Darker Spirit

Fanfiction
Title:	Darker Spirit
Author(s):	Natasha Solten
Date(s):	1991
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Darker Spirit is a Kirk/Spock story by Natasha Solten.

It was published in the print zine The 25th Year.

Series

• The New Captain
• Fire-Dare
• Mercy
• Side Trip
• Cocoon
• A Room Without Windows
• When the Circus Was Over
• Paradise Lost (Star Trek: TOS story)
• Darker Spirit
• Blue Symmetry
• Pandora's Box
• The Mechanics of Love and War
• Coffee
• Hovering
• The Stars of Home
• The 23rd Year: The Eulogy
• The 24th Year: Talismans in the Night
• The 25th Year: Days of Future Passed

Reactions and Reviews

'The Darker Spirit' by Natasha Solten is a dark story of Kirk‘s chance encounter with a Rigellian named Raphael while on Earth, an encounter that will effect Kirk‘s life in ways he can‘t predict. The encounter also effects Kirk‘s bond with Spock for years to come. When Spock removes Kirk‘s memory of Rayna, he also tampers with Kirk‘s memory of Raphael. This is a very dark story, nothing light or happy about it but in Natasha‘s capable hands, the story is somehow beautiful.