Wylding Hall

When the young members of a British acid folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique music, they hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with dark secrets There they create the album that will make their reputation, but at a terrifying cost Julian Blake, the group s lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen or heard from again.Now, years later, the surviving musicians, along with their friends and lovers including a psychic, a photographer, and the band s manager meet with a young documentary filmmaker to tell their own versions of what happened that summer But whose story is true And what really happened to Julian Blake New Download [ Wylding Hall ] By [ Elizabeth Hand ] – kino-fada.fr 2.1.18 I ve been thinking about this story since I finished it and as such, I ve decided to up my rating to the full 5 5 stars.WYLDING HALL is a fun novella that doesn t neatly fit into any single category other than, perhaps, dark fiction.It looks like a thousand other people have already written reviews so I ll just say this is a beautifully written example of a quiet horror story with building tension and dread WYLDING ...So damn good What an addicting read Elizabeth Hand blew me away with this creepy and excellent novella I have not read anything by her before but she s got a new fan now Wylding Hall starts with the former band members of Windhollow Faire talking about that summer up in Hampshire, England Their band manager rents out an old manor house in the middle of nowhere He hopes the remote setting will get the...Will I ever get tired of stories like this I assume it ll happen one day, but not yet Wylding Hall is a very entertaining ghost story about a folk band who decamp to a crumbling, miles from anywhere country house the only kind there is to record their second album The main action takes place in the 1970s, but the story is told by the remaining members of the band in the present day, each taking it in turns to relate mini monologues as though they re being interviewed for a documentary Will I ever get tired of stories like this I assume it ll happen one day, but not yet Wylding Hall is a very entertaining ghost story about a folk band who decamp to a crumbling, miles from anywhere country house the only kind there is to record their second album The main action takes place in the 1970s, but the story is told by the remaining members of the band in the present day, each taking it in turns to relate mini monologues as though they re being interviewed for a documentary or biography Naturally, it turns out Wylding Hall is not quite what it seems, the locals have some odd customs and there s an ethereal, weirdly hypnotic girl hanging around Everything here is well trodden ground, but it works wonderfully and creates a totally absorbing effect I loved the characters voices and the uncanny details were pitch perfect, just off kilter enough to be believably unsettling view spoilerthan one row of teeth gave me shivers hide spoiler It only took me a...A while back I fell in love with a series of books called the Haunted Ballads , songs that took on lives and mysteries of their own, this book reminded me of those.A group of musicians gathered by this manager to make an album of their songs at the gothic manor, Welding Hall., the album would never be releases, even though it was brilliantly done, and two of its people would disappear and never seem nor heard from again.So what happened Loved the strange setting, the music, the characters and A while back I fell in love with a series of books called the Haunted Ballads , songs that took on lives and mysteries of their own, this book reminded me of those.A group of musicians gathered by this manager to make an album of their songs at the gothic manor, Welding Hall., the album would never be releases, even though it was brilliantly done, and two of its people would disappear and never seem nor heard from again.So what happened Loved the strange setting, the mu...A beautiful, eerie, convincing novel.Fans of Elizabeth Hand will recognize many of the themes and elements that she likes to return to In particular, it reminded me in feel of her story The Erl King Music, subcultures and magic entwine to create a web that will enrapture the reader just as surely as it entraps her characters.After a tragedy, the manager of the folk rock group Windhollow Faire comes up with a plan to keep the band away from unfavorable publicity and get them started on a so A beautiful, eerie, convincing novel.Fans of Elizabeth Hand will recognize many of the themes and elements that she likes to return to In particular, it reminded me in feel of her story The Erl King Music, subcultures and magic entwine to create a web that will enrapture the reader just as surely as it entraps her characters.After a tragedy, the manager of the folk rock group Windhollow Faire comes up with a plan to keep the band away from unfavorable publicity and get them started on a sopho album He rents out a rambling old manor house in a remote corner of England, and sets the band up with a rehearsal space there His rules are no friends, no jour...High praise to Elizabeth Hand s novella Wylding Hall What she has done is meld the 1970 s folk rock scene with an imaginative ghost story that made this an exceptionally enjoyable read.In an afterword by the author she elucidates where further research on the 70 s British folk rock music scene can be found and I applaud