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SPIRK FIC REC

A heart even more your own by @cicia3

Star Trek TOS: Kirk/ Spock, 23k, E, Persuasion fusion

This delightful fic hearkens back to the original Star Trek' series' bizarre obsession with alien worlds that mimic Earth, by presenting us with a word similar enough to Regency England to provide a fitting setting for a story inspired by Persuasion.

While many authors approach fusions by shoehorning in existing characters, the author of this piece instead created some charming new characters; a sprightly young native of the alien world and an adorable young Lieutenant, who both serve as foils for the development of Kirk and Spock's relationship.

The tone of this piece wonderfully captures Austin's voice, while still remaining the author's own, and the setting of the story is vividly described while not being overdeveloped.

The ending has both a surprise twist and all the melodrama of a bodice-ripper. I'm having a hard time not just describing everything about this story as 'delightful', because it really is such a charming story.

[mai-komagata]

aos rec from the archives

i was on a walk and was bored of music and relistened to this old aos podfic. it has a crack feel and jim is ridiculous but it is a beautiful slowly falling in love spirk fic. Anyway, if you haven't, go read "your first time should be special" by helenish.

podfic read by aethel here:

[justveeing]

But, as he rematerialises and catches sight of Spock’s glossy hair and pointed ears amidst the waiting crowd in the transport station, he’s sure even this tourist’s haven of commercialism has its benefits. Spock’s gaze softens as their eyes meet, and Jim steps down from the platform as Spock comes to greet him.

For this year's @kiscon zine I had the absolute pleasure of doing 5 illustrations for @gunstreet's amazing fic Late Bloomer. It's a 10K rated E TOS story full of fun shenanigans, sweet moments and a very incredible explicit ending (there also a sexy illustration there!).

Read it HERE. You won't regret it (;

[spirk-trek]

Nightvisions Fanzine & Novel | Merle Decker, Signe Landon (1979)

Nightvisions, by Susan K. James and Carol A. Frisbie, is one of the first standalone k/s novels published in a zine. It can be read in full here!

[mai-komagata]

just read this story and its so good! check out this new writer.

[livelongandpinup]

Aliens Made Them Do It August Fic Recs

In addition to working on our big Live Long and Pinup Calendar event, our clever artists and writers indulged in a fun mini event!

If you enjoy the Spirk premise of Aliens Made Them Do It, here are a dozen fresh treats for you to enjoy!

The Box by Diamond Dove

Space Sirens by Android And Ale

Desire by USS Queertastic

In Hope and Feathers by Gensho

Showstopper by Lupo Light and Phoenix Rose

Diplomacy by Ungodly Anatomy

Shackled in Lust by Florian Gray

Sure About This? by Spongy Nova

To merge, to mingle, to mix by Moreta1848

Paired by Lokak

Buying Some Time by hyonin

Some Kind of Weapon by Phoenix Rose

(Image from Star Trek Continues webseries)

[bi-disaster-kirk]

Ok, so I love Kirk/Spock fics where they get stranded together during a mission or shore leave and eventually hook up. I need to read more of them and would love to hear everyone's recommendations.

Here are some of my favs:

The Lotus Eaters by aldora89

Sha Ka Ree by @onedamnminuteadmiral

Inside the River by Yeaka

insomnia by @twinkboimler

Rain Dogs by @gunstreet

Please share yours 🙏���️ (I only really read explicit fics but feel free to share whatever you read)

[celestialvoyeur]

🎨 NEW ARTWORKS! 🎨

I’ve recently been creating some art for the lovely @android-and-ale and her amazing ongoing long fic One Daily Should Pat.

The story has some amazing descriptions of the sexy and mysterious Vulcan crew so I decided to draw the enigmatic Captain Spisee! 🖖

(Been working on my realism skills, hope you enjoy) 😉

I’ve also recently created a cover art for the fic too.

[android-and-ale]

My Philon Awards Spirk Fic Recs

It's Philon Awards Season! I'm going through my bookmarks trying to decide how to narrow down the many, MANY amazing fics and art I've voraciously consumed.

If you're not deep in the fandom you might not have heard of the awards. They're given at KisCon, the annual Kirk/Spock convention in Seattle. However, they're open to nomination and voting by anyone who enjoys Spirk!

Click Here for a link where you can learn all about the categories and access the anonymous google form to nominate your favorites. You don't have to attend the con to vote. It's open to all Spirk loving fans!

