As Samhain heralds the darker half of the year, we descend into the domain of darkness to explore its associations with folklore, myth, and legend. In this issue we delve into the night as the domain of shadows—the time when demonic creatures prey on the living and people could easily become the Devil’s own. We move into the darkest recesses,...
A5 magazine, 92 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Hares that are witches in disguise, ravens with prophetic powers, sacrificial wrens representing the god-king. Animals are often included in folk horror narratives because of their symbolic traits, or because of the folk beliefs surrounding them. Historically, animals have been understood as objects of cult worship, deities or devils incarnate,...
A5 magazine, 96 pages. Printed on silk-coated paper (contains no real silk), perfect binding. The landscape of these isles is embedded with stories: of how the Devil and a race of giants became architects of hills, mountains, and caves; of a host of faeries glimpsed in twilight tales; of the outlaw hero who defiantly embodies the countercultural essence of England; of...
A5 magazine, approx 92 pages.Printed on silk-coated paper (contains no real silk), perfect binding. Earth, water, fire and air: in classical philosophy, the four elements were seen as the building blocks of nature, each one later associated with a kind of supernatural being. Drawing from this foundational classification, The Elemental Issue examines our connection with natural forces. At times harsh...
A5 magazine, approx. 92 pages, printed on silk paper (doesn't contain real silk), perfect binding. Reflections, masks, portraits, shadows and photographs. In folklore, they are believed to contain part of our soul, and therefore to be invested with power. But this power they hold has also inspired some of our deepest fears: worlds hidden below the surface, trapped souls, shadowy...
A5 magazine, 68 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Human sacrifice is perhaps the most recurring trope in folk horror, whether it’s practised by rural communities, as seen in The Wicker Man, or part of a Dark Arts ritual, such as that of The Blood on Satan’s Claw. We’re exploring its role in some of our favourite works of...
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...
A5 magazine, 88 pages.Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. The image of the veiled feminine figure— Isis, Artemis of Ephesus, Calypso— has haunted Western culture since Antiquity. The metaphor of the veil has come to represent various unknowns—the mystery of existence, the mystery of death, the secrets of Nature—, while its unveiling has been associated with the visionary experience...
A5 magazine, 88 pages.Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. In an essay written years after The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame referred to the “country of the mind”, a place to be found during his long, solitary walks in the countryside where he would live “high adventures”. For Grahame, and for many others before and after him,...
