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Here are twenty-four original short pieces of fiction on the theme of sex, by twenty-four prominent authors living in Canada. Heather O'Neill, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, Zoe Whittall, Pasha Malla, francesca ekwuyasi, Drew Hayden Taylor, Tamara Faith Berger, and Susan Swan are among these. But we won't tell you who wrote what.

For Raphe Lombardi, life hasn't been easy. Permanently disfigured by a car crash at the age of nine that claimed the lives of his parents, set him on a never ending path of doctors and painful procedures. "Never judge a book by its cover, Il mio piccolo", Aunt Sophia would always say, tapping the space above her heart. Trust what's inside. Even beauty sometimes has an evil lurking beneath.

When a time agent lets his historically significant student get killed, Josh is the only agent that can take his place. This event is causing the universe to play fast and loose with physics, allowing the sins of the ONLE time agency to haunt them from the past. Will ONLE survive this attack? Can Josh figure out how resurrection works and get the girl? Will Raj find a curry that doesn't leave him running for the toilet? Join the adventures of Josh and the rest of the ONLE time agency to find out.

Once upon a time a hunter married his prey… Orion Wright is vicious, cruel, and cunning. And he has one goal in mind—to conquer and destroy. I wasn't supposed to be his bride. Yet I'm the perfect weapon to deliver his final revenge. He says if I survive one year with him, I'll finally be...

A treasure hunt into the deepest cave system in Europe takes a turn for the worst. Now, rather than treasure, it is survival that is at the forefront of the spelunkers' thoughts. But their attempt to escape out of the dark deep places is thwarted. Men are not at home in the depths. But there are things that are... pale terrifying things. Huge things. Things red in tooth and claw.

Four years ago, Derek "Reign" Reiner gave me my first kiss and flipped my world upside down. Then, my brother's bandmate catapulted to stardom, becoming a veritable rock god, while I moved across the country. The last thing Derek expects is me on his band’s doorstep. Yet, here I am. Lost, uncertain about my future, and desperate to feel a connection—to my family, to my brother, to him.

Embark on an enchanting journey alongside Max, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary destiny. In the town of Gilden, where magic is mere make-believe, Max's life takes a captivating twist when he finds himself transported to a strange new land—where imagination becomes reality.

A cure for aging is all the rage these days, with scientists only a few decades away from extending life to 150 years or more. So when Dr. Ben Peterson is offered twenty million dollars to develop the so-called Body Fortress Drug—a cure for all disease—he was surprised as anyone when he actually did it! However, along the way, he also developed the opposite, a drug that leaves the body susceptible to ALL diseases . . . the perfect biological weapon.

What would you do if you only had two weeks to live? That's the very question billions of people are grappling with after news an asteroid, named Colossus, will impact Earth and bring about an extinction level event. Many are in shock; some turn inward and towards God while others lash out in panic and violence. There is nowhere to go and nowhere to hide . . . except for a select few who have been chosen to go live in bunkers deep below the surface.

On the verge of wasting his life in the crooked Texas town of Ten Spot, 17-year-old Nacho Blanco meets Zadie Abernathy and sets out to prove her innocence in the murder of the local psychiatrist. Nacho wants nothing more than to brush the dust of his two-bit hometown from his life, and finding the murderer of Lincoln Hardcastle might be just the ticket to punch his future elsewhere.

In a land on the brink of war, Gryff Worden discovers his family slaughtered, his farm in ruin. Mortally wounded, he stumbles upon a timekeeper, an old woman of the northern forests, one who tracks the infinite paths of each life. She offers him a sunwield, a medallion promising to return him to the pivotal choices that swayed his life's journey. Her only condition - he must wear the bronze charm until the end.

It's no secret that I hate Phineas Yates, but what most people don't know is that I have a very good reason why. One hot summer, he broke my heart in the worst way, and I promised myself then and there that I would never fall prey to the sinner of Pembroke Prep again. Even if it meant reinventing myself into a girl I barely recognized. There is a fine line between duty and desire. I'm not just any girl; I'm a princess. When my family begs me to get engaged to save the family name, I'm trapped with no way out.

Our adventurers have escaped a conflagration only to find themselves in a great underground city. They quickly discover they are not alone. And when a natural disaster threatens to engulf them, it becomes a battle for survival. Can they find the route home to the sun before it is closed to them forever?

Zoe: I like plans. I like to live by them. I like to know what my future holds. Sure, none of my plans have worked as they should have, and my future is murky at best. But one thing I know for sure is that Matteo Loverson does not fit into it. Matteo: I disagree with that statement. I think I...

Calafia is a historical fiction about California’s colonization filled with mystery, suspense, and political saga. Listen to this untold story of the Spanish expedition to settle and civilize the frontier known as Alta California. This fascinating account chronicles the suspenseful clashes of the political architects who planned the expedition. The explorers' grueling journey to the unsettled land and the Indians' resistance to their arrival challenging their culture on the early American western frontier.

Nate Hankes returned home from his tour in Iraq unable to answer one simple question: Had his mission overseas been honorable? Determined to find clarity and forge a new identity outside of the US Army, Nate, alongside his brother, Ben, a recent college grad delaying his entry into the Great Recession job market, set out to hike the entire length of the 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail.

Paladins, mages, and a fanatic that wants nothing more than to be Jaeger Persik’s wife, oh my! Still new to the world of ALOW, Jaeger finds out there is more going on than he ever thought possible. But that is what big brothers are for - annoying you into submission. With the assistance of friends, new wives, and a stone minion named Little Dude, Jaeger must find a way to fight the tides of destiny while juggling a Goddess that has given him up.

Private investigator Frank Harken’s worldwide fame has only made him more cynical. And living in a giant mall covering the entire USA only serves to drive him nuts on a daily basis. So, when a femme fatale barges in asking Harken to track down her sister, he knows when he’s heard an offer too good to be true.

Leo Wells is the last person I want to be skating with. He's aloof, abrasive . . . and stupidly attractive. Never mind the fact that I had a lapse in judgment one night with him in the past. We may not like each other, but I like winning more and if I want to do that, I need him. We need each...

He's the smoking-hot football star. I'm the nerd just trying to graduate. So why does he keep staring at me? I've always been the girl guys ignore until they need my class notes. But being invisible suits me. I'm at college to keep my head down, get accepted to grad school and hopefully save my...