The Intergalactic Etcetera
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| Title: | originally called From the Intergalactic Corporation of Quadrotriticale Quirps, LTD but almost immediatley was called The Intergalactic Etcetera or Intergalactic Etc |
| Publisher: | Slightly Press & "The Intergalactic Corporation of Quadrotriticale Quirps, Ltd."/F.T.I.C.O.Q.Q., Ltd. |
| Editor(s): | Karin Meyer, Elena Andrews, Sharon Gumerove and Margaret McMahon |
| Date(s): | 1975-1980 |
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| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS, Original Science Fiction |
| Language: | English |
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| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
The Intergalactic Etcetera is a gen Star Trek: TOS and Original Science Fiction anthology of fiction, articles, art, and a poll.
This zine is a sister zine to The Adventures of Sherlock Bones.
Regarding the Title
From the editorial of Time Warp:
...a friend became involved with the publication of a fanzine, FROM THE INTERGALACTIC CORPORATION OF QUADROTRITICALE QUIRPS, LTD. (I kid you not. That is the title of their 'zine. In desperation, the editors now refer to it as THE INTERGALACTIC ETC.)
From a letter by the editors in the second issue of "The Intergalactic Etcetera":
As for how the title came about, I believe we may have succeeded a little too well. Also, before the group of us were really altogether serious about publishing the zine, we were playing around with different ideas. We wanted it to be a "corporation", we were also thinking of "Quadrotriticale Quirps" (playing around with word associations) and of course, had to be "Intergalactic"...and very "limited" Suddenly, it all came together, So, we had a fantastic title, but alas, nobody could remember it. People constantly asked us, "What's the name of your fanzine, again?" We answered after running out breath — because of its length, "From the Intergalactic, oh forget it, etcetera."
Regarding Views on Slash: A Neutral Stance
In the last issue (1980), the editors wrote in the preface:
As usual, the Etc. remains a genzine; as intriguing as the page-22-footnote problem is, and the K/S question in general, we have no interest in writing such material ourselves. Many other zines have written interesting, in-depth articles on the question, and we leave them, their interpretations, and their conclusions in peace.
Includes "The Cytherean Cycle"
This series contains the early series, The Cytherean Cycle, by Anne Elizabeth Zeek.
It was serialized in six parts in "The Intergalactic Etcetera."
It was also printed in one part in Time Warp #1.
Some 2010-11 Comments from Two of the Creators
Originally created by four high school students to express their interest in Star Trek and Science Fiction, this fanzine went on to mean a lot more to us. For two a career (engineer and graphic artist), for another it meant getting a job (mentioning the 'zine in a job interview 20 years ago). Lately, we have been thinking about the issues and enjoying rereading them. We are still grateful for the many artists and contributors to the 'zine.
[...]
What we would have done differently with today's technology?
We've certainly talked about this amongst ourselves before. How different our publishing experience would have been with desktop publishing programs, and personal printers. I could have done without looking around for an offset printer (and thank you again to the individual who printed our first issues for us).
Tonight I was thinking how we would have leveraged podcasting to complement our publishing efforts. We certainly knew many people in the 'zine and fan area, and went to our share of Star Trek conventions. I think we would have had interviews, read our latest issue's table of contents, and maybe even shared tidbits of SSG's "Glommer Gossip" column.
It goes without saying that we would have had a blog to connect to our readers and authors, too.
[...]
Where were you when the Intergalactic Etcetera closed its doors?
As I recall I was a contractor working at Edwards AFB when we made the decision. At that point, all of us were out of college and starting our careers. It seemed the work involved in continuing a semi-regular publication would not have been feasible, as the four of us were spread across three states. (Again, I have to wonder if the Internet had been around we might have decided otherwise.) A sad time, but it was the right decision for us.
[...]
A Rather Sudden End...
I think my recollection is foggier than everyone else's. College sent us to all different places (well except for me, I stayed in New York City those 4 years), and once we were done we were newly minted official adults and apparently expected to function as such...I managed to put that off a bit but still, there just didn't seem to be enough space in my life for the zine any longer.
The last issue was fun, but looking at it my artwork was pretty rushed. I did lots better than that before. I guess that was a sign I'd lost interest. I started writing non-fiction, and draw and paint plants and flowers. [1]
Issue 1
The Intergalactic Etcetera 1 was published in 1975 and contains 40 pages.
