Winner of the 2021 Book of the Year (Faces of Ottawa Awards)
In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, fear, isolation, mental illness and hardship will be a challenge many will face in silence.
100% of this ebook's proceeds will directly aid Ottawa's needy and be donated to Shadow Ottawa until the launch of it's print edition (September 30th, 2020),
For more information, you can find them at www.shadowottawa@gmail.com.
Fourteen authors, fifteen short stories, one poem, local publisher (and Winner of the 2020 Faces of Ottawa, Favourite Publisher), local editor, and our very own Codi Jeffreys penning its foreword!
All with underlying themes of parallel universes or alternative realities.
Ottawa, are you ready to see what incredible literary richness this awesome city has to offer?!
Originally planned to be released late spring/early summer, unfortunately due to the Covid-19 outbreak, its print edition must be delayed (but don't you fret! It is most definitely still in the works!)
But for the short term, an ebook will be made available! (What better time to catch up on your reading now that we're all stuck in our homes!)
Other books by Michel Weatherall
A native of Ottawa, Michel Weatherall grew up as an army-brat living in Europe and Germany and has since travelled extensively.
Having over 30 years experience in the print/publishing industry, the transition to self-publishing was a natural step with his publication company, Broken Keys Publishing. He has published 6 novels and 2 collections of poetry.
Other work (the poems “Sun & Moon,” "Purgation," "This Burden I Best," “Eleven's Silent Promise," the sci-fi short story “Rupture” and the essays "The Doctrine of Fear" and "Ebook Revolution?") have all appeared in Ariel Chart's online journey as well as a theological essay (“The Voice of Sophia”) in American theologian Thomas Jay Oord's "The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence" (2015)
Weatherall's current books in print are,
- The Symbiot 30th Anniversary, The Nadia Edition,
- Necropolis,
- The Refuse Chronicles,
- Symphonies of Horror: Inspirational Tales by H.P. Lovecraft: The Symbiot Appendum,
- Ngaro's Sojourney,
- A Dark Corner of My Soul (poetry),
- Sun & Moon (poetry),
His publishing company, Broken Keys Publishing has 2 anthologies:
- Thin Places: The Ottawan Anthology, &
- Love & Catastrophē Poetrē.
Honours and Awards include
- Winner of the 2020 - 2021 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Author
- Winner of the 2020-2021 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Publisher
- 2021Best of the Net Award Nominee (for Poetry: Purgation)
- 2020-21 Parliamentary Poet Laureate Nominee
- 2020 Best of the Net Award Nominee (Poetry: This Burden I Bear)
- 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee (for Poetry)
- 2019 FEBE Award Nominee for Creative Arts
- 2019 CPACT Awards Nominee for Entertainment Excellence (Arts)
- 2019 CPACT Awards Nominee for Small Business Excellence (Broken Keys Publishing)
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