crew head out on an undercover mission in the Bird of Prey to track down the security leak that gave the Genesis secret to the Klingons. (25 pages)
* Home Again, Home Again by Karen C. Hunter (3 pages)
* Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend by Vel Jaeger. Gillian Taylor was wrong when she told Kirk she wouldn't be leaving anyone behind on 20th century Earth. (5 pages)
Image:tal8-1.jpg|LaVena Kay Kidd
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Image:tal8-3.jpg| Ken Feduniewicz 
Image:tal8-4.jpg|Vel Jaeger
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===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8===
==Issue 9==
TREKisM at Length 9 was published in 1991 and contains 288 pages. It is subtitled: Tales from the Fourth Year. The fiction is by A.C. Willment. Art is by LeVena Kay Kidd (front cover and interior art), Ken Feduniewicz (back cover) and Vel Jaeger (graphics). The covers were thermo-graphed on heavy white glossy card stock, something, if not one-of-a-kind in fanzines, was very rare.
The author writes that the established" chronology of the filmed series and movies is impossible to untangle and has many flaws, and so she has taken the liberty of establishing her own: 
* The Mystery (1)
* My Better Angel--Old enemies, and unexpected allies, cross the paths of the Enterprise crew when they are called to rescue a planet under siege -- and learn that no matter how far they travel, their selves will catch up with them.) (7)
* To Gather Stones Together (95)
* Time in Thy Flight--Crippled and drifting, the Enterprise welcomes the aid of a crack mechanic. But the enigmatic visitor has other priorities, and my fix the ship while tearing the crew apart. (99)
* Widow's Walk (186)
* The Strange Heart--Juggling an assistance job for a civilian colony and a trio of unusual ambassadors to the Federation, Kirk finds himself forced into three problematic and harrowing "first contacts," one of which will change his life forever. (194)
* Epilogue: At Daybreak (281)
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 Image:trekism9inside.jpg| inside art from issue #9 by LaVena Kay Kidd
==Issue 10==
It is a tribute issue to Kyle Eric Stuart, who passed away shortly before the zine, Between the Sheets, was published.
==Issue 11==
==References==
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