“That’s him!” Bernice Bearnaise said. “He held up the convenience store!”

Police Sketch Artist Nib Sienna looked at his just completed drawing. Tall pointy hat. Long white beard. Chubby cheeks and bulbous nose. More like garden statuary.

“You’re absolutely certain?” Nib asked.

“Positive,” Bernice said. “There’s no face like gnome!”

Lee Hammerschmidt is a Visual Artist/Writer/Troubadour. He is the author of the short story collections A Hole Of My Own, It’s Noir O’clock Somewhere, For Richer or Noirer, and Flash Wounds. Check out his hit parade on YouTube!