Gregory Payette - author and artist

Rhode Island, 1981.

Ted Hollis has spent his entire adult life working at a brewery. And when the only job he’s ever known disappears after the...

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About

I write fun, old-school mysteries and crime fiction, along with quieter novels about people trying to figure out what comes next.

I’ve published more than 26 books. I also paint, and some of my artwork has found its way onto my book covers.

I was...

It had been a busy night for a Tuesday.

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

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

LEONARD PULLED THE NOZZLE FROM THE gas tank, gave it a little shake, and placed it back on the pump. He looked through the station wagon’s rear...

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, however, was the exact painting I...