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Wen-yi Lee

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Wen-yi Lee is the author of YA horror The Dark We Know and forthcoming adult historical fantasy When They Burned the Butterfly. Her writing has appeared in venues like Lightspeed, Uncanny, Reactor, and Strange Horizons, as well as various anthologies. She is based in Singapore and is a graduate of University College London, and likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. Find her on socials @wenyilee_ and otherwise at wenyileewrites.com.

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	The Dark We Know 3.55 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam J. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nat X. Ray (Contributor) 2.97 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When They Burned the Butterfly 3.58 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Name Ziya 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 44: January/February 2022 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leah Cypess (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fright 1: Winners of the 2022 Storytel Epigram Horror Prize by Gwee Li Sui (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annaliza Bakri (Editor), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apparition Lit, Issue 23: Creature (July 2023) by Wen-yi Lee (Goodreads Author), Chinedu Gospel, Louis Inglis Hall 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Spirit South 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Is Their Tragedy 1 by Wen-yi Lee (Goodreads Author), Leonie Koh (Narrator), Benjamin Chow (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Scatter of Light

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Alone With You in the Ether

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