Down in the Ground

"Meyer is the best sort of critical reader: one who loves literature and also enjoys discussing it in an enlightened and accessible manner." -- Quill & Quire
[The Arrow of Time] "In the end, what illuminates Meyers work most is his sensibility." -- Arc, Anouk Henri
[The Seasons] "Bruce Meyer is an accomplished and well published old pro. These beautiful sonnets seem effortless but the discipline to sustain such a high, sweet note is remarkable." -- Michael Dennis
"Deft, elegant, and lush. Meyer reveals the inescapable trajectories and truths of ordinary human lives in this sumptuous collection of short fictions. Masterful writing!" -- Karen Schauber, Editor The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings
"In the collection of short flash fiction, Down in the Ground, author Bruce Meyer brings both wit and philosophical curiosity to his musings on death. These stories are brief and sometimes startling. In other hands, the subject might be given a maudlin treatment but here, the tone is surprisingly restrained, and at times, ironic." -- Miramichi Reader
"Meyer allows humour, sometimes bald, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes surreal, to undercut the solemn catalogue of deaths distributed throughout. My favourite is perhaps, "Bobby shoved Phil into the microwave. They'd been best buddies since they were young." That image kept me amused for days. This collection, with all its tumbling dice of fates embraced, rejected, romanticized and denied will charm you for a good deal longer than that." -- WordCity
"Tender, funny, philosophical and smart, Meyer's work is dazzling. His stories achieve what other writers can only do in novels. Each flash is so full of love, loss and healing it captures a life. Writing this good feels like a sort of alchemy. Superb." -- Angela Readman, author of Don't Try This at Home and Something Like Breathing