Japanese Gothic

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker is a haunting, time-bending horror novel that explores grief and generational trauma. The story follows two characters separated by centuries but connected by a single, mysterious house in Japan.

In October 2026, Lee Turner flees to his father’s isolated home in Japan after a bloody blackout leaves him convinced he murdered his college roommate. The house is eerie; animals won't go near it, and the windows seem to change. Meanwhile, in October 1877, a young woman named Sen lives in the same house. She is a samurai in exile, desperately trying to protect her family from imperial soldiers and a father who has returned from war as a changed, monstrous man.

As Lee and Sen’s lives begin to overlap through an impossible door, they realize that one of them may be a ghost and one of their stories might be a lie. Together, they must face a terrifying secret buried beneath the house that threatens to consume them both. It is a story of monsters, mythology, and the dark legacies we inherit from our parents.