This is a growing archive of TOS stories written by Sheila Clark most of which were published by STAG, ScoTpress or IDIC; stories mostly involve character interaction in an action-adventure format, leaning heavily on the relationship between Kirk, Spock and sometimes McCoy. Several of the longer ones are Alternate Universe.
Abduction - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. Kirk fails to return from shore leave on Argelius. 4457 words
Academy Exercise - First printed 1989 in Make It So 1. This is the only ST:TNG story I've written. Cadets Picard and Crusher are on a survival exercise. 4761 words
A Natural Instinct - A natural instinct can be dangerous. Although it was written fully twenty years ago, this story has never appeared in a zine. (word count - 6799)
A New Toy - First printed 1984 in Enterprise Log Entries 63. The Enterprise is assigned a new Science/First Officer. (word count - 4945)
A Question of Survival - Previously Unpublished. Everyone needs water - but too much is not necessarily a good thing. Written many years ago, this has never been printed and appears here for the first time. (word count - 7630) * Uploaded 09/04/2007
Blind Alley by Sheila Clark First published in Zap 4. Reprinted 1989 in Home to Roost 2. Injured in a shuttlecraft crash, Kirk wanders off. (word count - 5910)
Cause Of Death - Unknown - First printed 1976 in Log Entries 8. The title says it all. Men have died - and McCoy has no idea why. (word count - 8495)
Cause of it All..., The - First printed 1978 in Log Entries 14. Several crewmen manage to get incapably drunk on what is basically a 'dry' planet. (word count - 2570)
City - a Conclusion - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. What happened after Edith Keeler's death? 1016 words
Competence - First printed 1976 in Log Entries 4. Kirk has to assess the performance of a crewman Spock believes is incompetent. (word count - 5341)
Crack In The Mirror - First printed 1994. A Mirror Universe story that follows the career of Captain James Kirk of the ISS Enterprise, building on the few details we learned about him during the episode Mirror, Mirror. (word count - 54347)
Cruelty Is A Way Of Life by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. Once again the title says it all... or does it? (word count - 3986)
Cure by Sheila Clark. First printed in Fizzbin 5. An agricultural colony is having problems. (word count - 2560)
Defence by Sheila Clark. First printed 1976 in Log Entries 6. Are the defenders of the planet the local Federation - or the local Klingons? (word count - 4436)
Demon in the Desert - First printed 1982 in Enterprise Personal Log 2. An AU story. Aliens visit an Earth that has not yet discovered technology. (word count - 5051)
Devil's Spawn, The by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Enterprise Incidents 2. The Enterprise visits lost a colony that is ruled by religion. (word count - 6840)
Diplomatic Diversion - First printed 1983 in Enterprise Log Entries 53. A diplomatic mission turns out to be surprisingly dangerous. (word count - 10646)
Duty Demands... by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Enterprise Incidents 2. Duty demands much of Starfleet personnel. (word count - 1380)
Echo by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Enterprise Incidents 2. A Vulcan scientist assigned temporarily to the Enterprise refuses to acknowledge Spock's existence. (word count - 6825)
Embarcation Leave by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Enterprise Incidents 2. Kirk's last day of leave before joining the Enterprise. (word count - 2630)
Emergency - First printed 1976 in Log Entries 7 under the pen name TGZC. The Enterprise has to head off somewhere at warp six. (word count - 512)
Exposure by Sheila Clark First printed in MAHKO ROOT 2. While visiting a planet locked in an ice age, Spock disappears. (word count - 3990)
Eulogy Premature - Previously Unpublished. Creative response to 'Eulogy' in the US zine Contact. (word count - 2930) * Uploaded 09/04/2007
Falcon Incident - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. A starship on her maiden voyage is totally disabled by an explosion. 4145 words
Final Analysis - First printed 1985 in Enterprise Log Entries 69. Kirk and McCoy have a problem... with each other. (word count - 6484)
Fires Of Lorn, The by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. On an alien planet, McCoy is condemned to death for causing the death of a child. (word count - 3680)
Gremlin (The) - First printed by STCC. The Enterprise appears to be haunted. (word count - 3525) * Uploaded 09/04/2007
Haggis, The by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. Scotty joins in a rec. room discussion of strange animals. (word count - 5900)
Headaches are Imaginary by Sheila Clark First printed in ZAP 2. A new doctor gives Kirk the wrong treatment for a headache. (word count - 5730)
If I Forget You - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. A colony world is having financial problems. Kirk is sent to investigate. 13826 words
Journey From Babel - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. The Enterprise has dropped off the diplomats on Babel... but the events of the journey there have repercussions. 5245 words
Jungle Trek by Sheila Clark First printed 1979 in NEXUS 3. A shuttle carrying Spock and a survey team crashes on a strange, hostile world. (word count - 12180)
Korvan Incident, The by Sheila Clark. First printed June 1978 in Nexus 2. Kirk and a planetary leader have been poisoned; but by whom? (word count - 6830)
Missing Colony, The by Sheila Clark First printed in EMANON IV. The Federation loses contact with one of its colonised planets. (word count - 3340)
Nebulous Crab, The by Sheila Clark First published 1976 in Alnitah 3. A newly-discovered planet proves dangerous. (word count - 7445)
Operation Annihilate - An Interlude by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. A missing scene from the episode. (word count - 850)
