Wylding Hall
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, published by PS Publishing Limited in 2024, is a captivating exploration of mystery and music set within the confines of an ancient country house. This edition spans 131 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows a British acid-folk band grappling with the tragic and mysterious death of one of their founding members. As they retreat to Wylding Hall to record a pivotal album, the lead singer, Julian Blake, disappears, leaving behind a haunting legacy that the surviving members and their associates attempt to unravel years later.
Readers will find a complex interplay of personal stories as the surviving musicians, along with a psychic, a photographer, and the band’s manager, recount their experiences to a young documentary filmmaker. Each perspective offers a unique glimpse into the events of that fateful summer, raising questions about truth and memory. The book delves into themes of horror and the supernatural, intertwining the essence of an era with the dark secrets of the countryside. Wylding Hall presents a rich tapestry of narrative that invites readers to ponder the cost of artistic ambition and the shadows that linger in the wake of tragedy.
Official synopsis Publisher
After the tragic and mysterious death of one of their founding members, the young musicians in a British acid-folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with its own dark secrets. There they record the classic album that will make their reputation but at a terrifying cost, when Julian Blake, their lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again. 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 his or her own version of what happened during that summer but whose story is the true one? And what really happened to Julian Blake? “Elizabeth Hand’s Wylding Hall is not only beautifully written, but also a story about the essences of an age past that still haunt the bucolic reaches of England s countryside. The pagan elements utilized for their creepy and mythopoeic presence more than outright horror, the resulting story is Robert Johnson standing at the crossroads of British folk. Heaven can be touched, but you must pay the dark spirits of nature, not the devil.
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