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Mini Review By Sarah Thompson

Here is an interesting zine that I bought new at MediaWest. It's mainly a Trek (various versions, especially Classic and DS9) zine, but there is a good, longish, two-part B7 crossover. Despite the eccentric numbering, these are simply issues #1 and 2. (I spoke briefly to the publisher at the con, and she explained that originally they had planned to do two issues per year but in fact never did.) There is also a third issue of the zine, but as far as I could tell it has no B7 material.

The zine verges on (het) adult as some of the scenes get rather steamy. A mild R rating, perhaps. In the B7 crossover stories, there's implied romantic interaction between both Avon/Cally and Avon/Kira (after he thinks that Cally is dead). The only consummated relationship, however, is Kira/Odo.

So far I've only skimmed the story, but it looks to be very well- written and I'd recommend it if you like DS9 as well as B7.

The zines are $10 each plus postage. The address given in #2 (as of 1995) is:

Young Rhinoskins
P.O. Box 7331
Ann Arbor, MI 48107

An ad for a series of Trek zines also gives the publisher's address as:

Laura Basta-Sandler
25207 E. Roycourt
Huntington Woods, MI 48070
rsandler@detroit.freenet.org

Contents of Issue 1.1

Editor: Christine Bichler
Publisher: Laura Triste Basta-Sandler, Young Rhinoskins (Ann Arbor, MI)
Date: May 1994
Format: letter size, 112 pp., gray card covers, black comb binding

B7 fiction:
Christine Bichler, "Transporter Games" (S4-5; DS9 crossover)

B7 art:
Christine M. Bichler p. 81 A-Kira; illo for "Transporter Games"

Other fandoms: ST, original fantasy

Contents of Issue 2.1

Editor: Christine Bichler
Publisher: Laura Triste Basta-Sandler, Young Rhinoskins (Ann Arbor, MI)
Date: May 1995
Format: letter size, 136 pp., pale blue card covers, white comb binding

B7 fiction:
Christine Zdroj-Bichler, "Love and Honor" (sequel to "Transporter Games" in #1; S4-5; DS9 crossover)

B7 and B7-related art:
Christine M. Bichler p. 40 A-V-C, Odo-Kira; illo for "Transporter Games"
p. 54 A-Kira; illo for "Transporter Games"
p. 74 Kira/Odo; illo for "Transporter Games"
p. 77 Kira; illo for "Transporter Games"

Other fandoms: ST, original fantasy

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