Edited by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo

The Darkness Issue, containing an editorial introduction and the following articles…

• In Search of the English Vampire: Sam George traces the origins of the English belief in vampires by looking at folkloric accounts and archaeological records.

• Gallery / Creatures of Darkness: Icy Sedgwick presents some of the most fascinating creatures who lurk in the dark corners of Britain and Ireland.

• Night Riders: Alice Vernon delves into the spine-chilling history of night-mares and other supernatural beings said to attack their victims while they sleep.

• The Black Sun: Chris Esson unveils the meaning of the vision of the black sun in A Field in England, its parallel within the alchemical process, and its creative potential.

• The Pale Procession of St Mark’s Eve: Verity Holloway on the morbid history of the vigil of St Mark’s Eve, a nocturnal ritual once punished with excommunication.

• Land of the Blind: Keri O’Shea on blindness as the great leveller and as a metaphor for nuclear destruction in John Wyndham’s classic novel The Day of the Triffids.

• Into The Down-Below: Underground explorer Rebecca Lambert reflects on the lure of the darkness and silence of subterranean spaces.

The Peculiar Parish Bookshop is proud to carry this tenth issue of Hellebore. These copies are in new condition.

84-page perfectbound pamphlet with black-and-white and tinted illustrations and photographs throughout. With design by Nathaniel Winter-Hébert and a cover by Nona Limmen.