The Narcissist of Nubble Lighthouse: A Modern Gothic Fairy Tale

By Mason Aksamit

A gothic fairy tale for the lonely and the longing.

1911 On the edge of a fog-swept cliff in Maine, a lighthouse keeper named Ephraim Merrow keeps watch-not for ships, but for someone to finally see him.

He was once told he was destined for greatness. But after a failed career in New York and years of solitude, Ephraim begins writing journals filled with bitter philosophy, painful introspection, and a growing obsession with a woman from town named Clara Albright.

Inspired by The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers, Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, this story is an exploration of isolation, delusion, and the tragic hunger to be understood.

The Narcissist of Nubble Lighthouse is part of the American Fairy Tales series: modern fables with moral weight and cinematic flair.

For readers of literary fiction, gothic tales, and psychological character studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FD3W6NWD
• ISBN13: 9798287856717
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"