The editors were Sharon Gumerove, Margaret McMahon, Elena Andres, and Karin A. Meyer.
From the editorial:
Dear Trekkie,This is our first issue of From the Intergalactic Corporation of Quadrotriticale Quirps ltd. We really had a lot of fun putting this together and sincerely hope you have as much fun reading it. We hope to have a second issue soon, and from then on we hope to have something out on a regular "basis.
STAR TREK is a show worthy of the many fans it has. It is a program that will never die. We want to help to keep it alive, through introducing new people to the show, and this fanzine, we feel also contributes to its coming immortality, as a show. It is a classic in its time. We have compiled both fact, fiction and humor to make this magazine a momentary escape into the world of sci-fi and sci-fantasy(that is until the next STAR TREK episode comes on!). STAR TREK is more than just a passing fantasy for most trekkies, and the most comes out of STAR TREK,when people begin to see the immense value to society in the program. It is an exciting and optimistic at how the future could be.
We wanted to have a 'Letters to the Editor' page, but that isn't possible until you write to us. We welcome anything you have to comment on.
- Table of Contents (1)
- Editor's Preface (2)
- Interview: Carleton Montgomery, Tribble of the Month by Alyte Andrews (3)
- Phaser Beam on Jules Vern, article by Karin A. Meyer (5)
- Of the Body, Image, fiction by M. McMahon (Matier) (5)
- Paper Peace, Paper War by Karin A. Meyer ("No doubt quite a few people have their own ideas of the origin of the 'Federation'. I would like to express one of mine. This is more or less just a story, but it can be interpreted as its origin.') (7)
- Spring Fever (part 1), fiction in script form by Bonnie Gordon (the second issues states that they will not be a part two of this story) (9)
- The Glommer Gossip: Two Writers of Star Trek, article by Alyte Andrews (critical article about James Blish and Alan Dean Foster, comparing their works and abilities) (13)
- The Enterprise Visits the Capricious Kwee, fiction by N. Basner (15)
- Phaser Beam on David Gerrold, article by Sharon Gumerove (18)
- Four Men of STAR TREK, poem by Andrea Eck (the four men are Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scotty) (19)
- And Then There Were None?, fiction by Elena Andrews (19)
- a short tribble joke (24)
- The Interstellar Convention of Cosmic Quacks: The Mystery of the Devil's Foot, or, Did Spock Climb My Wall?, fiction by Sharon Gumerove (also in The Adventures of Sherlock Bones #1) (25)
- The Melkotian Inquisition, trivia by Karin A. Meyer (the second issue has an apology for a mistake on question #10) (30)
- Word Search by Karin A. Meyer (the second issue has an apology for not mentioning that the remaining letters spell out a phrase) (31)
Issue 2
The Intergalactic Etcetera 2 was published in April 1976.
It has interior illos by Lori Bechtold, Laura Duchen, Margaret McCahon, Karin A. Meyer, and Anne Elizabeth Zeek.
From the editorial:
I would like to tell a story which meant a lot to the four of us (and to one other Trekkie, we hope).Dashing over to our friends at the Federation Trading Post on our brief lunch hour in early March (to check up on our first fanzine's sales) we noticed a Trekkie contemplating which of the zines to buy. (It was one of those rare occasions when the four of us managed to have coinciding schedules and get to the Trading Post together.) As we stood in the midst of light discussion, Sharon walked over to this person to try and sell our zine to her (true loyalty!). As we noted the person walking over to the register to buy our zine, Sharon came over to us quite gleefully (a feeling we all feel towards "...Quirps...") We felt what a proud parent must feel watching his child's first steps. Sharon interrupted this mood with "c'mon, we've got a fanzine to autograph", and after an arguement [sic] over whose pen to use, the four of us signed a copy of our "brain-child" (we used Sharon's pen).
We'd like to dedicate this zine to you for making us feel "big-time" and we'd like to try and make that a collector's item for you. (Don't worry, because even if we don't know your name, you are the first person to have an autographed copy signed by The Four...)