Perchance to Dream - First printed 1976 in Log Entries 2. Kirk is suffering from nightmares... (word count - 8426)
Perfectly Logical by Sheila Clark. First printed 1991 in IDIC Log 6. Sequel to Totally Illogical. Spock, now an adult, has become an acolyte at Gol. (word count - 5665)
Philanthropy - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. An Ambassador misunderstands the relationship between Spock and McCoy. Meanwhile, there is an unusual problem on a planet they are sent to investigate. 5241 words
Prejudice by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. When McCoy's daughter comes on board, she takes an immediate dislike to Kirk. (word count - 8060)
Pool, The - First printed 1977 in Log Entries 10. McCoy is depressed. (word count - 2818)
Recant - and Die by Sheila Clark First published 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. The Enterprise visits a world where scientists are feared. (word count - 5055)
Reflections in a Distorting Mirror - First printed 1982 in Enterprise Log Entries 47. Why is Kirk behaving out of character? (word count - 7598)
Routine Reports - First printed 1985 in Enterprise Log Entries 67. Kirk is annoyed at being asked for exactly the same returns every year. (word count - 1675)
Sadists, The by Sheila Clark. First printed in Contact 4 (USA) September 1977. Kirk is amused by what Spock at first considers pure sadism. (word count - 680)
Something Hidden by Sheila Clark. First printed 1976. Instead of joining Starfleet, Spock became a scientist on Vulcan. Then one day he finds himself on the Enterprise... The first story in the Explorer series. (word count - 37800)
Something Lost by Sheila Clark. First printed 1983. The Enterprise is thrown off course into unknown space. Second in the Explorer series. (word count - 40500)
Something Missing by Sheila Clark. First printed 1986. There have been unexplained disappearances on a colony planet... Third and last in the Explorer series. (word count - 50800)
Standard Survey - First printed 1982 in Enterprise Log Entries 50. En route to what should be a routine survey, a shuttlecraft crashes. The sole survivor must survive in a hostile environment... with no memory of who or what he is. (word count - 5920)
Stars' Call, The - First printed 1989 in IDIC Log 1. The stars are calling a young boy... but his father, a politician, has other ideas for his future. 3068 words
Storm, The - First printed 1977 in Log Entries 8 under the pen name TGZC. The Enterprise is caught in an ion storm. (word count - 2386)
Strangers at the Gate - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. nThe transport malfunctions, leaving Kirk and Spock semi-stranded on the planet they have been investigating. While they wait to be picked up, they investigate further... 3715 words
Survival of the Fittest - First printed 1976 in Log Entries 5. The Enterprise crew finds the badly inbred survivors of an old shipwreck. (word count - 2158)
Symbiosis by Sheila Clark First published in Captain's Log 6. Reprinted 1989 in Home to Roost 2. The intelligent life of a recently colonised planet is curious about these incomers. (word count - 4715)
Teeth of the Lynx, The by Sheila Clark First printed in ALNITAH 4. Kirk is dead, and Spock, blaming himself, resigns. (word count - 10390)
Test, The by Sheila Clark. Competition entry, first printed in Contact 3 (USA) March 1977. Kirk and Spock are expected to undertake a planetary 'test of manhood'. (word count - 3600)
Thanks by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Enterprise Incidents 2. Spock beams back to the Enterprise wearing a grass skirt and a string of beads, carrying a flower and a wooden trumpet. (word count - 1855)
There's Always Something You Can Trade by Sheila Clark First printed 1977 in Serendipity. If a race is intelligent, there is always something they can provide as a trading item. (word count - 4970)
There Will Be Dancing..." - First printed 1995 in Enterprise Log Entries 92. This was inspired by a drawing done by The Southern Cross. An admiral is inspecting the Enterprise... (word count - 5857)
To Fear No Evil by Sheila Clark First printed 1979 in NEXUS 4. Kirk must find a refuge for a terrified telepath who has no control. (word count - 12360)
Tortuga - First printed 1987 in Enterprise Incidents 8. Vessels have been disappearing in the space between spiral arms. The Enterprise is sent to investigate the disappearances. 14524 words
Totally Illogical by Sheila Clark. First printed 1977 in Alnitah 5. This story grew out of an idea by Gareth Looker, at the time a small boy, that all Star Trek was only Spock's dream. (word count - 1478)
Trust by Sheila Clark First printed 1977 Enterprise Incidents 2 The Kirks of two universes change places. (word count - 10080)
Variations on a Theme - (written in collaboration with Valerie Piacentini) Series of 8 novels forming one continuous alternate universe story.
Venita's Story by Sheila Clark. First printed in Emanon 1. A Gem's-eye view of The Empath. (word count - 1614)
Warlord, The - First printed 1977 in Log Entries 11. A native warlord seeks to break a treaty with the Federation. (word count - 8705)
War Machine (The) - Previously Unpublished. Not all inventions are good. Written many years ago, this has never been printed and appears here for the first time. (word count - 2190) * Uploaded 09/04/2007
Waters of the Dead World by Sheila Clark First published by Beyond Antares in Telemetry 76. In danger on an arid, lifeless planet, Spock and McCoy must help each other.(word count - 3030)
When Friends Fall Out - First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. Spock and McCoy have a serious disagreement. (word count - 4720) * Uploaded 09/04/2007
Why by Sheila Clark. First printed 1975 in Enterprise Incidents 1. T'Pring's reasoning for rejecting Spock. (word count - 1350)
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