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Bathing in Fire

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A stunning second collection of short stories from Ace Baker

Fire fascinates. Fire destroys. Fire transforms.

In these thirteen stories, ordinary people discover the flames that define them—the slow burn of desire, the sudden flare of violence, the smouldering aftermath of loss. Some fires warm us. Others consume everything we thought we knew about love, loyalty, and survival.

With unflinching honesty and surprising tenderness, Bathing in Fire explores the moments when we’re forced to choose between safety and passion, between who we were and who we might become. These are stories about the heat that shapes us, the sparks that ignite us, and the ashes we rise from.

From quiet domestic kitchens to battlefields half a world away, from first love to final revenge, each tale illuminates the human condition at its most vulnerable and its most fierce.

Some flames burn everything to ash.
Others light the way home.

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A stunning second collection of short stories from Ace Baker

Fire fascinates. Fire destroys. Fire transforms.

In these thirteen stories, ordinary people discover the flames that define them—the slow burn of desire, the sudden flare of violence, the smouldering aftermath of loss. Some fires warm us. Others consume everything we thought we knew about love, loyalty, and survival.

With unflinching honesty and surprising tenderness, Bathing in Fire explores the moments when we’re forced to choose between safety and passion, between who we were and who we might become. These are stories about the heat that shapes us, the sparks that ignite us, and the ashes we rise from.

From quiet domestic kitchens to battlefields half a world away, from first love to final revenge, each tale illuminates the human condition at its most vulnerable and its most fierce.

Some flames burn everything to ash.
Others light the way home.

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“Pack this book with care, and don’t forget the “delicate and flammable” tag. These stories take you through burning woods, tattoos, and arsenic, before healing you with water, love, sex, and language as lush as poetry. Ace Baker is a male version of Shahrzad, a born storyteller whose survival is guaranteed with one tale a night. ”
— Niloufar-Lily Soltani, author of Zulaikha
 

Short story collection | 135 pages | book club guide included

Praise for Ace Baker’s Storytelling

“His style dances between poetic beauty and the rawness of human experience.”
— Tiffany Brooks
“...rich with new perspectives on love, death, and the day-to-day business of living.”
— Jessica H. Stone
“The language is poetic, a blessing to read, with repetitions and recurring motifs... curiosity calls you back.”
— Deniz Cetin
 

Ace Baker is a writer, poet, and writing coach from Vancouver, Canada. His short story, "Victory Girl," won the Storyteller Award, and another, "Menos Coca, Más Cacao" won the Blank Spaces short fiction contest, "The Things We Leave Behind," and was published in an anthology by the same name. His poetry has won the SIWC, PNWA, and Magpie awards, among others. Both his prose and poetry have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and National Magazine Awards.

 

Story Titles:

  • Smokjumping 101

  • The Warmth Inside

  • Rolling Pins and Bowling Pins

  • Roses in December

  • Small Change

  • Build It Up Right

  • Ghosts Left on Our Skin

  • Queen Bee

  • Wave Runner

  • Don’t Speak

  • Flames Forget What We Cannot

  • The Match

  • WFF

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