- Table of Contents (1)
- Editor's Preface (2)
- The Clandestine Adventure of the Arcane Tomato by Margaret McMahon (reprinted in Time Warp #1) (Star Trek Sherlock Holmes fusion) (3)
- The Story, fiction by Sharon Gumerove (original science fiction) (7)
- CB and the 23rd Century, cartoon by Karin A. Meyer (CB ratio chatter and the Enterprise) (9)
- The Cytherean Cycle (part one, chapter one), fiction by Anne Elizabeth Zeek ("Cytherea: An ancient Romulan word with many complex philosophical connotations. Its most common usage is in describing the basic underlying observation of a given situation. That which seems to be, is not; that which seems to be not, is. This concept underlies all relationships', on many levels, and such threads are inextricably wound together in the intriguing, frequently poetic work which begins below and will be serialised in future issues.") (also Time Warp #1) (Star Trek) (10)
- Feature Illustration: "Spock and Lareesha", by Laura Duchen (14)
- Space Station K-4, Where Are You?, fiction by Alyte Andrews (original science fiction) (15)
- A Menace to the CDGP by Elizabeth Tynczyszyn (original science fiction) (21)
- That's Entertainment?, fiction by Karin A. Meyer (Star Trek) (26)
- Image 2, fiction by Margaret McMahon (original science fiction) (28)
- Phaser Beam on A.C. Clarke, article by Karin A. Meyer (29)
- Before Our Beginning by Karin A. Meyer (29)
- What's It All About, Alphie? by Naomi S. Basner (Star Trek) (31)
- Star Trek Lives, comic (36)
- The Melkotian Inquisition by Karin A. Meyer (36)
- Dance of Insanity, part 1, fiction by Andrea Eck (Star Trek) (37)
- Letters to the Editor (39)
- "And I thought I could collect all the space stamps in the world...", article by Sharon Gumerove (40)
from issue #2, the table of contents, note the different "sections," something that all the issues share
from issue #2, Karin A. Andrews
from issue #2, Karin A. Andrews
from issue #2, some CB radio talk
from issue #2, first page of The Cytherean Cycle
from issue #2, Laura Duchen, portrays Spock and Lareesha from The Cytherean Cycle
Issue 3
The Intergalactic Etcetera 3 was published in December 1976 and contains 39 pages.
The art is by Elena Andrews, Karin A. Meyer, Margaret McMahon, and April Townsend.
From the editorial:
Trekkie, Trekker...Friends (whatever you may be), here we are again! And very pleased to "be, at that. Another thing that has pleased us greatly (and enabled us to get this far) is the enormous response that we have received from you, from letters and personally meeting our friends, such as at the Bi-Centennial-10 Convention in New York. We enjoyed to meet the people that we have been corresponding with us right from the beginning, and the many new people that we met. We are really glad that our fanzine has been welcomed and enjoyed by so many people.Have you heard? Our first and second issues have been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution Air and Space library in Washington D.C.! ...And our Sherlock Bones Exclusive issue has been thoroughly enjoyed by the members of the Holmesian Society of London!
And now the best part...we have recently welcomed our first Honorary Quirp... Doug Drexler. He has done fantastic artwork for our Revised Exclusive Sherlock Bones issue, and from now on we can all hope to see much of his artwork come into our regular fanzine as well. It's worth looking for! As a rule, we would not admit new members, but we had to make an exception this time, and we're more than pleased that we did! Plus we'd also like to acknowledge an unofficial Honorary Quirp of Nature, Ron Barlow, who has been immensely helpful to us also. And we'd also like to thank Anne Zeek for her encouragement and guidance, and tell you all to look for her first issue of "Time Warp".
"Star Trek" as we all know, is the greatest, most important show that has come into our century, so... Keep on Trekkin'!
