Smoke and Ash
The first collection of short stories from Nicholas Ahlhelm!
In his decade plus as an author, Nicholas Ahlhelm has written for nearly a dozen anthology projects and produced numerous stand-alone stories. His complete list of works stretches down multiple pages. But until Smoke and Ash, never has he collected his short stories in one place.
In his first book of collected stories, Ahlhelm collects eleven tales from across his years of writing, including a tale of the multimedia shared hero Jenny Everywhere, two tales of the superheroine Backoff, and the long out of print “The Second Life of D.B. Cooper.”
Bookending these great tales from the past, Smoke and Ash features two all new shorts that give the book its title. “Smoke & Mirrors” introduces a young hero that finds herself suddenly gifted with strange new powers, even as her life crumbles around her. “Ashes of a Dark God” travels back in time 1500 years for a fantastic story that introduces a whole new era of the MHP Universe!
Cover art by George Cotronis.