Ashes for Ashes: A Short Story

by Kevin Kauffmann

A short story finalist for Baen’s 2018 Fantasy Adventure Award content and an honorable mention from Writers of the Future, Ashes for Ashes is a dark fantasy ghost story of elves, skin walkers, genocide, and greed. After the genocidal destruction of his race, an elf seeks vengeance. But in the quest for vengeance, the first death is your own.

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 29, 2020

About the author

As a kid, Kevin Kauffmann would spend most days creating worlds and adventures for action figures and old Transformers. After grabbing a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, he decided that creating worlds should be more than a hobby.

The Icarus Trilogy, a sci-fi tale about futuristic gladiatorial warfare, was Kauffmann's first series, but he has since gone on to tell stories in many different genres. His Forsaken Comedy is a dark fantasy trilogy about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and his latest, Ouroboros, has received high praise for its representation of hallucinogen use and self-destructive behaviors.

Starting in 2024, 25&Y Publishing will release two novels and a collection from Kauffmann, the Misadventures of Rumpelstiltskin the Third, Daytrippers and Evenin' Flow, and he is the Narrative Director for Exfinitum, an upcoming card game from Yoton Yo Studios.