Announcing...
T'HY'LA # 24 - a new K/S zine.

Novella:

TIME ENOUGH by Theresa Kyle and Emily Levin.
After Jim Kirk's tragic death at the hands of a renegade Klingon, Spock decides to leave the service and go to Gol. But before he can do so, he finds himself faced with unforeseen circumstances that lead to some unexpected choices...and, incredibly, a chance to see Jim Kirk one last time....

"You have to forgive yourself for Jim's death," [McCoy said.] "Jim asked you to with his dying breath, and you have to find some way of doing it. Because otherwise it'll destroy you."

"I do not hold myself responsible for Jim's death," [Spock said.] "I have relived the incident over and over in my mind, as well as watching the record tapes in preparation for the Starfleet hearing, and I believe there was nothing I could have done to prevent it."
McCoy gave him a canny look, but apparently, something in Spock's face made him realize that the Vulcan was speaking the truth. "All right," he said, "so what ARE you feeling guilty about, Spock? And don't say it's nothing, because I know guilt when I see it."
Spock felt his lips tighten. But finally he just said it. "I never told Jim I loved him."

Stories:

CANNOT TOUCH - story and art by T'Guess
An end-of-mission/ST:TMP story.

"I am here to be of service, nothing more," Spock replied with chilling calm. "No answer is necessary nor will any be forthcoming. I will not speak of things that cannot be undone."
"Bullshit!" Kirk tightened his grasp. "Don't give me that Vulcan crap. Before you entered Gol, you 'took your leave', said your final good-byes to everyone but me. Why?"

THE EXPERIMENT by Nadja Lee
Their first time together was wonderful. After that, things started to go wrong...

To his surprise Spock drew back from him with a flicker of pain in his eyes that was gone so quickly that Jim wasn't sure if he had seen it. Stunned and hurt, Jim drew back and watched as Spock swung his legs out of the bed on the opposite side of Jim. He stood up and turned towards Jim, standing as regal and calm as ever despite his nakedness.

MOONLIGHT THROUGH YOUR HAIR by Cynthia
A story set at Starfleet Academy.

"Finnegan, what the hell are you doing?" The words were rapped out by a boy at the door, and both heads turned in that direction.

Kirk set his own suitcase down with a thud, and checked the room number. "What are you..." he began, then caught the Vulcan's eyes. He smiled. "Hi. You must be Spock-I've just been going over your tape. Is this nut giving you a hard time?"
"I don't understand..." Spock began, and the stranger laughed. It was a warm sound and something in it lifted the Vulcan's spirits.

THE QUEGLAN by T'Marii
A horror story set on board the Enterprise.  Contains graphic descriptions of violence.

Alone in the guest quarters, the Queglan considered his options.

It was not going to be as easy as he had thought to get Spock alone: certainly not with that Human around him day and night. . . . Time was growing short.  He only had perhaps six hours in which to accomplish his goal before the next cycle began. 

RANDOM FACTORS by J S Cavalcante
After a landing party results in tragedy, Kirk and Spock face some surprising revelations.

Kirk opened his eyes to find himself staring into Spock's, black as space, filled with that magnetic warmth….

Kirk would not pull away.  When Spock had needed him to understand his feelings at Psi 2000, Kirk's response had necessarily been heartless. . . . Kirk was damned well not going to pull away now.  He let his friend pull him closer, until there was no space at all between them.  Kirk deliberately accepted the crushing embrace, choosing to yield to whatever his friend wanted.  Or needed.

VULCANS DON'T SING THE BLUES by Linda Atkinson
Newly bonded, Kirk and Spock go to Vulcan to formalize their union.

Kirk wrapped his arm around his shivering bondmate's shoulders and guided him back to the bedroom. Spock settled down on the foot of the bed, arms wrapped tightly about his chest, closed from Kirk, and the human frowned. At no time since they had bonded had Spock seemed so inscrutable, so far from reach.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Spock merely cast a sideways glance at him, and then dropped his hands into his lap.

. . . . "I have tried to teach you the tenets of Vulcan-we are bonded, wed in my people's eyes. Yet you do not understand the most basic Vulcan principle of privacy."
"God! I'm sorry Spock, but the idea that one mate can keep something secret from another is alien to me…" Kirk snapped then he mentally slapped himself when Spock's back stiffened like a ramrod.

"As I am alien, Jim. It is as it is.

Vignettes:

NOT HEAT by jat sapphire is a sequel to ST:TMP. 

He pulled up, kissed Spock's palm, and pressed his face into it until they were almost in position for a mind-meld.
The feeling was anything but simple.  Jim had noticed long before how little arcs of energy seemed to snap from Spock's fingertips straight into Jim's brain, a burn like icicles on the tongue or the flash of lightning on the eye.

RISK by CatalenaMara is based on "Return To Tomorrow". 

Kirk stood alone on the observation deck, the lights dialed down to their lowest level.  He rested a hand on the bulkhead, feeling the cold of the metal seep into his skin, his soul. Focusing his attention on the thrum and throb of the Enterprise engines enabled him to keep other thoughts at bay, for just a moment. . . . His ship.  The service.  Today, they had demanded one more sacrifice. 

A WALK IN THE DARK by Elise Madrid is a sequel to "Devil in the Dark".

They walked deeper into the tunnels, away from the Horta's nursery and further away from the noise and disruption of the human installation. Spock felt a slight unease. . . . He knew his captain wished to speak to him regarding his... lapse. Spock could think of it no other way.

CATCHING A WILD GOOSE by Farfalla Caquí is set many years in the future, after the events of "Generations" and "Unification" ("Star Trek: The Next Generation").

Spock walked calmly into the Starship Titan's state of the art holodeck. . . . As soon as the door clicked shut, Spock began setting up his designer reality. "Computer, create for me the bridge of the original Starship Enterprise."

Within seconds, the black grid nonchalantly transformed itself into a perfect, living likeness of the Enterprise bridge. Spock stood dumbly in front of the captain's chair, staring around at his surroundings...

IN LOVE WITH MY CAPTAIN by Farfalla Caquí is a short mood piece, and there are two poems, "Everything" by Helen  and "Petals" by  Danielle Stewart

CGA art by T'Guess, Virginia Sky, and Helen.
Traditional art by Liz Woledge and J S Cavalcante

A note on the stories... "Cannot Touch" has appeared on the internet; it has been revised and expanded with an additional scene for publication here. I decided to include an additional two internet stories in this issue-"Catching A Wild Goose" and "In Love With My Captain"-as I wanted to have a small sampling of what is out there in cyberspace. These latter two are short pieces, and though they have not been altered from internet publication, their inclusion here does not affect the price of this zine.

"A Walk in the Dark" was previously printed in the K/S CONnections 2003 contest zine.

WARNINGS:  If you would like to find out if there are any "warnings" for any stories in this zine, please email me privately at Kathleener@aol.com.

THIS IS A SLASH FANZINE containing explicit same-sex material.  AN AGE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

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