Kel Byron

Kel is a horror author whose work focuses on rural terror, character-driven stories, and weaving gruesome imagery with touching narratives about human bonds. Her work was inspired by the lingering spookiness of growing up in an isolated rural area and the superstitions and folktales that surrounded her childhood in the wetlands of Michigan, as well as her time in West Virginia.

She began writing short stories in high school, sharing them with her friends. When she joined Reddit's NoSleep forum, her gloomy yet comedic stories about the gruesome folk horrors surrounding a fictional Appalachian village quickly formed a humble yet loyal fanbase.

After disappearing from the internet for several years to get treatment for a massive uterine tumor, she returned in 2023 to completely rewrite and re-imagine her previous work. Kel's writing often focuses on themes such as queer identity, grief, mental health, trauma recovery, and platonic love. Although horror is her main genre of choice, she wishes to branch out into other genres as well.

Today, she lives in Michigan with her partner and six cats, where she writes and works with local animal rescues as a bottlefeeder.