This collection of local Ottawa poets address the loves and losses during the catastrophies of 2020."There is so much of love in this collection, so much to love in the time of a pandemic, to abuse the phrase. In a period where we are bereft of touch and intimacy, love in all its forms encourages us to connect and, better yet, to hope. And, as much as love hurts in "Touch," love always has the power to heal a very broken world."Love changes and changes us with it, as eviden...

Roanne lives in the darkness.In the labyrinth, people exist without words or noise, trying not to provoke the beast down from the mountains. They communicate their fears and uncertainty in sign and whisper—it's all any of them have ever known. Silence means life, and the dark is a good place to keep secrets.Roanne has spent seventeen years in the labyrinth, never knowing the outside world.While hiding from the minotaur, Roanne discovers a small green journal that ho...

Nicolas has always had a secret desire for his closest friend Jackson but he can never act upon it. In Salem of 1692, men do not love other men. Nicolas suffers with his secret...until the night he finds Jackson inside his house, waiting for him.Jackson tells him that he has been chosen by a Goddess to be one of her protectors and that there is only one way to quicken the magic that lies dormant inside of Nicolas: They must lie with each other.Will Nicolas give into his des...

Owen had assumed that their love would be forever. He was wrong about that. Newly single from his last relationship, Owen still has a lot of scars from his break up with Professor Magnus Bergman. He’s moved out on his own, established himself in a writing career.But he is still broken.However, Owen begins to mend when a sexy mystery man moves into the apartment across from his. Though he has never spoken to him, Owen is incredibly attracted to the mystery man.When a...

Jackson is a writer. He is used to living out his fantasies of true love and magic in the worlds that he creates; everyone knows that magic doesn't happen in real life. His roommate Clarke tells Jackson that she's worried about him, and he should live more.

Alexander had one job: watch for the fires and report them. He was alone at the top of the fire watch tower and he yearned for companionship. That arrives in the form of the beautiful Troy, who left once, but who has now returned to claim Alexander as his once more.However, things are not what they seem. When they kiss, a fire erupts around them, but doesn’t burn. Alexander realizes that the fires he has been reporting are really the emotions of others…

The world has moved on. A virus wiped out most of the Earth’s population and only a handful of people survived. Percy is one of those survivors. After getting a fever, he survived with only a red mark on his arm. When another man knocks on his door with the same mark on his arm, Percy has no idea how crazy his world is about to become.

Axel Andrews is having a very bad day. He gets passed up for a permanent job, his boyfriend breaks up with him and then kicks Axel out of his own apartment.Needing to release some of the anger inside of him, Axel loses his temper. When he does, something is released inside of him.Knowing he has caused the devastation around him, he runs. When he is found by Cadence. He believes that Axel is the embodiment of King Arthur.Axel will need to trust Cadence if he is to fi...

Owen has made the choice to tell Dylan Thomas that he loves him. But is is the right choice? The love he feels for Dylan is wonderful and terrifying at the same time. Can Owen let go of the boundaries that he has put around himself in order to love again?When Dylan surprises Owen with a ring, Owen wonders if all of his dreams have been answered. When Dylan presents him with a key, Owen wonders how far he can run.Will Owen be able to choose the love in front of him? Or will ...

Edward is not fond of Christmas. Ever since agreeing to be the Ghost of Christmas Past and frightening Ebenezer Scrooge with the love he had lost, Edward has been out of work and out of love.Being dead and in love is difficult when no one can see you. But this year is different. Edward has fallen in love with a mortal named Kendel. The difference? Kendel can see Edward and is in love with him.With a Christmas wish or two, will Edward find his hearts desire and rediscover th...

Owen Wolfe is no mere mortal. He is also an intricate part of a Prophecy. One that claims he will be able to save the mortal and immortal realms from destruction.But Owen's magic is not yet complete. The prophecy speaks of the One who is Three becoming Seven. Owen’s magic is growing stronger by the day.However, his training is not yet done, his magic not yet complete. In order to defeat the darkness that threatens the world and those he loves the most, Owen will have to fac...

Kendrick never planned on finding another immortal while trolling for sex in a local mall bathroom. But this is exactly what Kendrick does find in the form of Northaniel, a Weather Elemental.The two share a passionate embrace or two but are interrupted. In order to explore each other fully, they'll have to find more comfortable accommodations.When they do, things really get electric.