A NOVEL BY YH
A Monster’s
Mother
A CRADLE MADE OF EMBERS
They called him a monster.
She called him her son.
01 / THE STORY
How far would you go
for the one you love?
A child with scales and wings.
A mother who takes him home.
A village that will not understand.
Step inside A Monster’s Mother: A Cradle Made of Embers, a novel by YH.
Discover the book02 / BEYOND THE PAGES
Every life
has a story.
The world, the people, the secrets.
Enter Elara and Ember’s story.
THE FIRST SPARK
Every fire begins
with a single ember.
Read the opening chapter. Meet the child who changes everything.
Read Chapter One03 / NOTES FROM THE DARK
The Ember Journal
Inside the book
She gave birth to a dragon. What happens after the first breath?
Discover Elara and Ember in A Monster’s Mother, an illustrated dark fantasy novel about raising a dragon child.
Read the essay
Motherhood & monsters
Monstrous motherhood: when love becomes monstrous
A reading of the uneasy boundary between protection, possession and the monstrous mother.
Read the essay
Reading the dark
Dark fantasy vs gothic fantasy: the space between
Two useful lenses for reading a story: the danger beyond the door and the past that refuses to leave.
Read the essayON SCREEN · MYTHRA
She gave birth
to a dragon.
Discover the video, then step into Elara and Ember’s story.
Watch the video ▶A MONSTER’S MOTHER · BOOK I
A Cradle Made of Embers
Begin with the book.
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