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Read all about the occult afterlife of ancient mystery cults in a piece by me and the magical @mjpcuervo.com

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 6h

Cover image by Faallaway, with design by Sam Freeman. Words by Nick Freeman, @kjsoar.bsky.social, @mjpcuervo.com, @pjrobichaud.bsky.social, Thomas Waters, @verityholloway.bsky.social and @englishheretic.bsky.social. Edited by @mjpcuervo.com 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 3h

The wonderful Faallaway shot the cover photo of my dreams. “Do you happen to live near a sphinx statue?” I asked. Turned out her parents did. The cover was shot at the Château de Fontainebleau. It evokes the monstrous Greek sphinx, the silent guardian of the desert, the alluring Decadent symbol.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 6h

⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com

A woman standing by a sphinx, the wind beating her cape

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 28/09/2026

I’ve been invited to speak about one of my favourite films at a Spanish film club, so I’m rewatching BLACK NARCISSUS yet again. Repressed desire and descent into madness in the sublime landscape of the Himalayas. Technicolor perfection by my boys Powell & Pressburger.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 20/09/2026

Having the best time with Scream! magazine.

A young man is abducted by anthropomorphic fly aliens

A group of hooded cultists performing a ritual

The full power of feline fury unleashed, in...
TERROR
OF THE
CATS

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 18/09/2026

Just finished making my favourite cake, the Spanish tarta de la abuela: Homemade custard thickly layered between rich tea fingers dipped in milk and sprinkled with cinnamon, topped with a layer of chocolate custard (made with 85% dark chocolate)

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 18/09/2026

Thank you to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy of Jeremy Harte’s latest. I loved his Cloven Country and look forward to reading about haunted barrows, spells, demons and more.

Treasures on Earth: buried wealth in Landscape and Legend by Jeremy Harte

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 17/09/2026

In the post today is the latest by @helengrantsays.bsky.social, which I read and blurbed a few months back. A beautifully atmospheric novella that evokes the golden era of dark fantasy. Out now with PS Publishing.

Steal Me by Helen Grant. The cover shows and elderly woman standing on a threshold of a bookshop with strange shapes and shadows behind her

"Transplants the atmosphere of a Grimm fairy tale to a small town in Scotland, simultaneously evoking the antiquarian terrors of
M. R. James and the golden era of dark fantasy."
MARIA J PÉREZ CUERVO
(Founder/Editor of Hellebore)

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 15/09/2026

An accidental selfie on this beautiful VVitch-inspired painting by Corey Thomas, at the Goatland exhibition in Bristol.

Dark-haired woman reflected on a painting of Black Phillip and Thomasin

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 13/09/2026

Got my tickets for the cinematic event of the year

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 12/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: The prayer “Four angels to my bed” The Devil Alien shapeshifters Mind control Quicksand Being mummified alive Eyelash curlers and mascara The Bermuda Triangle EVP The Belmez faces Sentient dolls

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 11/09/2026

Unbelievable charity shop find: 14 issues of Scream! magazine plus a holiday special for £7.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 06/09/2026

Perfect day out: the unfinished, extremely haunted Woodchester Mansion and two long barrows nearby: Nympsfield (which had a distinct cold spot) and Uley, aka Hetty Pegler’s Tump.

The way to Woodchester Mansion, a gothic revival mansion

Nympsfield long barrow in the afternoon light

The very narrow entrance to Hetty Pegler’s Tump (you can go in on your hands and knees)

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 04/09/2026

My contributor copy just arrived! Very happy to be in this mighty volume that brings together classic and new tales. Out now in all good bookshops.

Flame Tree Publishing Folk Horror Short Stories with a foreword by Maria J Perez Cuervo

FOLKLORE HORROR SHORT STORIES
ANTHOLOGY OF NEW and CLASSIC TALES
Foreword by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo
FLAME TREE PUBLISHING

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 03/09/2026

Dion Fortune’s grave, Glastonbury.

