Tag Archives: fan fiction

Blog, Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction – Week XVIII – “Star Trek: Chasing Reflections”

One of the most popular episodes of the original Star Trek series was “Mirror, Mirror” in which Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura switch places with their counterparts from a parallel universe where the peaceful United Federation of Planets does not exist. Rather, the malevolent Terran Empire conquers and murders its way to dominance with Starfleet as little more than its ruthless enforcers.

Though Star Trek: The Next Generation never revisited this concept on screen (but did so in one or two novels), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired five episodes involving the parallel universe. In 2001, I thought it would be interesting to go back in time to the command of Captain Christopher Pike (played by Jeffrey Hunter in the first Star Trek pilot, “The Cage”) to see how he and his crew would fare against their doppelgängers.

Click here to read part one of “Star Trek: Chasing Reflections.”

Blog, Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction – Week XVI – “Star Wars: Pursuit of Force” Part II

In our second act, Luke Skywalker encounters the enigmatic Jianna Droxx on the planet Steruub—just before the Empire arrives. Meanwhile, Han Solo departs for Ord Mantell with two Alliance Intelligence agents to broker a black market deal for the Rebellion…

Click here to read “Star Wars: Pursuit of Force” Part Two

Blog, Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction – Week XV – “Star Wars: Pursuit of Force”

My first and only Star Wars fan fic was written in 1997, six years after Timothy Zahn’s trilogy of novels (beginning with Heir to the Empire) reinvigorated the Expanded Universe and two years before the dreadful prequels began.

However, the only background material I used for “Pursuit of Force” was what we learned in the original trilogy of films. I wondered what might have occurred in the time between A New Hope (ANH) and The Empire Strikes Back (TESB) without referencing any novels or short stories that might have addressed this at the time.

In TESB, while at the Rebel base on Hoth, Han Solo makes an offhanded comment to Leia about encountering a bounty hunter on the planet Ord Mantell. What was that about? Why did Han go there between Yavin and Hoth?  What of Luke? Would he be interested in learning more about Obi-Wan Kenobi and if so, where would his curiosity lead him? Finally, how was Darth Vader rescued and brought back to the Imperial Fleet after his TIE fighter was knocked out of the Death Star trench by the Millennium Falcon?  These questions were much too tantalizing for this young storyteller and avid Star Wars fan to leave unanswered…

Click here to read “Star Wars: Pursuit of Force”

Blog, Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction – Week XIV – “Star Trek: Worlds of Doubt” Part III

In the conclusion to “Star Trek: Worlds of Doubt,” Kirk, Mitchell, and the rest of the landing party attempt to escape the collapsed caverns on Dreknor—and a squad of Voitaan soldiers bent on killing them—before the two planets collide. Aboard the Enterprise, Spock  coordinates the evacuation of both worlds while determining how to rescue his captain and fellow crew members.

Next week, we venture to a galaxy far, far away in another three part story, “Star Wars: Pursuit of Force.”

Blog, Fan Fiction

Fan Fiction – Week XIII – “Star Trek: Worlds of Doubt” Part II

In the second act of “Star Trek: Worlds of Doubt,” Kirk and the Voitaan council begin to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic aliens who have been abducting security and medical personnel from the research base on Dreknor.

Meanwhile, aboard the Enterprise, Sulu discovers that the narrow gravity well between the two planets is pulling them together on a collision course that will destroy them both.