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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 3.65 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 44: January/February 2022 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leah Cypess (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 37 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 by Gwee Li Sui (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annaliza Bakri (Editor), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 20 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
	Fish Eats Lion Redux by Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cyril Wong (Contributor), Daryl Qilin Yam (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 15 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
	Nightmare Magazine, Issue 126, March 2023 by Wendy N. Wagner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristina Ten, Dominica Phetteplace 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2023	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 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — expected publication 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
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