Hymn to Satan: Words & Music by Tigrina
[Los Angeles]: A Darkling Publication, [1941].
First edition. 2 pp. Single sheet of yellow paper hectographed in red on recto, green on verso. Very Good with small chip to corner, faint vertical crease through middle, small closed tear to edge, tiny stain noticeable on verso. A truly scarce fanzine; no copies located in OCLC WorldCat search but one copy known to be at the ONE Archives at USC.
Reputedly music for a Satanic Black Mass legendary Los Angeles-area sci-fi fan and fanzine writer Tigrina hoped to perform with fellow fan Arthur Louis Joquel II. It has been called the first example of filk music, which is folk music for an imaginary culture typically derived from science fiction or fantasy literature. She would go on to publish the first lesbian magazine in the United States, Vice Versa five years later. Hymn to Satan is a fascinating, brief glimpse at the outer reaches of fandom and the occult in 1940s L.A., so far ahead of its time it boggles the mind.
Price: $7,500.00