Darcy Rhyno is the author of the short story collection Conductor of Waves availbale through Roseway Publishing. He's a columnist for Saltscapes magazine and for the website Life as a Human. He's also a travel writer, playwrit and children's author. He lives and writes in Little Harbour on Nova Scotia's South Shore. Visit his website at www.darcyrhyno.com.

Crystal clear characters, compelling storytelling and rich detail - these are the hallmarks of Darcy Rhyno's short stories. In this themed collection, he explores holidays - official and invented - as times when desires, motivations and relationships come into sharp focus. In language at times graceful and playful, in narratives both poignant and dark, he offers up an arc of vividly told stories that will captivate.