The Lighthouse Keepers
by Matthew Paisley
The light is out.
All the lighthouse keepers are missing.
Is it the ghost...or something more sinister?
A simple, down-to-earth man, Joseph Moore doesn't understand how can three lighthouse keepers all go missing at the same time, when there's nobody else at the lone island of Eilean Mor. It's 1900, after all, and people don't just go missing without a trace or reason. And yet, that's exactly what happened - the light went out, and when sent as a replacement and to investigate, Joseph couldn't find any trace of them.
Aaron doesn't know what to think, either. His job is to stay with Joseph and help him until Robert Muirhead - the man who knows the island best - arrives in the morning, but nothing makes sense. It's not just the three strong, reliable men missing on an island with no place to hide. It's everything. Why is the lighthouse beam pointing into the land instead of out? What's with the upturned chairs and half-eaten food, as if they suddenly left, terrified of something far worse than the freezing fog and the raging storms?
Could it be the ghost of Bishop Cormac, the one they've been told about while coming to the island?
But Joseph doesn't believe in ghosts... and Aaron is certain he saw someone moving outside, even though they found no other living soul. He can't stop wondering: what if it's not a living soul he's seeing?
And when Robert arrives, is he going to find them? Or will they go missing, as well?
All the lighthouse keepers are missing.
Is it the ghost...or something more sinister?
A simple, down-to-earth man, Joseph Moore doesn't understand how can three lighthouse keepers all go missing at the same time, when there's nobody else at the lone island of Eilean Mor. It's 1900, after all, and people don't just go missing without a trace or reason. And yet, that's exactly what happened - the light went out, and when sent as a replacement and to investigate, Joseph couldn't find any trace of them.
Aaron doesn't know what to think, either. His job is to stay with Joseph and help him until Robert Muirhead - the man who knows the island best - arrives in the morning, but nothing makes sense. It's not just the three strong, reliable men missing on an island with no place to hide. It's everything. Why is the lighthouse beam pointing into the land instead of out? What's with the upturned chairs and half-eaten food, as if they suddenly left, terrified of something far worse than the freezing fog and the raging storms?
Could it be the ghost of Bishop Cormac, the one they've been told about while coming to the island?
But Joseph doesn't believe in ghosts... and Aaron is certain he saw someone moving outside, even though they found no other living soul. He can't stop wondering: what if it's not a living soul he's seeing?
And when Robert arrives, is he going to find them? Or will they go missing, as well?
