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"ANCHORAGE" by Addison Reed was an honorable mention, which I liked maybe the best, as a story, though admittedly the interpretation of the drawing was a bit thin. This is a unique repetition and mirroring of the scenario of McCoy trying to prevent Kirk from going in after Spock in the radiation chamber. This time, Kirk is drowning in the cargo hold of the Klingon ship crashed in the bay, trying to free the whales, and McCoy is holding Spock back: he's been down there too long; he's dead already, etc. I love the echoes of all the things McCoy said to Kirk then, and is saying to Spock now. Really powerful stuff. All of it is lovely, the recapturing of moments in ST3 and 4. Clinging to the ship, Spock sends his essence down into the water after Kirk. This is the drawing interpretation, Kirk picking this up in his dying moments. Of course he does not die. Then when the skies have cleared.... Spock is finally back in his right mind, and Kirk knows it, knows Spock remembers their love. That night, at the apartment, the night before the hearing of the Federation Council, nice, nice, they fall into each other's arms. The sex is intense and wonderful, a touch of desperate. I love how Kirk feverishly wants more, more, though Spock is as fully inside him as he can be. A very powerful, beautiful release for Kirk, after his months of anguish. <ref> from Come Together #30 </ref>}} | "ANCHORAGE" by Addison Reed was an honorable mention, which I liked maybe the best, as a story, though admittedly the interpretation of the drawing was a bit thin. This is a unique repetition and mirroring of the scenario of McCoy trying to prevent Kirk from going in after Spock in the radiation chamber. This time, Kirk is drowning in the cargo hold of the Klingon ship crashed in the bay, trying to free the whales, and McCoy is holding Spock back: he's been down there too long; he's dead already, etc. I love the echoes of all the things McCoy said to Kirk then, and is saying to Spock now. Really powerful stuff. All of it is lovely, the recapturing of moments in ST3 and 4. Clinging to the ship, Spock sends his essence down into the water after Kirk. This is the drawing interpretation, Kirk picking this up in his dying moments. Of course he does not die. Then when the skies have cleared.... Spock is finally back in his right mind, and Kirk knows it, knows Spock remembers their love. That night, at the apartment, the night before the hearing of the Federation Council, nice, nice, they fall into each other's arms. The sex is intense and wonderful, a touch of desperate. I love how Kirk feverishly wants more, more, though Spock is as fully inside him as he can be. A very powerful, beautiful release for Kirk, after his months of anguish. <ref> from Come Together #30 </ref>}} | ||
{{Quotation|[zine]: I am very fond of AS I DO THEE. They are on time and consistently look good. AIDT 9 is no exception. When the zine fell out of the envelope, I held my breath. There was the most magnificent Chris Solo pen and ink illo of Spock centered on black, wearing a tux! The execution is one of the best I've seen of Chris's. She certainly can't be surpassed when she works in this medium. There is a matching Kirk on the back, but unfortunately the pose the artist used has been done too many times. Nothing could touch the Spock anyway. There. How's that for a beginning for a zine? AIDT 9 presents the contest winners from the last zine. While I don't agree with the order that the judge placed the stories in, they are good K/S and that's what I read a zine for. If I get a good all around package thrown in, fine, but let's remind ourselves that color covers and fat | {{Quotation|[zine]: I am very fond of AS I DO THEE. They are on time and consistently look good. AIDT 9 is no exception. When the zine fell out of the envelope, I held my breath. There was the most magnificent Chris Solo pen and ink illo of Spock centered on black, wearing a tux! The execution is one of the best I've seen of Chris's. She certainly can't be surpassed when she works in this medium. There is a matching Kirk on the back, but unfortunately the pose the artist used has been done too many times. Nothing could touch the Spock anyway. There. How's that for a beginning for a zine? AIDT 9 presents the contest winners from the last zine. While I don't agree with the order that the judge placed the stories in, they are good K/S and that's what I read a zine for. If I get a good all around package thrown in, fine, but let's remind ourselves that color covers and fat zines printed on thick