Secret Sex

At turns funny, often tinged with sadness, each story explores the messiness of pleasure and the struggle to live our dirtiest, filthiest lives in a world that would prefer we keep it secret. A fun and sexy read. * Julie S. Lalonde, author of Resilience is Futile *An ingenious collection of thoroughly entertaining and erotic stories with something for everyone to get excited about. * Tracey Cox, bestselling author and host of the award-winning podcast SexTok *An exciting and sexy read sure to fuel many kinds of fantasies. * Tynomi Banks, drag superstar *

Anthology editor Russell Smith is a novelist and acquiring editor at Dundurn Press. He lives in Toronto.

Abdou is the professor of creative writing at Athabasca University.

has hailed his writing as an “inventive escape from the conventional.”

, by Applebeard Editions.

, was described as a dystopian sex adventure. She lives in Ottawa.

, was awarded the 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. It was longlisted and shortlisted for numerous other awards, including the 2020 Giller Prize, the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award, and the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.

(published as A.C. Fitzpatrick, because some things are best kept separate).

is an award-winning playwright, novelist, journalist, and filmmaker. Born and currently living on the Curve Lake First Nation, he has done everything from stand-up comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, to being artistic director of Canada’s premiere Indigenous theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts.

(2022). She lives in Toronto.

. His novels have been translated into eleven languages and published in eighteen countries.

, a novel. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and teaches at York University.

was published in 2021. She lives in Toronto.

,adapted from the novel by the same name.

. She lives in Montreal.

, about how her size shaped her destiny.

was a Loan Star’s pick and was shortlisted for best literary novel for the Forward prize.

, a Trampoline Hall podcast, and elsewhere.

, is forthcoming in 2024.

, a finalist for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence for Best Crime First Novel. His short fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies. David lives in Toronto.

has been writing down overheard erotic confessions for over thirty years. Some of these monologues have appeared in his two collections of short fiction and four novels. He lives in Toronto, where he likes to germinate delphiniums, raise a kid, and follow a dog through parks and laneways.