Life’s been a whirlwind lately—between my Master’s program, EMS shifts, and book marketing, I feel like a tornado that finally stopped spinning. My old truck is

When the fire stole Lyra’s life, Alaric was left with nothing but ashes, guilt, and the whisper of a crow that refused to let him die. Ashes to Air is a gothic tale of love, loss, and the haunting echo of unfinished goodbyes. Through vivid murals, shadowed vengeance, and spectral grace, Alaric’s journey blurs the line between life and death, art and memory. This story is more than vengeance—it’s the final conversation between souls bound by friendship, love, and the ache of what remains when someone is gone but never truly lost.

When the fire stole Lyra’s life, Alaric was left with nothing but ashes, guilt, and the whisper of a crow that refused to let him die. Ashes to Air is a gothic tale of love, loss, and the haunting echo of unfinished goodbyes. Through vivid murals, shadowed vengeance, and spectral grace, Alaric’s journey blurs the line between life and death, art and memory. This story is more than vengeance—it’s the final conversation between souls bound by friendship, love, and the ache of what remains when someone is gone but never truly lost.

The sirens fade, but the silence never does. Long after the call is over, the echoes remain—flashes of faces, voices cut short, the weight of choices that can’t be undone. We carry them into the night, into our homes, into the places where quiet should mean peace. For EMS, quiet is never just quiet—it’s the reminder of everything we’ve seen, and everything we can’t forget." — The Quiet After the Sirens by Richard White

When the sirens fade, and the chaos quiets, what remains? For author Richard White, that lingering silence became the genesis of his newest novel, The Quiet After the Sirens, published by Whispers in the Dark Press.

Capital District, NY – Whispers in the Dark Press is proud to announce the release of acclaimed author Richard White’s newest novel, The Quiet After the Sirens, available now through authorrichardwhite.com .

The Quiet After the Sirens is a raw and unflinching memoir that pulls readers into the world of a first responder grappling with trauma, grief, and the echoes o

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I did not write this memoir to relive the trauma—I wrote it to survive it. When I sat down to tell the truth about what it means to serve in EMS, to carry the quiet aftermath of war and emergency tones, I didn’t realize I was entering a process psychologists call post-traumatic growth. But that’s what it became.

There’s a sound that never leaves you. It isn’t the siren. It’s the silence that follows. The moment when the call is over, the adrenaline fades, and all that’s left is your heartbeat echoing in your ears as you sit in the rig or stare at the ceiling of a station that suddenly feels too quiet. It’s the kind of silence that sinks into your bones.

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