Providence, Rhode Island. August 1981.

Ted Hollis is forty-two years old, and the brewery where he spent his entire adult life just closed its doors for good.

He's got a son heading to college in a month, a rat terrier who won't stop barking, and a refrigerator with one egg in it. He's also got a letter from the financial aid office sitting on...

We're Not Down by Gregory Payette

Writings & Art

Above is the artwork I painted for the cover to We’re Not Down. Rocky is in the doorway waiting for Brock. The window to the right, with the blue...

Artwork by Gregory Payette

Richard took off the apron tied at his waist and tossed it in the bin with the other dirty aprons and cloths. It had been...

by Gregory Payette

Artwork by Gregory Payette

EDGAR PUT ON THE TV and turned the UHF dial, tuning it to channel 38. It didn’t come in very well, as...

Artwork by Gregory Payette

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When I wrote “Want” as a poem, it was seven stanzas long, but it wasn’t very good.

What I did have in my head,...

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