Wylding Hall is told in the present, as surviving members of the band describe to a documentary filmmaker their version of events. Strange events occur at the venue with increasing frequency, leading to both the release of the band’s triumphant second album and its complete dissolution. At the urging of their manager, the members of the band retire for three months to an old English mansion, Wylding Hall, to work on material for their follow-up album. THE STORY: Windhollow Faire is a 1960s folk band that has released one solid, if not especially groundbreaking album. (If it had been an example of the former, I wouldn’t have read it, much less be reviewing it: if I want to experience the horror of indignities being heaped upon living bodies, I just read my daily newspaper.) The novella is a quick, fun read, although it is not without its weaknesses. The basic emotion evoked by these stories is dread.Įlizabeth Hand’s Wylding Hall is an example of the latter ghost story. On the other hand, you have stories where creatures hide in the shadows, half-seen, their goals and methods of attaining them slowly emerging. The basic emotion evoked by such stories is disgust.
On the one hand, you have horrifying creatures finding ever more creative ways to separate living human beings from their limbs and viscera. Ghost stories generally come in two flavours. Publisher: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (July 14, 2015).
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