A review by mnboyer
Ash Wednesday by Paula McLain

5.0

Short story about the 1908 Collinwood school fire, which claimed 175 lives, most of which were elementary school students. Yikes! This school was designed by idiots -- well, in fairness, they warned the people paying that it was going to light up like a box of matches, but the cheaper building was still built. Gut wrenching stuff! Dark. This short story is about the boiler master and his attempts to save some kids in this event, in the process losing some of his own.