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52, mother of three. Live in PA, have been a die-hard TOS fan since I was 11 and saw my first episode 'A Private Little War'. I'm particularly partial to the Kirk-Spock-McCoy friendship (no slash here), so most of my work centers around this.
I've had no formal training, never took writing classes, nor had a burning desire to put pen to paper since childhood. Outside of assignments for school, I'd never written anything in my life until early 2009, when two other Trek-author friends dared me to try my hand at fan fiction - something I was convinced I simply couldn't do.
Well, apparently they knew better than me. ;-) Since then I've penned 60 stories, with more in the works. Just want to say thanks to two wonderful ladies who helped me discover a side of myself I never knew was there. :D
Since I've become more prolific than I ever intended, here's a list of my works, in chronological order within TOS as well as my own 'fanon':
Matters of the Vulcan Heart
In the Weeds
Betrayed
Before the Dying of the Light
Childhood's End
The Ruthless Hand of Man
For the Love of a Good Woman
The Road Less Traveled
The Best-Laid Plans
Hidden Truths
For the First Time
One Small Step
Great Expectations
Sequelae
What Lies Within
Letting Go
For the Hundredth Time
All in a Day's Work
See the Cosmos
Sleeping With the Enemy
Through the Looking Glass
Turning the Tables
Simple Gifts
Perdition's Flames
Three Sheets to the Wind
Lost
Call of Duty
The Awakening
Echoes
Our Brother's Keepers
Intersection Points
His Last Breath
Silence
Learning Curve
Precious Gift
Reflection
Aftermath
The Ties That Bind
Into the Lion's Den
Six Degrees of Separation
Into the Maelstrom
The Winds of Change
Shadows and Dust
The First Terrace of Purgatory
All That He Was
As I Lay Dreaming
Breath of Life
The Family I Know
Brother of the Heart
Shiav
A Mother's Love
Secrets
AU stories - in alphabetical order:
Breakable
God Only Knows
Hell to Pay
Journey's End
The Last Full Measure
The Long Way Home
Ripples
Where I Belong
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Spock
Genre: Angst, Friendship
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 4188 Read Count: 1265
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Grayson, Amanda, Kirk, James T.
Genre: Family, Friendship, Tragedy
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1481 Read Count: 1087
This is a follow-on to my free write ‘Sink or Swim – Young McCoy’ and takes place a few weeks later. Lenny and Joss were so different, so just what did he do to win her heart? To his mind it was the events of this, their first date, that sealed the deal.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: McCoy, Leonard (Bones)
Genre: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Challenges: February Challenge - Overcoming a Calamity
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3279 Read Count: 1135
This was written for the December Family challenge and hearkens to a scene in one of the TOS movies. Not the one you'd expect from me, I'll wager. ;-)
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: None
Genre: Angst, Drama, Family
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 722 Read Count: 1082
This is a companion piece to “In the Weeds,” written from T’Pring’s POV. It has been so easy to vilify her in fandom, but did we truly understand the challenges she faced once her parents bonded her to Spock? This is not intended to be a commentary on her behavior, but rather a look at the situation from her perspective—that of a seven-year-old who has just had her whole world turned upside down.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: T'Pring
Genre: Angst, Drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1619 Read Count: 1404
Spock was clearly uncomfortable discussing "the birds and the bees" with Jim Kirk. Can you imagine how much more difficult that conversation would have been with his parents as a young boy? Once learning of the particulars of Pon Farr, Spock resolves to face it in a way that will make both his betrothed and his parents proud of him. A Spock childhood story.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Grayson, Amanda, Sarek, Spock
Genre: Angst, Family
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3925 Read Count: 1567
When the Endurance encounters a terrifyingly strong unseen enemy while on a routine patrol, Commander Dar Thavalan, the ship’s CMO, is forced to take command. Severely injured in the ensuing firefight, she is nursed back to health by a newly-minted Starfleet doctor.
She is determined to have Starfleet Command investigate the incident and identify the unknown assailant in order to protect other Federation vessels from this invisible foe, but Command is just as determined to sweep the entire incident under the rug.
Written for the TToT 2014 Collaboration Station.
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Thavalan, Dar (Dee)
Genre: Drama, Friendship
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 10815 Read Count: 3954
This is a companion piece to Mackenzie Calhoun’s brilliant “When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)” and was written for the TToT 2014 Steal All the Toys challenge. Thanks, Mac, for letting me play in this universe for just a little while.
Image by Alice Yoo
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Mitchell, Gary
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Family, Tragedy
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: Gary Mitchell-Lifeguard
Completed: Yes Word count: 1568 Read Count: 1589
A view of Chapel, on her first day aboard the Enterprise, through the eyes of the seven main characters in TOS.
This will serve as a companion piece to my story "One Small Step," which details Chapel's first day as a member of the crew of the Enterprise.
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Chapel, Christine, Chekov, Pavel, Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Scott, Montgomery (Scotty), Spock, Sulu, Hikaru, Uhura, Nyota
Genre: Friendship, General
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3372 Read Count: 15936
This story explores a very dark day in the life of a young Jim Kirk, the event that forever changed his outlook on life, and helped to mold him into the man he eventually became. Written for the ‘Innocence’ challenge.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T.
Genre: Angst, Family, Tragedy
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1467 Read Count: 1435
What made a ten-year-old Spock flee his home three days ago, and what punishment will his parents mete out upon his return? An expansion of my free write for “Downtime.” Written for the “Dying of the Light” challenge.