paper with wide margins doesn't get us reading material. It just builds our biceps carrying it around. Sorry, didn't mean to go off on a tangent. Inside front cover is a Dovya Blacque poem. Fitting since the editor is a true poet. Wonderful images and even better poetry. Makes you want to paint. Being a poet, the editor takes great pains to keep the majority in her zines far above standard. The zine begins with a Robin Hood poem, TOUCHSTONE is in my opinion, one of the very best she's ever done- Gave me chills. JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE is 'cute'. I'm not fond of 'cute', but many readers are. It's written well and does place McCoy in a fun situation. BARELY BLUE is one of the few stories about "Wink Of An Eye" I've ever read. Very interesting idea. The plot takes place after Deela Is gone, leaving Spock still excellerated and unable to "slow down". McCoy searches for an antidote and Kirk excellerates too be with Spock. Well written with its different approach. What I've come to expect from Ms. Hood- Too bad there wasn't an illo. Seems like there should have been one. The first place winner of the contest stories is OUT QF THE ROCK and It was very well written. A post VGer story. Explicit enough for the most jaded readers, yet filled with the love and relationship that we must have in good K/S. I would have placed the story second, though. LION HEART -- short and very intense. That was the problem. Too short. In 8 pages I felt as it I'd run a marathon, and poor Kirk! He was put through the wringer! If you need that zine, this is the story- It's third place position seemed about right. The writing was very competent. From a new writer? Not a lot of sex, but tons of emotion. My pick for first place would have been the honorable mention, ANCHORAGE. A post Trek-IV story. Good plot, competently written. Long enough to get into and yet not over-written. I like Ms. Reed's ending to the movie much better than the one released to the general public. The other two honorable mentions by Ursula Tulle and Greoata Setta were barely worth mentioning. A story not in competition. SECRETS IN STONE was much better. A statue of K & S as lovers comes on exhibition and McCoy sees it. Everyone knows they're lovers? Right? Wrong! Kirk and Spock didn't know yet! Well written. ORBIT, a poem by Natasha Solten is wonderful K/S and even more exquisite poetry. A must. WAITING FOR THE SUN by Farin Vincent - loved the last line. A nice finish to a nice story, full of nice images. DREAMS DROWN, a nightmare poem by Ms. Hood that makes you want to pat the bed to make sure that your mate is still there. The zine closes with the pen & ink Kirk in the tux, leaving a very satisfied feeling in your mind. A nice, clean, tight, tidy, well-edited zine - exactly what I paid my $15.00 for! <ref> from [[On the Double]] #6 </ref>}} | ||
{{Quotation2|[zine]: Like Elizabeth Bennet, "I dearly love a laugh," and I found agood one in AS I DO THEE #9. Addison Reed's "For Old Times Sake" is a double entendre vignette (that's not giving anything away; it isn't a punchline story) that sends me into hysterics every time I read it. The zine is a contest issue. The Southern Cross illustration that inspired the contest was ambiguous enough to lead the entrants in several interesting directions. We are also given stories and poetry that aren't based on the illo. It's a good issue for poetry. I was especially impressed by "Let Me Stay," by Cybel Harper, strong emotion in simple words. The covers are beautiful Chris Soto head shots of Kirk and Spock in white tie; my only complaint is that I would have put Kirk on the front and Spock on the back, so as to face each other when the zine is spread. On the other hand, | {{Quotation2|[zine]: Like Elizabeth Bennet, "I dearly love a laugh," and I found agood one in AS I DO THEE #9. Addison Reed's "For Old Times Sake" is a double entendre vignette (that's not giving anything away; it isn't a punchline story) that sends me into hysterics every time I read it. The zine is a contest issue. The Southern Cross illustration that inspired the contest was ambiguous enough to lead the entrants in several interesting directions. We are also given stories and poetry that aren't based on the illo. It's a good issue for poetry. I was especially impressed by "Let Me Stay," by Cybel Harper, strong emotion in simple words. The covers are beautiful Chris Soto head shots of Kirk and Spock in white tie; my only complaint is that I would have put Kirk on the front and Spock on the back, so as to face each other when the zine is spread. On the other hand, | ||