Edited by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo

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

• On the Trail of the Green Man: Katy Soar presents a range of British folklore and literary characters associated with the colour green and with the death and rebirth of a vegetation god.

• The Piper at the Gates of Neverland: Paul Robichaud on how J.M. Barrie adapted symbolic and thematic elements of the Pan mythos to create the character of Peter Pan.

• Gallery / The Folklore of Flowers: Maria J. Pérez Cuervo gathers a bouquet of blooms steeped in magical folklore.

• Songs from the Witchwoods: Nick Freeman wanders into the forest to reveal how its mystical and spiritual powers have inspired generations of musicians.

• How the Forest Answers: Ally Wilkes on how ideas of plant intelligence and consciousness have inspired weird fiction writers in the post-Darwinian imagination.

• The Roots of Jack-in-the-Green: Verity Holloway unearths the roots of the Jack-in-the-Green, entangled in the plight of 18th- and 19th-century chimney sweeps.

• Who Dwells Within These Trees?: Francis Young summons the deities and spirits associated with sacred trees in British folklore.

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

96-page perfectbound pamphlet with black-and-white and tinted illustrations and photographs throughout. With design by Sam Freeman and a cover by Lorenza Daprà.