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Oct 2, 2026
The Last Lantern on the Street
A field note on the jack-o'-lantern, from Stingy Jack's doomed coal-lit turnip to the one carved light that always seems to burn longest on the street.
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Oct 1, 2026
The Keeper of Unwalked Roads
A journal account of the Lantern Man, the Dartmoor light said to lead travellers off finished roads and onto ones that never were, at a cost few agree on.
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Sep 25, 2026
The Boy Who Brings the Rain
A journal entry on Amefurikozō, the straw-cloaked yōkai said to walk the roads of Japan on rainy nights, and the uncertain business of blaming a child-sized spirit for the weather.
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Sep 9, 2026
The Lantern That Walks Itself
A survey of the tanuki, Japan's shapeshifting raccoon dog, and the strange lantern-lights said to follow lonely mountain roads at dusk.
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Jul 28, 2026
The Nine-Tailed Fires
A visit to the vermillion gates of Fushimi Inari leads into the older, wilder lore of the kitsune: the fox spirit whose age is counted in tails and whose lanterns still walk the mountain roads at night.
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