Image: Tote bag containing 'print is undead' logo (with holpublishing.com in tail), featuring hand-lettered text by Dana Polakovicová and digitised by Euan Monaghan. Scared Sacred and Filtered Reality books at the top. Text at bottom (white on black background): 'print is undead' tote bag with every book order (while stocks last!).

Just in time for spring, get your free 'print is undead' tote bag with every book purchase (while stocks last)!

And if you know me (Rebecca), you'll know I'll throw some wee extras in there too... 🖤

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Image: Michelle Kerr [Copy of Scared Sacred under the glow of Christmas tree lights]. Text reads: holiday shop closure; Tuesday 16 December. Grey frame with House of Leaves logo in white at bottom of image.

Looking for a last-minute bookish horror gift? 🎁

From our directory of book recs to our own anthologies and spooky stationery, visit holpublishing.com for ideas! 👻

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Image: Grid containing four greyscale images (clockwise: Valak screaming; Valak smiling; Scared Sacred book on wooden table with House of Leaves Publishing logo on the left; Scared Sacred book on wooden table with eBay logo on the left). Valak images from The Nun (2018); Scared Sacred images by Cristina Resa.

Used copies of #ScaredSacred are going for more than £600 on eBay! 😂💀

Not only is the paperback still available via holpublishing.com, we've extended our sale until the end of the week! 📚

Keep Valak happy—join us in supporting indie publishing! 👻

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Image: 'Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film' paperback and two greetings cards surrounded by leaves. The book's cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd. The first draws from the Scared Sacred's illustrated chapters to depict Pinhead from Hellraiser (“Malice in Chains”); the second shows the matte black back of the other card design, containing House of Leave Publishing's Print Is Undead logo.

Halloween nostalgia kicking in now it's October? 🎃

Who said you can't build boo-baskets for adults... 👻

Stop by our wee shop for cosy, seasonal sets and bookish gifts: holpublishing.com/shop! 🍂

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Orange pumpkins in both top corners with bright blue background and Scared Sacred in the centre. The cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd.

Still from In the Mouth of Madness (1995). Close-up of man's face with distorted pupils.

“Do you read #ScaredSacred?”

Released in the US in Feb 1995, In the Mouth of Madness is one of the films covered in our limited-edition anthology.

Part of a small series exploring religion in horror, get our first book before it's gone: holpublishing.com/shop!

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Image: Cristina Resa. Black-and-white photograph of 'Scared Sacred' paperback book on a wooden background, with the Lament Configuration from Hellraiser (1987) in the top right corner. 'Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film' paperback: the book's cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd.

Hello, Bluesky! 🦋

We're a women-led indie publisher of beautiful books on horror... 💙📚

#ScaredSacred explores the relationship between religion and the cinematic church of horror.

Final first-edition paperback copies (with numbered certificate): holpublishing.com/shop 👻

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Two identical images of a Scared Sacred paperback on a wooden desk: one has the eBay logo next to it, as well as as a still from The Nun (2018) of Valak, a demonic entity dressed as a nun, screaming in the direction of the book; the other has the House of Leaves Publishing logo next to it along with a still of Valak smiling. Scared Sacred: The cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd.

Despite second-hand copies going for silly amounts on eBay, our limited-edition #ScaredSacred paperback is still available on holpublishing.com at its original price! 📚

Make Valak happy by ensuring #PrintIsUndead — not unviable! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky