Wildefell, by H.B. Diaz
- Author: H. B. Diaz
- Artist: Kealan Patrick Burke
- Page Count: 240
- Pub. Date: August 2024
- ISBN: 978-1-58767-992-6
- Status: In-Stock
"H.B. Diaz communes with the ghosts of those southern gothic greats that have seeped into the soil of her stunning novel Wildefell. Channeling Poe at his most sultry, this horror-mystery hybrid testifies to the notion that the veil between our world and your next best read is merely paper thin." -- Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters
About the Book:
Ex-pagan and reluctantly clairvoyant reporter, Sara Wilde, thinks she escaped the curse of Wildefell Manor by planting shallow roots in Savannah. But Wildefell, her family's historic estate in idyllic Beaufort, South Carolina, still harbors a lurid secret.
When the brutal murders of her sister and grandmother send Sara back up the groaning steps of Wildefell, she discovers their bodies arranged in a manner reminiscent of Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue. As corpses turn up all across the city, all mirroring victims in Gothic-era stories, and Sara begins to receive cryptic messages from the murderer, she realizes the curse blighting her family tree is branching out.
Plagued by premotions of the murders and the grotesque spirits of long-dead ancestors, Sara fears the only place she belongs is with the husk of her grief-stricken mother, in the asylum.
To break a story centuries in the making and stop a vicious killer, Sara must exhume the secrets of Wildefell Manor, or she'll risk losing both her family's legacy and her own mind...
"Rich in romance and suspense and steeped in Spanish moss, H. B. Diaz’s Wildefell weaves a southern gothic mystery that’s heartbreaking, bloody and difficult to put down"
– Wendy Dalrymple, author of White Ibis and Roser Park
"A literary-inspired murder mystery with a gothic vibe and luscious prose, Wildefell snares the imagination with its dark tendrils. Diaz deftly combines crime, romance, and horror to create a compelling tale that never fails to intrigue."
– Antonia Rachel Ward, author of Marionette and The Patron
“In Wildefell, H.B. Diaz conjures a chilling gothic horror. Malevolent curses and vengeful spirits haunt the brooding shadows of a decaying manor, where Sara Wilde finds herself entangled. Each creak of the floorboards whispers secrets of long-buried murders. As she unearths a history drenched in blood, eerie specters weep obsidian tears and revenant tongues reveal writhing leeches. Diaz’s haunting prose envelops readers in an icy, skeletal grip, drawing them into a sempiternal nightmare where past horrors refuse to release their hold, and even daylight offers no sanctuary.”
– Shane Hawk, co-editor of Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated anthology, Never Whistle at Night
“Part murder mystery, part love letter to Gothic fiction, Wildefell is a nail-biting, delirious tale steeped in southern ambience and spiked with shocking horror. Diaz builds to a thrilling crescendo that will leave you breathless from beginning to end.”
– Paulette Kennedy, bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
"H.B. Diaz has created something truly special with Wildefell. Haunting and beautifully atmospheric, this is everything you could ever want in a gothic horror novel. Pick up this book as soon as you can."
– Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Haunting of Velkwood
About the Author:
H.B. Diaz is a gothic mystery and horror writer whose short stories have appeared in publications by Flame Tree Press, The NoSleep Podcast, PseudoPod, and Ghost Orchid Press, among others. She is also the author of The Ghost of Ravenswood Hall and Nocturne: A Collection of Dark Tales. A proud member of the HWA and avid gardener, H.B. Diaz lives with her family in a historic (and likely haunted) East Coast town.
