The Lantern Under the Lake

In a quiet village shadowed by a black, bottomless lake, the past never stays buried.

When Elara finds an old lantern that once belonged to her missing mother, she begins to uncover secrets the village has spent years trying to forget. Strange lights move beneath the water at night. Voices whisper from the reeds. And the lake seems to remember every promise, every lie, and every life it has taken.

As Elara follows the lantern’s glow deeper into the truth, she learns that her mother’s disappearance was no accident — and that something ancient is waiting beneath the surface.

The Lantern Under the Lake is a dark fantasy novella filled with eerie mystery, buried memories, and the dangerous pull of grief, love, and obsession.