Heart of Glory

Zine
Title:	Heart of Glory
Publisher:	Soong's Folly Press
Editor(s):	Tom Hottle (K'Tol the Irritable), Don Kroth (art editor), with Diane McCarty, Ed Charlton, Joel "Twisty" Nye
Date(s):	1994-1995
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Medium:	print zine
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Genre:
Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
External Links:	"K'tol and Khar'ton, 3 AM, at Kinkos, 9/94, a HOG is born" issue #1 and one of its kreators
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Heart of Glory is a gen Star Trek: TOS Klingon anthology edited by Tom Hottle (K'Tol the Irritable), Don Kroth, with Diane McCarty, Ed Charlton, Joel "Twisty" Nye.

Comments from One of the Creators

I did the zine bit once. I and my partners in crime did two issues of "Heart of Glory", a Klingon-based zine. I fronted all the actual production costs, and my art director swallowed the cost of supplies. Eventually, this got to be too cumbersome, even with Bill Hupe doing the actual publishing. I lost $400 putting two issues together, including courtesy issues and whatnot. Had I not already been bogged down considerably by HoG's short run, I might have sent Randy Landers a hard copy of "Yesterday's Heroes" and its sequels. I don't know if "Alliance" meets Orion's criteria, but "Yesterday's..." could have been adjusted slightly. Still, by the time I called it quits with HoG, I was just getting started on ASC. (Some of you may remember the aborted "Beyond the Barrier" from before my days as J.) When I saw the response I got as a result of posting YH, formatting errors and all, I realized that I wasn't spending a dime for any of this. It was a by-product of two e-mail accounts with news access that I already paid for. And I didn't have to pay for what I was getting in return. The zine experience, though, has had its benefits. Should aI decide to take the plunge again, I can always run it past Randy to see if he wants to publish it. And had I not done HoG, I would not have met the author of the Kearsarge Chronicles, and the Alliance stories might have lost some very valuable input. As for pword vs. eword, I think eword, for the most part, is still another variant on pword. A lot of stories I print out because I don't want to sit and strain my eyes. Eword, with all of its possibilities, will simply carve its own little niche. As long as they can make paper, they'll print books.

Issue 1

Heart of Glory 1 was published in 1994 and contains 74 pages. The cover is by Don Kroth.

front cover of issue #1, Don Kroth

• Edicts from The Dicator (sic) (1) by Tom Hottle/K'tol the Irritable (1)
• Credits (2)
• The Klingon Bellwethers by Joel "Twisty" Nye (3)
• The Tale of Kurrus the Traitor by Jack Borkowski (4)
• Origin of the "betlhH" by Kael vestai-Mang (14)

thlingan Hol

• Klingon Greetings and Unmentionable Parts by GF Proechel (16)
• Klingon Greetings and Unmentionable Parts, another view by Dr. "Cat" Ramos (17)
• This Issue's Fun Phrase requested by Mike Orock (19)
• Encounter in Aurora, a True Story by Jerry Murphy (20)
• A Threat Renewed by Don Kroth et al (22)
• The Hero's Call by Amy Bittenbinder (36)
• What is Canon? by Ed Charlton (38)
• The Klin Komics by various artists (40)
• Mark of a Warrior by Diane McCarty (42)
• Notes from the Irritable by K'tol the Irritable (49)
• Ka'Charla the nejwI, a Relay Story, chapter one: Enemies and Friends by Ed Charlton (51)
• Say the Wrong Thing, Torg!!! by imaginary readers we invented (64)
• Klin Klassifieds (Be a Ferengi. We'll forgive you... this time. ) (68)
• Bios (Who makes up this stuff, anyway?) (70)
• Parting Shots (Stuff you might want to hear before our next thrill packed issue!!!) (73)

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  portrait of "Kang" from issue #1, Don Kroth

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  inside art from issue #1, Don Kroth

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  sample inside pages

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  sample inside pages

Issue 2

Heart of Glory 2 was published in May 1995 and contains 109 pages. From the cover, "Featuring, 'The Saga of Kahless,' 'Mother Conflict' and Ka'Charla Chews More Scenery."

front cover of issue #2

inside art, "The Two Kahlesses," from issue #2, Charles Pearson

• Disclaimers, Guidelines and Other Boring Stuff (Things we have to print to keep this legal.) (1)
• Kontents (2)
• Edicts from the Dictator by the Ever-Irritable K'tol (4)
• Gargoyles by Chok (6)
• Ways to Die WIthout Honor by Don Kroth (9)
• The Saga of Kahless: Excerpts from the Sacred Texts by WIlliam FB Vodry (11)
• Klingon Emperors by Ed Charlton (33)
• chI'ry - Fek'Lhr's Children by Jack Borkowski (39)

thlingan Hol

• About Our Last ISsue (45)
• The Frustrations of thlingan Hol by David Barron (47)
• On the Pronoun 'e' by Will Martin (49)
• This Issue's Fun Phrase by GF Prochel (51)
• Left Brain/Right Brain by Joel "Twisty" Nye (53)
• Pirate Admiral by Don Kroth (57)
• What is Canon? by Ed Charlton (61)
• Mother Conflict, part one by Joel "Twisty" Nye (65)
• Klimerick, a Relay Poem started by Jack Borkowski (72)
• Ka'charla The nejwI: chapter two: Into the Lungs of Hell by Don Kroth (71)
• Dear Kordite (It's best we don't tell you.) (87)
• Say the Wrong Thing, Torg! (real [[LoCs|letters... from real people! 'Mazin'!) (89)
• Notes from the Irritable (K'tol's little temper tantrum) (94)
• Klin Klassifieds (for the Ferengi in you...) (96)
• Bios (Who's responsible for this travesty in zinedom?) (98)
• Part Shots (K'Zir has her say.) (101)