Ash and EmberBefore there was silence, there was song. Before there was dust, there was flame.Across nineteen tales of dark wonder, Ash and Ember traces the long shadow between creation and ruin. In worlds where faith burns bright and shadows remember, mercy and monstrosity often share the same breath.Within these 68,000 words of dark literary fantasy, gods fall silent, heroes falter, and even the smallest act of grace can ignite against the dark. A knight defies his god for love. A city drowns beneath the memory of its own prayers. A siren rises from the deep, seeking the voice she lost to the sea. Each story bears the mark of one of the Four Fires: Water, Fire, Blood, and Ash, the elements that forge and unmake all things.Blending the lyricism of literary fiction with the timeless pull of myth, Ash and Ember explores transformation, memory, and the...