Dragon Slayer

Fanfiction
Title:	Dragon Slayer
Author(s):	Cassala Williams
Date(s):	1989
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Dragon Slayer is a Kirk/Spock story by Cassala Williams.

It was published in the print zine Beside Myself #1.

Summary

"Kirk tries to apologise to Spock for what he said to him in order to drive out the spores of Omicron Ceti Three."

Reactions and Reviews

1989

This was interesting in that it was all dialogue — supposedly on a recorder. It was surprisingly effective. I found myself well able to picture what was going on, even though no description was ever given (though I still don't see how you can stab someone with a petard). The writing flowed very nicely and arrived at a very satisfying

conclusion.

I liked the logs at the beginning of this. They were in-character and fairly intense, grabbing the reader's attention. But once Kirk and Spock started talking the conversation became too unreal and ended up being downright silly. Kirk was babbling too much, and didn't sound at all like someone sincere about making an apology. One of his sentences, "That stuff just fell out of my mouth like vomit", was way too crude, even for him. The little interchange about 'blushing' on page 58 was clever, however.

2001

Best description of a hurtful tirade ever, "that tar of words". It's just so perfect! Black, sticky, burning tar never washes off. It looks ugly—deep, dark, the anti-light. You think maybe ifs pure black, but it lacks even that integrity, giving an oily, yellow, slime where you touch it. With the fast pace of the words, the tar I picture is fresh and boiling, flaying to the very bone. When I read Spock dealing with 'that tar", I knew this would rip pieces from his soul. Jim can't just "take it back"; this tar has stained their relationship. Maybe they can try to rip those pieces of tar away, but it will leave a slimy yellow film in raw and gaping wounds. Also an interesting form of story: at first, it's a few personal log entries by Kirk & Spock. Then when they're finally face to face, it's all dialogue. That moves the action along very quickly to the (finally) happy ending. So thanks so much for writing & editing & publishing!"