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Maria J Pérez Cuervo

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Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery. 👩🏻 mjpcuervo.com/portfolio-page 📖 helleborezine.com

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 7d

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.

Delve into a world of old gods, strange rituals, sinister faeries, hill figures, shadowy churches, vast forests and rugged coastlines. Set in some of the most beguiling locations in The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain and Northern Ireland, this collection features nine new stories of the supernatural and the strange by contemporary masters of the genre.
Nina Antonia • Ramsey Campbell • Steve Duffy Helen Grant • Verity Holloway • Eóin Murphy • Reggie Oliver • Steve Toase • Ally Wilkes
Edited by Maria J Pérez Cuervo
Design by Sam Freeman
Cover art by Isabella Mazzanti

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 12h

Today’s book find

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 18h

sociology and anthropology are dangerous to them, because those fields help us understand the power dynamics, ethics, and human cost of what the industries they like better are doing.
Performing arts is hugely important for the economy, but it doesn't benefit them directly.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 19h

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

(Still referring to her as Olivia in this)

Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

Love her so much! She’s majestic.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

an octopus is swimming in the ocean with the words `` nope nope nope nope '' .

ALT: an octopus is swimming in the ocean with the words `` nope nope nope nope '' .

media.tenor.com

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect television, 10/10, no notes.

The Newsreader - Aussie TV series about TV journalists in the 80s

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

I’m the herbal tea version of uppers in the morning, downers in the evening.

Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

One of the highlights of living in my neighbourhood is occasionally bumping into Ronald Hutton. Today he complimented my Hammer Dracula t-shirt.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Francis! 👏🏼

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 1d

This is where I post from.

Misty summoning elemental forces within a stone circle. Art by Shirley Bellwood

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

Made at the right time in the right place. And what a cast!

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 2d

when you have that one friend who didn't pick up a subculture with everyone else but you're still cool

Behind the scenes image from one of the Hellraiser movies showing Clive Barker in street clothes holding the Lament Configuration and surrounded by the cenobites in costume

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

That’s the one! Not sure if it’s streaming anywhere.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

I love Svankmajer. I once hallucinated the white rabbit from this version rushing across my room.

Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

It’s available on DVD

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

Alice in Wonderland (Jonathan Miller, 1966), my favourite adaptation.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 3d

Tag yourself, I’m unholy doings in a church.

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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely one for @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @mjpcuervo.bsky.social

Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 3d

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read:
"Spiders
Terrible hotel stay
Narrator makes fun of golf
Latin passages
Eerie disembodied voices
Confirmed bachelor main character
Vengeful spirit
Evil magician
Working-class character as comic relief
Bleak East Anglian coast
Visit to an archive
Narrator in guidebook mode
FREE SPACE
Unholy doings in a church
Frogs or toads
Queen Anne style house
Cursed artifact
Don't buy that rare book!
Something hairy and horrible
Someone gets too curious
Tentacles
Story told via old manuscript
Research trip gone horribly wrong
Beds are scary
Tactile horror

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 3d

Terrible hotel stay and research trip gone wrong are so relatable 😂

Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 3d

The release date has been delayed to late October, but you should be able to preorder from @filmsradiance.bsky.social.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

Peak advertising.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

Vincent Price advertising monster-shaped vitamins.

Vincent price says
"Come a little closer, madam-I want to save you 25€ on Monster Vitamins"
Kids love Monster" Vitamins. They come in 7 monstrous shapes and colors. And they taste terrific. Even more important, Monsters contain 10 essential vitamins. Children should get vitamins by eating right, but when they don't, Monster Vitamins and Monster Vitamins Plus Iron sure help.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 4d

My pals @tom8enjamin.bsky.social and @eberlin.co.uk are putting on an exhibition about brutalist buildings in Bristol next week. I wrote a couple of things to help promote it, including this piece about brutalist car parks.

www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

'Fascinating textures and abstract forms make car parks so interesting'

Multi-storey car parks might not seem exciting at first glance but they're often striking examples of bold brutalist architecture

www.bristol247.com

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