The Lantern Girl: She walks the hills with light in her hand and death in her wake

By Prasanth N.M

In the haunted village of Devipur, no one dares speak of the girls who vanish under the full moon. Whispers say a ghost roams the hills, a girl with a lantern whose glow marks the next to disappear.

Fifteen-year-old Arjun doesn't believe in village superstitions. Until his sister vanishes without a trace... and the last thing he sees is a flicker of golden light at the edge of the trees.

Driven by grief and the refusal to forget, Arjun begins a journey across cursed villages, forgotten graveyards, and wind-swept ruins, where each step reveals a deeper horror and a deeper truth. The Lantern Girl is no myth. She is a memory made of fire. And she is not the monster the stories claimed.

What begins as a boy's quest to find answers turns into something far greater: a reckoning with a past buried in silence and a legacy of girls whose names were never meant to be erased.

The Lantern Girl is a chilling, lyrical folk horror tale about the weight of memory, the cost of forgetting, and the light that refuses to die.

Some ghosts seek revenge.
She seeks remembrance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGQ1W7KP
• ISBN13: 9798290786155
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"