SHORT STORY
Isolation Ward 4
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Author(s):	Kevin G. Summers
Publication information
Printed:	Strange New Worlds IV
Pages:	189-205
Chronology
Date:	December 14, 1953 - April 2, 1954 April 4, 1968
Stardate:	none

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Locations 2.3 Species and cultures 2.4 Governments and organizations 2.5 Other 3 Chronology 4 Appendices 4.1 Information 4.2 Connections

SummaryEdit

Dr. James Wykoff, the psychologist caring for Benny Russell in a mental institution, makes journal entries.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Cassie Johnson • Jen • Jimmy • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Kevin Mulkahey • Douglas Pabst • Benny Russell • Burt Ryan • James Wykoff

Referenced only 

Benjamin Sisko (character)

LocationsEdit

New Mexico • New York City • Roswell

Species and culturesEdit

Human (Martian • Negro)

Governments and organizationsEdit

New York Police Department

OtherEdit

baseball • Christmas • Christmas Eve • Communism • Damar (character) • Deep Space Nine • The Emissary • Fire Caves • Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder • Little green men • morphine • paper • pencil • schizophrenia • science fiction • What You Leave Behind

ChronologyEdit

AppendicesEdit

InformationEdit

• Dean Wesley Smith commented "This story, for me, one of the most powerful in all of SNW history, caught me up front with the clear voice, the format, and the viewpoint. We have a clear character in a setting, with a problem. My first thought as I was pulled down into this journal writing was can this author pull this off? By the time I got to the end, with the character change being in the Doctor, I was stunned. This is not only Star Trek at its best, but science fiction at its best, dealing with the themes and problems of alieness in all forms, both racial, and social". [1]

• This story was the Third Prize winner in the Strange New Worlds IV competition. It also placed on the preliminary ballot for the SFWA's Nebula Awards.

ConnectionsEdit

• DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars"
• DS9 episode: "Shadows and Symbols"
• TOS short story: "Mind-Sifter"

published order
Previous story: Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor	Strange New Worlds IV	Next story: Iridium-7-Tetrahydroxate Crystals Are a Girl's Best Friend
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Far Beyond the Stars 1953	Pocket	Next Adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited 1968
Previous Adventure: Far Beyond the Stars	Benny Russell Universe	Next Adventure: Unity