I've assembled my own short list below. It doesn't begin to cover all the great fics published in the last year, and for some of these writers narrowing it down to only a couple nominations each was incredibly hard!

Whether or not any of these fics make it onto your personal nominations lists, please check them out. This has been a great year in the fandom!

Short Fic (under 10K):

Lost and Found in Translation by @indeedcaptain

How to Win Plants and Influence Lizards by @indeedcaptain

We Need Disposable Towels In The Gym by @affixjoy

Baby It's Cold Outside by ChancelorGriffen/SpaceIsGay

Here We Go Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again (Again Again) by @flippyspoon

Melting Snow, Sweat, and Other Dripping Fluids by CampySpaceSlime

Long Fic (10K - 50K):

The Yeomen of the Garden by @cicaklah

Get Some by @flippyspoon

Please Don't Take Him Just Because You Can by ChancelorGriffen/SpaceIsGay

Way from Within by @gunstreet

Heirs to the Glimmering World by @gunstreet

Sugar In Your Hand by @werewolves-are-real

Don't You Know Me by @strangenewwords

Hurt by @therebewhaleshere

Novels (over 50K):

The Exiles by @jennelikejennay

The Recitation of Names by @jennelikejennay

Regulatory Relations by @indeedcaptain

(note: the author says RR will be complete before the end of the nomination period)

Mol-Kur by @uhuraprime

Of Trees And Telepathy by StupidCat

Shameless Self Recs (all under 10K):

And Filled With Tomorrows by me

Replicator Roulette by me

If you're looking for some great new fic, please read the back catalog of FlippySpoon, Moreta1848, IndeedCaptain, Gunstreet, SpaceIsGay, and the entire One Man series by Cicak. It's all so good! (All links take you to their AO3.)

[marya-blackbone]

spirk fic recs i swear by

TOS

Spock 🖖 by vaksur, WerewolvesAreReal -  [G] - the one where Spock uses emojis

Shelter series by LeslieFish - [M] - the one where they take shelter in a cave

Our Bodies Safe to Shore by glorious_spoon - [M] - the one where Spock gets possessed by an alien

Catching Light by orphan_account - [E] - the one where spock is lonely

Desert Heat by GayleF (Gayle) - [E] - the really old pon farr one

Sha Ka Ree by ThereBeWhalesHere - [E] - the one where they’re trapped on an uninhabited planet

SNW

i like shiny things, but i'd marry you with paper rings by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) - [T] - the one where they’re fake-married

AOS

Scientific Inquiry by walkandtalk - [not rated] - the one where spock’s kid cousin plays matchmaker

Through Blind Men's Eyes by ladyblahblah - [E] - the one where they swap bodies

These things tend to get messy by WhatIfImaMermaid - [E] - the one where aliens make them do it

as always, no author appears twice, so definitely check out their other works! if you want to see my full list of spirk bookmarks, click here.

[spirkme915]

spirk fics i've read in the last two-ish months and loved

I will have you (if you let me) by ros3bud009 @roseymoseyberry (TOS) - starting out this list with a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ fic. i loved everything about this fic - the premise (k&s know they're t'hy'la from the second they meet), the yearning, the journey, the love. i could live in this fic

Spock 🖖 by vaksur, WerewolvesAreReal (TOS) - need a laugh? this one is it. spock decides to use emojis in his comms. shenanigans ensue

A Friend Like You by kierawrites (TAS, yes you read that right an animated series fic!) - pre-slash, a glimpse into their lives after the episode "mudd's passion." this one is short and yet is packed with *them*

A Different Perspective by Maeko (AOS, SNW) - transporter malfunction fic, and this time it brings AOS Spirk to SNW verse. loved this one for the AOS Spirk dynamics, but mostly the SNW Spock and AOS Spock interactions and Maeko's perspective of Vulcan telepathy. it's a fascinating character study!

in the dying of the light by scar_a_mouche (zanni_scaramouche) @zanniscaramouche (AOS) - i'm not sure how to categorize this one, other than to say that i had this *ache* in my chest through every sentence and it just felt so AOS Spirk that i wanted to drown in it. one of my faves over the last few months

Personal Personnel Protocol by dothedeux (TOS) - another comedy entry for the list. this time it's not just the bridge crew that knows what's up, it's the computer. such a fun read and so sweet too

