A Tremor in the Force

Title:	A Tremor in the Force
Creator:	Cheree Cargill, Falcon Press
Date(s):	1987 - 2007
Medium:	fanzine
Fandom:	Star Wars
External Links:	Falcon Press
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A Tremor in the Force is one of the longest running gen Star Wars zines, and is published by Falcon Press. It contains stories by multiple authors, has color covers and interior illustrations by various fan artists, and usually is over 200 pages.

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2 Issue 2
3 Issue 3
4 Issue 4
5 Issue 5
6 Issue 6
7 Issue 7
8 Issue 8
9 Issue 9
10 Issue 10
11 Cover Gallery

Issue 1

A Tremor in the Force 1 was published in 1984 and is 161 pages.

No One Will Know I'm Gone-poem---Martie Benedict 1page
Just A Dream----story----Cheree Cargill 2 pages
Coming of Age----story---Sheila Truax 1 page
The Sins of the Fathers----story---T.S. Wedell 7 pages
Kessel Run----poem---Martie Benedict 2 pages
A Lesson in Love---story---Jeanine Hennig 3 pages
Incident on Ord Mantell-----story----T.S. Wedell 7 pages
Interlude on Bespin----story---Cheree Cargill 6 pages
Those Golden Eyes----poem---Kathryn Agel 1 page
Miracles Can Happen----poem---Kathryn Agel 1 page
The Master's Voice----story---Jean L. Stevenson 4 pages
Fortune's A Woman---poem-Martie Benedict 1 page
Celebrate the Love----story---Jean L. Stevenson 4 pages
The Ballad of Traeger Jonah----poem---Marti Benedict 3 pages
The Lesson----story---J.A. Berger 16 pages
Breakdown in Communication----story---Martie Benedict 27 pages
Through the Long Night----story----Marcia Brin 5 pages
Thoughts By Firelight----poem---Sally Smith 1 page
Lost Love---poem---Mary Teel 1 page
Legacy----story---Jeanine Hennig 71 pages

Issue 2

A Tremor in the Force 2 was published in 1985 and is 187 pages. Art by Wanda Lybarger, Jenni, Nancy Stasulis and others.

Goodbye----vignette---Danaline Bryant 1 page
Faux Pas---story---Patricia D'Orazio 2 pages
Rite of Passage---story-T.S. Weddell 7 pages
Encounter Off Kashyyyk----story---Cheree Cargill 10 pages
True Opponents---story---Patricia D'Orazio 20 pages *
The Resuce-Part 2----story-Barbara M. Stultz 15 pages
Memories ---story-L.A. Carr 8 pages
Whose Worth Unknown----story---T.S. Weddell 23 pages
Communication---story-Gail Small 3 pages
Requiem----story---Jeanine Hennig 3 pages
The Wishing Well---story-Lynda Vandiver 2 pages
Beneath the Mythos---story-Linda Knights 5 pages
Voices on the Air---story-Martie Benedict 20 pages
Against the Wind----poem---Cheree Cargill 1 page
A Family Affair----story---Ann Wortham 3 pages
The Burdens of His Life---vignettes----Susan Matthews 2 pages
With You Always---story---Marcia Brin 3 pages
Mindlink----story---Carolyn Golledge

Issue 3

A Tremor in the Force 3 was published in 1986 and is 238 pages. Features material by Carolyn Golledge, Martie Benedict. Marcia Brin. T. S. Weddell, Michelle Malkin, Jacqueline Taero, Carol Mularski, Robin White. Kate Birkel, Matthew Whitney, Judith Tyler, Ronda Henderson, Gail Small. Sandi Jones. Art of Wanda Lybarger, Martynn, Dianne Smith, Dani, Steven Fox, Jenni, Nancy Stasulis, Barbara Frances—Simon. Pat Easley, Mark and Melea Fisher, Jim Markle.

Issue 4

A Tremor in the Force 4 was published in 1988 and is 207 pages.

