Star Trek: ALL - Seven Deadly Sins (64 page)

Oh no!
Snollicoob thought. This was the last thing he wanted to hear.

“If you want,” Geordi volunteered, “I can help you shop for a new engine when we get to Deep Space 9.”

“Uh-uh,” Snollicoob said. He decided right then and there to sell the derelict freighter for scrap. He bet Quark would give him a good price. “No, thank you!”

Being captain was too much work!

Dayton Ward
. Author. Trekkie. Writing his goofy little science-fiction stories and searching for a way to tap into the hidden nerdity that all humans have. Then, an accidental overdose of Mountain Dew altered his body chemistry. Now, when Dayton Ward grows excited or just downright geeky, a startling metamorphosis occurs. Driven by outlandish ideas and a pronounced lack of sleep, he is pursued by fans and editors, as well as funny men in bright uniforms wielding Tasers, straitjackets, and medication. In addition to the numerous credits he shares with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore, Dayton is the author of the
Star Trek
novels
In the Name of Honor
and
Open Secrets
and the science fiction novels
The Last World War
and
The Genesis Protocol,
as well as short stories that appeared in the first three
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
anthologies, the Yard Dog Press anthology
Houston, We’ve Got Bubbas, Kansas City Voices
magazine, and the
Star Trek: New Frontier
anthology
No Limits.
Dayton is believed to be working on his next novel, and he must let the world think that he
is
working on it, until he can find a way to earn back the advance check he blew on strippers and booze. Though he currently lives in Kansas City with his wife and two daughters, Dayton is a Florida native and maintains a torrid
long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Visit him on the web at
http://www.daytonward.com
.

Kevin Dilmore
has found ways to turn geek into cash for more than a decade. It all started with his eight-year run as a contributing writer to
Star Trek Communicator,
for which he wrote news stories and personality profiles for the bimonthly publication of the Official
Star Trek
Fan Club. Then he teamed with writing partner and heterosexual life mate Dayton Ward on Interphase, their first installment of the
Star Trek: S.C.E.
series. Since then, the pair has put more than one million words into print together. His solo story “The Road to Edos” was published as part of the
Star Trek: New Frontier
anthology
No Limits.
By day, Kevin works as a senior writer for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, doing about everything but writing greeting cards (including helping to design
Star Trek
–themed Keepsake Ornaments). His first children’s book,
Superdad and His Daring Dadventures,
with illustrations by Tom Patrick, was published by Hallmark in May 2009. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Kevin lives in Overland Park, Kansas. Keep up with his shameful behavior and latest projects on Facebook and Twitter.

David A. McIntee
has written far too much Doctor Who for his own good; comics including
William Shatner Presents:
Quest for Tomorrow; several other books, both fiction and non; as well as the Star Trek: The Next Generation story “On the Spot” for
The Sky’s the Limit.
He is outnumbered by five females: his wife, Lesley, and the cats Katya the Cannonball, Mistress B’Elanna, Seven of Nine Lives, and Foxy Cleopatra.

James Swallow
is proud to be the only British writer to have worked on a
Star Trek
television series, creating the original story concepts for the
Star Trek: Voyager
episodes “One” and “Memorial”; his other associations with the
Star Trek
saga include the
Titan
novel
Synthesis, Day of the Vipers,
the novella “Seeds of Dissent” for
Infinity’s Prism,
the
short stories “Closure,” “Ordinary Days,” and “The Black Flag” for the anthologies
Distant Shores, The Sky’s the Limit,
and
Star Trek: Mirror Universe—Shards and Shadows,
scripting the video game
Star Trek Invasion,
and writing over four hundred articles in thirteen different
Star Trek
magazines around the world.

Beyond the final frontier, as well as a nonfiction
book (Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher
), James also wrote the
Sundowners
series of original steampunk westerns,
Jade Dragon, The Butterfly Effect,
and fiction in the worlds of
Doctor Who, Warhammer 40,000,
Stargate, and
2000 AD.
His other credits include scripts for video games and audio dramas, including
Battlestar Galactica, Blake’s 7,
and
Space 1889.

James Swallow lives in London, and is currently at work on his next book.

Keith R.A. DeCandido
is well-known for his Klingon-focused fiction, but this is the first time that he has written about twenty-third-century Klingons in detail. His previous forays into the wild and wacky world of the Klingons include the short stories “Family Matters” in
Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows
and
“loDnI’pu’ vavpu’ je
” in
Tales from the Captain’s Table;
the
Alien Spotlight: Klingons comic book; and the novels Diplomatic Implausibility, The Art of the Impossible, A Good Day to Die, Honor Bound, Enemy Territory, A Burning House, Articles of the Federation, A Singular Destiny,
and
A Time for War, a Time for Peace,
as well as the two-book series
The Brave and the Bold.
His other work is in media universes ranging from TV shows to video games to comic books. Find out less at Keith’s web site at DeCandido.net, read his tiresome ramblings at kradical.livejournal.com, or listen to him babble as a contributor to the podcast
The Chronic Rift
(
www.chronicrift.com
)3.

Keith would also like to thank the following: Michael Ansara, William Campbell, John Colicos, Charles Cooper, Susan Howard, and Michael Pataki for their portrayals of Kang, Koloth, Kor, Korrd, Mara, and Korax on screen; Scott & David Tipton, who created Jurva, Kohlar, and Morglar in the magnificent
Blood Will Tell
comic book miniseries; and Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen and the Klingon Language Institute for the terms
QuchHa
’ (literally “the unhappy ones,” hence the story’s title) and
HemQuch
(“the proud forehead”).

Britta Burdett Dennison
is a writer who lives in Portland, Oregon. Her previous publishing credits include two
Star Trek
novels with S. D. Perry, and a novelization of an original screenplay with S. D. Perry. She is currently at work on an original novel.

Marc D. Giller
wrote his first science-fiction novel at the tender age of sixteen, with the certainty of fame and riches before him. When that plan didn’t work out he went to college instead, earning a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Texas A&M University. Over the years, Marc has worked as a photographer, producer, computer trainer, and even had a one-night stint as a television news reporter. For the last several years, he has worked in information systems management. He is the author of the books
Hammerjack
and
Prodigal,
and makes his home in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with his wife and two children.

Greg Cox
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of numerous
Star Trek
novels, including
The Q Continuum, To Reign in Hell, The Eugenics Wars
(Volumes One and Two),
Assignment: Eternity,
and
The Black Shore.
He wrote the official movie novelizations of
Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Death Defying Acts, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution,
and
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,
as well the novelizations of three popular DC Comics miniseries,
Infinite Crisis, 52,
and
Countdown.
In addition, he has written books and short stories based on such popular series as
Alias, Batman, Buffy, C.S.I., Farscape, Fantastic Four, The 4400, X-Men, Iron Man, Roswell, Terminator, Underworld, Xena, and Zorro.
Recent short fiction can be found in such anthologies as
Star Trek: Mirror Universe—Glass Empires, Star Trek: The Sky’s the Limit,
and
Timeshares.