her for that further bit of information However, judging from the appreciation and care she took to tell her story, peppering events of the time with real artists and intrica High praise to Elizabeth Hand s novella Wylding Hall What she has done is meld the 1970 s folk rock scene with an imaginative ghost story that made this an exceptionally enjoyable read.In an afterword by the author she elucidates where further research on the 70 s British folk rock music scene can b...If you have ever followed a folk group or rock band in the early 70s, a band that went through some strange days in those strange but exciting times, you will very likely enjoy this book If you have ever been caught up following any music group during your life, a group of mere mortals that you truly loved but then they simply faded from sight, then this book will probably fill some of those empty spaces Set in 1972, the members of an acid folk band are sent to Wylding Hall by their manager to If you have ever followed a folk group or rock band in the early 70s, a band that went through some strange days in those strange but exciting times, you will very likely enjoy this book If you have ever been caught up following any music group during your life, a group of mere mortals that you truly loved but then they simply faded from sight, then this book will probably fill some of those empty spaces Set in 1972, the members of an acid folk band are sent to Wylding Hall by their manager to work on their follow up album after a fairly successful debut Wylding Hall itself had presence The place itself was immence From outside, you just had no idea of the scale It was originally a manor house, where a knight would have lived you could see where the old part began, because the walls chang...Creepy Tale of An English Acid Folk Band in 1972I ve been a big fan of Liz Hand s work for years now She s written wonderful tales in several genres crime horror, fantasy, science fiction, and unclassifiable stories that are a mix of several genres So I jumped at the chance to get a free version of this short novella from NetGalley And it s edited by the legendary Ellen Datlow, so whatcould one ask for Hand delivers a suitably creepy fantasy story here However, I found the ending a bi Creepy Tale of An English Acid Folk Band in 1972I ve been a big fan of Liz Hand s work for years now She s written wonderful tales in several genres crime horror, fantasy, science fiction, and unclassifiable stories that are a mix of several genres So I jumped at the chance to get a free version of this short novella from NetGalley And it s edited by the legendary Ellen Datlow, so whatcould one ask for Hand delivers a suitably creepy fantasy story here However, I found the ending a bit weak and disappointing, although the rest of the story is fine I don t mind an ambiguous ending, but this one just made me say huh Because of the ending, I couldn t decide whether to give this a 3 or a 4, so I ll give it 3.5.This is the story of a fictitious British psychedelic folk band called Windhollow Faire.The band consists of the following personnel, all in their teens at the time Lesley Stansall, the American lead singer and songwriterAshton Moorehouse BassJonathan Jon...This was really good An acid folk band is sent by their manager to a big, old manor house in Hampshire, England, to write songs for their second album It s the 1970s, and the band members are all young musicians Elizabeth Hand has each band member, and a few other characters, provide their perspectives on the events leading up to the disappearance of the band s guitarist who is also one of the songwriters The whole book plays out like a series of interviews, or reminiscences, of each chara This was really good An acid folk band is sent by their manager to a big, old manor house in Hampshire, England, to write songs for their second album It s the 1970s, and the band members are all young musicians Elizabeth Hand has each band member, and a few other characters, provide their perspectives on the events leading up to the disappearance of the band s guitarist who is also one of the songwriters The whole book plays out like a series of interviews, or reminiscences, of ...Puede la m sica invocar a los muertos Atraer presencias sobrenaturales Este libro de Elizabeth Hand llevaba mucho tiempo en mi radar y ahora que Ediciones Urano lo est distribuyendo en M xico, tuve la fortuna de que me enviaran una copia Vaya joyita con la que me encontr La historia est contada como si fuera un documental, narrado por los miembros de una banda folk de los a os 70 Cada cap tulo nos presenta los diversos puntos de vista de cada uno, acerca de c mo experimentaron una seriePuede la m sica invocar a los muertos Atraer presencias sobrenaturales Este libro de Elizabeth Hand llevaba mucho tiempo en mi radar y ahora que Ediciones Urano lo est distribuyendo en M xico, tuve la fortuna de que me enviaran una copia Vaya joyita con la que me encontr La historia est contada como si fuera un documental, narrado por los miembros de una banda folk de los a os 70 Cada cap tulo nos presenta los diversos puntos de vista de cada uno, acerca de c mo experimentaron una serie de sucesos sobrenaturales dentro de una mansi n en la campi a inglesa.Aunque eso puede sonar a un argumento explotado por varias pel culas, la verdad es que la autora lo hace de una ...

• English
• 27 February 2017
Elizabeth Hand
• ebook
• 176 pages
• 1504007182
• Elizabeth Hand
• Wylding Hall