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Updated 05 August 2009

Debuted at MediaWest*Con, May 2009

Common Ground front cover Common Ground NEW!
A ST:TOS Slash Novel
by Award-Winning Writer Tiger Tyger
First Novel in the Fields of Evermore Trilogy
133 pages / 62,000 words
$20 U.S. + S&H
Full-color Front AND Back Covers
by Award-Winning Fan Artist Lorraine

An unconsummated bond, a self-sacrificing Vulcan first officer, and an all-action captain combine for a thrilling romantic adventure. Fraught with danger from within and without, Kirk and Spock navigate the ebb and flow of a new bond, the end of Enterprise's five-year mission, and the new life they hope to forge together as they grope for common ground.

Excerpt:

Jim's towel hung neatly, next to his own. It was still damp, and Spock grasped it. His fingers trembled as he pressed it against his face and inhaled deeply. Shamed by his behavior but unable to stop, he pressed it against his chest, as though he were holding the man himself. Face contorted in agony, he caught his reflection in the mirror and it staggered him.

Though Seyjan and McCoy had been dogging his heels with the ruthless efficiency of their kind, pressing hyposprays and food into him with determined regularity, they had been unable to stop the ravages of an uncompleted bond from showing on his features. He appeared haggard, deeper lines showing on his face than normal, a dull expression to his gaze that spoke of the turmoil within. He was pale, and he'd lost weight. His hands trembled constantly now, and he couldn't keep any nutrition down. Even fluids were untenable at this point. Spock realized with very little feeling that he could die before they reached Vulcan, now only sixty hours away.

He turned away. There was nothing that could be done. That he had followed his human heart in this instance was immaterial; logic would have driven him relentlessly down the same path. Bathing quickly, he defiantly used Jim's towel, scrubbing it roughly across his body as he wished the human's hands to do....

Debuted at MediaWest*Con, May 2009

DHD-6.5: Good Soldier NEW!
A Jack/Daniel Slash Novella
by Kath Moonshine
Full-color Cover by Suzan
133 pages / 82,000 words
$20 U.S. + S&H

Literally working their way through both fire and ice, Jack and Daniel have finally played their cards right and they are firmly together in this established-relationship story set in the fourth installment of the Closed Poker Universe. But happily-ever-afters are not the norm for guys who leap into wormholes to fight intergalactic space-snakes, as we see when Jack, Daniel, and the rest of SG-1 travel to Nirvana, a planet that belies its tranquil name when it presents Jack with a difficult and complex sexual situation. Will Jack lose Daniel to the call of the Sacred Chamber—or even worse, to someone younger and a hell of a lot easier to get along with?

Excerpt:

     "I've read your report carefully, Doctor Jackson," General Hammond says, obviously uncomfortable. "Let me see if I have this right: You think SG-1 should go to the planet and engage in some sort of sexual ritual in exchange for intel. Have I got that right?" He should have it right; George has sat on Danny's report for the last two days.
     "Perhaps, General," Daniel answers, his voice full of caution. "Perhaps some of us will have to participate in a Nirvanan religious service in order to gain entry to the sacred chamber. Being strangers, though, we might be able to avoid the ritual."
     "We don't have that kind of luck," I grumble aloud, shifting in my seat as if on a hill of fire ants.
     "The answers aren't here," Daniel says, equal measures of apology and defense in his posture.
     "They're on Nirvana. I don't think that I'll be asked to do anything more physically dangerous than to...copulate...with a representative of the dominant religion. I'm willing to do what it takes to get a look at this sacred chamber the Tok'ra are so interested in."
     There's a damned good reason why the Air Force has non-fraternization rules, I sourly think to myself. It's to keep jealous, paranoid assholes like myself from fucking up a perfectly good mission.

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For those fans of Supernatural, we are pleased to announce that our friend AgtSpooky also has a new J2 RPS zine available. Info will be posted shortly at her site, where you will be able to read about her new zine and order your copies!

Eastern Media Con 2009, sponsored by Light & Shadow Press, is on hiatus. Click here for more information. Our thanks to all who attended in 2007 and 2008, and to all our friends who joined us at the EMC bash at MediaWest*Con 29, held over Memorial Day weekend in May 2009. We hope to see you again soon!