Nina Antonia
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Author. Represented by Kevin Pocklington @ The North Literary Agency. 'With a host of Furious Fancies, Whereof I am commander.
With a burning spear & a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander.' (Tom O' Bedlam) L.A.M.F
With a burning spear & a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander.' (Tom O' Bedlam) L.A.M.F
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#WyrdWednesday Little Bat goes whoops upside your head....by none other than Charles Addams. #Baturday
Glam Art Deco Winter Maiden looking like Elsa Lanchester playing the Snow Queen, following a stint as an extra in Odin's Wild Hunt. Sort of. (artists signature too small to make out)
December 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Glam Art Deco Winter Maiden looking like Elsa Lanchester playing the Snow Queen, following a stint as an extra in Odin's Wild Hunt. Sort of. (artists signature too small to make out)
The original Bad Santa? Boris Karloff gets seasonal spooky....
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The original Bad Santa? Boris Karloff gets seasonal spooky....
It's a tough call but which of these Flea Circuses would you choose, if you could only go to one of them?
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's a tough call but which of these Flea Circuses would you choose, if you could only go to one of them?
Barbara Steele- Sorceress of Sin, Mistress of Midnight, Damsel of Doom, Sister of Shadows, Empress of Eerie, Medusa of Madness etc. all done up like a gothic Christmas tree. 🦇🖤
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Barbara Steele- Sorceress of Sin, Mistress of Midnight, Damsel of Doom, Sister of Shadows, Empress of Eerie, Medusa of Madness etc. all done up like a gothic Christmas tree. 🦇🖤
#owlishmonday Wise old owl teaching hares how to sleigh by printer & publisher, Louis Prang (1824-1909) who not only featured a good many owls in his designs but is also considered to be the 'Father of the U.S Christmas card.'
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#owlishmonday Wise old owl teaching hares how to sleigh by printer & publisher, Louis Prang (1824-1909) who not only featured a good many owls in his designs but is also considered to be the 'Father of the U.S Christmas card.'
The Duellists: Curiously, women went topless when fighting a duel whilst men overdressed. Pistols weren't used until the late 18th Century. Images: Emile Boyard & Percy McQuaid.
December 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Duellists: Curiously, women went topless when fighting a duel whilst men overdressed. Pistols weren't used until the late 18th Century. Images: Emile Boyard & Percy McQuaid.
#Folkloresunday Not so much folklore as lost tradition, the Christmas Waites were groups of musicians paid for by the local authority. The Waites would meander through towns & villages playing festive tunes but as the hour got later, the music got rowdier & a sleepy populace often retaliated.
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#Folkloresunday Not so much folklore as lost tradition, the Christmas Waites were groups of musicians paid for by the local authority. The Waites would meander through towns & villages playing festive tunes but as the hour got later, the music got rowdier & a sleepy populace often retaliated.
The Bat (1959) featuring the greatest tag line 'When it Flies, Someone Dies!' starring Vincent Price & Agnes Moorehead.🦇
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Bat (1959) featuring the greatest tag line 'When it Flies, Someone Dies!' starring Vincent Price & Agnes Moorehead.🦇
Bela gets a scolding from Santa at the International Toy Fair, NY, 1940.
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Bela gets a scolding from Santa at the International Toy Fair, NY, 1940.
#WyrdWednesday Pete Murphy singing 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' whilst hanging upside down at Coachella, 2005.
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#WyrdWednesday Pete Murphy singing 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' whilst hanging upside down at Coachella, 2005.
#WyrdWednesday Little Bat goes whoops upside your head....by none other than Charles Addams. #Baturday
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#WyrdWednesday Little Bat goes whoops upside your head....by none other than Charles Addams. #Baturday
The Golden Age of Horror: Lobby Card signed by Barbara Steele for the Roger Corman directed 'The Pit & The Pendulum' (1961) The film which also stars the wonderful Vincent Price, is noted for its stunning cinematography & gothic set designs. What ever happened to that painting?
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Golden Age of Horror: Lobby Card signed by Barbara Steele for the Roger Corman directed 'The Pit & The Pendulum' (1961) The film which also stars the wonderful Vincent Price, is noted for its stunning cinematography & gothic set designs. What ever happened to that painting?
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A reminder that Thursday is the last day before our Christmas holiday. If you were thinking of placing an order, now is the time! All orders placed from Friday the 19th will be shipped in the New Year.
Thank you everyone for your support and your love!
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
Thank you everyone for your support and your love!
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A reminder that Thursday is the last day before our Christmas holiday. If you were thinking of placing an order, now is the time! All orders placed from Friday the 19th will be shipped in the New Year.
Thank you everyone for your support and your love!
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
Thank you everyone for your support and your love!
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
#Fairytaletuesday Two examples of Frost Giants, who originated in Norse mythology before migrating to Slavic folklore. They represent winter in all its primal & oft fatal magnitude.
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#Fairytaletuesday Two examples of Frost Giants, who originated in Norse mythology before migrating to Slavic folklore. They represent winter in all its primal & oft fatal magnitude.
'Figure Running from a Falling Mansion' by U.S artist, John William Allison (1866-1933) whose best paintings erred to the gloomy, with the occasional unseemly glimpses of spring.
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
'Figure Running from a Falling Mansion' by U.S artist, John William Allison (1866-1933) whose best paintings erred to the gloomy, with the occasional unseemly glimpses of spring.
#Owlishmonday Owl & Hedgehog in the fog by the great Russian animator, Yuri Norstein.
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#Owlishmonday Owl & Hedgehog in the fog by the great Russian animator, Yuri Norstein.
Gothic French Pigeon House for lucky gothic pigeons.
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gothic French Pigeon House for lucky gothic pigeons.
#Gothicadvent 'The Mysterious White Hand' Never refuse the hand of spectral visitation, it probably just wants to pull a Christmas Cracker........
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#Gothicadvent 'The Mysterious White Hand' Never refuse the hand of spectral visitation, it probably just wants to pull a Christmas Cracker........
#Standingstonesunday At last! The mystery of Stonehenge revealed, courtesy of Charles Addams.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#Standingstonesunday At last! The mystery of Stonehenge revealed, courtesy of Charles Addams.
December 13th is the feast day of Saint Lucy or Santa Lucia who wore a crown of candles so that she could see where she was going as she distributed food to Christians hiding in roman catacombs. The flaming headdress is still worn in Italy, Sweden & Norway to commemorate St. Lucy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
December 13th is the feast day of Saint Lucy or Santa Lucia who wore a crown of candles so that she could see where she was going as she distributed food to Christians hiding in roman catacombs. The flaming headdress is still worn in Italy, Sweden & Norway to commemorate St. Lucy.
'Crookery Hall' by the immensely talented Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) The house is so haunted even the ghosts are fleeing. #Gothicadvent
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
'Crookery Hall' by the immensely talented Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) The house is so haunted even the ghosts are fleeing. #Gothicadvent
Just out of curiosity, when did you last visit your neighbor's peacocks?
(From a 'Natural History of Selborne' by the pioneering parson ecologist the Reverend Gilbert White, 1789. A best seller in its day)
(From a 'Natural History of Selborne' by the pioneering parson ecologist the Reverend Gilbert White, 1789. A best seller in its day)
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just out of curiosity, when did you last visit your neighbor's peacocks?
(From a 'Natural History of Selborne' by the pioneering parson ecologist the Reverend Gilbert White, 1789. A best seller in its day)
(From a 'Natural History of Selborne' by the pioneering parson ecologist the Reverend Gilbert White, 1789. A best seller in its day)