"The Lantern Quietly Screams" Wins Award
"The Lantern Quietly Screams" won third in the fantastic town of Saugus, Massachusetts's 2020 Ghost Story Contest. There were thousands of entries from amazing authors, and it is beyond cool that "The Lantern Quietly Screams" terrified the judges.
When four history students researching the Underground Railroad can’t find records on the old network near the Blue Ridge Mountains, they put out an ad in the paper. Luckily, an archivist, and descendent of a former slave-gone-guide ,agrees to drive up to tell her grandmother’s tale. However, as the group waits along the base of the dark mountain, ghostly lantern lights flicker in the wood line. Luckily, their source arrives before anything else eerie can happen, or so they think.
Interested in checking out "The Lantern Quietly Screams"? You can find the short story in the Castabout Literature: October 2019 Edition:
or in the 101 Proof Horror Anthology:
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