- Table of Contents (1)
- Editor's Preface (2)
- Interview with Carlton Montgomery (part of the series: "Interview: Carleton Montgomery, Tribble of the Month") (Star Trek) (3)
- Oh Organia, filk to the tune of "On Top of the World" (5)
- The Cytherean Cycle (part one, chapter two), fiction by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (Star Trek) (6)
- [symbol], fiction by Matier (original science fiction) (11)
- It Was the Money Syndrome, fiction by Karin A. Meyer (original science fiction) (13)
- Spinoffs (14)
- Feature Illustration, art by April Townsend (15)
- Who's Who, fiction by Tim and Joseph Moriarty (Star Trek) (16)
- Home Movies, fiction by Sharon Gumerove (Star Trek) (18)
- Happy Thanksgiving, art by Karin A. Meyer (20)
- The Cura Connections, part one, fiction by Elena Andrews and Sharon Gumerove (Star Trek) (23)
- Phaser Beam On: Harlan Ellison (28)
- The Narax Rip, fiction by Karin A. Meyer (original science fiction) (29)
- Dance of Insanity, part two, fiction by Andrea Eck (Star Trek) (30)
- The Amelioration of an Amenable Author's Plight, fiction by Margaret McMahon (Star Trek) (34)
- Phaser Beam On: Elena Andrews by Margaret McMahon (36)
- The Melkotian Inquisition: The Great Word Search by Margaret McMahon and Karin A. Meyer (37)
- Trivia (37)
- Crossword Puzzle (38)
from issue #3
from issue #3, April Townsend
from issue #3, Karin A. Meyer
from issue #3, unknown
Issue 4
The Intergalactic Etcetera 4 was published in January 1977 and contains 44 pages.
On the cover, "Featuring Sherlock Bones! The Cytherean Cycle, Sci-Fi, Trivia, much more!"
The art is by Doug Drexler, Anthony Fredrickson, Karin A. Meyer, and Elena Andrews.
From the editorial: "Star Trek LivesJ We hope you enjoy our fourth issue, and write to tell us your reactions...Live Long and Prosper, The Quirps - Elena Andrews, Sharon Gumerove, Margaret McMahon, Karin A. Meyer.
- The Cura Connections, part two, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (2)
- Human Nature, fiction by Elizabeth Tymczyszyn (original science fiction) (5)
- Phaser Beam On: Ben Bova, article by Sharon Gumerove (13)
- Females Wanted (An ad for female astronauts: "Training for females interested in the space program begins in 1978. You must have a Bachelor's Degree in Math, Engineering, Biological Sciences,or Physical Sciences. Your health must be perfect, and between 60 and 70 inches in height. Eyesight must be correctable to 20/20. Applications are accepted through June 1977, for the 78 year. For more information write to Astronaut Candidate Program, Code AHX, N.A.S.A., Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 77058.") (13)
- Phaser Beam On: Margaret McMahon by Karin A. Meyer (13)
- The Enigma of the Pawn, fiction by Karin A. Meyer (Star Trek) (14)
- Trekkie Opinion Poll conducted by Howard Weinstein (19)
- The Cytherean Cycle (part one, chapter three), fiction by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (Star Trek) (20)
- Spinoffs, article by Karin A. Meyer (technology developed by the space program that can be used for civilian purpostes) (25)
- Fabulae Stellarum by Sharon Gumerove (document in memo form, historical timeline) (Star Trek) (27)
- The Other Side, fiction by Andrea Eck (Star Trek) (30)
- Labyrinthine, fiction by Matier (Star Trek) (33)
- The Lonely Computer, fiction by Karen Vardy (original science fiction) (40)
- The Glommer Gossip by Sharon Gumerove (news about what the Star Trek actors and creators are doing professionaly) (41)
- Who's Who, fiction by Tim and Joe Moriarty (Star Trek) (42)
- From the Engrams, poem by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (44)
from issue #4, Doug Drexler
from issue #4, Doug Drexler
from issue #4, Doug Drexler
from issue #4, Doug Drexler
from issue #4
from issue #4, survey
Issue 5
The Intergalactic Etcetera 5 was published in May 1978 and contains 44 pages.
The art is by Elena Andrews, Doug Drexler, Margaret McMahon, and Karin A. Meyer.
This issue contains MANY responses and commentary regarding the Trekkie Opinion Poll, see that page.
- Preface (1)
- Opinions (topic: Trekkie Opinion Poll) (3)
- You're in Good Hands With Allship, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (6)
- Events (about Mini Con and giving Howard Weinstein a ballot for the Trekkie Opinion Poll) (12)
- Mudd's Prism, fiction in script form by Sharon Gumerove (Star Trek) (14)
- Other Suggestions, Specify (topic: Trekkie Opinion Poll) (26)
- i before e except when the i becomes an r, short essay (about the use of "Trekkies" vs "Trekkers") (28)
- "... a war - a real war - between Romulans and Klingons," fiction by Margaret McMahon (Star Trek) (29)
- Other interesting poll responses (topic: Trekkie Opinion Poll) (36)
- Statistics (topic: Trekkie Opinion Poll) (37)
- Portraits, fiction by Karin A. Meyer (Star Trek) (40)
- The Glommer Gossip (news about Star Trek, what the celebrities are up to) (47)
- Trivia (48)
- Crossword (49)
from issue #5
from issue #5
from issue #5, from Trekkie Opinion Poll, see that page for much more
Issue 6
The Intergalactic Etcetera 6 was published in Winter 1979 and has 82 pages.