Professor Kirk by TonightNoPoetryWillServe (AOS) - cadet spock, professor kirk, and all kinds of fluff with only a touch of angst. perfect bedtime reading

Let Forever Be by gunstreet @gunstreet (TOS) - listen. i need everyone to drop what they're doing and read this fic. it's a city on the edge of forever fic that is mostly a jim character study but pulls in queer history. it breathes compassion and humanity, and is stocked with OCs you'll fall in love with. another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read

Shall We? by Jenna Hilary Sinclair (JennaHilary) (TOS) - yet another comedy entry? what has the world come to? i love my angst just as much as the next spirk truther, but when comedic spirk is done right it hits perfectly and this one is definitely done right

And When the Bond Breaks by LadyRa (TOS) - finishing this spirk list with a final ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read. this became easily one of my favorite TOS fics of all time. it's from 2003 and deserves WAY MORE hits, kudos, and comments than it has!

for the non-spirk entries this time around:

StarDate.org by Exxact (TOS/AOS fusion) - christine/t'pring and online dating. fluff and friendship. perfect

The Time of Neither by gunstreet (SNW) - spoimler nation rise! your definitive fic has arrived!

My World Is No Longer Hollow by existentialcrisistime @existentialcrisistime (TOS) - a mcspirk fic about finding where you belong. so beautiful

and two recs for WIPs for you to read and subscribe to:

Place Your Hand In Mine by remylebae @twinkboimler (AOS) - a super sweet mckirk fic about leonard having a secret admirer (who could it possibly be??)

It's Not An Illusion by Borealisblue @thetimetostrikeislater (AOS) - gorgeous story about healing and gorgeous artwork? i'm sold!

please do send me recs, and don't be afraid to self-promo! you can find all my recs here

[trexrecs]

SPIRK FIC REC

Marauder by KaraStorm

Kirk/ Spock, E, 38k, Creator chose not to use archive warnings, (the author includes a warning for dubious consent, but IMO it should include a warning for rape/ non-con)

This is one of those fics that’s stuck in my head since I first read it. Kirk is a feared space pirate captain and Spock a scientist who gets captured by pirates and locked in Kirk’s quarters to be used as a sex slave- but this fic is so different than that summary makes it sound.

The heart of it is two very dissimilar beings struggling to understand each other- Spock is blindingly intelligent, Kirk is much more than he seems, and there’s a whole background society of people who don’t fit into the perfect ideal of the federation. Add to that some interesting alien biology and culture, and an incredibly developed plot.

I sit around imagining this fic in my head sometimes, that’s how amazing it is.

[comradetoad]

what if star trek fan fics had covers like modern airport romance and pop-sci novels?? | part 2 (part 1)

The Venerean Guise (TOS Spock/McCoy)

Rough Starts (TOS Spock/McCoy)

Unscrew The Stars (AOS Kirk/McCoy)

Noticed Tonight (AOS Kirk/McCoy)

Devil's Bargain (TOS Kirk/Spock)

[justveeing]

“Are you lonely, Spock?” he says boldly, wondering if he would have done so without the benefit of his several shots of whiskey. Spock’s lips part. He licks them, the tip of his tongue darting out quick and sharp before retreating. “I have known loneliness,” he says softly, “but… not with you.”

For this year's @kiscon zine I had the absolute pleasure of doing 5 illustrations for @gunstreet's amazing fic Late Bloomer. It's a 10K Explicit TOS story full of fun shenanigans, sweet moments and a very incredible explicit ending (there also a sexy illustration there!).

Read it HERE. You won't regret it (;

[spirk-trek]

amanda's comment in journey to babel 'i'm afraid you couldn't pronounce the vulcan name' would annoy jim SO much, he'd find out the correct pronunciation of spock's full name and practice until he got it right and one day they'd be playing chess in comfortable silence when jim out of nowhere slowly says "s'chn t'gai spock" and spock's hand just freezes mid move

[practicefortheheart]

More Sha Ka Ree sketches!! I'm having fun rereading and pestering @therebewhaleshere!

A happy Spock with his hair grown out and tied in a sloppy looped ponytail. I love him being more comfortable with his feelings in this fic.

Jim!! Thank you, Liss, for making this planet HOT by day and COLD by night, so we can draw him shirtless, as Roddenberry intended. (I have a colored version coming up)

THIS SCENE ("What do you need" "I don't know what I need" "Let me") KILLED ME

Anyway, may long haired Spock live long and prosper.