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Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.bsky.social. 🌍 Now shipping worldwide from www.helleborezine.com

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.

👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com

Tales of Occult Britain - edited by Maria J Pérez Cuervo- cover art by Isabella Mazzanti, design by Sam Freeman. Cover shows a skull with a crown, a witch, a faerie, a toad and the moon.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4d

✨🪞IT’S HERE!🪞✨
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
✨ Get your copy from helleborezine.com ✨

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing! 🖤🙏🏼

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Daniel Tourneur @danielsturner.bsky.social · 1d

New @helleborezine.bsky.social day!

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! Thank you, Darren! Enjoy 🖤

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Dr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.social · 1d

The new issue of @helleborezine.bsky.social arrived today! Very much looking forward to reading it this evening 😁

Picture shows Hellebore issue 14: The Mirror Issue. Cover shows mirrors and candles.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 1d

🙌🏻 Thanks, Cavan!

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Cavan Scott @cavan.bsky.social · 1d

A great reading day! Finished THE MORRIGAN, @kimecurran.bsky.social utterly compelling retelling of Irish folklore, the latest copy of @helleborezine.bsky.social arrived (the best kind of day) and just started the first in the Jack Logan crime novels by my buddy Barry Hutchinson writing as JD Kirk:

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

Perfection!

Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

8. Group costume: Milbury kids from Children of the Stones (1977).
Catchphrase: “Happy Day!”
You'll need:
- 70s clothes
- Creepy smiles
- Maths notebooks
- Sinister atonal chanting

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

7. The Wicker man from The Wicker Man (1973).
Catchphrase: Summer iiiis a-cumen iiiin…🎶
You'll need:
-Wicker baskets
-A toy policeman
-People exclaiming “Oh Lord, Oh Jesus Christ” when you pass by

Oh Lord! Oh Jesus Christ! It’s the Wicker Man!

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

6. The Goat of Mendes from The Devil Rides Out (1968)
*Followed by a soundtrack of ritual drums and ecstatic screams*
You'll need:
-Goat of Mendes horned mask
-Your shirtless torso
-The deep conviction that you throw the best parties on Salisbury Plain

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

5. Lady Sylvia Marsh from The Lair of the White Worm (1988).
Catchphrase: “Dionin has a propensity for virgins, Eve, just like your false god. Problem is, they're so hard to come by these days.”
-Stick-on fangs
-Gold silk wrap
-A crucifix to hiss at

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

4. Tom Latham from Psychomania (1973)
Catchphrase: “I'm dead, mother... But apart from that I couldn't be better.”
- Black leather jacket with “The Living Dead” painted on the back
- Biker helmet
- A t t i t t u d e + a sneer
- A pet frog

Tom and The Living Dead at their local stone circle

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

3. Dr Karswell from Night of the Demon (1957).
Catchphrase: “How can we differentiate between the powers of darkness and the powers of the mind?”
- Wonky top hat
- Goatee + clown make-up
- A game of snakes and ladders

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

2. Stephanie Bax from The Witches (1966).
Catchphrase: “Grow me a gown with golden down, cut me a robe from toe to lobe, give me a skin for dancing in”
- Headpiece and ritual robes
- Bright red lipstick
- Rag doll
- The best dance moves in the room

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 2d

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough