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The Lanterns Beneath Ash Hollow

The Lanterns Beneath Ash Hollow

Marsh, Brent

Paperback

Horror

ISBN13: 9798182769587
Publisher: Brent Marsh
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

When investigative journalist Evelyn Ashford arrives in the isolated mountain village of Ash Hollow, she expects to expose a strange local ritual surrounding the legendary 13th Light. Instead, she discovers a place where ash falls like snow, memories disappear without warning, and lanterns are made from materials that should never have been used by human hands.Ash Hollow appears to have survived a catastrophic fire in 1924. The villagers speak of the First Burning as though it were both history and sacred ritual. They carry on with their quiet lives, lighting twelve lanterns each night while refusing to acknowledge the mysterious thirteenth. Evelyn initially assumes that the phenomenon is the result of volcanic gases, psychological manipulation, or an elaborate local superstition.But Evelyn soon discovers something impossible: she cannot remember her own childhood. The same blankness exists in the memories of the villagers. Their pasts have been erased, leaving behind peaceful, hollow versions of people who no longer understand what they have lost.As Evelyn investigates the lanterns, the archives, and the great ash pits beneath the village, she learns that the ritual is connected to something far older and more disturbing than folklore. Beneath Ash Hollow lies a perfectly preserved subterranean city containing the Intacts-the mineralized bodies of those who died during the First Burning. The villagers above are not ordinary descendants. They are projections, shadows created by the mysterious 13th Light.The most devastating discovery is waiting at the center of the underground city: the original Evelyn Ashford, preserved exactly as she appeared in 1924.Evelyn must confront the possibility that her entire identity is a projection of a woman who died a century ago. She can remain beneath the earth and surrender to the truth, or return to the world above and continue living as the person she believes herself to be.She chooses to escape.But the ash has not forgotten her.As Evelyn drives beyond the valley, a new lantern bearing her name appears beside the great pit and begins its slow descent into the darkness. The 13th Light has not released her. It has simply learned how far one of its shadows can travel

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