In the late nineteenth century, séances and spiritualism found their way into some of society’s most elegant parlors, where curiosity about the unseen mingled with ritual, superstition, and spectacle. The Midnight Gathering draws upon that fascination to imagine one mysterious All Hallows’ Eve at the Estate.

At the center of our story is a woman wearing her châtelaine at her waist—its small tools and objects close at hand—as guests gather around a candlelit table and the boundary between entertainment and something altogether stranger begins to blur.