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‘Dancing Mary’ Set to Haunt Bookshelves Today
Jay Lang’s Paranormal Canadiana Novel Uncovers a Chilling True Tale from British Columbia’s Comox Valley
[May 15, 2025 — Toronto, ON] – Jay Lang’s new novel Dancing Mary, out today, brings an eerie and emotional story rooted in British Columbia’s folklore to readers across the country. The novel will be available through Amazon and other major retailers, with physical copies shipping on June 1st. Commissioned as part of a province-by-province literary project named Canadiana Historical Paranormal, Dancing Mary represents British Columbia’s contribution to this chilling and thoughtful series, with each book penned by a different author to capture the unique essence of their region.
In Dancing Mary, Lang takes readers deep into the mist-shrouded landscape of the Comox Valley, where an old ghost story refuses to fade. Based on true events, the novel revives the tale of a young K’ómoks First Nation woman, renamed Mary by early settlers, who was tragically betrayed and murdered. Her spirit, locals say, lives on in the form of a ghostly blue light, often seen swaying through the trees or floating along Comox Road. The last known sighting occurred in 1914 when a soldier on bicycle encountered the light and was consumed by an unnatural chill that remained with him for the rest of his life.
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