Welcome to the
TrekCreative Mailing List Home Page
The TrekCreative Mailing List is the direct descendant of the FIDO echo
Star_Trek_Creative. Those interested in the discussion of Star Trek
with a bent towards writing are encouraged to join the mailing list.
You don't have to be a writer, anyone can join in.
Within the discussions can range from the best way to portray a
character, current politics and how that relates to the presentation of
the galaxy of the 24th century, to what are the social conditions in
the various regions of the galaxy of Star Trek. The tone will move from
lighthearted to serious and back
again.
Members of the list also post stories or story parts as well as other
creative work for your enjoyment and critique. No one is pushed into
more criticism than they are willing to take. Ask people to be gentle,
and they will.
What the Funny
Letters Mean
Or, The Trekcreative Story Rateing System
Some useful Terms
for discussion.
I have a few Questions
or the Trek Creative FAQ page.
The
TrekCreative Crew
Below we have
brief bios and some photos of those Trek Creative members that wished
to be listed, as well as links to their websites if they have them.
Garry
Stahl: Webmaster and current
moderator of
the Trek Creative Mailing List.
Garry is the creator and
main author of the Epiphany Trek setting. His website The
Olde
Phoenix Inn contains evidence of
his main passions, Star
Trek/science fiction, role-playing, and Amiga computers. He describes
himself as "A first generation Star Trek fan and role-player. I have
been writing fan fiction in the Star Trek Universe since 1997. It has
attracted, against all odds, a small but ardent audience that keeps my
ego up high enough that I keep writing it. I thank all of them." He
also builds models in the Star Trek and fantasy genre.
Other
than this he lives in Dearborn Michigan with his wonderful Wife Sue
(Who also writes), his Son Matthew, cats Missy, Tiger, and Zackery,
guinea pigs Max, and Duey, and his King Python Perclies. The
house is overstuffed with books, models, music, horses, and gaming
materials.
Garry's Home Page
is The
Olde Phoenix Inn
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Epiphany
Trek
OC/ALL:"The Age of Discovery is Only Beginning"
Adventure and discovery within multiple settings of
the Star Trek Universe. Sail with Captain Taraban and the USS
Questing, Captain James Timothy
Kirk and the USS Kongo,
or Captain Nelson and the USS
Grant. Seek justice on High
Crystal Station with Constable
Terkos, or adventure in other places and times.
After the Voyage
By Garry Stahl: PG-MC/MOV: What happens around the principle characters in Star Trek IV; The Voyage Home? A peek at things behind the scenes, mainly from the PoV of Jerry LaSaille. 05-09
Ancient Voices
By Susan Stahl G-OC/None: Orqina and her fellow seekers of
knowledge dig in the dust of Qon'oS for whispers from the past. What
whispers they find are far more active than they could ever expect,
or even dream.
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05-09
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Jay
P. Hailey: Jay lives in Spokane
Washington
physically. Somewhere in Deep Space mentally. He is the compiler and
writer of the Star Trek -- Outwardly Mobile setting.
Jay is an inveterate
trekkie, role-playing game hobbyist, and cat-person. Jay has been
inventing this for Trek role playing and then writing stories about
them since 1983, with a long break between 1987 and 1994.
Jay lives with Sandra Hedlund and three cats, Angel, Teddy-Bear, and
Rita.
Jay is currently celebrating his continuing marriage to Sandi Hedlund,
the twelfth year of writing Star
Trek: Outwardly Mobile, and
anything else he can think of to celebrate.
Jay says: "I have
always believed that the prose speaks for itself. Go read the damn
stories."
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Star
Trek -- Outwardly Mobile
OC/TNG:
Follow the Adventures Of Captians Hailey, Lir'ira and others as they
push the edge of the unknown, one and all Outwardly Mobile
Banshee Squadron
PG-13 (Language, Violence) Alex Dalton has wings on her ankles and
can't get enough flight time. Can she survive as a member of Banshee
Squadron? 05-2008
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Steve
Oostrom: Steve currently
resides in Oshawa, Ontario, and he has been writing Star Trek-based fan
fiction since the late seventies, when he watched the original series
as an after-school activity and decided, "I can write stories like that
too." Instead of further adventures of Kirk and crew, he created his
own ship and crew, and his own alien races, especially the Odonans.
