Paper Lantern
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Paper Lantern is a creative publishing house devoted to discovering and amplifying bold, original voices one story at a time.
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Door Glass
Elise first saw him in the mirror. It wasn’t a reflection. It was a presence. She’d been in the changing room, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead like lazy flies. Her skirt was half-zipped when something flickered at the edge of the mirror—a stain, a shadow too dense to be a trick of the light.
By Paper Lantern7 months ago in Fiction
A Promise in Ash
Before dawn, beneath a sky heavy with unshed stars, the Night Market held its breath. Lanterns swayed like flickering souls caught in a restless wind. Shadows leaned close, whispering secrets that time had forgotten. And in the heart of this ancient, bleeding place, the Mender moved—a figure woven from sorrow and quiet resolve, his cloak trailing faint echoes of prayers long spent.
By Paper Lantern7 months ago in Fiction
What You Are Willing to Lose
The night my village burned, I didn't cry. I didn't scream. I walked. The air reeked of roasted flesh and old milk. My mother had braided a ribbon into my hair the day before, red and yellow like a harvest sunrise. I remember it because the ends were still tied when I stood at the edge of the ash heap that used to be our home.
By Paper Lantern7 months ago in Fiction
