Maria J Pérez Cuervo
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery.
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Come with us into the magical, mystical world of HELLEBORE. I’m beyond excited to share this book with you: nine new stories by some of my favourite writers of the supernatural and strange.
👉🏼Pre-orders for TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN are open worldwide on helleborezine.com.
👉🏼Pre-orders for TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN are open worldwide on helleborezine.com.
Christmas movies are getting more and more unhinged:
“A publisher goes to Scotland to convince an author to finish his series. While posing as a ski student, she uncovers that he's the heir to a dukedom.”
“A publisher goes to Scotland to convince an author to finish his series. While posing as a ski student, she uncovers that he's the heir to a dukedom.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Christmas movies are getting more and more unhinged:
“A publisher goes to Scotland to convince an author to finish his series. While posing as a ski student, she uncovers that he's the heir to a dukedom.”
“A publisher goes to Scotland to convince an author to finish his series. While posing as a ski student, she uncovers that he's the heir to a dukedom.”
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More love for Tales of Occult Britain! Thank you so much 🖤
It's exceptionally good. I treated myself to a story a day and every one's a gem. Such a beautiful package of a book, too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More love for Tales of Occult Britain! Thank you so much 🖤
Today’s graveyard walk
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today’s graveyard walk
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These comments (and more) from our readers have seriously made my weekend! Thank you everyone for all the love 🖤
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
These comments (and more) from our readers have seriously made my weekend! Thank you everyone for all the love 🖤
My SAD-suffering self waiting for bedtime on a day that seemingly has 52 hours.
a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .
ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .
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November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My SAD-suffering self waiting for bedtime on a day that seemingly has 52 hours.
Forever haunted by the library in Candleshoe (1977)
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Forever haunted by the library in Candleshoe (1977)
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Beautiful contributor copy of Tales of Occult Britain from @helleborezine.bsky.social has landed here in the Franconian Forest, including my story Pollen. So honoured to be in this TOC @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social @mjpcuervo.bsky.social @verityholloway.bsky.social @ninaantonia13.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Beautiful contributor copy of Tales of Occult Britain from @helleborezine.bsky.social has landed here in the Franconian Forest, including my story Pollen. So honoured to be in this TOC @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social @mjpcuervo.bsky.social @verityholloway.bsky.social @ninaantonia13.bsky.social
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Reading as a mystical art? People have been reporting upon the decline of reading for pleasure. Literacy was once considered with suspicion - the spell caster who could spell. A good book retains its magic regardless of fashion or time. Don't let the AI machine win (art: George De Feure 1868-1943)
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Reading as a mystical art? People have been reporting upon the decline of reading for pleasure. Literacy was once considered with suspicion - the spell caster who could spell. A good book retains its magic regardless of fashion or time. Don't let the AI machine win (art: George De Feure 1868-1943)
I just know that some of my best pals and I would have had an amazing time had we lived together in a Medieval monastery: singing Dies Irae, translating philosophers, preparing illuminated manuscripts, growing a herb garden, reading about demons.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I just know that some of my best pals and I would have had an amazing time had we lived together in a Medieval monastery: singing Dies Irae, translating philosophers, preparing illuminated manuscripts, growing a herb garden, reading about demons.
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My bookshop break room book was in the mail. I cannot wait to devour it. 💀
Thank you, @helleborezine.bsky.social
#occultbritain #helleborezine
Thank you, @helleborezine.bsky.social
#occultbritain #helleborezine
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My bookshop break room book was in the mail. I cannot wait to devour it. 💀
Thank you, @helleborezine.bsky.social
#occultbritain #helleborezine
Thank you, @helleborezine.bsky.social
#occultbritain #helleborezine
Pomegranate seeds over melted 85% dark chocolate. Feeling like Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pomegranate seeds over melted 85% dark chocolate. Feeling like Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
Hello, new followers.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hello, new followers.
I used to live in a house which had a poster of Dylan Thomas’s Fern Hill in the bathroom. Gorgeous illustrations and text, perfect midcentury style. I just found out the poster is still sold, with an updated typeface and cleaner colours and BLARGH, it looks awful in comparison.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I used to live in a house which had a poster of Dylan Thomas’s Fern Hill in the bathroom. Gorgeous illustrations and text, perfect midcentury style. I just found out the poster is still sold, with an updated typeface and cleaner colours and BLARGH, it looks awful in comparison.
After The Red-Headed League and The Blue Carbuncle, I think he’s already a fan! I need to find some more lighter episodes now.
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
After The Red-Headed League and The Blue Carbuncle, I think he’s already a fan! I need to find some more lighter episodes now.
A reminder that I’m not able to access DMs on here. If anyone needs to get in touch, please do so via my website!
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A reminder that I’m not able to access DMs on here. If anyone needs to get in touch, please do so via my website!
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Delighted to have received my contributor's copy of @helleborezine.bsky.social 'Tales of Occult Britain' their first foray into supernatural fiction in a beautiful hardback edition, featuring an excellent choice of authors, including Ramsey Campbell. Big thank you to editor @mjpcuervo.bsky.social x
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Delighted to have received my contributor's copy of @helleborezine.bsky.social 'Tales of Occult Britain' their first foray into supernatural fiction in a beautiful hardback edition, featuring an excellent choice of authors, including Ramsey Campbell. Big thank you to editor @mjpcuervo.bsky.social x
Conrad Veidt appreciation post
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conrad Veidt appreciation post
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Definitely a fae trap.
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Definitely a fae trap.
I live for this midcentury TV clips about witchcraft. I am certain that he man in the beret owned the unabridged version of The Golden Bough and had personally met Margaret Murray.
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw... You might enjoy this. I especially like the part when the man in the beret deciphers the evidence and manages to compose an epic fan fiction.
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I live for this midcentury TV clips about witchcraft. I am certain that he man in the beret owned the unabridged version of The Golden Bough and had personally met Margaret Murray.
We watched The Red-Headed League and he loved it! He said Moriarty would never get Holmes. Aaah, so good 🎻🔎
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We watched The Red-Headed League and he loved it! He said Moriarty would never get Holmes. Aaah, so good 🎻🔎
My Pavlovian response to the first lines of NIGHT OF THE DEMON
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My Pavlovian response to the first lines of NIGHT OF THE DEMON
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
10 random things I like:
• The 70s occult revival
• Lee and Cushing
• Japanese green tea
• Bowie’s speaking voice
• The feeling of a plush rug under my bare feet
• Sitars
• 85% dark chocolate
• Driving on English country roads
• Old records
• Gothic romance paperbacks
• The 70s occult revival
• Lee and Cushing
• Japanese green tea
• Bowie’s speaking voice
• The feeling of a plush rug under my bare feet
• Sitars
• 85% dark chocolate
• Driving on English country roads
• Old records
• Gothic romance paperbacks
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
10 random things I like:
• The 70s occult revival
• Lee and Cushing
• Japanese green tea
• Bowie’s speaking voice
• The feeling of a plush rug under my bare feet
• Sitars
• 85% dark chocolate
• Driving on English country roads
• Old records
• Gothic romance paperbacks
• The 70s occult revival
• Lee and Cushing
• Japanese green tea
• Bowie’s speaking voice
• The feeling of a plush rug under my bare feet
• Sitars
• 85% dark chocolate
• Driving on English country roads
• Old records
• Gothic romance paperbacks
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God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
This episode of Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc starting Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price’s alter ego) brings me so much joy
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This episode of Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc starting Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price’s alter ego) brings me so much joy