The art is by Anthony Fredrickson, Elena Andrews, Doug Drexler, Sharon Gumerove, Karin A. Meyer, and Colleen Winters.
- From the Reminiscences of Doctor Leonard McCoy, fiction by Margaret McMahon (4)
- Federation Bandstand (12)
- The Case of the Missing Case, fiction by Rachel Wiener (13)
- Glommer Gossip, essay (20)
- Who's Who, part 3 by T. and J. Moriarty (21)
- More Zines? (28)
- An History of the Transporter, article by Elena Andrews (29)
- The Cura Connections, part three, fiction by Elena Andrews (31)
- Energy, article (34)
- Thoughts on James "R." Kirk, article by Margaret McMahon (speculation on Kirk's middle name) (36)
- Emotion's Double Edge, fiction by C.A. Smith (37)
- Space Law (51)
- Phaser Beam On: Anthony Frederickson (54)
- Pleasant Dreams, fiction by Karen A. Meyer (56)
- The Second Time Around by Sharon Gumerove (There is another version/sequel to this story in issue #8 called "Fools With Visions.") (64)
- Kosgobos Presents by Elena Andrews (73)
- The Cytherean Cycle (part one, chapter four) by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (75)
- Puzzles (82)
from issue #6, unknown
from issue #6, Colleen Winters
from issue #6, Karin A. Meyer
from issue #6, Sharon Gumerove
from issue #6, unknown
from issue #6, Doug Drexler
Issue 7
The Intergalactic Etcetera 7 was published in Winter 1980 and has 105 pages.
The art is by Elena Andrews, Kathy Rao, Karin Meyer, Doug Drexler, Anthony Fredrickson, and Colleen Winters.
There are several editorials in this issue with the main topic of release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Some topics discussed in them:
- getting jerked around for years about this film and canceled plans for other productions
- the cut scenes from the movie
- the novelization by Roddenberry was much better than the movie itself
- the hope that other fans will pick up the terms "AM and PM fiction (After-movie and Pre-movie)" for their fanfiction
- their choice would be for fans to base their fanfic on the book, not the movie
- it's a cold movie with poor special effects
Some comments:
Regardless of the editing of the film, it was still a good movie. After all those years of waiting and reaming, we were bound to be disappointed. The movie wasn't profound, intellectual, or esoteric. It was STAR TREK. Nothing more, and nothing less.[...]
So are all our dreams over now? I hope not. We've come one step further to the 23rd century. We've started the dream all over. The Enterprise will exist, and there may be a Captain Kirk, and there may never be a Mr. Spock. But we can't give up hope. It's our dreams that brought STAR TREK back to us, it's our dreams that named the first space shuttle Enterprise, and it's our dreams that will allow us to me the 23rd century exactly what we want it to be. -- Sharon
Well, the movie is finally with us -- pardon, the "motion picture" is finally with us. What do we do now? For one thing, Paramount will probably not make a second film if this one doesn't gross enough, so get out there and see it!!!!!!. For even though there are some terrible problems with the film, there is always the thought that the next one will be an improvement. -- Elena
- Day of Judgement (Faidyne, part one), fiction by Sharon Gumerove (Star Trek) (6)
- The Final Frontier, vignette by Karin A. Meyer (Star Trek) (17)
- The Cura Connections, part four, fiction by Elena Andrews ("Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Chekov & Uhura are still in captivity on Cura, wondering what their fates will be. The Advocate plan to free them has failed completely, and the remaining Advocates are being bitterly persecuted and prosecuted by the Government's officials. These officials have been much heartened by a recent event, the torching of the Detention Compounds (where our heroes are being held) by persons unknown; pinning the fire on an Advocate is no trouble at all. The Advocate movement is in a definite fix.") (Star Trek) (18)
- The Rift in the Drift, fiction by Margaret McMahon (Star Trek) (29)
- Solar Energy, article by Karin Meyer (41)
- Day of Reckoning (Faidyne, part two), fiction by Sharon Gumerove (Star Trek) (43)
- Tinnus-Alley, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (51)
