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Cinders
CINDERSWhen Kaori rents a room in Tenjin House, she wants nothing more than a fresh start. But the boarding house breathes with old smoke. Ash drifts onto her pillow at night. Soot clouds her tea. And in the chimney, something scratches.
The other tenants whisper warnings. Mrs. Watanabe, wracked with guilt, confesses the decades ago, a servant girl named Chiyo was bricked alive inside the furnace, punished for a crime she may not have committed. For three nights the house echoed with her breath… until silence.
Now Chiyo’s thirst is returning.
Food turns black. Water runs thick with soot. Cigarette smoke curls into the shape of a girl’s face. One by one, the tenants are taken—dragged into chimneys, consumed by the house’s endless inhale.
To survive, Kaori must face the ghost that dwells in the furnace and resist the curse, or breathe it in herself.
CINDERS is a Japanese-inspired pulp horror novella in the vein of The Grudge and The Ring, a tale of ash, smoke, and the breath that never ends.
The other tenants whisper warnings. Mrs. Watanabe, wracked with guilt, confesses the decades ago, a servant girl named Chiyo was bricked alive inside the furnace, punished for a crime she may not have committed. For three nights the house echoed with her breath… until silence.
Now Chiyo’s thirst is returning.
Food turns black. Water runs thick with soot. Cigarette smoke curls into the shape of a girl’s face. One by one, the tenants are taken—dragged into chimneys, consumed by the house’s endless inhale.
To survive, Kaori must face the ghost that dwells in the furnace and resist the curse, or breathe it in herself.
CINDERS is a Japanese-inspired pulp horror novella in the vein of The Grudge and The Ring, a tale of ash, smoke, and the breath that never ends.
48 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2025
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