A Long Night's Journey Into Day---story---Judith Tyler 3 pages
Nothing More Than Feelings---story---Judith Tyler-2 pages
Hyl Rann's Discovery----story---Judith Tyler 7 pages
Boushh----poem----Susan Zahn---1 page
Love Resurrected----poem---Susan Zahn 1 page
Merry Days, My Lovely----story---Kate Birkel 15 pages
A Mother's Love---story---Ruth Radecki 3 pages
A Scene from the Past: What Could Have Happened-Margaret Lynn Stewart 1 page
Reclaimed----story---Barbara Gardner 4 pages
To Be A Jedi---story---Marti Schuller 17 pages
The Lando Calrissian Last-Minute Hero Blues---poem---Jacqueline Taero
Diamond of the First Water----story---Marcia Brin 18 pages
Bright Suns Shone--- Maggie Nowakowska-4 pages *
Changeling---story---Matthew Whitney 4 pages *
Into the Dark Side----story---James Booth 17 pages
Time To Go---vignette-Melanie Guttierrez 2 pages
Who Dares Do More---Irina Ozernoy
The Conspiracy of Kommnor---story-Angela Fassio 20 pages
Victory Scars----story---Carolyn Golledge 20 pages
Sith Before Weddings---story---Kerry Nash

Issue 5

A Tremor in the Force 5 was published in 1990 and is 280 pages. It has a color cover by Dianne Smith and other art by Wanda Lybarger, Melanie Guttierrez, Nancy Stasulis, Laura Virgil, Z.P. Florian and a portfolio by Steven Fox.

Dreamweaver---story--Sandi Jones-- 8 pages *
The Seed--- story---Ming Wathne--3 pages
Dark Soliloquy---vignette -Ann Worthham--1 page
Beginnings--vignette---Susan Zahn---2 pages
A Jedi and a Guy Like Me---story--Carolyn Golledge--2 pages
Notions---story---Maggie Nowakowska--10 pages
Invitation to the Banquet--poem--Jacqueline Taero--1 page
The Vision---poem---Barbara Drake--1 page
Corellian Myth---story--Ming Wathne--3 pages
Conversations in a Garden---story--Z.P. Florian--4 pages
The Card Game---story--Ann Wortham--5 pages
Marks of Honor--story--Carolyn Golledge---6 pages
Acceptance----story---Marti Schuller---14 pages
Somehow I Always Knew--- poem---Sarah Cohen-- 1 page
Penumbra---poem---vignette- Catriona Campbell-- 1 page
The Cave----story---Barbara Drake---4 pages
Wise Up---poem---Susan Zahn---1 page
In Memoriam---story---Robin White----3 pages
The Imperial Guards Tale---poem--Jacqueline Taero--1 page
Trust----story---Martha Wilson---4 pages *
Tears of a Giant---story--Matthew Whitney---4 pages
The Conspiracy of Commnor--story---Angela Fassio---62 pages
Castling---story---Mesarthim & Stardancer---76 pages *

Issue 6

A Tremor in the Force 6 was published in 1992 and is 372 pages. It has a color cover.

Last Testament----poem---Jacqueline Taero 1page
Just Your Average Day in the Galaxy---vignette-A.G.Steyn 2pages
Family Ties---story----Cheree Cargill 2 pages
Snowbound---poem-Susan Zahn 1 page
Nothing Serious---story---Susan Deborah Smith 3 pages
Revelation( Or Bugs!) ---story---Marti Schuller 3 pages
Impasse---poem---Jeanine Hennig 1 page
The Blue Jawa's Tale---story---Tina Bentrup 4 pages
Read Instructions Before Proceeding---story-Z.P.Florian 10 pages
True Colors---poem---Jacqueline Taero 1 page
Choice----vignette---Cheree Cargill 2 pages
The Black Sleep---story---Carolyn Golledge 11 pages
Presumed Guilty---story---Carolyn Golledge 20 pages
Taun-Taun Rodeo----story---A.G. Steyn 3 pages
For Better Or For Worse---story---Pat Nussman & Jacqueline Taero 12pgs
Father And Son---story---Z.P.Florian 9 pages
The Festival of the Sun's Return----story---Martha Wilson 18 pages *
Alyeska Wild Card----story---Maggie Nowakowska 38 pages
Ladies Choice-----poem---Nussman & Taero 1 page

