Old Home Town
The Dark We Know
By Wen-Yi Lee
9 May, 2025
Doing the WFC's Homework
Wen-Yi Lee’s 2023 The Dark We Know is a stand-alone horror novel.
Isadora “Isa” Chang grew up in the isolated mining town of Slater. The community was repressive, her father was abusive, and two of her three close friends died. Isa fled, enrolling at a distant art school. She left the town, her sister and mother, and her best friend Mason Kane behind.
Art students are often short on money. Thus, when Isa’s father dies, the promise of a small inheritance is enough to tempt Isa back to Slater.