TOS K/S Masterpost: The Fans
The following is an excerpt from TOS Kirk/Spock Masterpost by @princenimoy, shared with permission and eternal gratitude!
Photo manip by @shadows-and-flames, original post here.
K/S by Fans, for Fans
This is a masterpost and not a lecture (and believe me, I’ve had to keep myself on a leash), so, for reasons I’m not going to get into, photocopies of slash zines in their entirety are basically impossible to read online. Does it make me twitch, knowing there’s so many of them just rotting in people’s basements? Yes. Yes, it does.
However, individual stories are fairly easy to track down on ksarchive, ao3, and independent sites. In fact, I am working on a zine spreadsheet (or database or list or idk, it’s a mess) with links to the stories that have made it online. It is as of April 2020 incomplete (keep checking my blog description). But in the meantime…
Historically Significant ‘Zines (Timeline and Where to Read)
- Spockanalia (1967-1970). FanLore: “[Spockanalia] was the very first all-Star Trek fanzine ever published, done when the series was still in its first season on NBC.” Read here: Issue I Issue II Issue III Issue IV Issue V
- Grup Issue #3 (1974) contains the very first slash story ever published, and of course, it is K/S. FanLore: “The point-of-view character appears to be Spock, and the story begins with someone else saying to him, ‘Shut up… we’re by no means setting a precedent.’ (A friend of mine points out the irony of that statement being the very first sentence of the very first printed K/S; this story was indeed setting a precedent that would extend through many other fandoms and affect many lives.)“ Warning: sexually explicit. Read the text here.
- Alternative: The Epilog to Orion (1976) The first K/S zine. I can’t find it any of it online, but here is the article on FanLore.
- The Sensuous Vulcan (1977). Contains “Desert Heat,” an early (though not the first) pon-farr-in-a-cave story that was the first to introduce the concept of Spock’s double-ridged genitalia. Warning: sexually explicit. Art of Desert Heat here. Read the story here.
- Alien Brothers (1987) Although the first pon-farr-in-a-cave story ever, “The Ring of Soshern,” was written as early as 1968, it remained unpublished until the late 80′s. Warning: sexually explicit. Read here (shared from my personal dropbox).
Here is FanLore’s list (and 3500+ photocopy samples) of TOS slash zines (mostly K/S). See this article on K/S history in general. See also this list of “early, early” K/S slash.
Finding the *Ancient Stuff* on ao3
Under “Search Works,” scroll all the way down to “Sort by” and put in “Date Updated,” then sort direction by “Ascending.” Thanks to @deadpanwalking for this tip. Please do not point out that it’s common sense or that I’m an idiot lmao.
See also:
- @zinedom
- @tosthylafics
- @thyla-recs
- @oldmarriedspirk
- @thylabang
- @thylareversebang
- @vintagetrek
- thyla.com
- (TDG note: we’re trying to catch a ride on the space husbands shuttle too!)
K/S Conventions (Currently Active)
BNF’s of Tumblr
This post wouldn’t be complete without acknowledging the backbone of the TOS, especially K/S, Tumblr community. If I snubbed you, please forgive me; this is in no way an exhaustive list.
- @thylaforever a/k/a @tosthylafics
- @plaidshirtjimkirk a/k/a @oldmarriedspirk (also involved w/ @thyla-recs )
- @spockslash (RIP) a/k/a @propremise (archived NSFW blog)
- @spockshair (also involved w/ @thyla-recs)
- @sunshine-captain (also involved w/ @thyla-recs)
- @thesadchicken
- @burning–amber a/k/a @pre-reform-spock (TDG note: no longer active)
- @vintagetrek
- @beyondspock
- @llapnimoy
If you have any contributions you’d like us to share, send us an ask or message on Tumblr. We’re looking to post queer content and shamelessly promote fan works from ANY fandom. If you ship it, we want to share it!
