This the ultimate Star Trek collection, featuring original stories for fans by fans! These eighteen fantastic tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first USS Enterprise, through Captain Picard's era and Captain Sisko's space station Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Voyager, with many fascinating stops along the way. This volume contains stories by: Landon Cary Dalton, Phaedra M. Weldon, Keith L. Davis, Dayton Ward, Dylan Otto Krider, Jerry M. Wolfe, Peg Robinson, Kathy Oltion, Bobbie Benton Hull, Alara Rogers, Franklin Thatcher, Christina F. York, Vince Bonasso, Patrick Cumby, J.A. Rosales, JaQ Andrews, Jackee Crowell, and Craig D.B. Patton.
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Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.
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Here's what you, the fans, have demanded for decades! An anthology featuring original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, and Star Trek®: Voyager(TM) stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!
After a lengthy competition that drew thousands of submissions; these astounding stories, written exclusively by brand-new authors, were selected for their originality and style.
These eighteen fantastic tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise(TM), through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Voyager, with many fascinating stops along the way.
This all-new volume contains stories by: Landon Cary Dalton, Phaedra M. Weldon, Keith L. Davis, Dayton Ward, Dylan Otto Krider, Jerry M. Wolfe, Peg Robinson, Kathy Oltion, Bobbie Benton Hull, Alara Rogers, Franklin Thatcher, Christina F. York, Vince Bonasso, Patrick Cumby, J.A. Rosales, jaQ Andrews, Jackee C., and Craig D.B. Patton.
Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans -- like you -- take the helm!
Inhalt
Introduction
Dean Wesley Smith
A Private Anecdote (Grand Prize)
Landon Cary Dalton
The Last Tribble
Keith L. Davis
The Lights in the Sky (Third Prize)
Phaedra M. Weldon
Reflections 56
Dayton Ward
What Went Through Data's Mind
0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit
Dylan Otto Krider
The Naked Truth
Jerry M. Wolfe
The First
Peg Robinson
See Spot Run
Kathy Oltion
Together Again, for the First Time
Bobbie Benton Hull
Civil Disobedience
Alara Rogers
Of Cabbages and Kings (Second Prize)
Franklin Thatcher
Life's Lessons
Christina F. York
Where I Fell Before My Enemy
Vince Bonasso
Good Night, Voyager
Patrick Cumby
Ambassador at Large
J. A. Rosales
Fiction
jaQ Andrews
I, Voyager
Jackee C.
Monthuglu
Craig D. B. Patton
Because We Can
The Man Who Sold the Sky
John J. Ordover
The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly's Feet
Paula M. Block
Afterwords
My First Story
John J. Ordover
A Few Words...
Paula M. Block
Contest Rules
About the Contributors