The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X.R. Pan -Set in America and Taiwan, this young adult novel has elements of gothic, including allusions to Emily Dickinson’s poetry,  ghosts and ghostly communications …including an explanation of the East-Asian buddhist concept of the hungry ghost and its associated festival, supernatural avians and a central concern with memory and remembering. It’s also notable for its heterosexual, lesbian and cross-cultural love stories (Sarah Olive, Bangor).