Issue 7

A Tremor in the Force 7 was published in 1993. It is 294 pages long and contains about 30 stories and poems. It has a color cover front and back.

Transfiguration---poem---Jacqueline Taero---1 page
Be Careful What You Wish For----vignette---Cheree Cargill---3 pages
I'll Be Back---poem---Kathryn Agel----1 page won a 1994 FanQ.
Separate Paths---story---Marti Schuller---12 pages
Beauty is in the Organ of Vision of the Beholder--story-- Z.P.Florian-3pgs
The Saga According to Leia Organa--Jacqueline Taero--poem--1 page
Separate Paths,Ending1--Marti Schuller-- 2 pages
Spazzin at the Spa--story-- Homer Sapiento--8 pages *
Hardship Love--poem--Yvette Ghilan--1 page
Leia---poem--Yvette Ghilan---1 page
Gathering Shadows--story--Catriona Campbell--3 pages
A Nice Man-- poem--Kathryn Agel--1 page
To Catch a Skywalker--story---Yvette Ghilan--9 pages
Father, Help Me---poem--Eleonora Sessa---1 page
Glass Garden--story--Wanda Lybarger--25 pages won a 1994 FanQ.
Separate Paths, Ending 2- Marti Schuller- 2 -pages
It's Not My Fault--story--Mary Jo Fox--6 pages
I Need---poem--Kathryn Agel--1 page
The Call--poem--Yvette Ghilan-- 1 page
Awakening--poem--Yvette Ghilan-- 1 page
Where Is Thy Sting--story--Marti Schuller/Veronica Wilson--35pgs
Nativity--poem- Yvette Ghilan--1 page
Uniformity--poem--Jennifer Moore--1 page
Turning Point--story--Catriona Campbell-3 pages
A Night Out--story--Z.P.Florian--4 pages
Separate Paths,Ending3--Marti Schuller--2 pages
Complications on Itrurua--story- J.P.Treleaven--23 pages
Shattered Circles--story --Veronica Wilson--5 pages
Separate Paths,Ending 4--Marti Schuller--3 pages
Beginner--story--Z.P.Florian--12 pages
The Seeds of Revenge--vignette- Cheree Cargill--3 pages
Link of Fate--poem--Yvette Ghilan--1 page
High Seas---story--Carolyn Golledge--24 pages
The Falconers Series--story--Carolyn Golledge--4 pages
Separate Paths, Ending 5--Marti Schuller--4 pages
Designated Hitter--Carol Hines-Strode--story--48 pages

Issue 8

A Tremor in the Force 8 was published in 1994 and is 351 pages long. . Color cover by Nancy Stasulis. Two contributors won FanQ Awards for their work in this zine:

1995 'Best Star Wars (Gen) Poem/Filk': "Musings of a Princess/Musings of a Smuggler" by Kathy Agel (A Tremor in the Force #8)
1995 Best Star Wars (Gen) Story: "Mercy Mission" by Cheree Cargill (A Tremor in the Force #8)

Table of Contents

Man To Man (3 pages)

Lamentations (9 pages)

Alliance Avant-Garde (10 pages)

The Day After (6 pages)

Midnight At Home (3 pages)

Time Will Tell (18 pages)

The Trial (23 pages)

Night Thoughts (3 pages)

Her Ladyship (10 pages)

The Daemon (8 pages)

Art (5 pages)

Seek, and Ye Shall Find (6 pages)

Shadow Talk (3 pages)

The Right Thing (10 pages)

Need (3 pages)

All The Marbles (22 pages)

Patterns Of Battle (37 pages)

Heart’s Blood (37 pages)

On The Third Day (36 pages)

Balance Of Power (44 pages)

Issue 9

A Tremor in the Force 9 was published in 1996 and is 252 pages long. The story "Falling -- Author: M.J. Mink won the 1997 FanQ Award For Best Star Wars Gen Story.

