About

Hellebore is a poisonous plant that has the power of altering perception, and it is thought to be one of the main ingredients for the witches' flying ointment. Associated with the water element, it is known for opening up portals to the Underworld and the subconscious.

Founded in 2019 by writer and editor Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, with art direction by Nathaniel Hébert, HELLEBORE is a small press devoted to folk horror, folklore, magic and the occult in Britain. As well as the magazine of the same name, HELLEBORE has published a travel guide (The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain), a card game (The Magical Card Battle of Britain), and the special magazine Yuletide Hauntings. A World Fantasy Awards finalist in 2022 and a British Fantasy Awards finalist in 2024, HELLEBORE has been featured in Fortean Times, Starburst, Rue Morgue, SFX, Eye magazine, Dazed and others. 

"Hellebore is the most erudite journal on the current scene to deal with Paganism, magic and folklore in the realms of modern history, fiction and popular culture. It effortlessly straddles the spheres of academic and independent scholarship to unite the two in an ever-exciting and always accessible cocktail of new research."
—Ronald Hutton, leading historian of the ritual year in Britain and of modern Paganism, author of The Triumph of the Moon, Pagan Britain, and The Witch.

"Nothing makes me happier than new issues of @helleborezine. It has almost single-handedly made me fall in love with magazines again." 
—Grady Hendrix, author of My Best Friend's Exorcism and How To Sell a Haunted House. 

"My favourite periodical" —Lally Macbeth, author of The Lost Folk, artist, and co-founder of Stone Club.

"The most impressive fusion of a distinctive and original editorial vision with expressive, interpretative magazine design I have seen in years."
—Rick Poynor for Eye magazine. 

"Hellebore is a treasure." 
—Elizabeth Hand, author of Wylding Hall and A Haunting on the Hill.