Subjects of Interest:

  • Candle Face Chronicles

  • The Lost Souls



March 22, 2024


Just as lightning lit up the sky again, followed by thunder so sharp it seemed to flash right in front of me, a shadowy figure slipped into my upstairs bedroom as I was getting ready for bed. I somehow knew exactly what he wanted—I stayed silent, feeling an unseen force compelling me to listen. Without a word from either of us, he began to share his story:

I used to find peace in my walks, escaping everything for a little while. The flowers seemed to sing, the air carried a rhythm, and my drum was always with me. That drum—it wasn’t just an instrument; it was my voice. I spent hours trying to pull out the perfect beat, the one that played in my soul. But no matter how hard I tried, it always felt just out of reach, like chasing a shadow.
Then one day, I heard it.
It was late autumn. I’d stopped for a moment, startled by a snake slipping through the grass, when I heard the sound. A drumbeat—pure, flawless, alive. It was the rhythm I’d been chasing all my life, the one I’d dreamed of but could never capture.
I followed it without thinking, cutting through the underbrush, desperate to see who had mastered what I couldn’t. The sound pulled me deeper and deeper into the woods, each beat tightening its grip on me. Then, I stepped into a clearing, and the drum stopped.
Three figures were waiting for me. I should’ve turned and run, but I was frozen. They weren’t drummers, and they weren’t there to share secrets.
“You have failed her,” they said in unison.
The air grew hotter. I realized then that they were no ordinary spirits. They were emissaries of Candle Face.
I had been given a task—a dark one. Candle Face wanted me to bring her those who doubted her, the nonbelievers. But I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t betray innocent people, lead them into her liar, knowing what would happen to them. I thought I was doing the right thing.
The figures stepped closer. The ground beneath me cracked and gave way, and the earth swallowed me. When I opened my eyes, I was in her lair.
Candle Face stood before me, her face like a melting candle, the flames of her eyes flickering with fury.
“You sought perfection in sound,” she said, her voice like a crackling fire. “Yet you ignored my demands. You chose mercy over obedience.”
I tried to speak, to explain myself, but the words died in my throat.
“Your defiance cannot be forgiven,” she continued. “You will remain here, bound to the souls you failed to protect. You will witness their suffering and know that it is your doing.”
I thought I was saving people, sparing them from her, but all I did was add to the number of souls trapped in her control.
Now, the world I once knew is gone. The flowers, the walks, my beloved drum—all distant memories. Her lair is my prison, and the sound of the drum—the perfect beat I chased for so long—haunts me. It’s there, just on the edge of hearing, a cruel reminder of what I’ve lost.
I thought I could stand against her, that my defiance would matter. But I was wrong. And now, all that’s left is failure.

Where do we go from here? How can we help these lost souls find peace and keep Candle Face from taking more lives? In looking for answers and ways to stand against Candle Face, I’ve found a glimmer of hope—an opportunity not only for redemption but for real, hands-on involvement in this battle.


Visiting www.branchingplotbooks.com  is a key step. This isn’t just a forum for those fascinated by the paranormal; it’s also a gathering place for people determined to confront Candle Face. Here’s why your presence matters:

 

  1. Exposing Candle Face: Candle Face operates in secret, feeding off our fear and uncertainty. By sharing what we know on this platform, we can shine a light on her methods and weaken her hold.

  2. Supporting the Lost: When we work together—combining knowledge, empathy, and teamwork—we provide hope for those caught in Candle Face’s lair. These efforts could guide them toward peace.

  3. Building Strength in Numbers: There’s power in unity. Even if Candle Face seems daunting, a community of informed and determined individuals can stand against her.

  4. Sharing Experiences and Ideas: The site is a hub for stories, ideas, and information from people who have encountered Candle Face. Your experiences might help someone else, and their perspectives could help you.

  5. Active Investigations: The platform gives us a chance to work on real-time cases. By pooling our resources and know-how, we can keep Candle Face from claiming new victims.

 

This collective pursuit—risky as it may be—is also filled with possibilities. By uniting our voices, we can push back Candle Face and offer a path to rest for these tormented souls.


I’m calling on everyone who believes in working together, to come forward and fight Candle Face with me. Your time, determination, and courage could make all the difference. Let’s face Candle Face together so that the beating of drums and cries of the lost lead us toward hope and freedom.

Arthur Mills

Arthur Mills' career is defined by his relentless pursuit of truth, from a distinguished twenty-one-year career as an Intelligence Warrant Officer to private investigation focused on missing persons and human trafficking. However, his most significant case emerged from his own past when, as a child, he unwittingly summoned an entity he named Candle Face due to her charred features, believing he had banished her back to hell. Returning to Texas decades later, Arthur discovered Candle Face’s evil had never ceased. Now, combining his intelligence and investigative expertise with his experiences confronting Candle Face, Arthur documents his findings in the Candle Face Chronicles, determined to expose her story and protect others from her evil.

Is Candle Face real?

