Follow the Lantern

If you’ve come ashore here, traveler, you’re in the right place.

Some arrive seeking the truth behind old pirate legends. Some come chasing ghosts through the Lowcountry fog.

Some are hunting treasure — silver, stories, or something …stranger. And some simply followed a faint lantern‑glow through the dark and found themselves here.

Wherever you came from, and whatever tide carried you, welcome! This page will guide your first steps into my world.

Choose the path that calls to you.

Pirate History

For those who seek the truth behind the legends — Blackbeard, Tew, medicine chests, and the real rogues of the sea.

Blackbeard’s Medicine Chest — The Treasure He Wanted More Than Gold

Drake’s Magic Mirror

No Smoking Below Decks

Bootstrap Ginny’s Pyrate Archive

Ghost Lore

For those who walk with shadows, listen for whispers in the Lowcountry fog, and seek the stories that refuse to stay buriedfollow me

The Ghost of Anne Bonny: Charles Town’s Red‑Haired Reckoning

Charleston Pirate Ghosts: The Ones Who Still Want a Drink

Charleston Pirate Ghosts: The Ones Who Still Walk the Waterline

Charleston Pirate Ghosts: A Plunderer’s Guide to the Restless Dead

Books & Stories

For readers ready to slip into the worlds I’ve written — haunted inns, storm‑lit seas, restless spirits, and the tales that keep a lantern burning long after midnight...

Books by Virginia Chandler

About the Author

For those curious about the woman behind the lantern — the Lowcountry roots, the ghost stories, the pirate lore, and the voice that keeps these tales alive.

About Virginia Chandler

And if the lantern’s glow still calls to you…

step a little further into the dark. There’s always another story waiting.