{"product_id":"japanese-gothic-a-folk-horror-dual-timeline-novel-of-ghosts-hauntings-and-redemption","title":"Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines","description":"\u003cp\u003eLee Turner flees New York in 2026, unable to remember why he killed his roommate; Sen, an exiled young samurai, hides in 1877. Kylie Lee Baker puts them in the same house in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred reviews from \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA USA TODAY bestseller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dual-timeline horror novel drawing on Japanese mythology, set in 2026 and 1877\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes murder, gore and violence within a family, with themes of grief and generational trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 352 pages, Hanover Square Press, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe house gives Lee small warnings, from animals that keep their distance to a sword-carrying woman who appears in the yard after dark. Sen, bound by her father's code and hunted by imperial soldiers, reads the stranger at her window as an omen. Baker alternates the two narrators and draws on the legend of Urashima Tarō as the timelines close in on each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaker moves here from the pandemic-era New York of \u003cem\u003eBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng\u003c\/em\u003e to Meiji-era Japan, for horror readers who like hauntings rooted in history and folklore. The question is not only who is haunting whom. It is what two fathers asked of their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKylie Lee Baker writes novels for teens and adults. Her first novel for adults, \u003cem\u003eBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2025 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel. She holds a B.A. in creative writing and Spanish and an M.S. in library and information science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48026719289493,"sku":"NEW-ING-1335001557","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784878569.jpg?v=1789784880","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/japanese-gothic-a-folk-horror-dual-timeline-novel-of-ghosts-hauntings-and-redemption","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}