The Plainness of My Fall

Canadian author, Janice Garden Macdonald offers you six tales that will keep you guessing until the end.

WALRUS IN A GLASS CAGE-An Inuit girl conjures up a magical formula to rid herself of the evil stone statue that has taken up residence in her home.SNOW DAY-A woman realizes too late that the body upstairs in her bedroom is not who she thinks it is.THE PLAINNESS OF MY FALL-Life slips by in a second in this Zoetrope All Story Award winning tale, judged first place by Joyce Carol Oates.WHY WASTE GOOD BEER? -A death-pact with a loved one has a surprising end.THE BIRDHOUSE-When a senior citizen is unwillingly moved from her apartment, more than a few feathers are ruffled.THE METAMORPH-A young boy throws away a lucky medallion that he later suspects has special powers.