Summaries from the publisher:

Chewbacca Goes Shopping by Z. P. Florian. Star Award Honorable Mention. The fair on Kashyyyk always brought merchants and gypsies selling their various wares. This time, for some reason, the small naked human boy being abused by his gypsy "father" aroused Chewbacca's interest and he stepped in to alter the situation.

The Planting by MJ Mink. It is Planting Time on Tatooine and Luke must undergo an important ritual to insure harvest. Can he supply the all-important Fertilizer that will make the seed grow?

Ashes by Veronica Wilson, art by Z. P. Florian. Star Award Honorable Mention. You will never forget this Cinderella story about a Darkside witch and the Prince Charming she seduces!

A.W.O.L. by Louise Turner, art by Gerald Crotty. Luke has disappeared following the evacuation from Hoth. Was his ship destroyed in the mad scramble off the planet or -- even more unthinkable -- has he deserted? Wedge Antilles can't believe either one and he's sure that Luke will return. But meantime he has been thrust into the role of Red Leader.

Career Choice by Pat Nussman. Han and Leia have come to the realization that any children they have will be pawns of the New Republic and Luke's New Jedi Order. Together they reach a painful decision.

Falling by MJ Mink, art by Nancy Stasulis. Fan Q and Star Award Winner. Luke has been captured by Vader who undertakes his son's education regarding the Jedi and the Dark Side of the Force. The longer he listens, the more sense Vader begins to make and Luke realizes that his much-feared father has a lot more knowledge to impart than Obi-Wan or Yoda ever would have told him. Can he reach a balance without succumbing to evil?

The House in the Woods by Marti Schuller. Star Award Honorable Mention. Luke is on a much needed vacation on a pastoral planet and finds great peace in a small village. But there is a house in the woods shunned by the villagers and from it he senses pain and sadness. Unable to keep away, he finds a lonely young woman in need of love and the healing spirit of a gentle Jedi.

Luke-a-Palooza by Mary Jo Fox. Star Award Winner. The Jedi Academy has this cash flow problem, see, and Luke thinks he's found a way to raise capital. First you get all these great bands together, then you find an empty field...

The Last of the Jedi by Z. P. Florian, art by Laura Virgil. What would have happened if Kenobi hadn't been killed on the Death Star and had been able to continue Luke's training as a Jedi? What sort of Jedi Knight would Luke have become?

Time by MJ Mink. The Force was growing stronger in Luke but there was one aspect he hadn't expected -- the ability to feel the pain and deaths of every pilot, either Imperial or Rebel, that was killed around him in battle. Could he learn to control this or would he be doomed to suffer this unexpectedly personal side of war forever?

Shifting Sands by Veronica Wilson. Vader has seen so much death and destruction that even he was beginning to crumble under its weight. Palpatine couldn't afford to lose his most valuable servant. Could he pull the Dark Lord back from the precipice of madness before it was too late?

On the Side of Light by Martie (Benedict) O'Brien, art by Dani. Star Award Winner. Optyl was not a nice place, a planet whose rotation caused one side to always face its sun, the other side to always face away. Life was only possible in a narrow strip between the two extremes. And now a religious war seemed ready to break out there as well. So, why had Han Solo accepted a consignment to haul a load of religious artifacts in to one of the warring sides while the other was fanatically determined to stop him? Well, being destitute had a way of making a man do some pretty desperate things to stay alive...