Chapters for a young Kirk and young McCoy now up as promised.
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Spock
Genre: Angst, Family, Humor, Tragedy
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 4492 Read Count: 5461
A seven-year-old Spock reflects on the most significant holiday of the Vulcan people,”Gad Kaunsh’es,”and reaches a decision about his future. Written for the February ‘Alien Holiday’ challenge.
Winner: Alien Holidays Challenge
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Grayson, Amanda, Spock
Genre: Angst, Family
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3471 Read Count: 1278
This is an immediate sequel to “Call of Duty,” and a companion piece to “The Awakening.” Kirk and Spock find themselves stranded 2,000 years in Vulcan’s past. Spock is racing against time to make repairs to the shuttlecraft, their only means to return to the future, before a mysterious infection claims Kirk’s life.
It will stand on its own, but will be a richer story if the events portrayed in those two pieces are fully understood.
Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Ensemble Cast - TOS, Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Scott, Montgomery (Scotty), Spock
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Friendship
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 21914 Read Count: 22588
Sometimes it's the simple gifts in life that mean the most. A few days late, but December is a notoriously busy month for me. Happy holidays everyone! :D
Written for the "Favorite Things" challenge.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, Peter, Kirk, Winona
Genre: Angst, Family, Holidays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3749 Read Count: 1190
Spock remembers the person who had the greatest influence on his life. It's someone you wouldn't expect.
Winner: Remembrance Challenge
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., Spock
Genre: Family, Friendship
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3952 Read Count: 1188
Leila Kalomi and Spock met six years before ‘This Side of Paradise’ on Earth. She freely admitted that she fell in love with him, but what did Spock feel? This is the story of that meeting.
Conceived about a year ago, but written/completed for the 'Expansion' challenge.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Spock
Genre: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 6327 Read Count: 1340
The liquid scorched its way down, laying a fleeting truce with the pain, the suffering, and the memories that had caused them, providing the brief illusion of relief from the towering regret that teetered invisibly on his shoulders.
Written for the free write 'Drinking to Forget.'
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: McCoy, Leonard (Bones)
Genre: Angst, Family
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1584 Read Count: 1099
Written for the free write 'For the Hundredth Time.' The only stipulation was that we include that as the first line of the story.
McCoy does have a knack for finding trouble. Total crack, so read at your own risk. Hell if I know where this came from...
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Spock
Genre: Friendship, Humor
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1288 Read Count: 1747
A view of the Denevan parasites through the eyes of someone you wouldn't expect. Can't say more without giving too much away. If this intrigues, you'll just have to read it to satisfy your curiosity. ;-) One needs a working knowledge of the TOS episode 'Operation—Annihilate' to understand this piece. Inspired by the free write 'In Your Dreams.'
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: None
Genre: Angst, Family
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 1856 Read Count: 1434
Christine Chapel's first day aboard the Enterprise was not without its highs ... and lows.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Chapel, Christine, Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Scott, Montgomery (Scotty), Spock, Uhura, Nyota
Genre: General, Humor
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 4486 Read Count: 1538
An answer to the Twelve Trials of Triskelion ficlet challenge. These are small milestones from the life of Leonard McCoy, some incredibly sad, others uplifting, that helped to shape the man he became, from his career choice to his gruff, curmudgeonly exterior.
Edit 6/20/13: I've added a new chapter, called 'Salvation,' that fits between 'Possibilities' and 'The Best of Times.'
Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: McCoy, Leonard (Bones)
Genre: Angst, Drama, Family, Tragedy
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 4642 Read Count: 18289
The friendship of Jim Kirk and Spock of Vulcan is the stuff of legend. But how would Spock’s life have been different if he had never joined Starfleet, instead following the wishes of his father and accepting a position at the Vulcan Science Academy? Spock, T'Pring, Amanda, I'Chaya, OC.
Winner: Paths Not Taken ChallengeChapters: 2 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Grayson, Amanda, Spock
Genre: Angst, Family
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 11557 Read Count: 3163
When a shuttle carrying McCoy and Spock crashes on a hostile world, things don't look good for them. Will the Enterprise find them in time?
This is a continuation of my free write for Trek Tech and fits into my 'Learning Curve' story arc. It touches on McCoy's growing concerns about the link between Kirk and Spock, and fits in between 'The Ties That Bind' and 'Six Degrees of Separation.'
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Spock
Genre: Angst, Drama, Friendship
Warnings: Adult Language, Adult Situations
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 9642 Read Count: 4566
There had to be more fallout between Kirk and Spock in the wake of Amok Time than we ever saw on screen. After all, one isn’t almost strangled to death by your best friend – or almost strangles your best friend to death – without repercussions, right? In sickbay both were still shell-shocked by how things had turned out, but what happened later, when each had time to really think about what had transpired? Each would have their own hurdles and emotional baggage to overcome. How could either learn to trust the other – or himself – ever again?
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones), Spock
Genre: Angst, Friendship
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 6100 Read Count: 1887
Letting go of the past (or present) can be difficult for some; next to impossible for others...just ask Kevin Riley.
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Categories: Original Series
Characters: Kirk, James T., McCoy, Leonard (Bones)
Genre: Angst, Friendship
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes Word count: 3999 Read Count: 1413