Candle Face Chronicles is a Branching Plot Books project that expanded into its own world of stories, investigations, and recovered records. Because of its size and scope, the project now lives at candleface.com, where the full archive of scrolls, field notes, and case files is maintained.

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Candle Face, skeletal figure emerging from darkness with hollow eyes and mouth frozen in a silent scream.

Candle Face Chronicles

Some say she's a demon. Others claim she's Isabel, the forgotten daughter of La Llorona. I call her Candle Face because of her charred features, but few people who speak about her agree on what she really is.

Candle Face Chronicles began as a Branching Plot Books project but expanded into its own world of investigations, testimonies, and recovered records. It's told in three connected parts: The Lost Souls, The Fugitives, and Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona.

Because of its size and scope, the full archive now lives at candleface.com.

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The Lost Souls from Candle Face Chronicles, ghostly faces in a dark line with hollow eyes and open mouths.

The Lost Souls

The Lost Souls forms the investigative core of Candle Face Chronicles. Spirits who claim they were killed by Candle Face or her followers share their memories through testimonies.

Each testimony contains clues that readers can examine and compare. Names repeat. Timelines begin to align. What first appears to be isolated stories slowly becomes a larger investigation into Candle Face and the people who kill for her.

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A Fugitive from Candle Face Chronicles, a frightened face in darkness with glowing eyes.

The Fugitives

The Fugitives marks the next phase of the investigation. Thirty-one spirits escaped Candle Face’s Lair and now exist inside sealed scrolls.

They're not safe. The Master Shadow hunts them by tracking spiritual energy.

Each Fugitive answered the same questions before being hidden: who they were, how they died, and what act might set them free. Protecting these scrolls and keeping their stories active is now part of the investigation.

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Isabel from Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona, shown in a dark, somber portrait.

Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona

Some believe Candle Face is Isabel, the forgotten third child of La Llorona. While history remembers the drowning of La Llorona's sons, Isabel's name vanished from the record.

Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona presents pieces of that story through a reader-driven structure built from 704 rearrangeable notes. Each reading can shift what the reader sees and what stays hidden. There are 2.96 × 10⁷⁹ ways to read Isabel. That's an 80-digit number, more than the stars in the observable universe.

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