Much much more! This issue also features material by Donna Frayser, John Fredericks, Rich Gawel, Yvette Ghilan, Jason Grant, Debbie Kittle, Tammy Olsen, Jacqueline Taero, and many more. Color cover by Nancy Stasulis. Back cover by Gerald Crotty. Additional art by Wanda Lybarger, Z. P. Florian, Laura Virgil, Melea Fisher, Donna Frayser, John Fredericks, and more.

Issue 10

A Tremor in the Force 10 was published in 1998 and is 297 pages long. It has a color cover.

Summaries below from the publisher:

"Babysitter" by Tara Ludmer. Even Han and Leia need a night out away from the kids. Thank the Force for teenage girls who live next door!

"Sands of Time" by Marti Schuller, art by Cheree Cargill. Obi-Wan Kenobi has spent the last 20 years in his hut in the Jundland Wastes, watching over the young boy who is growing to manhood not far away. The time has almost come when his training must begin. But Obi-Wan has grown old and his heart is beginning to fail. Will he have enough time to train the Galaxy's only hope?

"The Other Way Around" by Barbara Gardner. As Luke lay writhing in agony under the Emperor's Force attacks, it was his father who had finally saved him. What if it had happened the other way around?

"By the Turn of a Card" by Catriona Campbell, art by Gerald Crotty. The latest chapter in the Penumbra series. Leia, Lando, Chewie and the droids infiltrate Jabba's palace to rescue Han. But in this universe, Luke isn't there to lend his Jedi powers and Han must learn the horrible news of Luke's fall to the Dark.

"Best Friends" by MJ Mink, art by Dani. Luke Skywalker had grown up with Biggs and Tarrant Darklighter, sharing the usual love-hate relationship of many teenage boys. Then Biggs had gone off to the Academy and something changed between Luke and Tarrant that neither could pinpoint. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the Darklighters had always been Protectors of the Jedi ... and Luke was the last Jedi.

"Ca Ta" by Marti Schuller, art by Z. P. Florian. When Luke sees a strange little alien about to be run down by speeding cyclists, his instinctive reaction is to save her. But afterwards he is startled and chagrined to discover that his act of selflessness has won him a personal bodyguard, the grateful Mij who must now fulfill "ca-ta" by protecting her savior for the rest of his life -- or commit suicide in disgrace.

"To Serve With Love" by Martie Benedict O'Brien, art by Nicola Pearce. Leia was weary beyond words, weary of war and duty, of being a symbol and soldier. And yet there was no way she could abandon the cause she had fought so long and hard for. Was there any place -- any way -- that she and Han would ever be able to find a peaceful, happy existence? Luke had an idea, a desperate, half-crazy idea to help them ... and it just might work.

"The Candle" by Z. P. Florian. Luke has established the Jedi Academy and Leia assigns him an assistant from her staff, a skittish young woman named Joli Wheatgrower. At first nervous around the handsome young Jedi, she grows to love him and their relationship becomes one of devotion and commitment. But there are others who love Luke just as much and are as committed to helping him in his task.

"Act of Faith" by Veronica Wilson, art by Gerald Crotty. The sequel to "Balance of Power" in TF#8. The unthinkable has happened -- an Imperial royal guard has made an assassination attempt on the Emperor and Darth Vader in the depths of the Imperial palace. Conditioned for absolute loyalty, the only explanation is that the guard has been tampered with to commit the heinous crime. Vader begins the investigation with a vengeance and what he discovers will shake the foundation of the Imperial government.

Much more! Material by Marie Flanigan, Mary Jo Fox, Belea Keeney, Debbie Kittle, Susan Zahn and more. Color covers by Nancy Stasulis and Gerald Crotty. Interior art by Kristin Brown, Gerald Crotty, Z. P. Florian, Dani Lane, Wanda Lybarger, Nicola Pearce, Nancy Stasulis, and others. Special feature -- color art portfolio from SW fandom's best artists! There are sure to be even more surprises. Nearly 300 pages of action!