Lantern That Walks Back

Newfoundland. 1978.Fisherman James Pike ties his skiff to the Breakwater at dusk beneath a cold Atlantic sky and disappears before morning without a splash, a struggle, or a single footprint leaving the dock.His lantern keeps burning.The Coast Guard blames the sea.His brother Eli knows better.The night James vanished was calm enough to hear gulls breathing over Trinity Bay. Yet witnesses swear the...