Brother's Keeper (Star Trek: TOS zine)

For articles with a similar title, see My Brother's Keeper.

Zine
Title:	Brother's Keeper
Publisher:	T.J. Publications, this zine was also possibly agented/distributed by Bill Hupe in the US at some point
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Author(s):	Pat M ("Tish")
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Date(s):	1990
Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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Brother's Keeper is a gen Star Trek: TOS novel by Pat M. Typed and proofed by Pat Walster. There are at least two versions: one with a 62-page count and a UK version with a 39 page count and a yellow cover.

Gemini: the Flame and the Fire is the sequel.

Summary from Gilda F: "Spock is injured in a fall while on shoreleave with Kirk and because of the resulting brain damage, Kirk and McCoy leave the Enterprise to take care of him."

Author's Comments

Nearly a decade later, the author commented on this story in Encore: "I was introduced to K/S "Shelter and "Poses" and "Poses') at a convention in Manchester and I can still remember the sense of "rightness" I felt at the idea. It felt as if they had come home, where they both belonged. On reflection, I had probably been writing "K/S" for years, my hurt/comfort stories were very loving and tender, okay, I admit it, they were downright mushy! After letting him read my early genzine "Brother's Keeper," I remember my Dad commenting "You'll have those two in bed together before long!" if only he knew! In fact, my pen name Tish is the affectionate nickname my Dad gave me."

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  cover of another UK edition

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  cover of one version, possibly US reprint?

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Reactions and Reviews

1990

Although I found this story too heavy, and for this reason did not give it a star, it is sensitively written and I have included it for those of you who like the hurt/comfort syndrome (as I do, as long as it is not laid on too thickly). In this one - get your Kleenex out - Spock is brain-damaged in an accident 'and becomes child-like. Kirk and McCoy look after him in a cottage. (Cottages crop up regularly in zines, especially the kind of zine that cannot be sold in public places!).