Ending in Ashes

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ending in Ashes</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a collection of neo-Gothic stories that explore the classic genre through a raw and salacious lens. Spanning across time from the Salem Witch Trials to the Covid-19 pandemic Rebecca Jones-Howe stays true to traditional Gothic themes as she boldly explores human depravity and how it relates to the experience of womanhood. A serial killer succumbs to justice in the 17th century. A reclusive village woman is institutionalized only to find her best self in the confines of her room. A newly-married couple finds their happily-ever-after in a heart-shaped tub in the Poconos. </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Two trauma survivors meet in a winter village and embark on an affair that blurs reality itself.</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Ending in Ashes</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is a tome of modern horrors waiting to be uncovered each tale functioning as a warning that some tropes truly stand the test of time.</span></p>