Lantern Tales. The House Where Dreams Wait

By I.R. Payne

Lantern Tales. The House Where Dreams Wait
They say the house has no address-only a patience for those who are lost.

On a fog-thick evening at the edge of the marsh, a lanternless wanderer stumbles upon a timbered house that seems to arrive rather than appear. Inside waits the Dream-Keeper and a corridor of rooms-nurseries that forgot their lullabies, libraries of unwritten books, gardens where perfect lanterns burn too bright. Each door holds a dream set aside by someone, somewhere. Each one whispers to be chosen.

But not every dream is kind. Behind an iron-bound door breathes the hunger of what was abandoned too long.

The House Where Dreams Wait is a lyrical, folklore-touched gothic novella about temptation, mercy, and the smallest light we dare to keep. Fans of Susanna Clarke's shorter tales, Kelly Link, and Angela Carter will feel at home in its mist and woodgrain.

Inside you'll find:

An atmospheric marshland house that behaves like a memory

A keeper of other people's dreams

Rooms of temptation-and one you must not open

A quiet, hopeful ending that lingers

Every dream must wait. Not every dream must wait forever.

Series: Lantern Tales - Standalone Novella
Author: I. R. Payne

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSJJKWKG
• ISBN13: 9798266841529
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"