ZINE ISSUE X: DEATH

While often seen as a symbol of finality, the Death card gives us transformation—a violent shedding of the old to make way for the new. In this issue, we explore both the literal and symbolic aspects of Death: the decay of the body, the inevitable end of all things, and the rebirth that emerges from destruction.

Inside, you’ll find 60 pages of horror film essays, short stories, poems, original artwork, and an exclusive interview with Chat Pile. From physical decay to the metamorphosis that follows, these pieces unravel what it means to embrace the rot, to be consumed, and to be reborn. 

And so, welcome to the 10th issue of our Tarot series. After all, Death doesn’t ask—it takes. And what it leaves behind is twisted, screaming, and unrecognisable. We can’t wait to hold whatever that looks like in our hands.

Emily & Ruth

TNHC

FEATURING: 
Art by Aamina Mahmood 
A historical essay on the Mediaeval obsession with death by Ellie Cox
An essay on Twin Peaks by Emily Malone 
An essay on Julia Ducournau & the body horror renaissance by Esma Alcin 
A poem by Eva Lewis
Artwork by Sacred Cuts Collage 
Artwork by John Attfield Art
An essay on death as liberation in Hagazussa and Matriarch by Katrin Seyler
Photography by Matilda May Bailey
An essay on death and rebirth in Michele Soavi’s Cemetery Man (1993) by Matt Rogerson 
A short story by Matthew Hopkins 
A poem by Mort Cullen
An essay on Enter the Void (2009) and the horror of cinematic sensorial death by Nathan Lunn 
Artwork by Tom Chippendale 
Artwork by Truly Lost
Editorial by Emily Malone 
Design and layout by Ruth Skrytek