Kelsea Yu

About The Author

Kelsea Yu is the Taiwanese Chinese American author of the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award–nominated novella, Bound Feet; the 2025 Children’s Book Council Award–winning novel, It’s Only a Game; and the novella, Demon Song. Dozens of her short stories and essays are published in magazines and podcasts such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, and Fantasy, and in award-winning horror anthologies such as Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic, Classic Monsters Unleashed, and Death in the Mouth. Kelsea lives with her husband, children, and a pile of art supplies in the Pacific Northwest. Find her on Instagram as @ANovelEscape or visit her website KelseaYu.com.

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Stormraven

By Kelsea Yu

Mexican Gothic meets Get Out with this Rebecca-inspired gothic horror rooted in Chinese American history, as a gifted artist uncovers a haunted mansion’s chilling secrets that threaten to make her dream life a living nightmare.

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