Lantern Ghosts

by Aaron Polson

When their guide is injured in a fight with a bandit, Graciela and Flaco take shelter with him in an abandoned Spanish mission.

As Nunez, the guide, recovers, ghosts of dead children haunt Graciela's dreams. Nunez recovers, but not before she learns the deadly secret of the lantern in the old bell tower...

13 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 27, 2012

About the author

Aaron Polson currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife, two sons, and a tattooed rabbit. His stories have featured magic goldfish, monstrous beetles, and a book of lullabies for baby vampires. His work has seen print in Shock Totem, Blood Lite II, and Monstrous with several new stories forthcoming in Shimmer, Space and Time, and other publications. The Saints are Dead, a collection of weird fiction, magical realism, and the kitchen sink, is due from Aqueous Press in 2011. "