Stories and even novels followed, as he created his own particular view
of the Star Trek
universe. Steve has a number of other interests, which currently
include computer baseball, cartography and linguistics (these change
regularly). With the last of those, he has created a number of
artifical constructed languages, including Allemonian and Odonien.
Steve is currently single, working as a postal clerk when his mind is
not fully preoccupied by all of his other activities. Unlike some
others, he lives with only one cat, Kitscha.
Check out Steve
Oostrom's Home Page
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Star
Trek Athena
OC/TNG: The USS Athena
and crew deal with the trials of war and the rewards of space
exploration.
Outside the Box PG-OC/TNG: While en route to Ramsadon, the Athena is trapped by some
previously-unknown spatial phenomenon. Soon, Captain Thorpe has to make a decision on the fate of his crew
and ship, each equally risky and with similiar chances of success. At the same time, Indesakar is on the holodeck,
unaware of what is happening. 05-09
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Kevin
van Houten: Kevin is, without
doubt, the 'least serious' of the contributors to Trek Creative. Kevin
has no story-arcs to his credit, does not model, owns very little
Trek-related material and has been to exactly one convention. (At which
by his report he had a great time) Kevin's small talent tends toward
the 'poetical' end of the creative spectrum and he is particularly fond
of producing song parodies and filksongs.
Kevin's alter ego, Qe'van, is one of the few remaining members of the
Klingon "Bard" caste, while Kevin is a mundane husband, father,
grandfather and computer consultant living in one of the ubiquitious
suburbs of Dallas. Qe'van lives in an alternate-reality Deep Space Nine
and is a former Poet Laureate of Qo'noS.
Kevin's poetry can
be read at: Qe`vanHo'ten
tai qui
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Michael
Gray: In his current incarnation
as a human, Michael exists in the State of Illinois on planet Earth
where, when he can pilfer enough time from daily life, writes Star
Trek: Dark Horizon and creates Trek related graphics such as photo
manipulations and space scenes. After having written numerous parodies
of both Star Trek and Star Wars and having done graphics for other Trek
sites, Michael finally decided to try his limber hand at his own Trek
fan
fiction.
Michael's
other interests include physics, the comparative study of religions,
music, film, psychology, history, being a husband and father, and
co-existing in the same location with the most timid cat in the
universe and the most evil cat in the universe.
Michael Gray's
Home Page "Ronwald"
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Star
Trek: Dark Horizon
OC/TNG:
Captain Jack McCall leads the crew of the Federation starship USS
Chamberlain to unlock the
mysteries of the galaxy's ancient past and repel the onslaught of a
dark evil consumed by its lust for survival, power, and revenge.
Paradise Lost PG-OC/TNG: Going
home again is never easy, but Mei-Wan discovers on this trip that home can be
where the soul dies. 02-09
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Allyn
Gibson: A
store manager for Electronics Boutique
in Exton, Pennsylvania, Allyn is one of TrekCreative's less active
participants. Two things should be noted, right off the bat: Allyn
doesn't often write Star Trek
fanfic, and Allyn doesn't often read Star
Trek fanfic. Why, then, does he
participate on a listserv devoted to the subject of Star
Trek as applied in fanfic?
Because Allyn is, at core, a Star
Trek fan, knowledgeable in his
own way, with strong views of how the Star
Trek
universe works, both as a "playground of the mind" and as a "reality
one step removed from our own."
Among Allyn's particular interests are the Star
Trek novels; you'll find him an
active participant on the Psi
Phi Star
Trek Books BBS.
Allyn also manages Alternity,
a mailing list devoted to discussing the development of history in the Star
Trek universe through an
examination of counterfactuals based upon Star
Trek's future history. One such
speculation on Star Trekhistory, The
Kzin Question, attempts to
explain how the Kzin, as seen in the Animated
Series, can coexist with the
universe as seen in Star
Trek:First Contact.
Outside of Star TrekAllyn's
interests span Doctor
Who;
eighteenth-century nautical fiction such as the novels of C.S.
Forester
and Alexander Kent; the writings of Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick,
and Ernest Hemingway, among others; Arthurian
mythology, particularly the
12th- and 13th-century Grail romances; medieval history; Winnie-the-Pooh;
the Beatles; HTML coding; old-style BASIC programming; and The
Lord of the Rings.
Allyn's website The
World According to Allyn.
