At this time of day, the sun sashaying in a buoyant sky shimmers, a river of cellophane-wrapped penny candies, off the westbound lane in front of the recently repainted, light green, mid-century Colonial at Twenty-Four Nineteen Broadleaf Drive...

The Latest Hit

Winner of the 53-Word Story Contest, July 2021.

The Buzz About the Wedding

This poem--about two lovers who realize they can no longer be together because, even though it seems like they are alike, they don't share anything in common--is written in couplets whose end line words do rhyme, yet share no letters in common.

Riddled Heart

Here is Renoir’s Claude Monet Painting in his Garden
at Argenteuil, a master homage of one artist

to his kinsman. It is on loan from the Wadsworth,
and we are thoroughly grateful to see it presently.

Docent at the Hall of Mirrors

It was decided quickly, by a few of the elders, that a committee should be gathered to confirm exactly what was said and what, if any, translations could be counted official. But you know what happens next...

After Love

Life With Three Kids

Winner of the 53-Word Story Contest, December 2016.

The Last

This rewrite of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis uses only seven-letter words.

Greg Hill

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