In memory of Violet Mary Evans (Dion Fortune)

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happening tonight, online, and in person, in Shoreditch, London. Doors from 7pm, talk beginning at 8pm. Ticket link below ⬇️🙂

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Verity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meanwhile, me and @mjpcuervo.com... 😆

Whatsapp screenshot of a message reading "Happy St Bartholomew's Day!" with a picture of a statue of a saint holding his own flayed skin. The reply reads "Yippee!" with a red heart emoji.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 24/08/2026

Happy St Bartholomew’s Day to those who appreciate a bit of Gothic Catholicism.

St Bartholomew holding his own skin in heaven (Sixtine Chapel painting)

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 23/08/2026

Introduced this gem to my soon-to-be 10-year-old. He loved it! Complimented the soundtrack, the tense atmosphere and the creature design. From now on the creature shall be known as Paul (that’s how my son called him; his pals are Paulette, Pauline and Paulifer.)

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 12/08/2026

So grateful that I got to experience a total eclipse here on the mountains. Perfect, numinous beauty, it made me burst into tears.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 25/07/2026

Today’s graveyard reading is Philip Matyszak’s new book, my dream travel guide, with places of spiritual significance in the ancient world, from Göbekli Tepe to Stonehenge, Eleusis and the London Mithraeum. Out in October. Thank you @thamesandhudson.bsky.social.

Book cover: Sacred places of the ancient world

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 21/07/2026

Many thanks to @thamesandhudson.bsky.social for sending me a copy of Thomas Waters’ upcoming MAGICK, out in September, an accessible and beautifully illustrated visual guide to magical artefacts, spells and rituals.

Thomas Waters

MAGICK: DECODING THE VISUAL
CULTURE OF SPELLS, ILLUSIONS AND PSYCHIC POWERS

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 19/07/2026

Jolly Jack, the epitome of English Pier Eerie.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 18/07/2026

The Druid’s Grave at Avonview Cemetery, a memorial for Henry Hodge (d. 1912), the secretary of the Bristol and West district of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Carved grave depicting a Druid under an oak tree

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 16/07/2026

Update: We started LOTR and he’s thrilled. He gasped at the Sméagol reveal (“because it’s my birthday and I wants it”, which I read with the appropriate voice). I will never forget his face 🥰

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 15/07/2026

Thank you to @thamesandhudson.bsky.social for sending me one of my most anticipated books of this autumn. A beautiful tome devoted to spaces that evoke the uncanny and reflect the tension between presence and absence. #Bookpost

Sanctum, at home with the uncanny by Mark O’Flaherty

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 13/07/2026

Today’s charity shop find was a lucky one! Mistress of Mellyn was my first Victoria Holt and one of my favourite books at age 14.

Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt, paperback edition

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 11/07/2026

Is there anywhere in England where the gulls aren’t bonkers atm? I’m in north Bristol and developing coastal horror madness because of how loud the f£@ers are.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 09/07/2026

This blew up! Thank you everyone for the kind comments. Reading to your kids is one of the loveliest things you can do for them. To those who think that audiobooks aren’t real books: How do you think storytelling started?

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 09/07/2026

I’ve been reading The Hobbit to my son (9) every night for the last few weeks. We finished it last night. His verdict: “This is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read.”

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 06/07/2026

I rewatch this classic every summer. Forever obsessed with the setting and characters. Still bitter that the TV serial is lost, but we’ll alway have this little gem. 👁️🦑

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 05/07/2026

Spontaneous present from a friend 🌾

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 29/06/2026

Me doing the school run trying not to mention WERWULF

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 29/06/2026

I’m gonna be randomly exclaiming “THY SOUL IS CURRRSED” through the next few days, aren’t I?

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 29/06/2026

Merry goth Christmas from our Lord and Saviour

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Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot · 27/06/2026

"To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot." A shame A24 don't agree with him, sell outs. deadline.com/2026/06/back...

deadline.com

'Backrooms' Director Kane Parsons Calls AI "Genuinely Harmful"

With a record-breaking A24 directorial debut under his belt at age 20, Kane Parsons doesn't see a place for AI in Hollywood's future.

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