A major collection of "flash fiction" by one of Canada's most accomplished and renowned writers. The collection includes the prestigious Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2022 story How to Draw a Frog and other award winning gems of the author's work.His flash fiction has been published in many countries, including Ireland, the UK, the US, Hong Kong, India, Nigeria.Bruce Meyer is the author of over sixty books or poetry, short fiction, flash fiction and literary non-fiction. He is also well-known as the voice behind various CBC radio's literature broadcasts The Great Books, A Novel Idea, Great Poetry, Poetry is Life and Vice Versa. He has taught at various universities, including University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of Windsor, Laurentian University, Notre Dame, Skidmore College, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas in Austin.. His many awards include being named Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie where he now resides with his family.Bruce...

A unique collection of stories and art: Margaret Atwood, Austin Clarke, Leon Rooke, Priscila Uppal, Jonathan Goldstein, Paul Quarrington, Morley Callaghan, Jacques Ferron, Marsha Boulton, Joe Rosenblatt, Barry Callaghan, Linda Rogers, Steven Hayward, Andrew Borkowski, Helen Marshall, Gloria Sawai, David McFadden, Myna Wallin, Gail Prussky, Louise Maheux-Forcher, Shannon Bramer, James Dewar, Bob Armstrong, Jamie Feldman, Claire Dé, Christine Miscione, Larry Zolf, Anne Dandurand, Julie Roorda, Mark Paterson, Karen Lee White, Heather Wood, Marty Gervais, Alexandre Amprimoz, Matt Shaw, Darren Gluckman, Gustave Morin, and the country's greatest cartoonist, Aislin. Humor is an integral part of the Canadian identity, and we have a truly unique way of looking at ourselves, poking fun at our own stereotypes with irony, parody, and satire. What a nation finds funny, and how it embraces humor, is key to what makes a nation great. And we are a great nation!

Dying is not merely the domain of the dead; it is a shared experience. What remains after someone has passed are the memories, that reflections of the past and those who have passed, and the challenges everyone faces in the wake of loss. Down in the Ground is a collection of short, flash fiction stories that examine the ways in which individuals deal with grief and loss, not as morbid reactions but as attempts to understand what they are experiencing. From the cradle to the grave, Down in the Ground is a study in the complex creativity we use to address grief and to challenge death so that life can triumph.

There are unseen forces in our lives that shape who we are and what we become. How we respond to those forces determines our futures. These stories examine how characters respond to the unexpected. Do we carry our memories of the beautiful moments of life with us into death? And, ultimately, what do we value in life that defines us—from a hat to the shadow of a figure in a window reminding us of what we have lost or need to hold onto?