This is a complex and deeply personal question. On the one hand, there's the possibility that Candle Face is a manifestation of my childhood trauma, a figure created by my mind to cope with fear and emotional turmoil. On the other hand, the consistent details, physical evidence, and shared experiences with others suggest that Candle Face may be a genuine supernatural entity. Whether Candle Face is real or a creation of my psyche, her impact on my life has been undeniably profound. Ultimately, the answer to this question is up to you.

How are you able to communicate with the dead? Are you a psychic or medium?

I don’t consider myself a psychic or medium, although many in the paranormal community believe I have some kind of gift, perhaps one that I haven’t fully tapped into yet. Unlike those who claim to communicate with any spirit, my ability seems limited to connecting with Candle Face’s victims and Candle Face herself. While I’m not sure how this works, the connection is strong and focused on these particular Lost Souls, allowing me to share their stories and seek justice for them.

Do you use AI to create your content?

From October 2023 to around March 2024, I personally wrote the short descriptions you see on Google and social media platforms when my web pages or journal entries are shared or found in search results. These descriptions are those brief, 160-character summaries that pop up beside the URL. It was challenging to condense complex ideas into such a small space.


By March 2024, I began letting Wix, my website host, handle this task for me. Their AI generates these summaries much faster and often with more precision than I could manage within that tight character limit. It was a practical decision to let the system take over this small aspect of my work, allowing me to focus more on my writing and investigations.


The web pages and journal entries themselves are entirely my own. My writing encompasses a wide range of topics, including the testimonies of the Lost Souls, my investigations into Candle Face/Isabel, my books like Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona and The Haunted Handbook, as well as other works and research. Everything I write is rooted in my decades of experience in writing (over ten books in 15 years) and my 30+ years of expertise in intelligence analysis, missing persons cases, and human trafficking investigations. The core content you read always comes from me.


By early March 2025, I decided to create a Shopify account to sell copies of Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona, The Haunted Handbook, and to look for caretakers for The Scrolls of Souls. It was a tremendous amount of work to manually transfer all 130 journal entries from Wix to Shopify and recreate the Google SEO titles and descriptions for each entry. Shopify’s blogging platform also required a summary for each journal entry. Summarizing my work was taking around 30 minutes per entry, which became overwhelming and unsustainable.


To streamline the process, I allowed AI to create the summaries for me by uploading each journal entry and letting the AI generate the SEO descriptions, summaries, and ALT text for images. Here's a clear breakdown of what is AI-generated:


  • Some journal entry titles.
  • Nearly all SEO journal descriptions (up to 160 characters).
  • Nearly all summaries (which are only available in the backend and not visible to the public).

Everything else you read comes from me, whether it’s documenting testimonies from the Lost Souls, researching Candle Face/Isabel, or writing my books. The AI simply handles the tedious, mechanical parts of the process, leaving the writing, storytelling, and investigations entirely in my hands.


I review all AI-generated summaries and descriptions to ensure they accurately represent the essence of my writing. My decision to use AI for these backend tasks is about maintaining efficiency and allowing me to focus on what truly matters: writing, storytelling, investigations, and giving voice to the Lost Souls, protecting the Fugitives, investigating Candle Face/Isabel, and exploring new projects. Your experience as a reader is shaped by my work, not by AI.

Why did you end the podcast?

I decided to cancel the Candle Face Chronicles Podcast for two key reasons. First, while the Get Haunted Network is a fantastic community for paranormal entertainment, it wasn't the right fit for the serious and important nature of my work with Candle Face Chronicles. The network's lighthearted tone didn’t align with my mission.


Second, the friends and family of one of Candle Face's victims reached out and asked me to stop discussing their loved one on the podcast because it was causing them too much pain. Their request made me realize that my work, while well-intentioned, was unintentionally hurting those who are still living and grieving.


These reasons led me to end the podcast, but I remain committed to continuing my mission to uncover Candle Face’s origins and methods with a renewed focus on compassion and respect for the living.

Why did you stop using www.candleface.com and start using www.branchingplotbooks.com?

I have had the branchingplotbooks.com domain since 2012, but I transferred the domain to Shopify to use it as my storefront. I needed to do this because Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona can't be published or sold via Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing because of its spiral binding requirement. The same goes for The Haunted Handbook.


I decided to sell them, along with most of my other books, on Shopify because it allows me to provide a more streamlined and reliable experience for my readers. It also enables me to have full control over my work and how it reaches my audience. Additionally, all my books are still available on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), except for Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona and The Haunted Handbook due to their unique binding requirements.


I also chose to use Shopify’s blogging platform, keeping all books, my journal, and the shopping experience located in one place.


I plan on keeping www.candleface.com up for the interim, but it will likely go down as well, or at least be redirected to www.branchingplotbooks.com. In the end, I want my work to be more streamlined and easier for the paranormal community and my readers to find my work, read and help the lost souls, protect the fugitives, and care for the Scrolls of Souls.

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