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From Folklore to Global Politics – the Strange Story of...

Molly Leigh was born in 1685 in a small cottage on the outskirts of Burslem, near Stoke-on-Trent, in central England....

John Reppion
Fascinating Folklore

Crafted by the masterful minds of two comic world luminaries, John Reppion and PJ Holden, Fascinating Folklore began as a...

John Reppion
Big Issue North 1462

Yule be frightened
Why is Christmas, with all its comfort and joy, so closely bound up with ghost stories?...

John Reppion
The World’s Oldest Ghosts

Throughout the Autumnal Spooky Season on Twitter, I noticed an odd trend. Questions like “why are there no dinosaur ghosts?”,...

John Reppion
Seeing Faeries

Hellebore #8
A5 magazine, approx. 92 pages.
Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding.

The image of the...

John Reppion
Big Issue North 1455

Spook Yourself Silly
You could get chased out of a pub by a ghost at last orders or spooked...

John Reppion
Claret Zine #3

Issue 3 of Claret.

80 pages featuring the wonderful weird science of Hammer. With over 60 new original...

John Reppion
Beyond Stonehenge: Ten Locations Around the World with Amazing Ancient...

For many, the word ‘megaliths’ is intimately associated with the stone circles of the British Isles – not least due...

John Reppion
Strange message interrupts Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in live broadcast

Yesterday, Monday the 19th of September, 2022, four of the five UK terrestrial television channels showed uninterrupted coverage of the...

John Reppion
An Expedition into the Mystery of Crank Caverns

Since 2019, I’ve been lucky enough to have been a contributor to Hellebore Zine. Currently in its sixth bi-annual...

John Reppion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The epic medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight adapted into a...

John Reppion
The House of the Great Beast

Hellebore Zine #6
A5 magazine, around 92 pages.
Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding.

From the Witch...

John Reppion
The myths and mysteries of Williamson’s Tunnels

It was a long-abandoned stable yard — overgrown and derelict. People passing it on their way through Edge Hill probably...

John Reppion
Mothers’ Night

Hellebore Zine #4

A5 magazine, 96 pages - our biggest issue yet!
Printed on silk...

John Reppion
The Wild Hunt

Hellebore ZIne #2

A5 magazine, 86 pages.
Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding.

The...

John Reppion
Bodies in the Bog

Hellebore Zine #1

A5 magazine, 68 pages.
Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding.

Human...

John Reppion
Dungeon Masters: How Role-Playing Games Influenced Heavy Metal

Exploring the fascinating, interconnected history of heavy metal and fantasy role-playing

John Reppion
Diabolus in Musica

Writers and topics in Volume 9 of Darklore:

Robert Schoch celebrates the life and research of his good...

John Reppion
The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst

Born on February the 20th 1954, Patricia Campbell Hearst was the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. William...

John Reppion
Charles Dickens and Crime

As Christmas draws ever nearer one particular work written by one particular author always seems to be on our minds,...

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