Lezlie Shell

Fan
Name:	Lezlie Shell
Alias(es):	Lezlie Conch, Lezlies
Type:	fan writer
Fandoms:	Star Trek: TOS, The Professionals
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URL:	from The Circuit Archive; AO3 profile
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Lezlie Shell is a writer of Star Trek: TOS and Professionals fan fiction as well as an essayist.

She was one of the members of W.H.I.P.S., a fan group in Houston, Texas.

Notable Essays

• The Wave Theory of Slash (1993) (also see The Wave Theory of Slash/Fan Discussion and Meta)
• Homosexuality has as much to do with Slash as Civil War history did with Gone With the Wind (1994)

Fanfic

Star Trek

• The Last Laugh (Shell's first story) (1981, Cheap Thrills #2)
• Graven Image, part two (1981, Obsession #2)
• No Such Thing (1981, Out of Bounds #1)
• Snowfire (with Pamela Rose) (1981, T'hy'la #1)
• Those Who Favor Fire (1982, in Out of Bounds, Too)
• For the Man Who Has Everything (1982 in The Best Little K/Smas Zine in Texas, 1983 in Out of Bounds Overflow)
• Not Spock's Brain (1999, skit at KiScon)

Professionals

• Night Before the World Ends (1986, Rat Tales)
• A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing (1988, Pig Tales)
• Camouflage (1985, In the Public Interest #1)
• A Couple of Fruits (aka Apples and Oranges) (1988, In the Public Interest #2)
• Wrapped Around Your Finger (a responsefic to Consequences) (1988, In the Public Interest #2)
• Blood of the Lamb (1993, A rewrite of A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink #3)
• Fly on the Wall (1980s circuit, then 2002 in Up Against the Wall)
• The Greatest Treason (1995, in D-Notice)

Multifandom

• Visiting Ours (1984, Best Little Valentine Zine in Texas)