The Lamp Christmas Ghost Story Contest

Our annual short story contest.

Jul 16 • The Lamp

13

4

Everything Was Glorious, Everything Was Shabby

Bonnie Tyler, R.I.P.

Jul 9 • BDM

41

5

10

June 2026

Do Not Ask Me to Stop

A nation of cynics is doomed to be ruled by vulgarians.

Jun 10 • Robert Wyllie

5

3

May 2026

We Have to Do It Ourselves

How could Magnifica humanitas have been better?

May 27 • Matthew Walther

34

1

14

April 2026

Finding the Blue Hour

When was the last time you heard real silence? Have you ever?

Apr 29 • Nic Rowan

26

5

6

The Wise Mother

When you pay careful, consistent attention to your child, you begin to see him for who he actually is, not who you might wish him to be.

Apr 22 • Ivana Greco

22

5

4

Is Donald Trump Antichrist?

When faced with antichrist, we deceive ourselves every bit as much as he deceives us.

Apr 13 • Matthew Walther

54

26

16

The Realm of Faerie

The human impulse to long at once for a lost paradisal past and an unattained ideal future is not one that can be resolved simply by choosing to believe…

Apr 7

17

4

March 2026

The Lamp Newsletter: March 6, 2026

Jaspreet Singh Boparai on the French director’s film theory, Jude Russo on the Church in Doha, and Eve Tushnet on the history of the dandy.

Mar 6

11

2

Against ‘Natural Death’

Death is exactly as natural to us as circularity is to squares.

Mar 3

24

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4