It was the first Elizabeth Hand I'd ever read. Her website is www.wordsmithlynn.com. ). Oral History – Check. Wylding Hall. Their manager, Tom, sets the band up in a tumble-down mansion in rural England, with orders that they spend the summer there working on their second album after the all-right-ish-but-not-exceptional performance of their first. So hearing the fear and dread the characters had involving Wylding Hall would have amped it up. To read this ebook on a mobile device (phone or tablet) you'll need to install one of these free apps: To download and read this eBook on a PC or Mac: The publisher has set limits on how much of this ebook you may print or copy. ( Log Out /  I should go dig it up and see if I've read it or if it'll be fresh and new. This Shirley Jackson Award–winning novel is “a true surreal phantasmagoria . We don’t have any very graphic horror moments. The publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. I had never heard of Elizabeth Hand before but Wylding Hall kept popping up on Bookriot for suggested horror books. Their story is one of tragedy and loss, including the mysterious disappearance of Julian, their lead singer and lead creative force. Her Magical Pet: Women in love... and their adorable magical pets! Author: Elizabeth Hand Genre: Horror, mystery. Now, years later, each of the surviving musicians, their friends and lovers-including a psychic, a photographer, and the band's manager-meets with a young documentary filmmaker to tell their own version of what happened during that summer. Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand 6:13 am 20 July 2015 The members of a British folk band are spending the summer at Wylding Hall, composing music for the next album. It's just as evocative and spooky as I remember, although nothing will ever supplant, Amazon should get a commission from you, I feel like about every other time you post a book review I end up buying the book. This is a good old-fashioned gothic horror story. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I think it was the one-two punch of reading this and. You can read this eBook on any device that supports DRM-free EPUB or DRM-free PDF format. An added bonus is the vivid, realistic detail about the folk rock music scene of that era. I thought that I remembered this one, but no! She gets a job to interview a reclusive photographer in Maine, but when she goes there, she winds up embroiled in danger and mystery. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I think making this a short novel really worked in Elizabeth Hand’s favor. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Cass Neary, the narrator, is middle-aged, burned out, and barely scraping by, but she was a kind of punk/avant-garde photographer in the New York art scene in the eighties, one with particularly dark inclinations. Sadly though the ending was a bit of a disappointment for me. Follow Wordsmith Lynn – News & Reviews on WordPress.com. Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand Published by PS Publishing Limited on July 1, 2015 Pages: 146 Format: eBook It's the summer in the early 1970s. Wylding Hall ticked a lot of boxes for me. WYLDING HALL is a fun novella that doesn't neatly fit into any single category other than, perhaps, dark fiction. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Wylding Hall at Amazon.com. In the summer of 1972, the young members of folk-rock band Windollow Faire are sent by their manager to a remote old English manor house to record their sophomore album. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation-but at a terrifying cost, when Julian Blake, their new lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again. April 3, 2015. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. This was a refreshing find for me. ( Log Out /  This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. Gothic/ghost story setup – Check. Her real ambition is to be a wench at The Renaissance Faire. Not just in terms of fiction but in general. It is a sub-genre that lends itself particularly well to horror and sci-fi, if done well. I think I've always had an interest in architecture. The publisher has supplied this book in DRM Free form with digital watermarking. An added bonus is the… A group of young musicians in a British acid-folk band are taking a break from the world and spending the summer focusing on their album. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Summary: Nearly forty years ago a British acid-folk band by the name of Windhollow Faire was sent to Wylding Hall to work on their second album in peace after the suicide of one of their bandmates. Elizabeth Hand does a great job of slowly building a sense of dread. The narrative is fairly slow, with horror seeping in around the edges of discourse around how the band met and got their break. {{ format_drm_information.format_name }} unrestricted, {{ format_drm_information.format_name }} {{format_drm_information.page_percent}}, {{ format_drm_information.format_name }} off, {{ read_aloud_information.format_name }} on, {{ read_aloud_information.format_name }} off. 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