Unclassified Affections

Star Trek DS9 Fanfiction
Title:	Unclassified Affections
Author(s):	Janet Alex, a pseud for Joanna Russ
Date(s):	May 1997
Length:
Genre:	explicit het
Fandom:	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Unclassified Affections is a Star Trek: DS9 story by Janet Alex, a pseud for Joanna Russ.

It was printed in A Plain and Simple Zine #10.

The pairing is Quark/original female character.

Summary

Summary: "There’s more to the Ferengi than you think."

Some Explanation

From the zine, an excerpt from the explanation for "Unclassified Affections" and another story, "Spirals" --

The last two stories In this zine were originally supposed to be in another zine. It was untitled, but the theme was to be adult DS9 stories--and we had the paper picked out for the cover! Not slash, although slash could be an element. I wanted stories which dealt with adult issues in ways that other zines did not. I had an excellent line-up. Susan, who wrote the first DS9 novella/zine ever, was providing me with a very funny sequel to For There is Much to Dare. Janet Alex had a story idea, and so did Eros, and DVS. It was looking fantastic - and long!

Everything then proceeded to go south in the proverbial handbasket. Janet Alex reported [personal details redacted] and would not be able to write the story. Eros wrote a story, and then the show promptly killed off the character. DVS was having trouble with her story but it was okay, she had another idea and was sure it would make the deadline. Then Janet wrote to say she thought she could do the story she had in mind anyway.

Reactions and Reviews

There's a very nice Ferengi story in Caro Hedge's last Plain and Simple Zine I think you'd like. It goes into detail about Ferengi history, psychology and (admirable) endowments. Re: socializing with people whose societies oppress women, well, all of our societies oppress women and gays and we socialize with each other. Does that bother you? The Federation is a political entity to which the Ferengi do not belong; short of bombing them into submission, I'm not sure what the Federation as a whole or individually should do. What do you suggest?