From the Everhallow Almanac

Lantern Lane is easiest to find after sunset.

Follow the amber windows.

Listen for the soft clink of glass.

And if one flame burns violet instead of gold, do not assume Nell Vesper has made a mistake.

She rarely does.

Vesper & Flame has lit Everhallow for years with candles for kitchens, thresholds, memorials, festivals, and nights when the road home feels longer than it should.

Most of the lights behave.

Most of the time.

Then Jonah Reed returns to town carrying an old brass lantern that should not work.

It has no proper wick.

No ordinary fuel.

And a remarkable lack of interest in staying dark.

Everhallow has noticed.

The lantern has too.

Come down Lantern Lane.

The rain has started, the shop windows are glowing, and one very stubborn flame is refusing to mind its business.

Before You Leave Lantern Lane…

The rain has stopped.

For now.

Lantern Lane is shining gold again, and Vesper & Flame has closed for the evening.

Most of the candles are quiet.

Most of the lanterns are behaving.

Most.

There is still an old brass lantern on the worktable.

There is still a house at the edge of town with more lights on than anyone remembers seeing before.

And somewhere in Everhallow, a man who came home only long enough to leave again has begun taking the long way through town.

Perhaps that means nothing.

Everhallow contains many things that mean nothing.

A violet flame.

A porch light left burning.

A shop door opened after closing.

A road someone remembers without meaning to.

If you would like to know what happens when Everhallow’s lantern witch meets the one man the lights refuse to ignore…

The Witch of Lantern Lane is waiting.