title: Project: Hug
author: Birch, Elva
description: Choose Your Own Hug!Times are strange and things are stressful, and the safest thing in the world, a hug, has become something fraught with risk.Project: Hug was first released at Elva Birch's webpage as a branching narrative escape, each choice leading the reader to a unique flash fiction hug. The original version is still available at her webpage, but the project has been expanded here with more possible outcomes and put into a more convenient form for reading on the go.Select a hug with romantic overtones, or a completely platonic hug, a hug from a child, an animal, a woman, a man, a friend, a pile of guys...even an alien or a plant! Each story is a brief, satisfying moment of comfort, sweet or spicy to your own taste.Easy to navigate and quick to read, this collection is like an emergency hug in your pocket.Birch Hearts is a collection of short stories and novellas by Elva Birch, full of romance, adventure, and magic.Shifters, witches, spaceships, and swords...these stories aren't always straight, but they are always straight-up fun. They don't share a setting, but they all celebrate diversity and growth, and you know you'll get a satisfying conclusion in a bite-sized book.And always? A touch of the impossible and irresistible.Readers rave:★★★★★ ...full of touching, real moments, woven with magic and unique characters.★★★★★ Each story has the emotional power of a full fledged novel!★★★★★ An absolutely beautiful read...