- The Cytherean Cycle (part one, chapter five-chapter seven), fiction by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (Star Trek) (62)
- Black Hole, article by Margaret McMahon (81)
- The Maltese Tribble, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (82)
- How to Read A Movie, article by Sharon Gumerove (89)
- Emotions Double Edge by C.A. Smith ("The story thus far: McCoy is concerned over the welfare of an Ensign Margaret Daylan, who he claims excels in everything to near Vulcan standards. Yet she is not a Vulcan but human. Her records show she had early schooling on Vulcan, and once knew Spock. In fact, it was she who followed Spock when he left home, begging him to say his goodbyes to Amanda. While investigating a distress signal, the crew is captured by aliens who can't speak. They want McCoy to transplant the Enterprise crew's vocal cords into their bodies so Kirk and McCoy manage to escape before the operations start.") (99)
- Foiled Again, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (82)
- Puzzles by Kathy Rao (105)
from issue #7
from issue #7, Elena Andrews
from issue #7, Anthony Fredrickson
from issue #7, Elena Andrews
from issue #7, Karin A. Meyer
from issue #7, Elena Andrews
from issue #7, Elena Andrews
from issue #7, Doug Drexler
Issue 8
The Intergalactic Etcetera 8 was published in 1980 and has 109 pages. The art is by Elena Andrews, Karin Meyer, Richard Pollet, Dorothy Sasscer, Barry Weinberger, and Kathy Rao.
From the editorial:
Welcome to issue #8 of The Intergalactic Etcetera.
We've made changes again. We're finally printing on both sides of a page. And we thank the people who helped us computer index most of the zine...they know who they are...and made possible columns of type with justified margins.
This issue, like issue #7, contains both AM and PM stories (that is, After-Movie and Pre-Movie); the human adventure is indeed just beginning, with the huge amounts of information so wonderfully supplied to us by the novel (never mind the movie), the huge numbers of stories to be found in the new crises.
[...]
As usual, the Etc. remains a genzine; as intriguing as the page-22-footnote problem is, and the K/S question in general, we have no interest in writing such material ourselves. Many other zines have written interesting, in-depth articles on the question, and we leave them, their interpretations, and their conclusions in peace.
- Welcome Home, fiction by Sharon Gumrove (Star Trek) (4)
- Poetry by Adrienne Shanler (4)
- The Dragon Prince, poem by Adrienne Shanler (original fantasy) (9)
- Best of Both Worlds, part one, fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (10)
- Taf-ennae, fiction by Margaret McMahon (Star Trek) (19)
- Life's too Short for Chess..., fiction by Kathy Rao (Star Trek) (27)
- Fools With Visions, part one, fiction by Sharon Gumerove ("An expanded reprint of "Second Time Around," which appeared in ETC. #6. She had not originally planned a sequel to the story, but one soon parked itself on her doorstep...") (Star Trek) (35)
- All for Leia, filk to the tune of "All for Leyna," by Mark Abramson (Star Wars) (46)
- Another, fiction by Matier (original science fiction) (47)
- Falling Angel, fiction by Rachel Wiener (Star Trek) (50)
- All in a Day's Work, vignette, no author listed (Star Trek) (60)
- Kaalani, fiction by Karin Meyer (Star Trek) (61)
- A Second Chance, fiction by Matier (original science fiction) (66)
- The Cura Connections, part five (conclusion), fiction by Elena Andrews (Star Trek) (68)
- A Cosmic Joke, vignette, no author listed (74)
- The Bohemian Vehicle, fiction by Margaret McMahon (original science fiction) (75)
- The Last Resort, vignette by Adrienne Shanler (original science fiction) (78)
- Leave of Absence, fiction by C.A. Smith (Star Trek) (79)
- The Fatality of Raymond, vignette, no author listed (101)
- Such Flags They Had, vignette, no author listed (101)
- Back to the Ole Rat Races, fiction by Sharon Gumerove and Margaret McMahon (Star Trek) (102)
- Puzzle Page by Elena Andrews (108)
from issue #8, Dorothy Sasscer
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Kathy Rao
from issue #8, Kathy Rao
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Elena Andrews
from issue #8, Kathy Rao
