The Dante Connection and Nor the Stars Shall Shine

Zine
Title:	The Dante Connection/Nor the Stars Shall Shine
Publisher:	T.J. Publications
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Author(s):	Jenny Elson
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Date(s):	1982
Medium:	print
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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The Dante Connection/Nor the Stars Shall Shine is a 73-page slash Star Trek: TOS zine published in the UK in 1982 and in the US in 1989.

• The Dante Connection by Jenny Elson ("Peter Kirk dies of an apparent drug overdose, and Kirk is pulled into the world of drugs and slavery when he and Spock team up with a disgraced Kevin Riley to find out what is really happening to cadets sent to Danteʼs Planet.")
• Nor the Stars Shall Shine by Jenny Elson "(Kirk puts in a frantic call to McCoy after Lori leaves him and he begins to realize what Spockʼs departure has done to him." Sequel: This Simple Feeling.)
• This Simple Feeling by Jenny Elson ("After VʼGer, Kirk fights for a future for himself and Spock." Prequel: Nor The Stars Shall Shine.)

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I also really like the stories that deal with Kirk’s inability to cope with Spock’s absence when he’s away at Gol, though there aren’t too many of these. I don’t even believe in that scenario, necessarily, since to me my fine, strong captain would do just fine without his Vulcan friend, thank you, if only to show to one and all that he can. Even if inside he is grieving tremendously, I don’t know how much he would either show it to the world or even admit it to himself. But give me a story where he almost has a nervous breakdown, (there’s one by Jenny Elson called, I think, Nor The Stars Shall Shine), or one where Kirk just about drinks himself to death, or where Lori sadly leaves him because he’s so morose about Spock, and I am very happy. Of course, these are only provisionally unhappy stories, since we all know Spock comes back from Gol when his captain’s mind calls him, and that he does return from the dead.