Silver in the Wood

core novella 2019 Greenhollow Duology

Record

First published	2019
Original language	EN
Work type	novella
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.97 (25,132 ratings, collected 2026-09-15)
Page count	112
First-edition ISBN	9781250229793
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

For centuries, Tobias Finch has served as the Wild Man of Greenhollow Wood, a solitary guardian protecting the surrounding villages from the magical dangers that linger in the forest's oldest corners. His quiet, isolated existence is disrupted when Henry Silver, the curious new owner of nearby Greenhollow Hall, arrives to study local folklore and takes an interest in the wood and the man who tends it. As Silver's research draws him closer to Tobias and to secrets the forest has kept hidden for generations, old dangers long dormant within Greenhollow begin to stir once more. The two men's lives become entwined as they are drawn together into confronting a threat rooted deep in the wood's history.

Where it sits

• Universe: Greenhollow Duology
• Series: Greenhollow Duology core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Emily Tesh

Awards (verified)

• World Fantasy Award (Best Novella), 2020: won

Notes

• From the series record (Greenhollow Duology): A complete pair of connected novellas blending the Green Man folklore figure with a quiet queer romance in a mysterious English wood; Emily Tesh's debut fiction.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series Greenhollow Duology: position 1 of 2: next Drowned Country (2020)

Sources

• World Fantasy Awards: 2020 Awards
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhollow_Duology
• Reactor: Announcing the 2020 World Fantasy Award Winners

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