The highly-anticipated Yuletide Hauntings special issue of Hellebore has arrived for 2024!
 
Subtitled, 'A Summoning of Seasonal Terrors,' this issue of Hellebore does just that, with seven articles ranging across different aspects of festive eeriness. As with many issues of this zine, article topics include analyses on history, folklore, popular culture, and much more.
 
Contents include:
Editorial
Shards of the Dark World - Nick Freeman seeks the essesnce of Yuletide in stories where a dark, ancient world returns to haunt ours.
The Black Prince of Cornwall - Verity Holloway summons the spirit of Cruel Coppinger, the ghostly, rugged Dane who came from the sea to become the fearsome leader of a smuggling gang.
Gallery/Uncanny Children - Malevolent spectres, incarnations of otherworldly energies, or supernatural companions. Maria J Pérez Cuervo assembles a party of the most interesting children who have haunted our screens.
Guided By Shadows - Katy Soar investigates how spritualism and ghost sightings informed the archaeological excavations at Sutton Hoo and Glastonbury Abbey in the early 20th century.
Dressed for Death - Keri O'Shea lifts the veil of the terrifying Woman in Black to uncover a story of greif, silencing, and female rage.
The Black Dog of Peel Castle - John Callow ventures into a forbidding fortress on the Isle of Man to stare into the glowing eyes of the spectral black dog.
The Lure of a Ghost Story - Reggie Oliver, a modern master of the supernatural, examines our fascination with metaphysical mysteries and reflects on the past, present, and future of the ghost story.
 
Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. A5. 96 pages.