In this humourous and refreshing collection of short stories, David Thompson reveals the charm and grit of life in the Yukon. 'Talking at the Woodpile' is a masterful blend of fact and fiction, history and the contemporary and intriguing stories that begin as long as 10, 000 years ago. In \"Frozen in Time,\" an unsuspecting miner discovers a frozen carcass while digging for gold. After much to-do about the origin of the gigantic creature, the mammoth and its unfortunate victim are laid torest by the local First Nations community. In a moment of wry humour, Thompson describes a small town rivalry that ends when a firewood thief blows his fireplace sky high, to the delight of his victimized neighbours. And in the collection's title story \"Talking at the Woodpile,\" two long-time friends unwittingly challenge each other to a talking duel, which ultimately leads to a nasty case of frostbite, and an even nastier case of cold shoulder. In his first collection of short stories David Thompson portrays life in a small Canadian community, weaving his characters in and out of each other's tales and in and out of the history that shaped the great Canadian North. | Talking at the Woodpile by David Thompson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters