A5 magazine, 84 pages.Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. The notion of paganism as a wild and primitive force has exerted a huge influence on folk horror. In fiction, pagan rituals are often seen as primitive and barbarous, but also as an antidote to repression and conventionalism. What have these Wild Gods represented, and what do they represent now?...
A5 magazine, 88 pagesPrinted on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Malefice (n): mal·e·fice \?mal?f??s\A piece of evil sorcery. An evil spell or enchantment. Curses and hexes are a recurring trope in folk horror and occult fiction. They’re active forces, invisible and unstoppable, disrupting the social order and threatening the Establishment. In The Malefice Issue we explore the complex relationships of...
A5 magazine, 92 pages - our biggest issue yet! Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Midwinter. The shortest day, the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun. It is a time of darkness, but also of hope and celebration. For this Midwinter special we’ve gathered stories to help us through the darkest months: ancient legends that may still be re-enacted,...
A5 magazine, 84 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. For the ancients, the subterranean world was the realm of the dead; in the Medieval era it became the abode of demons. With earth we cover our dead. Embedded in our psyche is the idea that what has been buried ought not to return—at least not to this world. From...
A5 magazine, 92 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. From the Witch of Endor to Aleister Crowley, from the Satanic feminism of the suffragette era through to the current occult revival, The Summoning Issue delves into the history of witchcraft, magic, and the occult to analyse the impulses behind acts of conjuration: the thirst for forbidden knowledge, the...
A5 magazine, 92 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Mummers with ill intentions, sacrificial May Queens, ecstatic trances. Folk horror is consistently fascinated by the power of ritual. In this issue we question the subgenre’s distrust of communal expression while we celebrate communities and their power to re-enchant. We travel through the isles following parades of ancient antlers, clashing...