Ashes: A Collection of Original Short Stories

By Belinda Kelderhouse, Christopher Webster, Ruth Masters

A cruise ship ceremony blown off course. A seven-year-old with a spectacular misunderstanding of what ashes are. Ancient queens, forgotten promises, family secrets, magical trees, impossible choices, unexpected reunions and final journeys that begin where others end.

In these wonderfully varied stories, the scattering of ashes is never simply an ending; it is a catalyst for love, laughter, mystery, forgiveness, adventure and hope.

Each author takes the same quiet ritual and transforms it into something entirely different, proving that no two lives,
and no two farewells, are ever the same.

Moving, humorous, thought-provoking and occasionally surprising, Ashes is a collection of stories that celebrates not death, but the lives that came before it and the memories
that continue long after the final goodbye.

With stories by Andrew Middleton, Belinda Kelderhouse, Christopher Webster, Hannah Doyle, John Gough, Jun Kobayashi, Karen Foster, Michelle Rae Lee, Paul Wardle, Phil Mason, Sam D Wright,
Sanjna Manian, Sarah Diggle, Steve Hayden, Vic Flute & Victor Peterson

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7LGD94T
• ISBN13: 9798185504086
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"