Ember HallP R E S S

An independent South African imprint

Books for
the long fire.

Philosophy, meditation and speculative fiction. For the questions we live with, and the stories we carry.

Thoughtful words. A lasting home.

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After the Fire

Philosophy · Meditations

What do we choose to become
after suffering?

A collection of meditations on injury, responsibility, attachment and recovery. On what happens to us, what we add to it, and how we might live without passing our pain to someone else.

More about the book

These meditations begin with the ordinary frictions of a human life: discomfort, uncertainty, affection, loss and anger. Together, they ask how we might honour what we have suffered without allowing it to determine everything we become.

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About the imprint

A small press.
A little room
for lasting things.

Ember Hall Press is an independent South African publishing imprint for philosophy, meditation and speculative fiction.

Our interests lie in difficult questions and deeply human stories: what we owe one another, what suffering makes of us, and what we choose to carry forward.

The name is an invitation. A place by the fire. A book worth opening. Time enough to think.

The author

Dr. Stephen D. Jones writes meditations, philosophy and speculative fiction. His ongoing writing can be found at Philosophy of Clay.

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A guiding thought

“Always hesitate before cruelty.”