Star Trek: The Next Generation's Marina Sirtis ("Deanna Troi") won the Best Actress award at the Shockerfest Film Festival in Modesto, California for her work in the film "Spectres." The film, directed by Phil Leirness, also took home the Best Picture award from the festival. "Spectres" is a ghost story which also features Star Trek: Enterprise star Linda Park ("Hoshi Sato") and Trek guest alum Tucker Smallwood, who played Admiral Bullock in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "In the Flesh" and spent most of last season on Enterprise playing the Xindi-Humanoid aligned with Degra. "Spectres" is scheduled for release on video in early 2005.

Fleck Onstage With "YANKaDoodle DANDY"

John Fleck, the man behind Enterprise's mysterious Suliban Silik is appearing in a one-man show at Santa Monica's Highways Performance Space. "YANKaDoodle DANDY," co-directed with Randee Trabitz and David Schweizer, tells a tale with political overtones of "a swashbuckling Dandy who won't grow up." The LA Weekly describes the actor as "That increasing rarity; a superb performer with something to say." Fleck's show runs Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16 at 8:30 PM. For more information and tickets, call (310) 315-1459.

TNG Writer Zicree Pens New Modern Fantasy Epic

Marc Scott Zicree, the man responsible for Story for the TNG episode "First Contact" and the DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars ," has a new novel about to debut from HarperCollins. "Magic Time – Ghostlands" is the final book of the author's Magic Time trilogy, a modern-day fantasy where the machines of today stop working and magic returns.

Zicree isn't just relying on the usual publicity rounds that accompany novels, he's shooting a thirty-second trailer this month which will debut online to coincide with the book's release on December 1. The trailer is being directed by Ian McCaig, who is also the book's cover artist, and who has also designed extensively for the three most recent Star Wars films.

The first book in the trilogy received a rave from Enterprise Co-Creator Brannon Braga. "Magic Time is a great book!" said Braga. "A bold and original science fantasy that, by the end, creates a brand new genre all its own. Epic, believable and very, very cool. When's the movie coming out?"

No telling when the film is due, but the trailer will debut on McCaig's website and be linked to major sites including HarperCollins, Blackstone Audio and Zicree's own site, www.zicree.com.