E. L. Chen – Horror writer

Sweetside Motel

“I’d lock your door,” he says quietly, and then he’s gone.

Coming March 2026 from Interstellar Flight Press

(forthcoming) Who can you trust, when everyone has their ghosts?

(forthcoming) An eerie gothic inspired by my time working at the Science Centre.

I’ll eat you up, I love you so.

Narnia gone wrong. Longlisted for the Sunburst Award.

E. L. Chen is a Toronto-based Chinese Canadian horror writer. She is the author of Summerwood/Winterwood, Sweetside Motel, and Slasher Summer.

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E. L. Chen writes dark fantasy and horror in Toronto, Canada.

A gothic novella. Do you hear the screaming?