She Waits Where Shadows Gather
Coming May 2026
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Coming May 2026 〰️
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A couple moves to the Philippines to investigate a haunted familial home and in doing so uncovers decades of silence, superstition and secrets.
About Me
Michelle Tang (she/her) is a Chinese-Filipino writer of speculative fiction. Her short stories have been published by Cemetery Gates, Escape Pod, and Flame Tree Publishing, among others, and her debut novella, DuMort, was released in July 2025 by Ghost Orchid Press. Her debut novel, She Waits Where Shadows Gather, will be published May 2026.
Writer of Mystery | Horror | Dark Fantasy
Short Fiction
Novellas
Mrs. Mina Braithwaite has never quite fit into Mydalla’s polite society. Her features are so different from the other noblewomen, more like the city’s foreign workers, and she chafes at all the rules. Then there’s the furious entity that has followed her for years, crawling from shadows to hurt her and staining every memory with fear. Desperate for help, Mina crashes a private gathering to see the infamous occultist Alexandre DuMort in action. She doesn't expect the pull of attraction towards the man, nor his invitation to join him in his work.
But DuMort has enemies, dangerous ones, and they dog his steps as closely as Mina's entity does hers. Mina must choose between her old life, and the angry spirit that stalks her, or follow the famed occultist down a new path, where even worse things might haunt her.
Like the truth.
Short Stories (Select Works)
"The Comfort of a Cold Pit" - Beyond the Bounds of Infinity, (Raw Dog Screaming Press) July 2024
A woman faces the end of her life caring for a creature found in a pit. (Cozy horror)
"Permanent Ink" - Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror, (Crystal Lake) Sept 2023
A man wakes up with his missing girlfriend’s tattoo machine wrapped around his hand and things only get weirder from there. (Horror)
"In The Wind, Their Voices"- CHM #31, Jan 2023
Twins scout a desolate asteroid for minerals, and encounter strange phenomena at night. Read for free here. (Horror)
"Vi'hun Heal"- Escape Pod #831, Apr 2022
An alien healer must choose between her home planet or her freedom. Listen or read for free here. (Science Fantasy)
“Wishes to Heaven" - Mothers of Enchantment: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers, (World Weaver Press) Apr 2022 ~ nominated for Pushcart Prize
A woman meets an unusual godmother (fantasy)
"Shock of Death" - A Woman Built by Man, (Cemetery Gates) Feb 2022
For the love of a prisoner's wife, a physician figures out a way to cheat death. (Horror)
"The Sounds of a Bamboo Forest" - Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories, (Flame Tree Publishing) Apr 2021
A man travels to his late brother's remote cabin in the forest and encounters a spirit trying to get in. (Horror)
HOWLS anthologies:
"A Dowry For Your Hand" - Howls from the Dark Ages: an Anthology of Medieval Horror, May 2022
"Systemic Infection" - Howls from the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror, June 2023
"A Fate Finer Than Death" - Howls from the Scene of the Crime: A Crime Horror Anthology, May 2024
Get in Touch
Literary Agent: Samantha Fabien
Root Literary