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Cleve Johnson
lives in central Indiana with his wonderful wife and two sons. After
nearly 20 years in the banking industry, Cleve transitioned to teaching
writing, math, and various other general education courses at a local
business college.
In addition to writing the
stories of To
Boldly Go, Cleve has published his first book—a fantasy novella
titled The Unicorn and the Dragon
(www.books.lighttrek.com).
He plans to publish more books during the next few years.
In addition to Star Trek,
Cleve enjoys Lord
of the Rings, both the novel and
the movies. His favorite authors include C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Frank Peretti, and Trek Creative's own Michael Gray.
Cleve's Star Trek®
fiction is located at www.lighttrek.com
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To
Boldy Go OC/TNG:
Three ships, one mission--Follow the adventurous crews of the starships
Monarch, Providence, and Trailblazer as they explore the final
frontier.
The Voyage of the
Monarch: Consequences
of Conscience PG-OC/TNG: After
his rescue from Enkar, Captain Robert P. Stuart abducted the leader of
that world to use him as a bargaining chip to retrieve the remaining
Federation hostages. But certain members
of the
Federation Council, worried that Stuart’s actions might result in
an
interstellar war, push to make an example of him. Now
Captain Stuart must face the ramifications of his actions…and
his conscience. 1/08
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Richard
Merk was born in East L.A. to
his considerable surprise, so when his parents moved away to the house
they would live in for the next twelve years, he cleverly stowed away
in the trunk of their car. Brought up in West Los Angeles and educated
in Catholic schools, he took to outer space as a starship captain in an
attempt to escape this tragic reality. Inexplicably, he eventually
graduated from high school. Then, ignoring angry mobs of protestors, he
infiltrated Cal State Fullerton, from which he almost graduated.
Starting at age 16, he began to writing adventure stories, computer
games, and AD&D modules, and one or two of them are almost
finished. Upon discovering the Internet, he began designing web pages,
and one or two of those are almost finished.
As he grows older, he shows no signs of slacking off. He remains as
youthful and as lovable as ever, and grows more ruggedly handsome with
each passing year. You can be sure that this is true, since he has
written this little resume himself, and his unwavering devotion to
absolute truth is notorious. And for once, he actually finished what he
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Star
Trek: Banshee Squadron OC/TNG:
In the darkness beyond the Briar Patch, a monstrous evil lurks just out
of sight, poised to devour all sentient life in the galaxy. On the
peaceful frontier planet Serenity, caught between warring empires, Lee
Carter and her Banshee Squadron are pulled into the struggle that will
decide the fate of humanity!
Blue PG-OC/TNG:
A First Contact situation is never easy even under ideal
conditions, but while trying to negotiate peaceful relations with a
strange new species on the borders of Federation space, Commander Lee
Carter must overcome not only cultural differences, but her own
intractable foibles. 01-06
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James
C Jones II: James, a Star Trek
Fan of over twenty years, currently lives in sunny Southern California.
His passions are writing fiction (Sci-fi. Alternate History,
Action/Adventure and Romance), running a part-time Internet Radio
Station, reading, loving his cat, Bovi Stock, and just plain enjoying
life. He served many years in the US Army and Army Reserve (with
several Honorable discharges and decorations) and though separated from
military life he still considers himself a Warrior and Soldier. He
currently is an X-Ray technician, a victim of Big Business outsourcing,
and a year round student. He holds a B.S. degree in Information
Technology (IT) and had once seriously considered a career as a
Socio-Cultural Anthropologist.
Universal Radio
Station
An eclectic mix of all types of genres. Click here
to see what is currently playing. Weekends are dedicated to TCR member
compilations.
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Star
Trek: Deep Space Explorer OC/DS9:
Follow the adventures of the Federation Deep Space Explorer vessel
Reginald L Johnson and its crew as they travel through the
fantastically strange and wondrous unknowns of space.
Gaslight
Hunter
OC/DS9:
Captain Chiita Scar'an and his wife, T'Irs, enter a popular Holodeck
Adventure titled: Gaslight Hunter. What's in store for them? Adventure,
excitement, and the unexpected chance to learn about one another. 03-05
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Other Sites by
Trekcreative Members
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Not yet, but
we are working on it.
This is the are a for TC members that don't wish to post Bios, but want
their fiction sites listed.
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Banners? We have
Banners!
Here are some logos for linking to. by
Richard Merk, one for dark backgrounds and one for light backgrounds.
Take your pick.
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