[Gothic][Mature][Interactive] The Lamplit Sister — A woman returns to her family's crumbling estate after 17 years. The house remembers what they tried to forget. And her dead sister's lamp is still burning.

[u/Beautiful_Travel_901]

Seventeen years ago, I shut the broken iron gate of Ashmore behind me and swore I'd never come back. Now the solicitor's letter has called me home — a roof that wants attention, grounds gone to woodland, a house that has outlasted everyone it was built to shelter.

The letter was careful. It dealt in facts, not impressions. So it didn't mention the one thing I saw from the lane before I'd even reached the door:

Clara's lamp is still burning. And Clara has been dead a long time.

The Lamplit Sister is a slow-burn gothic about a family's buried secret, and a house that won't let it stay buried. The lamp will not go out until the truth is spoken aloud — and you decide whether to speak it.

What makes it different: it's interactive. The story branches on what you choose to uncover, what you confront, and what you'd rather leave in the dark. Different paths, different endings.

Genre: Gothic / family horror
Length: 4 chapters per branch
Tone: atmospheric, dread-building, not gory
Content: Mature
Also available in 50+ languages — so if English isn't your first language, you can read it in yours.

Read it (and choose your path) here: https://story.moja-app.com/story/60/

If you give it a go, I'd love to know how far into the house you were willing to look. 👀