Satyrnalia

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Zine
Title: Satyrnalia
Publisher: FireTrine Press
Editor(s): Jean Hinson
Date(s): 1992-1995
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Medium: print zine
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Fandom: multimedia
Language: English
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Satyrnalia is a slash multifandom anthology. There are three issues.

Issue 1

cover of issue #1

Satyrnalia 1 was published in March 1992 and contains 172 pages.

The art is by Susan K. Dundas and Kay Wells.

From the editorial:

Dreaming up the title of a new slash zine is not as easy as you might think, you know. But sometimes inspiration strikes like lightning.

In ancient times, the Saturnalia was the pagan festival of the winter solstice: the time of sowing, distinguished by general indulgence in abandonment and licentiousness (i.e.: sex and orgies and stuff like that). Satyriasis is defined as uncontrollable, excessive male sexual desire. The Roman shepherd-god was a faun, or satyr, revered as the lord of sexual powers; his symbol was the phallus. The Greeks called him Pan — the lord of all the elements: fire, earth, air and water.

In keeping with that theme, the works herein fall into one of the four elemental categories:

"Heat of Passion" celebrates the uncontrollable fires of anger and lust, indulged in the heat of the moment by Sonny Crockett. "Simon Says Leap" deals with the fire of Cecelia Simon's spiritual awakening. On the other hand, "Perfect Harvest" is the quintessential Saturnalian expression of the earthy passions of Spock and James Kirk, while the practical realities of the survival instinct are explored by Martin Castillo in "A Battlefield Not of His Own Choosing..." Air — the realm of intellect — has its expression in retribution in "The Phantom Zone", in a logical approach to love (by Spock — who else?) in "Star Mapping," and the intriguing mentality of Artemus Gordon in "How The West Has Won." "A Few Seconds More" and "Holiday" are the essence of the water element in their exploration of a soul in crisis—and finally, the angst of a soul in mortal pain in "Freefall."

And, of course, it all inevitably leads to sex. Our title was also inevitable.

Enjoy.

  • from issue #1, Susan K. Dundas

  • from issue #1, Kay Wells

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

Satyrnalia 2 was published in 1994 and contains 182 pages.

  • If This Be Error, Part 1: Haunting Doyle by Natasha Berry (Pros)
  • If This Be Error, Part 2: From Days Away (Pros)
  • If This Be Error, Part 3: Fall From Grace (Pros)
  • If This Be Error, Part 4: Abandoned (Pros)
  • If This Be Error, Part 5: Essence of Doyle (Pros)
  • Reactions by (Man from UNCLE) (40 pages)
  • Dining In by (The Equalizer) (25 pages)
  • Island Dreams by (Miami Vice) (28 pages)
  • Togetherness by Mary L. Millard (Starsky and Hutch) (10 pages)
  • A Vulgar Vignette (Star Trek: TOS) (4 pages)

Issue 3

Satyrnalia 3 was published in May 1997 and contains 110 pages. It contains no art.

cover of issue #2
  • Cold as Ice by Ida Vega ("Bashir and Garak are invited to a weekend retreat on Bajor. Despite Garak's reservations, they accept the invitation - and head straight into an encounter from Garak's past...") (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) (1)
  • The Night of the Special Date by Mary Millard ("A romantic dinner leads to a romantic aftermath...") (Wild Wild West) (28)
  • 'Til Death Do Us Part by Ida Vega ("Murder mystery on the Enterprise! Fortunately for James T. Kirk, he was in Spock's bed when someone set off a bomb in his own. The attacks continue,and evidence leads to an inescapable conclusion - the guilty party must be one of their own trusted crew...") (Star Trek: TOS) (36)
  • Blue Heat by Cyd Bascomb ("On a desert camping trip. Hooker and Corrigan begin to explore their feelings for each other - and then escaped con Rawlings turns up, intent on revenge...") (T.J. Hooker) (77)
  • Haunted Dreams by Ida Vega ("Sonny Crockett, still recovering from a traumatic rape, has entered into a relationship with Martin Castilo. But a crooked Internal Affairs cop, out to get Sonny, threatens to expose their relationship.") (Miami Vice) (87)
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