Wayne Hills
waynehills.bsky.social
Wayne Hills
@waynehills.bsky.social
Writer, biker, husband, dad, granddad, rescuer of wayward and lost pups. Not necessarily in that order.
Placed #24 in the 2025 SFS comp. Whoop!!
Had to incorporate the word, Starship. Was a no-brainer.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JlfzYC8jwHdr9JAHnQ73NqiYdrEXxKcJ3S39rN7R1RU/edit
Mending A Broken Heart
Mending a Broken Heart. By. Miguel A. Rueda Powaqa opened at the same time every day. The same as her mother, and each of their mothers since the tribe’s inhabitants had lived in thatched huts ...
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March 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Made it to, but not through, the final 64.
Congrats to all the winners.
March 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Let me get this straight, you thought he got the job solely because he’s black, so you fired him solely because he’s black?
Am I missing something?
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Finalist: Warrior’s Reward.

2024 HISTORICAL FICTION
SHORT STORY CHALLENGE
A transformational day for a pair of forgotten Vietnam vets in the late ‘70s NYC.

I’m honored to have been considered.
November 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Sandman S1E5, The Sound of Her Wings, is my new favorite thing of yours.
Until the next thing of course.
Side quest, will there be a season 2?
February 2, 2024 at 5:06 AM
0000001
reached the seventh bit.
life, a program run amuck.
no one reaches eighth.

A Birthday Haiku.
October 26, 2023 at 12:07 PM
Third in my group for round 1 of the NYCM 500 word challenge.
Looking forward to what the prompt Gods throw at my muse for round 2.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oTCUE2v6KGO6NwetUoCmh-_G_Exx2rump7pi65Uocc/edit
Such a Good Boy
Such a Good Boy By Wayne Hills. Genre: Fantasy Action which must be included: Jumping. Object which must be included: Bug spray. Synopsis: Pets and their humans are known to form symbiotic relatio...
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October 13, 2023 at 1:50 AM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com my lovely wife gifted me a ticket to your appearance at NJPAC later this year, will you be joined by Fourplays?
And I was legitimately ‘just now’ old when I got the name reference.
September 19, 2023 at 1:31 AM
I’ve created a literary Wordle alternative called, Poe-dle.
The solution is always, RAVEN, so you play it once, then Nevermore.
September 19, 2023 at 1:27 AM
NYC Midnight 500 word short contest this weekend.
For those in this with me, I hope your muse is cooperative.
August 26, 2023 at 10:13 PM
These look like they’ll make cool stocking stuffers for the, all-too-swiftly approaching, holidays.
What? No that’s not a hint, I’m just helping you all out.
August 20, 2023 at 8:45 AM
First Blue Sky post, just learning the ropes.
What do we call them? Clouds, puffs, random thoughts dispersed through the ether?
Okay, that last one is tad long.
Looking forward to following old friends and finding new.
August 17, 2023 at 6:05 PM