Hellebore
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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.
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Thank you to John Llewellyn Probert for this thoughtful review of Tales of Occult Britain!
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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thank you to John Llewellyn Probert for this thoughtful review of Tales of Occult Britain!
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Bidston Hill is the setting for Ramsey Campbell’s new story for TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN. When a young boy moves into a house overlooking the hill and its mysterious carvings, he reluctantly befriends his eccentric new neighbour, Mr Pearl, a follower of the old ways.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Bidston Hill is the setting for Ramsey Campbell’s new story for TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN. When a young boy moves into a house overlooking the hill and its mysterious carvings, he reluctantly befriends his eccentric new neighbour, Mr Pearl, a follower of the old ways.
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As a small press we don’t do #BlackFriday, but we have a selection of bundles.
New now: The Yuletide Bundle, perfect for anyone who yearns to sit in front of the fire reading spooky stories.
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New now: The Yuletide Bundle, perfect for anyone who yearns to sit in front of the fire reading spooky stories.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As a small press we don’t do #BlackFriday, but we have a selection of bundles.
New now: The Yuletide Bundle, perfect for anyone who yearns to sit in front of the fire reading spooky stories.
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New now: The Yuletide Bundle, perfect for anyone who yearns to sit in front of the fire reading spooky stories.
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These comments (and more) from our readers have seriously made my weekend! Thank you everyone for all the love 🖤
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
These comments (and more) from our readers have seriously made my weekend! Thank you everyone for all the love 🖤
The walk to the church is beautiful. Last time we went, Digory’s boat was still there. We took a picture of Reggie resting on it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The walk to the church is beautiful. Last time we went, Digory’s boat was still there. We took a picture of Reggie resting on it.
Legend has it that St Botolph’s Church in Iken, Suffolk, was once marshland teeming with demons, before a holy man drove them away—or did he? The church is the setting for Reggie Oliver’s “Funeral at St Botolph’s”, the story that opens Tales of #OccultBritain.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Legend has it that St Botolph’s Church in Iken, Suffolk, was once marshland teeming with demons, before a holy man drove them away—or did he? The church is the setting for Reggie Oliver’s “Funeral at St Botolph’s”, the story that opens Tales of #OccultBritain.
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Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
Flashmob wearing Piper at the Gates jumpers dancing to Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Flashmob wearing Piper at the Gates jumpers dancing to Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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In “The Haunted Mirror”, from Dead of Night (1945), an antique mirror reflects the subject in a room from the past, and it is as a retainer of a tragedy soon to be reenacted. The segment was based on a tale by E F Benson that explored ideas popular among 19th-century psychic researchers.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In “The Haunted Mirror”, from Dead of Night (1945), an antique mirror reflects the subject in a room from the past, and it is as a retainer of a tragedy soon to be reenacted. The segment was based on a tale by E F Benson that explored ideas popular among 19th-century psychic researchers.
In “In a Glass, Darkly” (The Agatha Christie Hour, 1982), the mirror reflects a premonition that is initially misinterpreted. The tone recalls the Classical world, where fate is an inexorable force, prophecies are cryptic, and we’re condemned to always see the truth “through a glass, darkly”.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In “In a Glass, Darkly” (The Agatha Christie Hour, 1982), the mirror reflects a premonition that is initially misinterpreted. The tone recalls the Classical world, where fate is an inexorable force, prophecies are cryptic, and we’re condemned to always see the truth “through a glass, darkly”.
In “Guardian of the Abyss” from Hammer House of Horrors (1980), a secret society seeks John Dee’s mirror to conjure the demon Choronzon. The episode was inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, who referred to Choronzon as “the Dweller of the Abyss”.
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In “Guardian of the Abyss” from Hammer House of Horrors (1980), a secret society seeks John Dee’s mirror to conjure the demon Choronzon. The episode was inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, who referred to Choronzon as “the Dweller of the Abyss”.
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A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
✨🪞HAUNTED MIRRORS 🪞✨
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
Thank you to everyone who came to Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain’s Hidden Folklore last night. I loved seeing the images you conjured! Huge thanks to Tate Collective and especially to Sophie and Michael for organising such a fabulous event.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain’s Hidden Folklore last night. I loved seeing the images you conjured! Huge thanks to Tate Collective and especially to Sophie and Michael for organising such a fabulous event.
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
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A Halloween mirror is made by the rays of the moon shining into a looking-glass. If a girl sits down at the mirror at midnight and cuts an apple into 9 slices, holding each on the point of a knife before she eats it, she will see her future lover in the mirror, asking for the last piece of apple.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A Halloween mirror is made by the rays of the moon shining into a looking-glass. If a girl sits down at the mirror at midnight and cuts an apple into 9 slices, holding each on the point of a knife before she eats it, she will see her future lover in the mirror, asking for the last piece of apple.
Happy Halloween, dear readers. Have a magical, mystical night 🖤
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy Halloween, dear readers. Have a magical, mystical night 🖤
A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways.
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
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An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
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October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways.
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
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An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
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HELLEBORE x TATE BRITAIN
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
HELLEBORE x TATE BRITAIN
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
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
Catchphrase: “Happy Day!”
You'll need:
- 70s clothes
- Creepy smiles
- Maths notebooks
- Sinister atonal chanting
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
Catchphrase: “Happy Day!”
You'll need:
- 70s clothes
- Creepy smiles
- Maths notebooks
- Sinister atonal chanting
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
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
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
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
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
*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
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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
*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
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
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
October 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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
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
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
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
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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
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